A study of knowledge management and empowerment of the personnel

Abstract

The study of the researches concerning empowerment programs indicate that knowledge management is one of the most important factors that influences the successful demonstration of empowerment programs. Nowadays, knowledge is introduced as the winning point of the organizations and institutions in the competitive and complex environment. Major hypothesis: Knowledge management has an effect on personnel empowerment. Minor hypothesis 1: Knowledge management has an effect on achieving a better performance and duty execution by personnel. Minor hypothesis 2: Knowledge management has an effect on increasing personnel's efficiency and capability. Minor hypothesis 3: Knowledge management has an effect on the personnel's ability in presenting new ideas. The method of gathering data is correlation, considering the purpose of the study based on investigating the relationship between knowledge management and personnel empowerment. The statistic community consists of 61 personnel of Uremia ACECR and all of them have chosen based on survey (census). This study investigates the effect of knowledge management on personnel empowerment. Results indicate that knowledge management has a positive effect on achieving a better execution of duties. Also, based on analyzing the data of the study, knowledge management has a positive effect on better performance of the personnel. There's a positive relationship between knowledge management and the ability of presenting new ideas. Generally, results of the study demonstrate the positive effect of knowledge management on personnel empowerment. Based on this study it's concluded that one of the important and effective factors on personnel empowerment is personnel's knowledge. So, substitution of knowledgeable people instead of artisans originates from a change in the paradigm of the development of human resources. Knowledge management and following that personnel empowerment are the winning points of current knowledge-oriented organizations.