Conversion of interorganizational knowledge in the Public Safety Intelligence System in Mining

Abstract

Human relationships have become increasingly complex as a result of globalization. Knowledge is created from a social interaction, moving from the tacit to the explicit and converted through socialization, externalization, combination and internalization. Intelligence rests on the production of knowledge aiming to advise decision makers. The agencies of the Minas Gerais Public Security Intelligence System advise the government decision-making process with useful knowledge in the field of public security. The research problem aims to verify whether the four forms of knowledge conversion occur satisfactorily, among the managers and intelligence analysts who work in the referred System. Research is essential for public security in Minas Gerais, considering that the intelligence activity directly advises decision makers of the respective organizations, through informational inputs for the elaboration and validation of preventive strategies to reduce crime.