Sharing Tacit Knowledge and ontology networking for managing organizational memory in the learning organization

Human knowledge can be classified into three types: Tacit Knowledge is Knowledge that is ingrained at a subconscious level and therefore difficult to explain to others, implicit Knowledge typically is controlled by experts and can be extracted from the expert- through a process termed Knowledge engineering, explicit Knowledge can easily be conveyved from someone proficient at a task to someone else throigh written or verbal communications. tacit Knowledge is hard to formalize and is deeply embedded in employees or organizations. Tacit Knowledge is often shared using face-to-face meeting, demonstration or learn-by-doing strategies requiring the physical presence of Knowledge holders, some kinds of tacit Knowledge could be accessible and articulated by the use of languages or codes. The difficulties in sharing tacit Knowledge may be more serious in large geographically disperesed in all firms. problem of managing tacit Knowledge in large companies has grown with the increasing complexity of organizations and the quantity of information that flows within and between various groups in the organization. An organization’s tacit Knowledge is built on the experience of its human resources. Knowledge management sees this Knowledge as an asset to be managed and aims to reduce the problems of Knowledge sharing and use. to create an organization wide environment to store, retrieve and share Knowledge, companies have to promote a culture that fosters continuous learning and the exchange of human experience and expertise. This paper consentrates on the creation of an environment for managing group Knowledge and skills: an organizational memory. This paper represents one of the main outcomes that it is the development of a Group Memory System. It explains relationship between tacit Knowledge and ontology network for promotion of organizational memory.

Tacit knowkedge, Ontology-Driven, Organizational Memory, Knowledge management, group memory system