Tacit Knowledge Data

Capturing, Codifying,
Sharing

Submitted To: Sir Atteeq Ur Rehman
Submitted By: Wasif Ammar
Roll no: 11014220-093
Subject: Knowledge Management
Section: G


MBA (3.5 years)
6th semester
Evening Session
UOG


A structured interview of a student to CAPTURE his/her valuable tacit knowledge

Introduction
Q. Tell me about yourself
Name: Ali Raza
Student of MBA (3.5 years) and doing it from University of Gujrat

Skills and personal qualities
Q. What factors lead you to get motivated?
Well to this his replied that a healthy competition and energetic environment always get him
motivated. Considerable topics involving logical discussions and moreover throwing positive
challenges creates a sense of motivation for him and apart from all these
his own nature which he explains as an extrovert nature drives adrenaline through his zealous
spirit.
Q. What are your greatest weaknesses? How can you overcome them?
To this he gave a sarcastic smile and thought for a minute and spilled out some of his
weaknesses.
1) His immediate reactive nature over something which is indigestible for him. To this he
replied that maybe he can overcome it through keeping quiet as the more you talk the
more it leads to hot talk.
2) Taking a lot of tension over little stuffs. May be its natural and there is no solution to it
but I guess relaxing and keeping my mind diverted to other things can lead to its
reduction.
3) He declares himself as an extremist and considers it his weakness. Not listening to others
and doing the matters his ways only. Maybe listening to others and understanding them
can eliminate my weakness.
Q. What are your greatest strengths? How these strengths help you?
To this he replied o yeah strengths .....! Well I do what I once have decided no matter how much
difficulties are embracing my decision. I believe nothing is impossible it all depends on your
determination and believe in Allah and I dont give up until the absolute result is achieved.....!
And this leads me energetic and zealous.

Q. What is the process you follow to complete your exam in time for the long questions,
short questions and MCQS.
He replies sequentially
MCQS--- He told that the process he follows to complete his MCQS is simple and predictable.
He starts from the very first, solves them one by one. The leftovers are dealt in the end.
Short questions---For the short questions he was asked which process he follows from following
three
Read all the questions first and then answer as per ease
Start from the last question and reach till first
In sequence I.e. ...one by one
He chose the first option as his process of solving short questions
Long questions----For the short questions he was asked which process he follows from following
three
You perform the best question you know at first
You perform the best question you know in second
You perform the best question you know at last
He chose the first option as hi process of solving the long questions in exam.


Academic programs
Q. What are your least favorite courses? How do you deal with your least favorite courses?
The least favorite courses of his are those which have all theory in them and analytical concepts.
He is more into numerical work. But still, as these types of subjects are to be dealt he deals them
in the best ways he can.
According to him the theoretical subjects are managed through group studies and detailed
argumentation on the specific topics that are to be learned.
And the analytical subjects are evaluated through a lively arguments or debates and think
tanking.

Q. How do you maintain you CGPA?
To this question he laughed and said well I guess this purely depends on the way you handle
your studies and everyone has a different approach of achieving a good CGPA. I have a CGPA
of 3.5 and I am quite satisfied with it.
He added There are no secrets to it. For him its a mixture of following things to at least secure
a favorable CGPA
Hard work
Group discussions
Attentive listening of lectures

Extracurricular activities
Q. According to you does co-curricular activities have an effect on studies or career and in
what way?
He said that may be the answer to this question varies according to every individual. As no one is
the same, everyone has a different nature. He replied to this question as follows.
Effect on studies
Co-curricular activities can have or cannot have an effect on studies. The effect on studies could
be positive or negative. If you manage your studies side by side then definitely co-curricular
activities would have a positive impact on studies and if you do not manage your studies then
definitely co-curricular activities would have a negative impact on studies.
Effect on Career
Co-curricular activities have a strong impact on career. The more you participate the more you
would achieve which would ultimately be beneficial for career. Co-curricular activities make out
a better CV which would mark a nice impression on interviewers of jobs for your career.





Career goals and objectives
Q. What are your long-range career goals and objectives? And how are you preparing to
achieve them?
To this he replied that in future he wants to become a businessman, wants to help the needy
people as much as he can and he wants to become that kid who makes his parents dreams come
true.
In short he wants to become a successful human being as a whole. And to achieve them he is
working hard with devotion and giving sacrifices wherever required as sacrifice is one thing
which can lead to ones success plus to happiness of others.


















Knowledge Sharing
The main objective of knowledge sharing is that the right knowledge can be available for the
right person at the right time.
Knowledge can either be shared through platforms of knowledge sharing or tools of knowledge
sharing.
Platforms of knowledge sharing- by platforms we mean face to face interactions and exchange of
ideas and getting feedbacks.
Platforms of knowledge sharing include:
Peer Assistance
After action Review
Story telling
Mentoring and coaching
Knowledge Fairs
Video sharing etc.
Tools of knowledge sharing- By tools we mean websites or software that can be used to support
personal and group knowledge sharing.
Tools of knowledge sharing include:
ERP ( Enterprise Resource Planning
Content Management
Portals
Web logs/Social networking/Blogs
K-logs
Wikis

*Knowledge could be shared through any technique mentioned above in the platforms and
tools of knowledge sharing. More than one technique can also be used.*
I would be choosing the technique of Web logs/Social networking/Blogs for the sharing of
knowledge I captured from the tools of knowledge sharing.
The reason for choosing the tool instead of platform is that platforms often cost high with a
limited audience. Tools cost less, are easily available to large number of audience.


The reason for specifically choosing the tool of web logs/blogs is because:
Good for- Individuals or teams to assist in managing the project or data shared.
How to do- An accessible record of developments or actions is to be undertaken and kept
updated on a regular and frequent basis.
Output/what you can do with it- Blogs can be used as a resource while project or data shared is
underway. They can be used to elicit and offer help and it can be used as a resource in future as
basis for documentation, to extract best practice, to enable people to be contacted for
advice/consultation on similar projects
With every technique whether it is of platform or tool there definitely lay some pros and
cons.
With blogs the cons faced are few and manageable if sincerely worked out.
Con for blogs-
Needs to be kept regularly updated.
Blogs can be difficult to search/find/extract relevant, useful information