Nonaka's SECI Model

Nonaka's SECI Model
Explicit knowledge: knowledge which a person is able to make available for inspection
capture in books, documents, repository.
Tacit knowledge: enbedded in the human through experience and jobs.
Socialization: (tacit to tacit)
team meetings and discussion, observe and learn, can be learn through communication too
•face to face is impt
•but technology can overcome barrier of space and time
Externalization: (tacit to explicit)
what we know in our head, we write down in a book to share the knowledge
dialogs with teams, answer questions
•dialogue is important
Internalization: (explicit to tacit)
read from books to gain knowledge
learn form report
•provide opportunity for learning by doing
Combination/ Creation: (explicit to explicit)
combining new product for eg; medical + food
email a report
•integrate and make sense out of the existing explicit knowledge

