Managing Knowledge

Managing Knowledge

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASKS.............................................................................................................................................1
Question 1: Four different knowledge creation processes and the knowledge conversion types
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Question 2: 4 different types of cultures are introduced by Cameron and Quinn (2006)......4
Question 3: Benefits of the community of practice can have to individuals and teams.........7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Knowledge management is a process which is involved for developing, sharing and
managing knowledge and information of organisations. The process is attached with the
objective of attaining ultimate organisational goals by making effective use of knowledge
available internally and externally with the organisation. Knowledge management is an ongoing
process of explaining structuring and sustaining information, knowledge and experiences of all
the members of the company with the focus on the main objective of improving efficiency and
effectiveness of the entity. Managing information of an organisation is a huge resource for
improving organisational performances (Bolshakova and et. al., 2018). It is a system that
comprises of capturing and sorting information and adding value to the intellectual property of
the entity. Asda is the chosen organisation for the project which is a British retailer. The
Organisation was founded in 1946 and headquartered in United Kingdom. Presently Asda is a
subsidiary of Walmart group and present on the second position in the marketplace. In the
present report the discussion is about the knowledge, tactics and strategic aspect of explicit
knowledge. The discussion in the assignment is also related to the communities of different
practices that will offer profit to the company with the use of knowledge as a strong effective
resource.
TASKS
Question 1: Four different knowledge creation processes and the knowledge conversion types
Asda is a leading supermarket of British present in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company
was founded in 1949 and expanded till south of England in mid 1970 and 1980. The services
provided by Asda are several such as financial services and mobile phone services by using
existing EE network (Pellegrin‐Boucher, Le Roy and Gurău', 2018).
The knowledge is one of the most competitive resource for Organisation in present
market situation and scenario. Knowledge is a source which is related with cultivation of the
systems that enable the entity to improve, distribute and also detect knowledgeable assets. The
process involved in detection and collection of knowledge is of two ways inputs and outputs with
knowledge of an individual and different members of the entity represented as inputs which are
used for generating outputs. Knowledge is also reflected as awareness and understanding of
something new and fresh like new skills, objects and facts.

Explicit knowledge is the type of knowledge which is formalized and arranged in a
systematic manner and presented in more accessible way in front of others. This type of
knowledge is mainly handled through KMS in an easy manner. Explicit knowledge effectiveness
in facilitating store which, modification of different texts and revitalization of certain
information. According to the process when the information on the knowledge is organised,
processed, interpreted and structured then it results in explicit knowledge (Salleh and Wahib,
2017). In respect to managerial perspective more and more challenges are related with the
information collected and generally consists assurance that people have the access of all the
required and stored knowledge which is important. The explicit knowledge is an important
resource and an easy one to manage in terms of its nature and experiences that are helpful in
generating competitive benefits for the business. For example, in Asda with use of explicit
knowledge the skills and experiences of one can be transferred to others from job to job and from
person to person.
Tactic knowledge was elaborated and determined by Polanyi in 1996 which is related
with the processes about how to refer to a particular initiative which is a complex knowledge to
explain and based on experiences. Tactical knowledge is complex to be interacted and deeply
rooted towards commitment involvement and action. It is a valuable resource which leads the
company towards a breakthrough their lack of focus directly minimises the capabilities that I
useful for innovation and improved competitiveness.
SECI Model
This is a conceptual based model which was proposed by Nonaka in the year 1991. The
model highlights and explains how tactic and explicit knowledge is generated transferred and we
created by the entity. The SECI model is majorly used in knowledge management where the
founder of the model identified the ongoing knowledge creation as a continuous innovation
source of sustained competitive benefits. Knowledge is mostly developed in evolving and
regulating environment where number of individuals is engaged.
As the user's practice, collaborates, connect and learn different information it is
constantly developed and translated into new knowledge (Eriksson, Larsson and Pesämaa, 2017).
Except static model the mechanism of the SECI model is seen as continuous, complex, swirl of
knowledge and data. In an organisation most commonly only virtual representation takes place of
conflicting and continuous processes. When the entity moves towards innovation it requires