Barrel Theory based on the new knowledge-sharing mechanisms in virtual teams

[Abstract] the advantages of virtual team members from different teams to integrate their expertise, knowledge sharing among team members is a member of their professional knowledge and the ultimate goal of integration is the key to achieving team goals. Based on the new barrel theory knowledge-sharing and virtual teams to analyze, based on the new barrel theory of knowledge sharing in virtual teams and how team knowledge sharing applications, and proposal of building a virtual team of knowledge sharing mechanism of some feasible suggestions.

[Keywords:] virtual teams, knowledge sharing, new barrel theory

Introduction

Bucket theory is the more mature management theory, the current management of the academic theory of popular new barrel is a barrel in the original basis of the theory evolved. New Barrel Theory more attention in the management process to avoid short Advantage to their superior resources to core competencies, or absorbing, integrating the advantages of other resources to form a complementary, collaborative, sharing model of the new entity, in order to achieve win-win goal. ... With the rapid development of network, Web-based work, communication and management of virtual teams has become more popular. If the theory is an advantage in the new barrel integration, cooperation and win-win management philosophy, then knowledge sharing in virtual teams is the concept in the practical application of the virtual team. This paper Barrel Theory to explore the new virtual team of knowledge sharing mechanism.


A new barrel theory of knowledge-sharing and virtual teams

1.1 Theoretical Analysis of New Barrel
Barrel Theory is a new patch when you can not only use their barrels inside the wood to repair the original barrel, more importantly, the long board with the other agencies were assembled to form a new, larger capacity barrels. Similarly, the short plate can also find other short-board form through the formation of a new short board, constitutes a new barrel. This will maximize the role of long board, short board's resources are fully utilized, can be described as double-edged sword.

Barrel Theory can draw this new revelation: the advantages of organization must rely on their own resources (long board) to find the strongest link in the value chain partners of all, as a common form Tongbi barrels to help increase the amount of water Sheng. With the traditional bucket theory, the new resources as in the barrel theory of an open, dynamic system: First, it emphasizes short board meeting is an open process, not necessarily his short board to fill, partners for the long board I was using, and second, in order to obtain long-board partners, their partners must have attractive enough on the unique resources of the long board, third, the market is dynamic and variable, with the new barrel structures, the original the end of the barrel must have larger barrels, casks can be able to reflect the advantages of the new, four is a long board (resources) need to have seamless integration of the right barrel hoop constraints.

1.2 Analysis of knowledge sharing in virtual teams
Virtual teams is based on the application of information technology, and showed decentralized, networked flat organizational structure. It is the biggest difference between the traditional team members exchange of knowledge and sharing is the help of modern network technology. The knowledge sharing process and the formation of the flow the knowledge chain, knowledge chain, form a number of knowledge exchange and sharing of network structure model. virtual team members have their own tacit knowledge and core skills or abilities, they are assigned in order to complete their tasks within the team to other team members, or even knowledge of other departments for help. At the same time, they also assist other team members to complete the task, provided they need to control their own professional knowledge and experience, these are virtual team knowledge sharing occurs and causes the fundamental driving force. In the fierce market competition, virtual teams have their need for knowledge sharing.

Although it is recognized that the implementation of virtual teams in the need for knowledge sharing, knowledge sharing, but in reality there are still many obstacles to a serious impact on the process of knowledge sharing. First, from the knowledge of the obstacles. The key to knowledge of virtual teams mostly hidden knowledge-based, and its share is difficult, the second is from the personal barriers, lack of altruism. virtual team members from different places, with different professional backgrounds, these differences make the lack of basic trust between them, knowledge sharing and implementation of the initiative there will be very difficult and the third is difficult to quantify the performance of knowledge sharing. The members of the vulnerable sense of self, which led to various disputes, unreasonable return there, coupled with the lack of effective incentive mechanism for the team, making the sharing of benefits difficult to balance. This will inevitably influence organizational members to share knowledge and enthusiasm, so that knowledge sharing in a weak state, the exchange of knowledge mere formality.


