The hypothesis calculations are completed as well as the uncinet drawings, I am merely asking you al

The hypothesis calculations are completed as well as the uncinet drawings, I am merely asking you all to complete the analysis. The hypotheses results are included at the bottom. But if excel work for you that is fine

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Assignment 5: KM Trust and Social Network AnalysisVirtual Corp. is a knowledge-based consulting company that provides investment consulting services. It has employees around the globe who offer advice on global investment opportunities to clients via a Web platform. In order to improve organizational productivity, the company has invested in a peer to peer knowledge sharing platform to improve their knowledge sharing, application and reuse among employees. Using the system, the consultants can share documents, follow each other’s activities using micro-blogging and RSS reader based sharing tools, use instant messaging and other tools for communication. However, the investment has had no effect on their organizational productivity and the new system is seldom used by the knowledge workers. The company has hired you as a knowledge management consultant to investigate this problem and recommend actions the organization and the employees can take to improve their knowledge management practices.Based on you initial interviews and analysis; it appears that the users like the new system in terms of its usability and utility for knowledge sharing purposes. However, trust is a major factor impeding the use of the system for knowledge sharing. To further investigate this, you have conducted a survey on benevolence and competence based trust among the employees and a knowledge sharing behavior. The survey data is attached in the form of 3 matrices.VC-ben (benevolence trust matrix), VC-comp (competence trust matrix), VC-share (knowledge sharing matrix)Write a 1 page executive summary for the organization describing the importance of trust at the inter-personal and organizational level for effective knowledge management. Cite theory and empirical research findings to support your statements. (40 pts)Develop a visual network model to show the trust and knowledge sharing networks within the organization. Use UCINET to visualize the social network model. (40pts)Based...

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