Knowledge Sharing Tools and Technology: An Overview

Abstract

The study of knowledge sharing— the means by which an individual/organisation obtains access to any individual's own and other knowledge—has emerged as a key research area from a broad and deep field of study on technology transfer and innovation, and more recently from the field of strategic management. Increasingly, knowledge-sharing research has moved to an organisational learning perspective. Indeed, experience and research suggests that successful knowledge sharing involves extended learning processes rather than simple communication processes, as ideas related to development and innovation need. This paper provides basic concepts of knowledge sharing and its means of implementation.