It’s tacit knowledge but not as we know it: Redirecting the search for knowledge

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-152

  Connell, N A D ^a   Klein, J H ^a   Powell, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetic modelling; Explicit knowledge; Knowledge management; Soft OR; Systemic modelling; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037303610     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601444     Document Type: Article

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