In this paper, we study the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management strategy in Pars Oil, an Iranian oil refining public company. The Denison organizational culture model is used. The model measures four essential traits of culture and leadership: involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission. Each of these traits has three indices providing a richness of detail about the trait. Data collection method is a survey using a suitable questionnaire. The results of data analysis show that there are significant relationships between four dimensions of knowledge management strategies (creation and transfer of knowledge) and organizational culture in the organization studied. Moreover, the results of ranking the factors influencing the knowledge management strategy show that the priority and importance of the organizational culture traits based on their effects on knowledge management strategy are, respectively, participation, adaptability, consistency, and mission cultures.
In this knowledge era, educational institutes and researchers are considered fundamental developing bases for societies, and thus identifying and prioritizing key factors of succeeding knowledge-based organizations is an undeniable requirement. Therefore, the present study identifies and prioritizes key factors of succeeding knowledge-based organizations and defines their importance level. The data were collected through research-made questionnaire. The content validity and reliability of the questionnaire were reported. By distributing questionnaires among experts, and adding or removing some regulations, eighteen factors were ultimately categorized into three groups. The results obtained from analytical hierarchy process (AHP) revealed that the significant key factors of succeeding knowledge-based organization are cultural, structural, and behavioral criteria, respectively. These results help managers in developing knowledgebased organization.
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