Applying the knowledge creation model to the management of indigenous knowledge research
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2017-01
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University of Zululand
Abstract
In present-day society, the need to manage indigenous knowledge is widely recognised. However, there is
a debate in progress on whether or not indigenous knowledge can be easily managed. The purpose of this
paper is to examine the possibility of using knowledge management models like knowledge creation
theory in the management of indigenous knowledge. The paper defines knowledge creation as a process
that stems from accumulating information, while knowledge transfer refers to “the transfer of knowledge
to places and people, where it is needed to be used to fulfil some activity or task”.
This paper presents the literature which was used to review and to explore previous studies in the IK and
knowledge creation Model (KCM) particularly on the possibility of using knowledge creation theory to
inform the management of indigenous knowledge. Despite criticism of KCM, the model/theory can
potentially be applied to link tacit and explicit knowledge and by extension IK through four modes of the
knowledge creation: socialisation, externalisation, combination and internalisation as revealed in the
wide use of the model in knowledge management in society and organisations.
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Peer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso journal, Volume 9 Number 1, Jan 2017, p. 75 – 86
Keywords
Knowledge creation theory, indigenous knowledge, ICTs, knowledge management
Citation
Dlamini, P., 2017. Applying the knowledge creation model to the management of indigenous knowledge research. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 9(1), pp.75-86.