Editing Knowledge management (section)

== Knowledge retention ==
Knowledge retention is part of knowledge management. It helps convert tacit form of knowledge into an explicit form. It is a complex process which aims to reduce the knowledge loss in the organization.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bolisani|first1=Ettore|last2 = Bratianu|first2=Constantin|title=Generic Knowledge Strategies|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318234758|year=2018}}</ref> Knowledge retention is needed when expert knowledge workers leave the organization after a long career.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Levy|first=Moria|date=2011-01-01|title=Knowledge retention: minimizing organizational business loss|url=https://doi.org/10.1108/13673271111151974|journal=Journal of Knowledge Management|volume=15|issue=4|pages=582–600|doi=10.1108/13673271111151974|issn=1367-3270|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Retaining knowledge prevents losing intellectual capital.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Urbancova|first=Hana|date=2012-06-30|title=The Process of Knowledge Continuity Ensuring|url=http://www.cjournal.cz/index.php?hid=clanek&cid=94|journal=Journal of Competitiveness|volume=4|issue=2|pages=38–48|doi=10.7441/joc.2012.02.03|doi-access=free|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2021-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419213725/https://www.cjournal.cz/index.php?hid=clanek&cid=94|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to DeLong(2004) <ref>{{Cite book|last=Delong|first=DW|title=Lost Knowledge: Confronting the threat of aging workforce.|year=2004}}</ref> knowledge retention strategies are divided into four main categories:
* Human resources, processes and practices
* Knowledge transfer practices
* Knowledge recovery practices
* Information technologies used to capture, store and share knowledge.

Knowledge retention projects are usually introduced in three stages: decision making, planning and implementation. There are differences among researchers on the terms of the stages. For example, Dalkir talks about knowledge capture, sharing and acquisition and Doan et al. introduces initiation, implementation and evaluation.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalkir|first=Kimiz|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780080547367|title=Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice|date=2013-09-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-08-054736-7|edition=1|language=en|doi=10.4324/9780080547367|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031081533/https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780080547367|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|date=2011|chapter-url=http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/Link.aspx?doi=10.5220/0003632003060311|location=Paris, France|publisher=SciTePress – Science and Technology Publications|pages=306–311|doi=10.5220/0003632003060311|isbn=978-989-8425-81-2|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2018-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602174854/http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/Link.aspx?doi=10.5220/0003632003060311|url-status=live | chapter=A Reference Model for Knowledge Retention within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises | title=Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing | url=https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/11644 }}</ref> Furthermore, Levy introduces three steps (scope, transfer, integration) but also recognizes a "zero stage" for initiation of the project.<ref name=":0" />