Sharing Tacit Knowledge in Film Industry : By Nitin Yadav

Sharing Tacit Knowledge in Film 

Industry 

                                 Presented By: 

                                  Nitin Yadav 

                                     PA 9035 

Topics to be covered

• Individual factors. 

• Network properties. 

• Relationships and Ties. 

• Common Knowledge. 

• Organizational properties. 

• Issue of trust. 

Individual Factors 

• The position of individuals involved in 

knowledge sharing has been found to affect 

knowledge flow and availability. 

• The dimension of the individual’s position is 

“betweeness centrality”-the no of ties one has. 

• According to Cross and Cummings(2004) two 

types of betweeness centrality were examined 

on the basis of information and awareness 

network  

Network Properties 

• Two properties has been recognized that 

affects knowledge sharing are Cohesion and 

diversity. 

• Cohesion is defined as no strong ties around a 

strong tie. 

• Four kinds of diversity were studied by 

Cumming  are demographic, geographic, 

functional and reporting. 

Relationships and Ties 

• Reagans and Mc Evily(2003) found that both 

tacit and explicit knowledge are easier to 

transfer to strong ties. 

• Hansen (1999), however found that that tacit 

knowledge is easier to transfer over strong ties, 

but weak ties are more efficient when it comes 

to explicit knowledge sharing.  

Cont… 

• Tie range: It is defined as ties spanning beyond 

production unit and is another affecting 

knowledge sharing. 

Common Knowledge 

• Reagans and Mc Evily(2003) found a positive 

relationship between the level of common 

knowledge and ease of transfer. 

• The level of common knowledge was 

estimated based on the assumption that 

individuals from similar background and area 

of expertise would have common experiences 

resulting in knowledge sharing. 

Organizational Properties 

• Each organization has its own culture, 

processes, objectives and goals. 

• The nature of knowledge sharing depends on 

organizational characteristics. 

• The only organization factor identified by 

research is the existence of incentives to share 

knowledge. 

• Organizational incentives to share knowledge 

have been found to affect motivation. 

Cont… 

• Bock and Kim (2002) found financial 

incentives to induce a negative attitude 

towards knowledge sharing. 

• Dyer and Nobeoka (2001) showed non- 

financial incentives to improve knowledge 

sharing across organizational boundaries. 

Issue of Trust 

• Ardichvilli etal(2003) conducted an 

exploratory research , to identify what impedes 

personal motivation to share knowledge over 

online forum. 

• It defines two types of trust benevolence- 

based and competence- based trust. 

• Benevolence- based trust means trust that other 

members will not misuse the posted 

information. 

Cont… 

• Competence based trust means trust (the 

knowledge source) to be a source of reliable 

and objective information. 

Relationship between factors 

• Diversity and common knowledge. 

• Knowledge type and tie strength. 

• Cohesion and trust. 

Conclusion 

• The knowledge sharing takes place within a 

collaborative framework and occurs whenever 

information flow is observed. 

• Financial reward is not a factor that enables 

knowledge sharing. 

• Flow of information and sharing of tacit 

knowledge can be separated.