Article | REF: AG1810 V1

Knowledge management and technology transfer

Authors: Patrice LETOURNEAU, Thomas JACOB

Publication date: October 10, 2010

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3. Knowledge

3.1 Nature and definition

Knowledge can be :

  • knowledge is difficult to define, as it takes many forms. It can be individual (in the case of a doctor's knowledge, for example), or collective (in the case of the cognitive processes involved in coordinating a sports team);

  • tacit (inseparable from the individual's interpretation) or codified (easily transposable to other individuals), but often requires both forms in order to be interpreted. Thus, it represents the construction of a representation of a subject based on a personal perception of a phenomenon;

  • a vector of meaning to the information

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