I. J. of Business & Management Research
Research Article
Knowledge Sharing: A Key Role in the Knowledge Management Process
Author(s) : Ajiri Peter Samuel* and Hillary O Odor
Publisher : FOREX Publication
Published : 25 May 2018
e-ISSN :2347-4696
Page(s) : 36-40
Abstract
Knowledge is and has remained a core competence of all thriving organizations and so, the management of knowledge will remain a key competitive strategy for any organization that wants to remain innovative, sustainable and profitable in this dynamic world of business volatility. The difference between one organization and another, in term of performance and skill utilization has been linked not only to the quality of their knowledge repositories, but also to how knowledge is shared among organizational members. This paper reviewed some extant literature and discovered that the most important of all knowledge management processes lies in knowledge sharing. Rather than keeping our stock of both tacit and explicit knowledge to ourselves, we should endeavor to share knowledge because our stock of knowledge does not deplete when we share it. Rather, knowledge sharing reinforces our knowledge base and makes knowledge to stick and become more permanent. As a matter of fact, the tacit knowledge which resides in the knower goes with the holder when he or she dies. This paper also supports the formulation of a conceptual framework that will establish a link between knowledge management and the organizational learning process.
Keywords: Knowledge, Information, Data, Knowledge sharing, Organizational knowledge
Ajiri Peter Samuel*, Department of Business Administration and Management, Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, Nigeria; Email: samuelajiri2@gmail.com
Hillary O Odor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
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Ajiri Peter Samuel and Hillary O Odor (2018), Knowledge Sharing: A Key Role in the Knowledge Management Process. IJBMR 6(2), 36-40. DOI: 10.37391/IJBMR.060204.