Soheila Majlesi Ardehjani; Gholam Reza Shabanibahar; Majid Soleimani; Habib Honari
Volume 5, Issue 1 , April 2018, , Pages 75-88
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to develop a model of knowledge management and strategic thinking based on organizational readiness in the Ministry of Sports and Youth. The statistical population consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth of Tehran (890 people). By simple random sampling, ...
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The purpose of this research is to develop a model of knowledge management and strategic thinking based on organizational readiness in the Ministry of Sports and Youth. The statistical population consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth of Tehran (890 people). By simple random sampling, 350 individuals were selected as sample. The research method is quantitative and correlational, and instrumental measurement; organizational preparedness standard questionnaire Ziaee et al. (2011), Hemati Knowledge Management (2010), and Manourian et al. (2012). Validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by 10 experts of sport management and their reliability was Cronbach's alpha coefficient for organizational readiness 0.78, strategic thinking 0.83 and knowledge management 0.75. In order to analyze the data, binomial test and structural equation modeling were used through Smart-PLS software. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between organizational readiness for establishing managerial knowledge and strategic thinking. Also, results showed that KM has a significant effect on strategic thinking. The study of goodness of fitness fit of the model also showed that the structural model of knowledge management and strategic thinking based on the organizational readiness of the brush has a suitable and acceptable (GOF =0.24). Managers can consider organizational readiness as an indicator of the organization's future success in order to deploy and promote unique strategies