Competitive advantage can be gained by global managers by reducing information gaps or structural holes between variant islands of knowledge within their organizations, whether these are functional areas, business units or geographic markets. By manning these bridges, transfer and they are in a unique position to collect information, and most important, reframe it to ensure it is understandable across diverse islands. To learn how to obtain competitive advantage.
Nonetheless, a definite grasp of the origins of reputation is key. Since precisely the same advice is dispersed to everyone in a closed system, standing emerges in electronic networks like eBay and Amazon that sellers can right monitor and handle. The reputation of commanding one gets a bit trickier in human networks. In this instance, closed networks become echo chambers, fed by select bits of advice (aka rumor) that's unevenly processed and selectively spread, depending on distinct parties involved. The upper side of this data exchange is its role in the cultivation of relationships in an organization. The prospective drawback: its wide-ranging implications for handling standing.
PUBLICATION DATE: September 24, 2015 PRODUCT #: IIR148-PDF-ENG
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