Offering time for trial and error is considered as the key element which boosts inventiveness or idea origination. However this will negatively influence other performance measures which are related with efficiency. In addition quality circles, brainstorming, self-directing teams and suggestion programs are recognized as organizational arrangements which assist generation and sharing knowledge with the involvement of employees. In this context authority and accountability are essential dynamics for any enhancements.
In order to encourage appraisal it is important that organizations institutionalize the value of learning from previous experience. In addition companies must conduct a critical analysis to identify its attainments and catastrophes, assess them in an orderly manner and keep records of it so that employees could access them in future.
Extensive part of knowledge remains tacit. Therefore it is efficiently diffused when attention is given to people on an individual basis. Even though in present context prominence is given to technology and novel means of idea diffusion, it is still the low tech practices such as mentoring, training, job rotation and cross functional meetings which leads to effective and efficient knowledge transmission.