2 New Barrel Theory of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Team Inspiration

New Barrel theory can explain very well the knowledge sharing in virtual teams, virtual team to achieve the benefit of knowledge sharing.

2.1 improve the capacity of the new cask
Ways to improve the capacity casks are: First, improve the short length of wood to make it consistent with other boards, and the second, if not the original width of the shortest width of wood, simply remove the shortest plank, and then re-used surrounded barrel hoop barrel, its third, to find a suitable replace the shortest slab of wood, then re-enclosed with a barrel hoop barrel. virtual team is mainly engaged in the high knowledge content of work, which made the virtual team members with higher requirements. Meanwhile, the team used the expertise of the members to accomplish team goals, team members would require a lot of compatibility, that members and others to use their expertise with each other to achieve team goals. Therefore, the virtual team to be based on organizational goals to optimize the selection of members, not only to pay attention to the knowledge of members, but also depends on their willingness to share their knowledge.

2.2 barrel staves tightness between
Whether there are gaps between the staves (the degree of how close) can hold water is the key barrel. For virtual teams, the relationship between the members of the barrel like barrel cooperation and coordination between the plates, as only staves between the closely interrelated well, that team members complement each other well, sharing knowledge in virtual team can be fully realized. this lesson applies to knowledge sharing in virtual teams, virtual team members is required to trust each other full cooperation, sharing, and contribute their talents and achieve knowledge exchange and sharing, thereby enhancing the strength of the virtual team.

2.3 The role of a barrel hoop should not be ignored
Bucket capacity of water can effectively, but also depends on the effective role played barrel hoop. Barrel hoop the beauty is that it can separate a pile of wood together, and eliminate the gap between the wood and wood . between the board formed a collaborative relationship. contractual relationship of team members, virtual team leadership functions, like set plays an important role as a barrel hoop. They committed to building a flexible knowledge-sharing mechanism, efforts to establish a common goal team members, mutual recognition, and understanding their expectations and value to all effective communication, coordination, forming a harmonious team beyond the traditional organizational boundaries, the parties can share information and sharing of important resources. Links to Research Papers Download http://www.hi138.com 2.4 barrels barrels at the end to be expanded
The greater the bottom of the barrel, the greater will be the bucket of water Sheng. Virtual team members through knowledge sharing, adjusting the strength, give full play to the core competitiveness of the team formed a strong force, to get more benefits. And every plank in the length and width of certain circumstances, the bucket can often determine the size of the bottom barrel Sheng water. mapped to the virtual team knowledge sharing mechanism, the barrel bottom is like a virtual team of knowledge-sharing support for the operation of the hardware platform, virtual team of knowledge sharing is was able to build on this platform and development. This is the importance of network construction.

2.5 full performance of each barrel plate
Bucket to hold more water, the composition of each barrel plate must have sufficient strength, rigidity and stability, and the formation of barrels in the role should not be replaced. Mapped to virtual teams in knowledge-sharing mechanism , team members should have their own "core knowledge, skills," the role of the team can not be replaced, and the core members of the team should be relatively stable.


3 Construction of a virtual team of knowledge-sharing mechanisms

New Barrel Theory of inspiration that virtual teams, virtual teams should pay attention to a core - the virtual knowledge sharing among teams.

Building a virtual team of knowledge sharing mechanism of the major difficulties is to tap the members of tacit knowledge, to share in the virtual team. In addition, the new Barrel Theory of group knowledge sharing mechanism for the virtual building a number of other important inspiration. Accordingly, I propose building a virtual team of knowledge sharing mechanism of some feasible suggestions.

3.1 The criteria for selection of virtual team members
Virtual team should select those who are willing or willing to share their knowledge, and not only consider their expertise. Many people have the skills, is a virtual team to look for the "long board", but if they do not want to share their knowledge, only allow The relationship between virtual team members into a vicious circle of mistrust. In addition, the selected members have a strong initiative and self-management skills, this is the team by the virtual nature of its own decision.

