Title: Model of knowledge transfer within an organisation,
Abstract: Many studies show that the acquisition of knowledge is the key to build
competitive advantage of companies. We propose a simple model of knowledge
transfer within the organization and we implement the proposed model using
cellular automata technique. In this paper the organisation is considered in
the context of complex systems. In this perspective, the main role in
organisation is played by the network of informal contacts and the distributed
leadership. The goal of this paper is to check which factors influence the
efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge transfer. Our studies indicate a
significant role of initial concentration of chunks of knowledge for knowledge
transfer process, and the results suggest taking action in the organisation to
shorten the distance (social distance) between people with different levels of
knowledge, or working out incentives to share knowledge.