Investigating Gap between Current and Desired Status of Knowledge Management Process in A Project-based Organization
Subject Areas : Knowledge Managementdarab ahmadvand 1 , Gholamali Tabarsa 2
1 - M.A. of Executive Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Knowledge, Knowledge management, Project, Project-based organization,
Abstract :
Today, having suitable and efficient information and knowledge for organizations survival has turned to an inevitable necessity and the rate of using human, intellectual and informational capitals by organizations and societies have guaranteed their long-term superiority. Aiming to investigate and determine the gap between current and desired status of knowledge management in a project-based organization, this study is sought to identify main and efficient solutions in order to promote and develop organizational knowledge management level. In terms of goal, the research is applied one and in terms of methodology and the method of gathering information, it is descriptive-survey. Statistical sample of research includes 103 employees related to the projects of a consulting engineers company that have been selected through simple random sampling. The obtained results of analyzing research hypotheses show that there is a gap between current and desired status of knowledge management process in study statistical population; the most gap is related to the activity of knowledge application and the least one refers to the activity of knowledge acquisition that represents organizational weakness in actualizing the lessons learned optimally. Ultimately some recommendations have been proposed due to more effectiveness of organizational knowledge management.
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