Open AccessExamining Effect of Organizational Structure Dimensions on the Knowledge management (Case Study: Payame Noor Universities of Semnan Province)
Author(s) -
Alireza Mikaeili,
Alireza Ghorbani,
Vahid Babaei Agha Maleki – Poyan Ali,
A Hamidi Zadeh,
Mahmood Omrani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environment conservation journal/environment conservation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-5124
pISSN - 0972-3099
DOI - 10.36953/ecj.2015.se1640
Subject(s) - formality , dimension (graph theory) , knowledge management , organizational learning , structural equation modeling , organizational structure , business , mathematics , computer science , management , political science , pure mathematics , economics , statistics , law
Transferring and understanding high volume of information and knowledge in organizations are affective internal and external factors. One of the effective internal factors on the knowledge management in organizational activities are divided, organized and coordinated. Organizations have created structures to coordinate factors of doing task and to control acts of members. In this research, structural Equation Method (SEM) is used for examining whether organizational structure dimensions have positive effect on knowledge management in Payame Noor organization in Lorestan province or not. Results of the research showed that there is direct and significant relationship between complexity dimension and knowledge management, formality dimension and knowledge management and centralization dimension and knowledge management. This means that the more complexity, formality and centralization dimensions, the more knowledge management effect in the organization.