Business Admin. (MOD 2)

Organizational Knowledge - Useful Construct or Misleading Distraction Or Both

Organizational knowledge is the understanding and comprehension of organizational affairs and activities that is acquired by people in the network through time and in the course of his interaction with the people in the organization and in the process of doing his specific tasks therein . Thoroughly knowing one 's company and one 's job therein is an advantage for an employee during his stay therein . It can be equated to being aware of what is going on in the big picture that one

's department or one 's company is part of while the rest in the same company just got themselves busy with their specific roles and duties

When an employee eventually leaves a company and lands on his next job all the things that he has learned in the duration of his last employment go with him and will henceforth make up a part of him - his professional skills , his professional network , his added value and his capabilities . After leaving his previous employer , he moves on to the next stop in the journey through his professional life . He brings with him , though , a wealth of knowledge and network that no one will be able to take away from him

The question , then , is whether such organizational knowledge will serve to be a helpful tool , a detriment ? Or both ? Will it be a useful construct or a misleading distraction ? Or both

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