1. Human Resource Management
SEM II
2011/2012
Problem Based Individual
Assignment:
The Barriers On The Path of Knowledge
Sharing In Organizations
Lecturer:
Dr Muhammad Madi Bin Abdullah
By: Nazifa Abd. Ghani
(MR111037)

2. OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
DISCUSSION
RECOMMENDATION & CONCLUSION

3. THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN
ORGANISATIONS
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).

4. Talent wins games, but with Knowledge sharing , teamwork and intelligence wins championships
STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
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).
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
To determine the barriers that occurred related to knowledge sharing
effectiveness.
Three categories of barriers identified in this study:
 Cultural barriers
Relationship barriers
Organisational barriers

5. -Silo mentality
-Knowledge is Power
“Managers believed that
knowledge is a basis of Cultural
power for promotion and
therefore unwilling to barriers
share their knowledge”.
-Changes
-Low level of trust among
employees
•Employees start to
share knowledge The Barriers On The Path of
only after they -Incapable to manage
know each other. Knowledge Sharing In
and assimilate the
Organizations information obtained.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. THANK Y0U
FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION