Knowledge Creation Process as Communication - Connecting SECI and Activity Theory via Cascading Modes of Communication

Abstract

This paper starts with a short review of SECI knowledge creation process with the aim to situate it in the organizational space supported by social media. By constructing a model called Cascading Modes of Communication (CMC), we try to capture the movement towards abstraction of SECI model over the years. We then indentify certain aspects of CMC that can help to connect SECI to Activity Theory, which formulates the historical evolving systems that provide specific units of analysis for doing research. More importantly, we demonstrate why CMC, in view of Activity Theory, can explain the logical connection between each of the learning cycles in SECI as expansive learning. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.