SECI Model Revisited
It can be seen that the four knowledge conversion processes
of SECI model can be subsumed under managerial
cognition and organizational or social processes
which are the paths of knowledge creation meaning that
greater elaboration and explanation of these processes
bring out more clearly the mechanisms of knowledge
creation. The SECI model variables of socialization and
externalization are organizational processes whereas
combination and internalization are cognitive activities.
It may be pointed out that the use of the variables, organizational
processes, and managerial cognition greatly
simplifies the understanding of the mechanisms of
knowledge creation.