Exploring the Contextual Dimensions of Organization from Knowledge Management Perspective

Purpose – The most research of Knowledge Management merely pays attention to it’s relation with dimensions of the organizations especially contextual dimensions. The purpose of this work is to explore the contextual dimensions of organizations for finding the interactions between of these dimensions and Knowledge Management and to identify the critical success factors, drivers and constraints, relevant to the implementation of Knowledge Management in the Tehran business environment. Design/methodology/approach – A new exploration based on research experiences of the Knowledge Management is formalized as an extension of the model by Daft. The present article reports the empirical findings of a survey conducted among managers and experts in Tehran. In this survey we give them a questionnaire that contains some questions related to the mentioned dimensions and asked about relations of them and Knowledge Management critical success factors for better implementation based on Factor Analysis. The questionnaire reflects insights gained from a mix of individual choice models developed by various researchers and Delphi technique. Findings – This research finds seven critical success factors, Collaboration and knowledge workers, Technology Deployment, Learning Culture, Flat Structures, Supply Chain Integration, Comprehensive strategies and Flexible Organizations, which related to the conceptual Dimensions of organizations and also drivers and constraints of Knowledge Management Implementation. Research limitations/implications – This framework reflects the Interactions between contextual dimensions and Knowledge management. It may need further research to be used for structural dimensions of the organizations. Originality/value – Using this research, organizations that interested in implementing Knowledge management may be familiar with the impacts of Knowledge Management implementation and contextual dimensions on each other for achieving the desirable outcomes.