Organisational knowledge

Figure C12. Organisational Knowledge Creation Model (Nonaka-Takeuchi)...

So the corpus of medieval construction knowledge was deep-structured by the conflicting demands of concealment and dissemination. The difference between literacy in Latin and in the vernaculars is important. The quadrivium was a set way of organising knowledge used by the Latin schools, strictly defined and immutable. Arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy did not meld In the crucible of practical use as they might otherwise have done. 

In the first place we have to organise knowledge in specific domain using scattered data and various sources. For the two main domains (Critical Infrastructures and Hazards Threats) it is necessary to determine what concepts exist and to describe and classify them within the domain in a systematic way. THREVI2 ontologies have been developed by a joint implementation of different methodologies ... 

Investigators view accidents, and the numerous findings that inevitably follow, as indefatigable evidence of the inherent limits of organisational knowledge. They believe that there are always things that they haven t yet considered that could cause an accident - if they happened in a certain way, under particular conditions, or in conjunction with other specific events. 

Sklair, L. (1973), Organised Knowledge A Sociological View of Science and Technology (London Hart-Davis MacGibbon). 

Three key areas are the organisation of knowledge in databases, sequence analysis, and structural bioinformatics. 

Fludd always organised his theoretical discourse into two distinctive types of knowledge, that of lower mechanical and that of divine theosophical. The hrst part of the Macrocosm, accordingly, was devoted to divine science, while the second part, the Naturae Simla ( the ape of Nature ) dealt with practical skills of every kind. In this division of knowledge, he was following Dee s system of classihcation and both Hermeticists were basing themselves on the Platonic distinction between conceptual knowledge and the mechanical crafts. 

For whom is this book intended For those involved in industry, particularly nonchemical operations), who have, for a long while (since the application of the Labour Code) had much experience in safety matters, but for whom my experience as a trainer in the department of Hygiene, Safety and Environment of the lUT allows me to say how inadequately prepared they are when confronted with certain aspects of risk chemistry. Public organisations, curiously, had, until recently, no obligation to administer the Labour Code and that which concerned hygiene and workers safety. This book is concerned with all these activities but is not addressed to all safety officers because it presupposes a basic knowledge of chemistry. For all that, the chemist may not be at ease with this book, which he may find difficult. For this reason, numerous examples are provided to illustrate the methods studied, and assist in their application, and to permit him to identify the limits. 

J. Klaessens, L. Van Beysterveldt, T. Saris, B. Vandeginste and G. Kateman, Labgen, expert system for knowledge-based modelling of analytical laboratories, Part 1. Laboratory organisation. Anal. Chim. Acta, 222 (1989) 1-17. 

Charpentier, Louis. The mysteries of Chartres Cathedral. London Thorsons for Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation, 1972 reprint, New York Avon, 1975. 

Anderson, Flavia. The ancient secret fire from the sun. 3rd ed ed. Wellingborough Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation distributed by Thorsons, 1987. 288p. 

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