Abstract
This chapter examines through a review how the literature makes the link between knowledge, know-how, skills and competencies. It suggests that competencies must be mobilized in order to perform an activity and that this mobilization is multi-factorial and occurs when in action. It suggests a way to synthetize the conclusions of the review through the Knowledge–Know-How–Skills model (KKHS model) depicting the interrelationship between the three notions, demonstrates the robustness of the model and exposes how it integrates the Knowledge Management paradigm.
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In French, original questions were:
S1: Selon vous, vous êtes compétent pour cette activité.
Q1: Selon vous, qu’est-ce qui est d’abord requis pour un novice en termes de compétences pour réaliser cette activité?
Q2: Selon vous, réalisant cette activité, qu’est-ce qui améliore votre compétence entre la répétition et la fréquence?
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Fauquet-Alekhine, P. (2020). What Do We Transfer?. In: Knowledge Management in High Risk Industries. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49213-7_2
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