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| Tekijä: | Takahashi, T. Vandenbrink, D. |
| Otsikko: | Formative knowledge: from knowledge dichotomy to knowledge geography - knowledge management transformed by the ubiquitous information society |
| Lehti: | Journal of Knowledge Management
2004 : VOL. 8:1, p. 64-76 |
| Asiasana: | Knowledge management Innovation Organizations Car industry Companies Brands Case studies International |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | The ubiquitous information society gave birth to quasi-explicit, or formative, knowledge. Formative knowledge (henceforth as: form-kn.) is like explicit knowledge (here as: exp-kn.) in that it can be copied, but unlike exp-kn. because it is not fixed. Some manufacturers are beginning to adopt approaches to knowledge management (or KM) relying on form-kn, like at Honda in 2000, where such an approach enabled starting the production of its newest Civic model almost simultaneously at 12 plants around the world. Strong fear of form-kn. "consumption" by lead consumers made Honda use CAD/CAE networks to nurture a worldwide community of engineers to design the Civic. This innovation reduced Honda's average model transfer time to about a half that of Toyota. This achievement suggests that a new approach to KM is possible, one that lies btw. Japanese-style KM centered on human mediation and tacit knowledge and Western-style KM based on information technology and exp-kn. |
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