Research Article
Knowledge of University Knowledge Workers
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_69, author={Jozef Hvoreck\"{y}}, title={Knowledge of University Knowledge Workers}, proceedings={Smart City 360°. First EAI International Summit, Smart City 360°, Bratislava, Slovakia and Toronto, Canada, October 13-16, 2015. Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={SMARTCITY360}, year={2016}, month={6}, keywords={Knowledge management Knowledge workers categorization Balancing explicit and tacit professional knowledge}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_69} }- Jozef Hvorecký
Year: 2016
Knowledge of University Knowledge Workers
SMARTCITY360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_69
Abstract
Knowledge workers are expected to possess expert knowledge critical for innovation and progress. For that reason, management of knowledge workers is considered to be a substantial part of knowledge management. Knowledge is always present in explicit and tacit forms. Whilst the explicit knowledge is quite easy to demonstrate, the tacit knowledge is hidden and difficult to observe and measure. In fact, our ability to estimate their proportion is also “tacit”. Nevertheless, using a critical analysis, we make an attempt to categorize knowledge-intensive professions by their balance. Such a categorization (which is predominantly tacit as well) could be exploited by human resource managers during selection of knowledge workers for their best fitting positions.