01587pab a2200181 454500 180718b2007 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Gueldenberg, Stefan Bridging `the great divide': Nonaka's synthesis of `western' and `eastern' knowledge concepts reassessed 2007 p.101-22. Jan Knowledge management remains one of the most debated topics in current management literature. In particular, Nonaka's interpretation of Polanyi's distinction between explicit and tacit knowledge and his approach of framing the knowledge generation process in terms of an interaction between `Western' (predominately explicit) and `Eastern' (predominantly tacit) knowledge types have been repeatedly discussed and criticized. In this context, management research increasingly has to address questions pertaining to philosophical theories. The present article offers a critical investigation of Nonaka's philosophical assumptions and thus sheds light on the core issues pertaining to the nature of knowledge underlying thecurrent controversial discourse on this subject. The strengths and weaknesses of Nonaka's quest to integrate `Western' and ~Eastern' knowledge into the framework of his comprehensive knowledge creation theory will be outlined at the end of a thorough investigation of the salient epistemological notions cited by Nonaka as the basis for his knowledge creation theory. - Reproduced. Knowledge management Helting, Holger Organization N 73163 73163 73163 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 14, Issue no: 1 AR73623 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR