Views and Ways on Improving Knowledge Sharing of the Malaysian Public Sector

Abstract

Knowledge is Power - one of the most important sayings that demonstrate an individual’s growth and development to the highest level. Therefore, the goal of presenting this paper is to be able to impart an in-depth understanding pertaining to various notions about knowledge sharing (KS) presented in different institutions and also to raise some recommendations on how to improve knowledge sharing in Malaysia. Moreover, the content of this paper is geared on exploring insights in the Malaysian perspective of KS specifically in the public sector along with illustrating certain ways of effectively enhancing KS in a particular organization. The information that is presented in this paper were collected from various related literatures gathered from books, academic journals and articles. Findings from several literatures revealed that most public sector employees are reluctant to shared their knowledge as well as best practices, and this is regarded as the ultimate factors that leads to poor quality and inefficient in the service delivery. Through the useful highlights in this paper, it would provide beneficial information on contributing factor to enhance successful KS, not only the Malaysian public sector but also to other countries with similar public sector settings and culture.