KM Maturity assessment in 300 top Iranian company

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1 Assistant Professor, IT management, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

2 PhD student of IT Management, Department of Industrial Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Considering the importance of assessing the maturity level of knowledge management in organizations, this research assesses the maturity level of 300 top Iranian company using APQC model. Survey research is used in this research and data collection tool is questionnaire and t-test, Fridman and correlation test is used to analysis of data. Among 300 companies 99 companies attended in the survey. The Results show that Iranian companies are located on third level of KM maturity. There is no significant relationship between size of organization, industry type, the use of contractors and external consultants and knowledge management maturity. However there is relationship between existing knowledge management unit, experience regarding knowledge management and knowledge management maturity. There is significant relationship between post of senior managers and knowledge management maturity. Culture, technology, process, leadership and assessment, s aspects have better conditions. Key words: Knowledge management, Knowledge management maturity, maturity model, Knowledge management assessment tool

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Modern Research in Decision Making
Volume 1, Issue 3
October 2016
Pages 23-42

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