Identify and Rank the Barriers to Knowledge Sharing (Case Study: Telecommunication Office of the National Iranian South Oilfields Company)

The objective of this research was to identify and rank the barriers knowledge sharing by using the fuzzy hierarchy analysis method. This research is consumed an applied-developmental research, in terms of objective and the descriptive-survey in terms of nature. The research population included all managers of telecommunication projects of Telecommunication Office of National Iranian South Oil Company, participated directly in knowledge acquisition and sharing. The population size was determined to be 30 people. The census method was used and sampling was not performed due to the population size. The tools used in this research were two researcher-developed questionnaires, including the Delphi fuzzy technique and fuzzy hierarchy analysis. Data were analyzed using Excel software. Results indicated that individual barriers with a weight of 0.439 ranked first, technological barriers with a weight of 0.351 ranked second and organizational barriers with a weight of 0.210 ranked third.