Designing a profound learning model to capture tacit knowledge

The main objective of this paper is identification and categorization elements and areas of forming and outbreak individual’s tacit knowledge and finding approaches for capturing individual’s knowledge. This is a research article providing an insight about tools that can be used for create and capturing tacit knowledge. To confirm the validity of model a questionnaire was designed, applied and then analyzed by some statistical methods. The paper provides a model that can be applied to Iranian organizations practically. Validity of this model is confirmed by polling the opinion of knowledge staff, data analyzing and statistical test. The paper may be beneficial for training and creating knowledge and organizational learning. The paper may be of high value to researchers in the knowledge management field and to practitioners involved with KM adoption in the organizations. It gives practical advises for creating and capturing tacit knowledge.