Structure Of Intra-Organization Knowledge Network And Knowledge Sharing Games

Knowledge is the strategic resources for an organization to obtain sustainable competitive advantage. Sustainable knowledge creation is the guarantee for superiority in the rat race. Therefore, effective knowledge management is necessary for an organization. Knowledge network is the late development of knowledge management theory. It plays an important role in the process of knowledge acquisition, storage and sharing. Intra-organization Knowledge Network is composed by organization member and organization knowledge which are conncected by relationships between member and knowledge, members, or knowledge units. These relationships make it has a complex sturcture. The relationship of knowledge sharing is one of the most important connections in Intra-organization Knowledge Network. It is the important factor for the forming of complex structure, and is also limited by the network structure. Based on domestic and overseas research, a model of Intra-organization Knowledge Network is built using knowledge management theory, complex network theory and compute technology. Then, its structure is deeply analyzed. From Inta-organization Knowledge Nnetwork, another network called Knowledge Sharing Trust Network is built to connect the knowledge network and knowledge sharing. Knowledge sharing in Intra-organization Knowledge Network is also studied using game theory based on Knowledge Sharing Trust Network. The new angle and method of this research bring an in-depth understanding of intra-organization knowledge distribution and knowledge sharing mechanism. It also provides decision support for an organization to promote knowledge sharing.Based on knowledge network research in several areas, concept and content of Intra-organization Knowledge Network and knowledge sharing are defined. The research frame of this network is then present, and it includes model building, realization and structure analysis of intra-organization network, and knowledge sharing games on the structure of the knowledge network.With ontology theory, an Intra-organization Knowledge Network model which has a bilayer structure is built based on the analysis of organization knowledge components. Intra-organization Knowledge Network can be got through realization of this model using ontology engineering method. This bilayer model includes structure layer and ontology layer. Structure layer is composed by member and knowledge as nodes, which are connected by different kind of relations as edges. Ontology layer include informations of member and knowledge in the organization and is used to annotate nodes and edges of structure layer.The structure of Intra-organization Knowledge Network is analyzed from three aspects, which are basic structure analysis, association path based structure analysis and knowledge community analysis. Basic structure analysis mainly focuses on measurement of network structure from complex network theory. Association path is expanded from the concept of path, which can take use of the information of ontology layer. Therefore, impact of knowledge network content on network structure can be considered and more meaningful structure analysis can be made. Knowledge community is the subgroup in knowledge network, in which knowledge exchange and cooperation is more frequent. It is important for the structure and function of knowledge network. Markov clustering method is used to analysis knowledge community in Intra-organization Knowledge Network.Intra-organization Knowledge Network and knowledge sharing are connected by Knowledge Sharing Trust Network, which is a network of trust in the process of knowledge sharing. The trust considers behavior and knowledge of knowledge sharing participant, and it is the edge weight of Knowledge Sharing Trust Network. The structure of Knowledge Sharing Trust Network plays an important role in knowledge sharing.Knowledge Sharing Trust Network is the platform of knowledge sharing. In this study, knowledge sharing is taken as a kind of game between participants. Mechanism and condition of knowledge sharing are studied using repeated game approach and evolutionary game approach with gradually loosening hypothesis. Impact of motivation strategy and Knowledge Sharing Trust Network structure on knowledge sharing are also analyzed.At the end, previous researches are tested by an instance of Intra-organization Knowledge Network of a research organization. The knowledge network structure and knowledge sharing game on it are also analyzed.