While the concept of knowledge management is seen as novel and innovative,its practice of transforming employees' tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge owned by the company was the driving force behind the ideas of ______.
A)Elton Mayo
B)Max Weber
C)Fredrick Taylor
D)Mary Joe Hatch

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Fredrick Taylor's principles of scientific management emphasized optimizing and simplifying jobs, which includes transforming tacit knowledge (personal, experiential knowledge) into explicit knowledge (documented, easily shared knowledge) to improve efficiency and productivity.

While the Concept of Knowledge Management Is Seen as Novel