Organizational Culture as a Knowledge Resource

I have to say first that I really enjoyed this article. There are several points that I found very important that I am going to ellaborate on.
The first point will be the type of environment that is crucial to knowledge sharing and my second point will discuss "types" of ways that a business can be run and the most effective in sharing knowledge.

The article stated that affective knowledge management practice requires a culture that fosters and rewards the creation and use of knowledge as it's sharing among individuals and group members. This is a very important point because people need incentive and/or the ability to feel open with their peers to share ideas. Some companies offer incentives and some people just need to know that in the future there will be benefits. In order to affectivly share knowledge it's important that everyone feels open to the ability to do so. If a company doesn't effectivly communicate with their employees knowledge sharing will essentially be shut down if they don't feel as though they can share that knowledge and that their opinion will matter.

Employee vs. Job Orientation:
Employee orientation is a much better choice of running a business than in a job orientation model. With an employee orientation people will feel cared about and that the company cares about them. When an employee feels respected, odds go up that they will commit to their job, be open to new thoughts and even share some of their own knowledge that they might not have if they didn't feel like they mattered.