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Tacit to Explicit: Transforming Knowledge Through Cognitive Mapping -An experiment

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  • Florence Rodhain

    (MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1 - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UM2 - Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School)

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In the Information System field, the articulation of the mental models business managers use to make decisions is problematic because this knowledge is often tacit. Cognitive mapping can be used to transform tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how this is achieved. It is argued here that cognitive mapping not only externalizes tacit knowledge, but also has an effect on the tacit knowledge itself: tacit knowledge can be transformed, reorganized, or reconstructed during the process of constructing an external representation.

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  • Florence Rodhain, 1999. "Tacit to Explicit: Transforming Knowledge Through Cognitive Mapping -An experiment," Post-Print hal-03904869, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03904869
    DOI: 10.1145/299513.299614
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    1. Colin Eden, 1992. "On The Nature Of Cognitive Maps," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 261-265, May.
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