Elements and components of knowledge management in knowledge-based project-oriented organizations with a Meta-Syntheses approach

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D. Department of knowledge and Information Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor. Department of knowledge and Information Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Objective: Considering that maintaining and improving the organization's knowledge capital is undoubtedly the most important component in the effective role of organizations in today's turbulent environment, the implementation of knowledge management can become a powerful and decisive tactic at the international level. As a result, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying the main elements and components of knowledge management in knowledge-based project-oriented organizations. Today, more than ever, there is a need for scholarly attention to the process of production, organization, transfer, transformation, application, maintenance of knowledge and its evaluation. Knowledge management is the intelligent design of processes, tools, structures, etc., with the intention of increasing, renewing, sharing, or improving the use of knowledge, which appears in each of the three elements of intellectual capital, i.e., structural, human, and social. Method: The approach of the current research is qualitative, and the seven-step hybrid method of Sandelowski and Barroso was used. The research community includes all sources related to the identification of elements and components of knowledge management including 163 articles, books and theses from reliable domestic and foreign sources published from the scientific database in the period of 1397-1402 and 2018-2023. Then, taking into account the degree of connection with the research topic, primary sources were screened and 63 sources were selected and coding was done on the concepts extracted from them. Results: In total, based on the meta-combination method with the Delphi approach, the number of 6 main dimensions (process, technology, human resources, organizational structure, strategy and goals, and leadership), 25 components and 76 indicators for the 25 components were extracted as elements and components. Knowledge management were identified. The results of reliability measurement using Kendall's coefficient method above 0.5 probability value, less than 0.05 indicate appropriate agreement between experts.

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