What is data handover?
Knowledge transfer is the term that holds the key to solving
the problem of harm of knowledge and good practices that a company faces with
the departure of an employee.
Knowledge transfer basically consists of capturing
knowledge, things learned at work, solutions to different types of problems
already encountered, etc., so that future employees can use them and make their
work more efficient.
It is a method of passing information from one part of your
business to another. It is essential for a company because it encourages
innovation, encourages collaborative efforts among employees, and promotes
understanding in the business.
It is also nearby transferring the knowledge in people's
minds to a system so that it can be managed and used effectively in the future.
It helps to get the right information, to the right person, at the right time.
Why is knowledge transfer important?
With the pandemic taking center stage and companies
downsizing due to the economic crisis, knowledge management is becoming
increasingly important for companies.
This is because when people leave an organization, they take
their accumulated knowledge with them.
This knowledge can be essential to the company and may not
be understood by other employees. They also take years of experience, knowledge
and everything they have learned on the job. It will take some time for someone
new to the process to get used to the details of the job.
This is where knowledge transfer and having a proper system
for collecting, aggregating and storing data becomes of the utmost importance.
Replacing training costs the company time, energy and money, and setting up a
system saves all of that.
A knowledge managing system makes it easy to capture, store,
retrieve and exchange data in minutes, which all companies seek. New employees
will not waste their time on problems similar to old ones facing and hence
their productivity will be more fruitful for the organization.
Knowledge transfer ensures a culture of team learning in an
organization that is quite effective in continually improving the organization.
This prevented the staff from reinventing the wheels and thus saving time to
make them more competent.
Now, as we hope you have understood what knowledge transfer
is and why it is essential for contemporary business models, let's take a look
at its different types.
Types of knowledge transfer
While knowledge transfer means the transfer of knowledge,
information and ideas, the concept is totally different from that of training.
It is more about taking advantage of the flexibility of
employees to adapt to jobs that require different skills and experience in
applying the information available. To make this information available to
employees, organizations have a system to capture, aggregate, organize, and
store it for future use.
There are two types of knowledge transfer.
1. Explicit knowledge transfer
It is knowledge that can be written or recorded, shared and
understood like the information found in textbooks and databases.
It is knowledge that can be understood by reading a book or
talking to someone who already knows it. That is why this type of knowledge transfer occurs explicitly.
2. Tacit transfer of knowledge
This is the kind of knowledge that is difficult to impart.
It is the knowledge that a person acquires over the years through experience,
observation and being in particular situations and finding innovative ways to
solve these problems through trial and error and through research.
It is the kind of knowledge that is difficult to express and
that is best understood from one's own work experience. This is the knowledge
that organizations today are trying to gather and make available to others
facing similar challenges.
Both explicit and tacit knowledge play a role in knowledge
transfer; it is tacit knowledge that is difficult to verbalize and requires
more effort and interactions to achieve.
Have a solid knowledge management system that can channel
knowledge transfer.
