Seyed Mohammad Fatemi; Mehdi Karbasian
Volume 2, Issue 3 , September 2015, , Pages 154-167
Abstract
Due to the progress of organizations and the increased competition among them, they are paying more attention to supporting factors of their operations. One of the factors that has highly been considered by organizations is enhancement of knowledge level of the organization. In recent years, organizations ...
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Due to the progress of organizations and the increased competition among them, they are paying more attention to supporting factors of their operations. One of the factors that has highly been considered by organizations is enhancement of knowledge level of the organization. In recent years, organizations have found out that they can achieve competitive advantage through enhancement of their knowledge level and thus use its advantages and realize their agility at all dimensions of the organization, because increased level of knowledge management increases agility of employees and clients besides making the organization agile. Given the importance of knowledge management and organizational agility, performance of the Municipality in Isfahan province is evaluated using the above two approaches. To this end, data envelopment analysis is employed. Then, the most important dimensions of organizational agility are determined by means of sensitivity analysis.
Hadi Shirouyehzad; Tahereh Kaviani Baghbadorani; Farimah Mokhatab Rafiee
Volume 2, Issue 3 , September 2015, , Pages 180-194
Abstract
A main factor of competitive advantage of present organizations is knowledge. Knowledge management (KM) is a conscious attempt as a new approach to create, disseminate, and apply knowledge in a way that valuable results were achieved for the organizations. The critical success factors (CSFs) of knowledge ...
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A main factor of competitive advantage of present organizations is knowledge. Knowledge management (KM) is a conscious attempt as a new approach to create, disseminate, and apply knowledge in a way that valuable results were achieved for the organizations. The critical success factors (CSFs) of knowledge management have a considerable effect on the competitive position of the organizations. The aim of this article is to prioritize preeminent manufacturing brands of Isfahan Province based on the critical success factors of knowledge management. 12 critical success factors of knowledge management and their sub-factors were determined with reviewing the literature review. The questionnaire was designed based on these factors. 80 questionnaires were completed by senior managers, middle-level managers, executive managers, and employed supervisors. Data were analyzed with the use of fuzzy TOSIS technique and were prioritized based on the critical factors of organizations. According to the obtained results, Iran smelting company was placed in the first place with the similarity index of 0.5561 and Pars electric company was placed in the second place with the similarity index of 0.5366. Other companies were placed in the next places. Sepahan Cement Company was placed on the last place.