Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intellectual ...

Palmira Juceviciene and Vyda Mozuriuniene
Meanwhile, <strong>the</strong> need for informal knowing at <strong>the</strong> subsidiaries is lower, compared with organizational
knowing (on <strong>the</strong> average <strong>of</strong> 1:2) At <strong>the</strong> same time, both entities demonstrate <strong>the</strong> same downtrend on
individual, groups, and organization’s levels.
4.2.2 What type <strong>of</strong> knowledge is possessed by <strong>the</strong> employees at <strong>the</strong> subsidiaries?
Each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> subsidiaries has extensive organizational knowing at <strong>the</strong> individual, group, and
organization’s levels (see Figure 2, where percentage values <strong>of</strong> knowledge correspond to <strong>the</strong>
arithmetical estimators M, i.e. 0=1 percent, 1=25 percent, 2=50 percent, 3=75 percent, 4=100
percent). Evidently, <strong>the</strong> differences in <strong>the</strong> knowledge among <strong>the</strong> aforementioned countries are not
statistically significant.
Figure 2: Organization’s knowing (by different levels) used to acomplish work successfully at
Company X subsidiaries
To accomplish work successfully, <strong>the</strong> employees have less informal learning on all levels in
comparison to organizational knowing. The differences among <strong>the</strong> countries are also not statistically
significant.
To sum up, it may be noted that organizational knowing dominates at <strong>the</strong> subsidiaries, declaring both
<strong>the</strong> knowledge required for successful work in <strong>the</strong> company and <strong>the</strong> knowledge available.
4.2.3 Enhancing organizational knowing and informal knowing
All <strong>the</strong> three subsidiaries and <strong>the</strong>ir employees pay attention to improving <strong>the</strong> organizational knowing
(see Figure 3, where M = 0 – „do not improve”, M=1 – „some”, M=2 – „to a moderate extent”, M=3 –
„considerably”, M=4 – „very much”).
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