Generally, information and knowledge is a powerful resource that enable organization and employees or individuals to achieve several benefits such as improved decision making, learning, general knowledge and level of understanding. Therefore, any organization public or private can get benefits from implement knowledge management on their organization. According to Tallman (2004), organization engaged in collaborative inter-organization business process need to distribute information and knowledge to upsurge their competitiveness, knowledge based and innovation. This statement directly explains that knowledge sharing is importance within organization to increase the organization productivity. Knowledge sharing using knowledge management portal …show more content…
Based on Zhang and Zhao declaration, we can underline the importance of knowledge for organization by pointing out that the sum of knowledge acquired externally and internally creates a sustainable resource for maintaining competitive advantage to the organization. In additional, knowledge among the employees plays an important role not only in overall performance but also in the competitiveness of the organization. To get a maximum impact from this knowledge management tools, each employees should interact and share implicit and explicit knowledge with each other. Hence, all employee can improve their capacity to define a situation or problem, and apply their knowledge for to problem solving. Undeniable nowadays, knowledge sharing is a curial issue in any …show more content…
All of these services and function allow employees to share information and knowledge with other employees and management. In addition, other incorporate also can use of topic tags or title to make previous shared knowledge information more searchable. Besides that, this allows employees to share and seek information about common problems related with the job scope and minimize the need for supervisors to step in. Thus, it is a good idea to give employees the skill to communicate on a company-wide level. Knowledge sharing tends to occur more among employees who have similar positions. Such positions can be in the same department of the company or hierarchy across departments in the organization. To having a company-wide intranet service, it would be wise to create department-focused groups within your intranet so employees can easily share relevant and applicable knowledge with their expert
If asked, most of us would claim to have knowledge, at least knowledge of the things we are confident we know to be true. What would our answer be if we were asked what knowledge is and how does it work? Some of the major philosophers have an answer for the latter, but leave no explanation of what knowledge is. The views of philosophers presented on knowledge explore whether or not we can have knowledge, what one’s interpretation of knowledge is, and the possible origins of knowledge. Nowhere in those views is there even the slightest definition of what knowledge is. By the end of this paper, I will have covered some of these views, how society uses the word knowledge, and my opinion on what knowledge really is. Hopefully my opinion will answer what knowledge is, or at the least, provoke questions that will move us closer to a real answer.
Knowledge is defined as information and skills one acquires through experience or education. There is; however, a certain knowledge than cannot be certain and is unjustifiable from the scientific perspective. Karen Armstrong, Robert Thurman, and Azar Nafisi wrote about this type of knowledge in their essays: “Homo Religiosus,” “Wisdom,” and “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” respectively. Each of these authors has a different view of what knowledge is exactly, how it can be achieved, and what it means to have achieved it, but each author takes on the view that the concept of knowledge should be viewed from a social stance. Armstrong refers to this uncertain knowledge as “myth,” Thurman refers to it as “wisdom,” and Nafisi refers to it as “upsilamba";
The management of knowledge within the context of organizational processes is a determining factor of its effectiveness and level of performance. Hislop (2013) stated, "One of the key distinctions in the knowledge management literature relates to epistemology" (p. 8). In an attempt to acquire an in-depth understanding of key aspects of knowledge management I will analyze a key organizational job position that possesses valuable experience and traits of fulfilling responsibilities. My analysis will include a description of the organization and position, a review of the perspectives and types of knowledge, as described by Hislop (2013), as they relate to the job position, and the challenges encountered in transferring
The quote “None of us is as smart as all of us” by Eric Schmidt literally means that no individual possesses the same amount of knowledge that a group of people possess. The amount of knowledge that a group of people will contribute to a discussion will always be much more than what a single person would contribute and hence we are always better off as a group.
The methods that available in the production of knowledge are limited by the ethical judgments, but the definition of whether the method is ethical or not depends on a couple different things. The first one is the personal judgments. Each person would have different judgments for the same method. However, one personal based judgment cannot be universal. The second one is the social judgment. It is related to the personal judgment. When a personal opinion for a method is agreed by most of people in the society, this opinion would become a social judgment.
Often it is assumed that our source of personal knowledge stems from the core of shared knowledge, however this is a common misconception as it is only valid to a certain scope. The Ancient Japanese proverb, ' 'none of us is as strong as all of us ' ', agrees with the assumption as it can be deduced the intent of this proverb is to indicate that shared knowledge overpowers personal knowledge, and to an extent tells us personal knowledge overall leads to the formation of shared knowledge. However, the validity of this conjecture is not entirely predisposed, through the Areas of Knowledge of Mathematics and Art a bidirectional argument is formed. Shared knowledge is highly structured, is systematic in its nature and the product of more than one individual. While individuals contribute to it, shared knowledge does not depend only upon the contributions of a particular individual—there are
T.D. Wilson (2002) makes a point of identifying several sources of articles, references and course syllabi with varying takes on knowledge management within organizations. Wilson is convinced that organizations misuse the terminology “knowledge management” and that their activities are more concerned with managing information than with the management of knowledge (Wilson, 2002). Wilson defines knowledge as involving “the mental processes of comprehension” or, as “what we know” and information as the expression of what we know and can convey through messages (Wilson, 2002). By researching the use of the “knowledge management” Wilson conveys that the terms knowledge and information are used interchangeably, which results in an inaccurate application
Methods The article is divided largely in four major sections. The introduction lays out different basic concepts used in knowledge management (KM) for our better understanding of the topic. Then, the author continues on by touching upon various factors and steps involved in decision making processes. The first section delves into sources of knowledge and the second section explains incorporation of the different sets of knowledge at different steps of decision making processes. Thirdly, the integration of all the factors above is emphasized. All the key components together bring forth 4 different dimensions. Having access to knowledge whether it’s bas...
According to the book of Daniel, the author states “But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase” (Daniel 12:4, English Standard Version). My opinion is that obtaining knowledge is significant to all developmental stages in a lifespan. Throughout the years, technology have grown tremendously. My grandmother used to say, “You children have it good, I remember when we only had pen and paper”.
This report is to find out how communication, team and leadership affects the outcome of teamwork. Making use of Everest simulation which requires large amount of discussions, and various experimentations on communication and leadership systems. Result was satisfactory as everyone now have higher understanding and experience on the key components that build the ideal team.
(106) 'Knowledge management means using the ideas and experience of employees, customers and suppliers to improve the organisation’s performance. ' (5) Knowledge management (KM) is best when 'it is in alignment with organizational culture, structure and strategy ' (5). For this reason, the aim of this briefing document is to advise Santander on solutions to potential KM barriers employees may face by discussing three key barriers- culture, technology and leadership.
With today’s rate of development in technology, there has also been an immense increase in global information sharing. Innovations in technology and design seem to be emerging in the market almost every month. One of the key aspects of any business is to gather, organize and efficiently apply this information. According to Antonic (2005), economic assets are fast becoming of secondary importance in the market as companies ascribe more importance to intellectual capital. With the right application of Knowledge Management methods, companies can achieve a competitive advantage through managing the immense amount of information available (Balanced Scorecard Institute, 2002).
The definition of knowledge is still a matter of ongoing debate among epistemologists. A classical definition attributed to Plato suggests that a piece of knowledge must meet three cri-teria – it should be justified, true and believed. (Plato. Cornford, 1957) The focus of this es-say when discussing knowledge, will be on the concept of knowledge as truth; whether the knowledge is an objective truth or the truth of an individual; subjective to their own interpre-tation or experience. Whether a group’s verification is always the standard that ensures that the knowledge is true needs to be considered, and further, which group is the ultimate author-ity when there is contention. An opposing group’s verifications’ may stand in the way of knowledge,
Before a partnership formation is imminent, the business needs to decide on which type of partnership to form. There are three types of partnerships: (1) general partnerships, (2) limited partnerships, and (3) joint ventures. All three partnerships contain two or more owners, but all partners assume equal division of ownership, liabilities, and profits in a general partnership. Limited partnerships offer limited liability protection based on each partner’s contribution percentage. Joint ventures are classified as general partnerships with limited existence periods. Once a type of partnership has been determined, the business fulfills a series of requirements before the partnership can be successfully formed. The first step is to register
Collaborative learning is an educational approach that involves groups of learners working together to reach a consensus through negotiation to solve a problem, complete a task, or create a product (Bruffee, 1993). Learning occurs through active engagement among peers, wherein the main characteristics of collaborative learning are: a common task or activity; small group learning, co-operative behaviour; interdependence; and individual responsibility and accountability (Lejeune, 2003).