SECI model by Nonaka

Activities

• Activity 8: Elaborating the details of execution and use

Description

This model answers the question of how personal knowledge can be conveyed or acquired. It includes four sections: socialization, externalization, combination, internalization.

Procedure

1. Socialization (implicit to implicit): implicit knowledge is passed on to another through observe or imitate
2. Externalization (implicit to explicit): implicit knowledge is attempted to be made explicit for another through description, analogies, etc
3. Combination (explicit to explicit): explicit knowledge is passed on to others through verbal or written communication
4. Internalization (explicit to implicit): generally available knowledge is transformed into selected, own knowledge

Sources

• Ehrlenspiel and Meerkamm 2017, p.657-659