Ranking Factors in Successful Implementation of Knowledge Management in Knowledge Based Companies

Knowledge management is one of the appropriate solutions to earn utility and efficiency in organizations. Procedure of increasing the role of knowledge in the management of organizations has caused the concept of knowledge management to become the heart of the organization's strategic policies. Accordingly, paying special attention to knowledge management and understanding the most important effective factors in its successful implementation is necessary to achieve the organization goals. Having studied various articles, in this article, 30 sub-factors in the forms of 7 main factors including leadership, organizational culture, resources and human resources, information technology, evaluation and performance measurement, strategies, processes and activities have been recognized. These factors are the effective ones in successful implementation of knowledge management in knowledge based organizations. The factors have been ranked by managers of knowledge based companies located in Isfahan Science and Technology town. According to this the priorities of main factors in the successful implementation of knowledge management have been determined in the form of resources and manpower, leadership, strategies, organizational culture, processes and activities, information technology and evaluation and performance measurement, among the effective sub-factors in successful implementation of knowledge management. Hiring qualified personnel, having the same prospect, creating appropriate space and time for brain storming and having a clear long- and short-term goals for knowledge management have the highest importance for the successful implementation of knowledge management in knowledge based organization, respectively.