The ecological model for knowledge transfer in enterprises

Abstract

Abstract: Efficient knowledge transfer has become one of the key factors to establish competitive advantage for the enterprises. Based on the perspective of ecology, the enterprises knowledge includes four ecological characteristics, such as scattered distribution, embedding dependent, dynamic inheritance, and incremental cumulative, is proposed. On this basis, an ecological model of knowledge transfer is built. In this model, knowledge chains and knowledge networks in enterprises are formed by the interrelation among knowledge individual, knowledge group, and knowledge community. Among them, individual knowledge transfer lays emphasis on the knowledge transfer and perfection of staff themselves, group knowledge transfer focuses on the integration and creation of team knowledge, while community knowledge transfer concerns about the overall efficiency of knowledge application in enterprises. Furthermore, some ultra-ecological characteristics are offered in the process of knowledge transfer in enterprises' ecological systems. Finally, combining with the case of Cisco knowledge transfer, some enlightenment and recommendations to increase the efficiency of knowledge transfer of enterprises' ecological systems are put forward.

Key words: knowledge transfer, knowledge individual, knowledge group, knowledge community, ecology

CLC Number:

F270

Jiang Tianying, Cheng Cong. The ecological model for knowledge transfer in enterprises[J]. Science Research Management, 2012, 33(2): 130-138.

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