Knowledge Management in Military Organizations. A Seci Model Perspective

Knowledge management is a multidisciplinary domain that involves people, technology, and processes. From these three components results a series of social, technical, and other implications which influences the way knowledge is created, stored, and transmitted through organizations. One way to express these processes is through the SECI model, based on the two types of knowledge: tacit and explicit. The four dimensions of the SECI model – socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization, have particular features from organization to organization, based on the domain of activity, organizational culture and other cultural influences, type of management, processes and so on. Considering that military organization have an essential role in assuring global security and they heavily rely on knowledge, the study of knowledge management from the SECI model point of view is important as it can offer a better understating on this domain and improve it in the studied field of activity.