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...... Although the use of tacit knowledge is one way to engage in knowledge creation, understanding how knowledge is created is another important part of my philosophy of knowledge. The creation of knowledge is the aspect of knowledge management that will most quickly boost organizations into an era of progressivism and positive change. Because I subscribe to a contingency view of knowledge management, I believe that circumstances are highly influential during the knowledge creation process. For instance, Becerra-Fernandez et al. (2004) discuss task uncertainty, and its influence on knowledge and knowledge management (p.22). The authors argue that task uncertainty may reduce the organizations ability to develop routine, and may result in the fact that knowledge remains tacit (p.22). Thus, Becerra-Fernandez et al. (2004) suggest that allowing employees to receive directions from each other and socialize with each other would be the best way to deal with this situation (p.22). Here, the circumstances, specifically task uncertainty, changed the way that knowledge was applied. I believe this is true in knowledge creation as well. When circumstances are tense, and time is a factor, knowledge is often created out of necessity. Other circumstances that require employees and managers to employ procedural knowledge in

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