Presenting a Model the Effects of Knowledge Management Enablers in Order to Gain Competitive Advantages SMEs

Abstract

The most prominent factor in increasing complexity and vagueness in forecasting general development strategies and directions by managers and knowledge workers in organizations is the surge of human knowledge. So organizations are seeking to identify enablers, measure and provide context for knowledge management in order to deploy their timely the knowledge sources both in and outside their organizations. This research suggests a conceptual model of the effect of knowledge management implementation success on getting competitive advantage. It is a descriptive correlational research and has an applied goal. Findings are based on a field study of knowledge management experts in small and medium size companies. The data collected by a questionnaire and the resulting data were analyzed using least square and path analysis methods. Findings show that organizational culture and information technology have the most influential effect effects on knowledge management success and organizational structure has the least amount of influence on it. This may be caused by the lack of organizational structure in SMEs in Iran.

Keywords

• Knowledge management
• Competitive Advantage
• Small and medium enterprise