An investigation on the effect of organizational culture on knowledge management implementation

Davood Salmani,Arezoo Salmani,Gholam Reza Taleghani,Azam Akbari

doi:10.5267/j.msl.2013.12.024

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of organizational culture on knowledge management implementation. The proposed study designed a questionnaire and distributed it among individuals 370 managers and employees of GOLDIRAN, an official agent of Korean firm named LG in Iran. The results of this study show that there were positive and meaningful relationships among 4 variables including adaptability, involvement, mission, stability in this firm. Based on the organizational cultures to component development, Stability) maintains the highest average (3.5984), and involvement maintains the lowest average (3.3871).

Highlights

In today’s competitive business environment, only the knowledge of an organization can provide the basis for organizational renewal and sustainable competitive advantages (Hofstede, 2001)
Organizational knowledge can be classified into two categories: Explicit and Tacit knowledge
Hunches, insights, beliefs and values. Both tacit and explicit knowledge are needed for an organization to achieve greater performance (Barbosa, & Cardoso, 2007)

Summary

Introduction

In today’s competitive business environment, only the knowledge of an organization can provide the basis for organizational renewal and sustainable competitive advantages (Hofstede, 2001). Tacit knowledge is the personal experiences, context-specific knowledge that is difficult to formalize, record or articulate (Kwantes, & Boglarsky, 2007). 2. Literature review 2.1.Knowledge Management Gartner Group (1996) defined knowledge management as “a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, evaluating, retrieving and sharing all of an enterprise’s information assets” (Tat & Hase, 2007). Literature review 2.1.Knowledge Management Gartner Group (1996) defined knowledge management as “a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, evaluating, retrieving and sharing all of an enterprise’s information assets” (Tat & Hase, 2007) These assets may include databases, documents, policies and procedures and experience in individual workers. These five phases in knowledge management allow an organization to learn, reflect, unlearn and relearn, to build, maintain, and replenish its core-competencies

Organizational culture

Research Methodology

Method of analyzing data

Conclusion