Codifiability of Knowledge

Codifiability describes the firm’s ability to structure knowledge into a format that allows easy sharing and complexity refers to the intricacy of some forms of knowledge. To codify knowledge is to put it into a code that makes it portable and distributable. An attempt to transfer knowledge requires decodification, or the means to interpret or decodify the code. Codified knowledge is easier to transfer than uncodified knowledge. The codification of tacit knowledge allows its sharing to increase the leverage of organizational resources.