Knowledge Codification

Michael O’Meara and Felicity Kelliher ()
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Michael O’Meara: Waterford Institute of Technology
Felicity Kelliher: Waterford Institute of Technology

A chapter in Knowledge Management and Learning Organizations, 2021, pp 25-50 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter offers insight into how knowledgeKnowledge codificationCodification has the potential to capture varying levels of tacitTacit content in pursuit of enhanced innovation and ultimately, competitive advantageCompetitive advantage. It recognizes the need for and importance of codifying knowledge in a variety of ways to allow codified material to move from lower to higher explicit content. We propose that newly articulated knowledge is codified immediately and that informal and formal codificationCodification exercises create boundary objects that can be made more complete or explicit through critique, review and reflection on these codified materials. This approach also enhances employee engagementEmployee engagement in the codification/re-codification processCodification process. The value of involving operators in codification, using existing codebooksCodebooks, optimizes articulationArticulation and codification by inviting a focused review of existing codified material and the subsequent standardization of codified knowledgeCodified knowledge: it also releases new tacit knowledgeTacit knowledge within a forum designed to immediately codify this newly articulated knowledge. The proposed knowledgeKnowledge codificationCodification framework offers users the potential to apply the principles exhibited in this chapter in practice.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71079-8_2

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