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Tapping Tacit Knowledge for Developing Organizations’ Competitive Advantages: Public Sector’s View

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This paper review the activities of tapping tacit knowledge in public sector in order to help the organizations formulate their strategies towards its relevancy. The study reviews the relationship of tacit knowledge and innovation towards organization’s competitive advantages based on the information about current situation, progress and process of activities in public sector. Also included a brief conclusion and variety sources of references cited for better understanding and clear thoughtful.
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Selamat, H., & Yunus, A. M. (2017). Tapping Tacit Knowledge for Developing Organizations’ Competitive Advantages: Public Sector’s View. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7(11), 779-791.