Understanding Knowledge and Its Types

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What is the definition of knowledge in terms of the capacity for action?

An understanding or grasp of facts, methods, principles, and techniques sufficient to apply them in the course of making things happen. (correct)

The ability to accumulate and store knowledge.

The ability to articulate and express knowledge in words.

A body of knowledge that has been articulated and captured in the form of books, papers, formulas, procedure manuals, computer code and so on.

What is the difference between explicit and tacit knowledge?

Explicit knowledge is subconscious and difficult to express, while tacit knowledge is easily captured and documented.

Tacit knowledge is easily captured and documented, while explicit knowledge is gained through experience.

Explicit knowledge is easily captured and documented, while tacit knowledge is subconscious and difficult to express. (correct)

Tacit knowledge is easily captured and documented, while explicit knowledge is subconscious and difficult to express.

What is the term used to refer to a body of knowledge that has been articulated and captured in the form of books, papers, formulas, procedure manuals, computer code and so on?

Tacit knowledge

Explicit knowledge

Codified knowledge (correct)

Implicit knowledge

Who divided knowledge types into two categories: explicit and tacit?

Nonaka and Takeuchi Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of tacit knowledge?

It is subconscious and difficult to express. Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to refer to knowledge that can be readily written down, stored in a database, or explained in a lecture?

Explicit knowledge Signup and view all the answers

Knowledge management as a field began taking shape in the?

1990s Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the third generation of knowledge management?

The link between knowing and action Signup and view all the answers

When did the debate about knowledge management start, according to the text?

1940s Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of all knowledge, according to the text?

Inherently social, cultural, and organizational Signup and view all the answers

What is the requirement for realizing organizational knowledge, according to the text?

Change in organizational activity and practice Signup and view all the answers

What is the current state of knowledge management, according to the text?

An emerging field Signup and view all the answers

In the context of knowledge management, what is the common usage of the term 'knowledge' that refers to?

A state of knowing, being acquainted or familiar with Signup and view all the answers

According to Socrates, what is the concept of justified true belief?

A definition of knowledge that remained inadequate Signup and view all the answers

What is the scope of knowledge definitions discussed since ancient Greek times?

From practical to conceptual to philosophical, and from narrow to broad Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of KM research issues in the second generation of KM?

Business development, organizations, frameworks, operations, and processes Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of advancements in artificial intelligence on KM research?

Research on knowledge representation and storing Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the common usage of knowledge that refers to being aware of facts, methods, principles, and techniques?

Know about Signup and view all the answers