Invited Speaker---Dr. Salem S. Humaidan


Department of Information Science, King Abdulaziz University, KSA

Biography: Dr. Salem Humaidan received his master degree in business administration from Faculty of Economics and Administration at King Abdulaziz University in 2010 and awarded Ph.D. in knowledge management from Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah KSA. His research interests include strategic management, organizational culture, change management, knowledge management, and risk management. He has been associated with different parties as an independent business improvement consultant in Saudi Arabia. He has been invited and participates in many conferences at Egypt, Jordon, Philippines Italy, Czech Republic, and Spain. He has published several scientific papers in journals and conferences.

Speech Title: The Contemporary Perspective of Tacit Knowledge notion: Constructing a Conceptual Framework
Abstract: This paper aims to construct and modeling the tacit knowledge (TK) concept in a simple, functional and effective framework. First of all, an extensive review of Tk concept has been conducted, in parallel with other related subjects such as learning organizations, cognitive integration and learning domains. Consequently, the study proposed a tripartite framework for the TK notion. Lastly, a validity test of the proposed framework was discussed by the means of a focus group and semi-structured interviews methods. The study contributed by presenting a tripartite framework which explicates the TK notion. The focus of this paper is on conducting an in-depth review of TK notion. It asserts the values of using the proposed framework as a roadmap understanding and improving the TK notion.