Group Assignment: Knowledge Sharing Strategies

Group Assignment: Knowledge Sharing Strategies (Week 6)
Knowledge sharing in organizations is an inexpensive way for Knowledge Managers to help
organizations overcome barriers and become more competitive. In this group project, students will
draw on their cumulative knowledge of KM, and specifically from the readings on Communities of
Practice, to propose effective knowledge sharing strategies.
Members of teams follow pre­established rules for capture, validation, refreshing, and expiration of
content. The least formal might be Facebook. The most formal might be an ongoing, complex,
scientific research project. Of course, most knowledge management­sharing solutions are in the
middle of these extremes. The Assignment has Part A and Part B. Students will work in groups.
Groups will be assigned and set up by the Instructor. Each student will select a type of organization
provided by the Instructor in the Discussion Area. Groups are assigned according to student self­
selection of the type of organization. All work of the Group is to be conducted in the LEO Study
Group workspace.
Part A: Knowledge Sharing Group Paper
Use full APA format
The Group will prepare a Report on knowledge sharing strategies for the selected type of
organization. The strategies recommended by the group should be consistent with the type and
attributes of the knowledge to be shared, a full understanding of communities of practice, and the
purpose of the knowledge sharing strategy. A group­ selected leader will edit the group's final report
of four pages incorporating appropriate suggestions from Part B. Each member will post the
assignment to their individual assignment folder.
Required Elements to include in the Knowledge Sharing Group Paper:
Each group will create a group name. Each group's report should include:



The purpose and Knowledge external competitive context of the organization;
Current state of knowledge sharing in the organization;



Recommended knowledge sharing strategies for the organization;



Discussion of how the organization might be improved and better aligned using course
readings and articles to support selected knowledge sharing approaches;



Identification of technology, human resource, and routines/process elements of all proposed
knowledge sharing strategies.

Required Formatting of Paper:


A group selected leader will edit the group's final report incorporating appropriate
suggestions from Part B;





This report should be double spaced, 12­point font, and at least seven full pages in length
excluding the title page, the abstract page for APA and reference page. References must be
dated 2000 or after.
Create a group name and list all the contributing group members in your report.



Title page with your group name, group member names, the course name, the date, and
instructor’s name.



Include reference page with at least eight professional references that have author names
and dates.








Write in the third person;
Use APA formatting for in­text citations and reference page; Do not use direct quotes but
paraphrase;
Submit the report in the Assignment Folder.