Knowledge management can be very useful in the success of an organization. This will help retain the best practices of the organization and promote quality of service to its client.
Knowledge management can help our organization to be more efficient. This may be difficult to start but it will increase productivity. For instance lesser time will be spent to search files if KM is in place
Our organization can benefit from knowledge management in the retention of valuable employees and passing through the knowledge before they left from service just like retirement. KM is an to opportunity to adapt and do great things
Through KM routine tasks are made easier since information is easily shared between staff members, and that knowledge isn’t lost if someone goes on vacation, gets sick, or leaves the company. Before an employee separate from service, she has already passed the skills required to perform the job that will be left, thus the services continuous despite separation of employee from service. Monopoly of knowledge can be eliminated, thus no one can boast that he is indispensable in the organization.
Knowledge management gives staff members the knowledge they need to do their jobs better. This makes them more productive. Because ideas can be shared easily, knowledge management may also increase innovation and help create better customer relationships. And if the company has a global team, knowledge management can create a more powerful workforce when all of those different cultures are brought together to share assets.

Implementing KM is not that easy. There are barrier that must be overcome. These are:

1. Resistance to change
Properly managing knowledge may require changes or a complete revamp of on the organizational culture. Overcoming resistance to change can be a painful and lengthy process. Oftentimes this happened because employees have not understood the entire project. Thus it is important that it understood by the employees who will be involved by inviting leaders involved early on to champion the initiative, and communicate as much as possible with your people to ease their fears. The more you talk about the change and the more you involve your colleagues, the less scary it becomes.
2. Misconception about KM and IT project.
Organization sometimes successful in KM projects, however, on the latter it seems that the KM project has turned to totally IT project. Thus, there will be hesitation among employees to engage in the project. KM works when it is focussed on focus on establishing a simple process that’s embraced by everyone – it’s not about turning the whole endeavour into a costly IT project.
3. Ruining KM with a bad tool
Once you start sharing knowledge often and with many players, it’s probably best to get a real tool that will suit your needs. Involve people in the selection process to ease adoption and try to not set your sights on some horrible piece of software straight out of 1998 that nobody wants to use. Outdated tools are great to hold outdated knowledge.
4. Lack of Accessibility
KM is most useful if knowledge is available exactly when needed. Make knowledge accessible anywhere, anytime. Ensure access to your knowledge is convenient and simple or your people will give up very quickly, thus effectively killing your KM initiative.

Knowledge is Power but Knowledge sharing is Empowering

Knowledge in a powerful tool in an organization. If it not shared, possessing such knowledge is futile. It can’t be utilize by an organization for various processes that will improve current status of the organization. However, if it shared it will result to improved processes that will result to recognition of the organization for the valuable contribution for the success of the organization. It will give the person who shared the knowledge the authority and respect among members of the organization.