Common Knowledge How Companies Thrive by Sharing What...

title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: Common Knowledge : How Companies Thrive By Sharing What They Know Dixon, Nancy M. Harvard Business School Press 0875849040 9780875849041 9780585258171 English Organizational learning, Business enterprises-Communication systems, Intellectual cooperation, Information networks--Economic aspects, Success in business. 2000 HD58.82.D585 2000eb 658.4/5 Organizational learning, Business enterprises-Communication systems, Intellectual cooperation, Information networks--Economic aspects, Success in business. Page iii Common Knowledge How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know Nancy M. Dixon Harvard Business†¦show more content†¦It is not news to organizations that they need to find ways to keep from continually reinventing the wheel. Although aware of the problem, organizations only recently have begun to construct processes that may change the too familiar predicament depicted in the cartoon. Perhaps organizations are now addressing the issue of knowledge sharing due to their growing awareness of the importance of knowledge to organizational success or perhaps because technology has made the sharing of knowledge more feasible. Whatever the impetus, organizations have started to do more than Page 2 talk about sharing knowledgethey have begun to put into place the tools and processes that can actually bring it about. Knowledge databases, best practice seminars, technology fairs, cross-functional teams, Does anyone know . . . ? e-mails, and groupware, to name but a few knowledge-sharing processes, have the avowed purpose of getting knowledge that exists in one part of the organization put to use in another part of the organization. Three Myths Pervading the idea of knowledge sharing are three myths. Perhaps myth is the wrong termmaybe they are just assumptions that seem reasonable at first glance, but when acted on send organizations to a dead end. Many of the organizations I studied started with one or more of these assumptions and then had to make corrections to get back on track. The three myths are (1) build it and they will come, (2) technology canShow MoreRelatedIdeal company1212 Words   |  5 Pagesï » ¿ The most successful companies in the world adopt different types of strategies, execute their ideas and bring them to life, overcome obstacles and may be greatly diverse from each other, but one thing they usually have in common is that they have a fundamentally strong human resources team which binds all the aspects of business together and align them towards the companies vision. 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