3.2 The role of the virtual team leader
Virtual team leadership role as the barrel hoop barrel. As a virtual team is a loose, relatively free, reaching a flat organization, so it is very important leadership role. For a good team leader can make, "Wood barrel "minimum distance between each board, the relationship between members of virtual teams can be more harmonious. so that all members willing to share and to achieve team goals contribute their knowledge. virtual team leaders how to make it fully shared virtual team members, contribute their own knowledge?
3.2.1 create a team Culture of innovation
Culture of the team as a team as the core members can play the role of value orientation and the role of norms. Team leadership team members should be fully understood, to create a people-oriented, to encourage knowledge exchange and sharing Culture. Virtual team leaders should encourage members to speak and exchange. members only through the exchange of tacit knowledge can be revealed or inadvertently asked the full discussion aroused. stimulate the expression of the desire of employees, increase employee skills, encourage them to use the metaphor Majesty text, symbolic language, models, concepts to express their experience, perception, intuition and inspiration, so that the expression of ideas are difficult to visualize and easy to understand.

3.2.2 in a virtual team to establish incentives
In a team to create a dynamic team of encyclopedic knowledge of the system, not only can motivate team members to contribute their knowledge, can also gain experience in the future, after the encounter the same problem, can quickly learn from experience and understanding of issues and the lack of attention to them. That knowledge base in a virtual team, members of the team have put forward to solve the problem of the program will save the views in the knowledge base and open to each member, but also as members of the spiritual and material rewards based on . Select spiritual or material rewards, leaders should grasp the needs of members, which will encourage members to become the full power of knowledge sharing, but also conducive to team goals.

3.2.3 Virtual team rules and regulations of the knowledge sharing mechanism
Virtual team leaders should develop a virtual team of knowledge-sharing rules, do not put the virtual team members conflict of interest in the relationship, but the team stays tied together to make the team everyone knows each other and rely on each other and indivisible. only to maximize their talents to create a team of maximum benefit.

3.2.4 Virtual team building and knowledge sharing platform
Virtual team members from around the world, they are scattered in every corner of the world, relying on the Internet to keep in close contact. Platform technology is equivalent to expansion of the bucket barrel end of the virtual team and knowledge sharing will have a multiplier effect. Knowledge sharing virtual team needs two technologies currently exist, they are groupware and workflow management system: a groupware system. groupware software to help collaborative work in general, including e-mail, document management and work some applications, b workflow management. knowledge of the integrated workflow management system that will be knowledge management and workflow management to effectively integrate, analyze and identify the key enterprise business knowledge, rational knowledge management into the company's core business processes . At present, these two technologies is already quite mature and has been applied in many enterprises.

3.2.5 The core members of virtual teams in the relatively stable
The core members of virtual teams in the technology holds the key, once the core members of the loss, not only will result in the loss of core technologies, and to cooperate with the other members of the establishment of a reliable relationship had to interrupt. These members also faced with the core members of the bench the rapid establishment of trust relations, which will give the normal operation of the whole team adversely. virtual team members for the continued sharing of knowledge, it is necessary to maintain the core of the virtual team members do not drain. From another perspective, in order to ensure the team loss of key members of the team does not result in greater volatility, can be core members of knowledge-sharing to other members, help train other members of this core technology, the core team members once the current temporary members of the class is responsible. If you want to maintain a virtual core members of the team is relatively stable from three aspects: First, to meet their reasonable needs, such as relatively fair and reasonable salaries, giving a relatively free environment, etc., and secondly, the content of virtual teams should be able to fully tap the talent ��Աthat team members are attractive, and finally, the virtual team members should have a strong sense of belonging. team members trust each other, each working together happily, are all the most basic conditions to develop their sense of belonging.


4 Conclusion

Knowledge sharing in virtual teams is still something new in our country, because virtual teams are different from traditional forms of organization, its lack of sophisticated mechanisms, need people to continue to study the members of the trust, communication and sharing platform for the establishment and other issues. The author from the management Learning in the "new bucket theory" to analyze the mechanism of virtual teams to share knowledge, get some inspiration, recognizing that the integration of the current ubiquitous network environment, the virtual team must mature, virtual teams are bound to become increasingly knowledge-sharing mechanism to improve. Links to Research Papers Download http://www.hi138.com