Knowledge resources

Knowledge resources
See also
Education and training Organizational progress Innovative research Resources and capabilities Job specification Importance of knowledge Best practice program Design capacity Project support office

We can distinguish two categories of knowledge resources: explicit and hidden.

Explicit resources

An example of explicit (tangible, explicit) knowledge resources can be:

• company documentation,
• organizational and administrative procedures,
• information about the market and competition,
• business history (sales, production, finance),
• patents and results of research and development works,
• analyzes, reports and statements, etc.

 

Hidden resources

The hidden (intangible, tacit) knowledge resources include:

• skills, experience,
• individual human knowledge,
• knowledge employees on organizational processes,
• Employees' knowledge on the implementation of projects and cooperation of project groups,
• information about the company, competition, market, etc., not fixed in material form.

References

• Mouritsen, J., & Larsen, H. T. (2005). The 2nd wave of knowledge management: the management control of knowledge resources through intellectual capital information. Management accounting research, 16(3), 371-394.
• Fang, Y., Wade, M., Delios, A., & Beamish, P. W. (2007). International diversification, subsidiary performance, and the mobility of knowledge resources. Strategic Management Journal, 28(10), 1053-1064.