Knowledge Sharing And Innovation

INTRODUCTION

Background

Knowledge is a human faculty that helps us to understand and interpret the world around us. We acquire knowledge formally through education or informally through experience. Knowledge is defined as the area of understandings, generalization that people apply to the management and interpretation of their world (Wiig, 1989). Knowledge roughly means the information that we convert into skills to utilize for the improvement of our society.

All of us have varying experiences and skills. By sharing our skills and information with others, we can bring innovation and improvement in our life. Knowledge sharing influences all fields of human life. Knowledge sharing is defined by Jane Porter as “imparting knowledge is lightening

An organization’s ability to convert and utilize knowledge shows its readiness to implement the innovative ideas in their products and services. Quick problem-solving capability and rapid reaction to new ideas lead the organization on the path of success.

Gino et al. (2010) reported that the assignment related experience of individual members support innovation through the collective awareness of ‘‘who knows what’’ that support the consumption of knowledge kept by members.

Kimberly & Evanisko (1981) explained three different uses of innovation. Firstly, they stated that innovation can be taken as the single factor that improves the growth of products, programs or services. Secondly, they emphasized that innovation is a process; they refer to different stages of the modernization process. Finally, they pointed out that innovation can be taken as an organizational

A cover letter is attached with the questionnaire to explain the purpose of the study to the respondents, assured them of the strictest confidentiality of responses, and mentioned that participation was voluntary. In the demographics part of the survey, each respondent reported his or her name (optional), age, education, and work experience and organization sector. Respondents returned the completed questionnaires to authors. We have selected a number of organizations to collect data through field survey using likert scale. Through the personal and professional contacts of the authors, we were able to gain access to employees in three government companies, two Telecom Operators, two medical equipment companies, two manufacturing firms and two software