Most of the organizations seek
ways to survive in today's competitive environment. Employees need to be
informed about their organisations and motivated to be able to show creative
behaviors. Sharing needed information with employees empowers them and that
allows them to show voluntary behaviors in favor of their organizations.
Compared with other
organizational factors, knowledge becomes gradually the most important factor
of them. Knowledge is valuable when it is shared with other employees. In
today's dynamic global business environment, knowledge is seen as a source of
strategic competitive advantage of the organizations. There are many definitions for knowledge.
Overall Tiwana defined Knowledge as "Knowledge is a fluid mix of framed
experience, values, cotextual information, expert insight and grounded
intuition that provides an enviroment and framework for evaluating and
incorporating new experiences and information". It would be wrong to think
of creativity without knowledge. Organizational success and the basic
requirement of being a leader in the market, is through the creation of
consistent innovation. To be creative and innovative the employees need to work
together and share voluntarily the needed knowledge.
Knowledge has been commonly known as the major
source for creating an organization’s sustainable competitive advantage.
Collins and Hitt (2006:148) illustrated in their study that knowledge sharing
is an accumulation of social capital for an organization as if there is an
adequate social capital is available then the knowledge possessed by an
individual can be shared efficiently and effectively in the organization.
Nevertheless the willingness of the members to share their knowledge with other
members based on the organizational structure and social relations in the organization.
The importance of organizational knowledge has supported several knowledge
management activities that are intended to realize knowledge creation,
retention and distribution. In fact, the knowledge of human resources, customers,
innovations and processes consist of managerial intellectual capital that will
be incorporated into decisions. However, the transition of knowledge across
individuals and organizational boundaries, and into organizational practices
relies heavily on individual employees’ knowledge sharing behavior. When
individuals are psychologically attached and identified with an organization,
they trust and interact with other organizational members and make it easy and
comfortable to share knowledge with them. Social factors are more deterministic
than extrinsic benefits in knowledge -sharing behaviors. Knowledge sharing
potentially carries the meaning, to share sensitive knowledge about costs,
productivity, financial and performance with employees of the organizations. With
knowledge sharing, managers strengthen teams that can take their own decisions.
This dimension creates a situation for workers to understand the meaning of
their work, to feel being of competence in fulfilling the business and have an
impact in the direction of the organization where they feel themselves better.
In other words, knowledge sharing constitutes the basis of empowerment.
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Dear Dilmi,
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice article since Knowledge sharing is essential for a company to achieve success, since it can facilitate decision-making capabilities, build learning organizations (through a learning routine) and finally, stimulate cultural change and innovation. Still, overall performance in a company improves just when people do things differently
Yes Nishantha,
ReplyDeleteKnowledge is valuable when it is shared with other employees. In today's dynamic global business environment, knowledge is seen as a source of strategic competitive advantage of the organizations
Dear Dilmi,
ReplyDeleteit’s obvious that managing knowledge properly can bring a lot benefits to a organization and knowledge sharing culture is the bread and butter of an organization, regardless of whether it’s a small business or a well-organized company.
well said Janaka.It is very important to establish knowledge sharing cultures in organizations , since knowledge s the power.
DeleteDear Dilmi,
ReplyDeleteIt is recommended that knowledge sharing is very effective than having training sessions. Employees are having more practical issues than theoretical issues in an organization.Hence,it helps for an organization to have talented and updated staff at all time.
Yes Sachintha, agree with your opinion, sharing knowledge is very much practical than having training sessions.
ReplyDeleteDear Dilmi.You have broadly discussed topic in an interesting way. According to my knowledge and working experience Im in the view that knowledge sharing should be done both in horizontal and vertical ways. It means that it can be done among co employees and in hierarchical order. As a example job rotation is implemented specially in private organization for better knowledge sharing.With the job rotation employees tend to learn from their superiors.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore with the knowledge sharing it builds a team with high standards which will assist the organization to beat the competition.
Dear Janaka,
ReplyDeleteI total agree with your view. Access to knowledge and information is increasingly important to employees, who must adapt to shifting roles and compete for work in a global marketplace. Employers often need their workers to accomplish more work in less time, perform a wider variety of tasks, and learn new skills quickly
Hi Dilmi,
ReplyDeleteKnowledge shearing is very impotent for a organization to achieve its goals, Because It can foster vision in others and strengthen professional ties. When you share with others, it helps deepen your own knowledge and engrains what you know.Sharing your knowledge with colleagues is a great service. It gives you an opportunity to think about others and not just yourself.