The Knowledge-stream Model - A Comprehensive Model for Knowledge Circulation in Communities of Knowledgeable Practitioners

Federico Cabitza, Andrea Cerroni, Angela Locoro, Carla Simone

2014

Abstract

In this paper we present an original position on how knowledge is created and shared in organizational domains. We propose a metaphor of diffusion, borrowed from genetics, and a four phase model, which aims to be as simple as the SECI model proposed within the OKCT, but also more comprehensive and sociologically-informed. Our model takes into account the individual, social and cultural dimensions of knowledge (what we denote as co-knowledge) to account for the various ways knowledge is “circulated” among people (i.e., members of any social structure); we also propose ancillary concepts like that of “Knowing Community” and “Knowledge Artifact”, as analytical constructs to represent, respectively, the environment hosting such a circulation and the technological driver that either enables or supports it.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cabitza F., Cerroni A., Locoro A. and Simone C. (2014). The Knowledge-stream Model - A Comprehensive Model for Knowledge Circulation in Communities of Knowledgeable Practitioners . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-050-5, pages 367-374. DOI: 10.5220/0005154803670374

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis14,
author={Federico Cabitza and Andrea Cerroni and Angela Locoro and Carla Simone},
title={The Knowledge-stream Model - A Comprehensive Model for Knowledge Circulation in Communities of Knowledgeable Practitioners},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={367-374},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005154803670374},
isbn={978-989-758-050-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2014)
TI - The Knowledge-stream Model - A Comprehensive Model for Knowledge Circulation in Communities of Knowledgeable Practitioners
SN - 978-989-758-050-5
AU - Cabitza F.
AU - Cerroni A.
AU - Locoro A.
AU - Simone C.
PY - 2014
SP - 367
EP - 374
DO - 10.5220/0005154803670374