Validation of SECI Model in Education

The use of Knowledge Management (KM) is increasingly relevant to education as our knowledge of factors influencing the effective managing of information and knowledge resources. It is important that educational organizations understand the application of strategies for managing the knowledge resources and providing appropriate access to this information within the University context. This article examines data collected from students doing the Software Engineering Program at UNSW. This data is used to analyse the industrial SECI model of KM as applied to the educational domain. We are looking at the validity of the empirical evidence. Results indicated that the data provided a valid study of KM in this context.