Knowledge Types

Knowledge Types

i. Explicit knowledge is stored in documents, video tutorials, white papers and other forms of oral or written communication. When communication is effective, business processes run faster and there are fewer roadblocks, such as lack of required information or experience. Knowledge that can be easily explained, written down and shared.

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Case studies, video tutorials, training manuals, and other content that helps introduce your products and services are examples of communicating explicit knowledge to new customers and users.

ii. Implicit knowledge is gained through practical experience and can be captured and communicated.

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Examples of implicit knowledge are skills that are transferable from one job to another.

iii. Tacit knowledge refers to knowledge, skills, and abilities that people acquire through experience that are often difficult to put into words or otherwise communicate.

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For example, a professional golfer may hit the ball 300 yards from the fairway, but may not be able to fully decompose everything he does when swinging the club to achieve that.

iv. Procedural knowledge is knowledge about how to do something. Procedural knowledge includes all the basic steps required to perform a task or activity. Procedural knowledge can be focused on pursuing a course of action to achieve a specific goal or end goal.

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This could be knowledge of individual process steps, such as baking a cake or changing the oil in a vehicle. Alternatively, students know the procedures of the scientific method for conducting experiments. Or someone who knows how to change a car tire.

v. Declarative knowledge is knowledge about facts, dates, trivia, truth statements, and indisputable information.

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A car has four tires. Or, for example, knowing a term or understanding a specific detail or element is declarative knowledge in nature.

vi. Contextual knowledge

Some knowledge is exclusively or specifically relevant to a particular context or particular environment. This is an acquired kind of knowledge, which can be changed or affected by circumstances.

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Compare your understanding and knowledge of roads and their uses with knowledge of road design in different countries. In most places in the world, you can probably tell the difference between a roadway and a sidewalk, and whether it's a one-way street, a one-way street, or a two-lane street.

But if you live in America, you know that cars drive on the right side of the road and drivers sit on the left side of the car. But if you were in London, you would know that cars drive on the left side of the road and drivers sit on the right side of the car.