Lecturer: Dr Muhammad Madi Bin Abdullah

By: Nazifa Abd. Ghani (MR111037)

Human Resource ManagementSEM II

2011/2012

Problem Based Individual Assignment:

The Barriers On The Path of Knowledge Sharing In Organizations

OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATION & CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION Knowledge is defined as a source of sustainable

competitive advantage for organizations in today’s economy (Wang & Noe, 2010).

KM, make easy the process of transferring knowledge among employees and effectively convert the knowledge shared for organizational benefit.

Knowledge sharing is completely connected to company improvement (Liao, 2006),

Boosting up company’s productivity (Quigley, Tesluk, Locke, & Bartol, 2007)

Increased the performance of the organisation (Verburg & Andriessen, 2011).

THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN ORGANISATIONS

Talent wins games, but with Knowledge sharing , teamwork and intelligence wins championships

STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

To determine the barriers that occurred related to knowledge sharing effectiveness.

Three categories of barriers identified in this study: Cultural barriersRelationship barriersOrganisational barriers

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

Why knowledge sharing always result in failure?

The organization always allocated some resources for knowledge management but many of them still failed (Wang & Noe, 2011).

The Barriers On The Path of Knowledge Sharing In

Organizations

Relationship Barriers

Cultural barriers

Organization

al Barriers

-Changes among

employees

-Knowledge is Power“Managers believed that

knowledge is a basis of power for promotion and therefore unwilling to share their knowledge”.

-Low level of trust• Employees start to share knowledge only after they know each other.

-Silo mentality

-Incapable to manage and

assimilate the information obtained.

HOW TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE

SHARING?There are four main approaches that should be considered in order to increase the effectiveness of knowledge sharing process.

The following ways are:•Motivation :Enhance employees feeling of belonging to the organizations.•Socializing :Expose in Sharing experiences & Building Trust (activities/events).•Training Programs •Communication/Interaction

Conclusion Understanding the barriers in organisations plays an important role in defining the failure of organisational goals

Management of the organisations should know that sharing cannot works by itself.

In fact, management should be the mastermind in determining the success of knowledge sharing among employees.

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