Knowledge Creation in Academic Writing Training at The State Islamic University of Mataram (SECI Model Analysis)
Keywords:
knowledge creation, competent employee, academic writing training, SECI ModelAbstract
A lifelong learning culture needs to be encouraged to create rigid and flexible individuals dealing with changes in work. The government carries out this changing condition, increasing the professionalism and performance of government employees, including librarians. The government's employee quality transformation process is called a competent employee. To survive in this condition, an employee needs to understand the process of knowledge creation to keep on developing, improving, and strengthening personal capacities and competencies dynamically, especially facing the new society 5.0 era. Increasing the capacity and competence of an employee can be done through various trainings, such as the Academic Writing Training conducted by the Research and Development Agency and Training Center for Education and Training of the Administrative Division of the Ministry of Religion. The training was held for 40 functional administrative officials at The State Islamic University of Mataram. This research was conducted to determine whether the trainers' learning process was in accordance with the stages of the knowledge creation process according to the SECI Model theory and how to increase the ability in academic writing for functional officials of The State Islamic University of Mataram. This research used a qualitative descriptive method, participatory observation techniques, documentation, and interviews. This study concluded that academic writing training accommodated the process and stages of knowledge creation, and 40 employees had increasing knowledge and ability in academic writing.