Abstract
Article history: Received March 25, 2012 Received in revised format 25 September 2012 Accepted 8 October 2012 Available online October 13 2012 This paper presents an empirical study to learn more about challenges in carpet industry using factor analysis. The proposed study of this paper designs a questionnaire consists of 51 questions in Likert scale and distribute it among experts in Carpet industry. We have analyzed the data using factor analysis and deleted 10 most redundant questions. Cronbach alpha was calculated as 0.88 for the remaining questions, which is well above the minimum desirable limit. We have also managed to remove six more questions using principal axis factoring leaving 8 basic components including 35 different questions. The proposed study of this paper has categorized eight factors including specialized relationships, knowledge coordinator, knowledge tool, knowledge organization, knowledge processes, knowledge chain, knowledge hardware and Knowledge feasibility study. Investigating details of the results of each eight items could help us build better strategies to help this industry grow faster and more reliable in today's business world. © 2012 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highlights
Iranian carpet industry has been one of the most popular handcraft industries in the world and it has created substantial numbers of jobs in different villages and small towns in this country
This paper presents an empirical study to learn more about challenges in carpet industry using factor analysis
It is important to take the necessary actions to remove any barrier for joining this kind of agreement and knowledge management and intellectual capital play important roles on business units
Summary
Iranian carpet industry has been one of the most popular handcraft industries in the world and it has created substantial numbers of jobs in different villages and small towns in this country. Gao et al (2008) purpose of this research is to help knowledge managers systematically grasp knowledge about management knowledge and presented a deep and full understanding of the nature, scope and methodologies of knowledge management They reported that KM in business organizations is responsible for managing the activities of knowledge workers or the transformation and interaction of organizational static substance knowledge and dynamic process knowledge for products, services, and practical process innovation and, at the same time, creating new or justifying other organizational systematic knowledge. Hanisch et al (2009) demonstrated how KM in temporary organizations has recently becoming increasingly important factor in many industries and examined KM in different projects They reported that the success of KM implementation is mainly determined by cultural factors whereas technical aspects like information systems and project management methods are considered as supporting factors. They implemented Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP), Benefits-Opportunities-Costs-Risks (BOCR) technique to detect possible benefit, risk and cost components
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