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Strategies are comprehensive master plans drawn up by firms and organizations to fulfill their mission statement. A firm that wants to develop a wiki system has to create strategies that will enable it to enhance its internal information collaboration and knowledge sharing techniques. In order to choose the right strategy to implement an Enterprise wiki system, there are certain factors the organization has to consider. These strategies are able to determine whether the Enterprise Wiki, such as Enterprise Wiki 2.0, will be successful or will fail (Sankar, 2009). In order for any organization to have a competitive edge over other firms, the strategies it seeks to implement have to provide opportunities for persons and groups to augment their creativity and generation of ideas and innovatory techniques (Paulus, 2003). This factor can apply to the strategy itself by enhancing new and unique ideas that will be characteristic of the wiki system. These wiki strategies should be flexible in order to be incorporated into an organization such as the International Geological Congress (IGC). The IGC wiki should be able to provide for the users online solutions and content in ways and methods that enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing. For instance, the IGC Wiki should be able to advertise and increase its current membership and amplify visibility of the science of geology. The wikis are also beneficial to an organization in terms of management and organization of knowledge. These systems can increase the chances for a project to be successful which motivates each member of the project team, enhances cooperation and builds a long-term significance in each team member.

Two strategies can be utilized to gather and generate the ideas employees have. One way of gathering these ideas is to ensure encouragement among employees to send all their suggestions or ideas. The second strategy involves encouraging employees to come up with ideas. The two strategies have no similarities since the second strategy involved describing the problem at hand and then subsequently, encouraging employees to exchange ideas in order for them to inspire each other.

Another strategy involves awarding employee rewards. Rewards act as motivational incentives for employees therefore; awarding them has a positive effect on the employees. While applying this technique, it is essential to recognize what motivates the employees to work (Armstrong, 2002). By knowing about their individual and collective motives and awarding them, knowledge management across the organization is set to increase due to the employees’ performance. Flow of information and knowledge and management of time can be considered as a benefit or a technique at the same time. This is because the exchange of information among employees in the organization increases the chances of them inspiring one another. This further enables employees to create and exchange ideas. Because of many ideas being circulated, time for doing the project reduces, leading to an increase in an individual’s skills and capabilities.

In spite of the techniques aforementioned, it is necessary to set clear rules and guidelines. Guidelines, such as providing the user guide for the users enable the organization develop standards that will support the firm’s strategic plans and increase the number of participants. Through the wikis, an organization such as IGC will be able to meet its general objectives and cover the process of enabling creativity to enhance collaboration and increase in knowledge sharing (West, 2009).

Wikis are essential for an organization since they facilitate the flow of information, reduce the time spent on projects and ensure proper rewarding among employees. These activities do not only increase the firm’s monetary value but also creates a creative environment among employees.

References

Armstrong. (2002). Employee reward. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. www.cipd.co.uk

Paulus. (2003). Group creativity: Innovation through collaboration. New York: Oxford University Press.www.oxfordscholarship.com

Sankar. (2009). Enterprise Web 2.0 fundamentals. Indianapolis, IN: Cisco Press.www.ciscopress.com

West. (2009). Using wikis for online collaboration: The power of the read-write Web. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.www.josseybass.com