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II. Why KM is necessary for Educational Why KM is necessary for Educational According to Sharma, M &Kaur, M. (2016) KM in According to Sharma, M &Kaur, M. (2016) KM in
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educational institutions involves the creation, ducational institutions involves the creation,
It is important to understand the nature of working of t is important to understand the nature of working of empowerment, maintenance and safety of the ance and safety of the
Educational Institutes with respect to knowledge. It Educational Institutes with respect to knowledge. It knowledge. They further emphasis that the effective knowledge. They further emphasis that the effective
can be rightly said that Educational Institutes are one can be rightly said that Educational Institutes are one application of the KM strategy and practices in the application of the KM strategy and practices in the
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of the most important knowledge generation centres of the most important knowledge generation centres Educational Educational I Institutes nstitutes c result esult s significant ignificant
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in the society. Teachers in Educational Inin the society. Teachers in Educational Institutes work improvement in the functioning and operations of the improvement in the functioning and operations of the
on their domain subject for a number of years. They on their domain subject for a number of years. They institutions. As mentioned in the earlier part of paper, the earlier part of paper,
are involved in learning, researching and teaching are involved in learning, researching and teaching it is easier to manage explicit knowledge. It can be it is easier to manage explicit knowledge. It can be
certain subjects for a long duration. They gain rich certain subjects for a long duration. They gain rich documented and stored in any form desired by the documented and stored in any form desired by the
experience and new insights in these subjects. Thus experience and new insights in these subjects. Thus Educational Institutes. The major problem is with Educational Institutes. The major problem is with
they are capable of handling subject specific problems ct specific problems managing tacit knowledge. According to Dhamdhere, According to Dhamdhere,
more effectively as compared to new entrants in the more effectively as compared to new entrants in the S. N (2015), “tacit knowledN (2015), “tacit knowledge is personal, context
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same field. They not only gather information and same field. They not only gather information and specific, specific, t therefore herefore h to o formalize ormalize a
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knowledge and store in their brain, but also are knowledge and store in their brain, but also are communicate.”Because of its unique nature it communicate.”Because of its unique nature it
capable of using it as and when necessary. They know capable of using it as and when necessary. They know becomes difficult to capture and share tacit becomes difficult to capture and share tacit
which piece of information is to be used in which be used in which knowledge completely.
situation. So, we can say that they have subject situation. So, we can say that they have subject
knowledge along with the knowledge of when and knowledge along with the knowledge of when and III. Capturing and Sharing of Explicit and apturing and Sharing of Explicit and
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how to use the subject knowledge. They continuously how to use the subject knowledge. They continuously Tacit knowledge in Educational Institutacit knowledge in Educational Institutes
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generate knowledge for teaching or research purpose. generate knowledge for teaching or research purpose. According to Hong, Suh&Yoo(2011), “ Knowledge Suh&Yoo(2011), “ Knowledge
These teachers become experts of theiThese teachers become experts of their subjects. sharing is the process by which knowledge held by an sharing is the process by which knowledge held by an
According to Awad &Ghaziri (2007) Knowledge is an &Ghaziri (2007) Knowledge is an individual is converted into a form that can be individual is converted into a form that can be
attribute of expertise. They further explain attribute of expertise. They further explain understood, absorbed and used by other individuals understood, absorbed and used by other individuals
Knowledge as “human understanding of a specialized Knowledge as “human understanding of a specialized through channels or networks between known through channels or networks between known
field of interest that has been acquired through study field of interest that has been acquired through study providers and seekers”. Nonaka and Takeuchi (1994) Nonaka and Takeuchi (1994)
and experience.” Therefore the subject expeand experience.” Therefore the subject experts in introduced SECI model. It suggests of four steps for model. It suggests of four steps for
Educational Institutes are a rich source of subject Educational Institutes are a rich source of subject knowledge sharing, as follows:knowledge sharing, as follows:
specific knowledge. i. Socialization- conversion of with tacit to tacit.conversion of with tacit to tacit.
ii. Externalization- conversion of tacit to explicitconversion of tacit to explicit
Knowledge can be explicit or tacit (Nonaka& Knowledge can be explicit or tacit (Nonaka& iii. Combination- conversion of conversion of explicit to
Takeuchi, 1995). Explicit knowledge is the one which Takeuchi, 1995). Explicit knowledge is the one which explicit.
can be easily transferred from one person to another. can be easily transferred from one person to another. iv. Internalization-conversion of explicit to tacit.conversion of explicit to tacit.
Subject experts can share explicit knowledge by explicit knowledge by
documenting it in form of text, books, articles, documenting it in form of text, books, articles, The model is extensively used in many fields The model is extensively used in many fields
education. ducation.
Explicit xplicit
knowledge nowledge
research papers etc. or can be communicated to etc. or can be communicated to including including e E k is is
intended user relatively easily. Tacit knowledge is intended user relatively easily. Tacit knowledge is comparatively easier to capture and share. As it can be comparatively easier to capture and share. As it can be
generated when people use their cognitive skills, generated when people use their cognitive skills, documented, it’s easier to share and it’s easier to share and preserve it. The
experience and concepts in their head to analyse ad to analyse extent to which tacit knowledge is shared in extent to which tacit knowledge is shared in
information. This is what the subject experts in information. This is what the subject experts in Educational Institutes is limited. As noted earlier, tacit Educational Institutes is limited. As noted earlier, tacit
Educational Institutes do. Apart from the learned Educational Institutes do. Apart from the learned knowledge is subjective and highly dependent on the knowledge is subjective and highly dependent on the
concepts and the documented knowledge,concepts and the documented knowledge, subject person who possesses it. Hislop (2009) states that Hislop (2009) states that
experts use their experience, thinking abilities, experts use their experience, thinking abilities, “Knowledge is always stored in p“Knowledge is always stored in people’s brains,
analytical skills, heuristics and cognitive skskills, heuristics and cognitive skills to sharing of tacit knowledge is difficult, time sharing of tacit knowledge is difficult, time
generate knowledge. We call this as tacit knowledge. generate knowledge. We call this as tacit knowledge. consuming and one of the biggest challenges of consuming and one of the biggest challenges of
Educational Institutes generate explicit and tacit Educational Institutes generate explicit and tacit KM.”The best example to explain this is teaching KM.”The best example to explain this is teaching
knowledge in large amounts. With the continuously knowledge in large amounts. With the continuously someone to play a musical instrument. A Person can someone to play a musical instrument. A Person can
changing educational environment and constant changing educational environment and constant be taught all the technical details of how to pbe taught all the technical details of how to play an
challenges it is necessary that Educational Instchallenges it is necessary that Educational Institutes instrument. But using that instrument to create new instrument. But using that instrument to create new
store the generated knowledge. Many Educational store the generated knowledge. Many Educational tunes or melodies depends on that persons own tunes or melodies depends on that persons own
Institutes and Universities are using KM systems Institutes and Universities are using KM systems abilities.
wholly or partially for this purpose.

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