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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Human Library: A New Way of Tacit Knowledge Sharing
Authors : Yong-hua Zhai, Ying Zhao, Rui-mei Wang
Published in: Business, Economics, Financial Sciences, and Management
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The problem of tacit knowledge capture and sharing is a central theme in the field of knowledge management. The difficulties of tacit knowledge transfer and sharing not only for its own characteristics, but for provider’s intellectual monopoly and the recipient’s resentment. The Human Library is an innovative method designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding. The paper aims to introduce the means of Human Library and its origin and development, points out the Human Library is a new way of tacit knowledge transfer and elaborates the advantage and role of human library in tacit knowledge transfer and sharing.