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GLOBAL ADVANCED RESEARCH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES

June 2012 Vol. 1(5), pp 150-157

Copyright © 2012 Global Advanced Research Journals

 

 

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The role of knowledge management on firm performance: a case study of Iranian Pirouz Auto Development Group (PADG)

 

Mohammad Tafreshi and Majid Mirvaisi *

 

*Department of Business Management,Torbat-e Heydarieh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran E-mail: Mirvaisi@yahoo.com. Tel: ++989155020571

Department of Business Management,Torbat-e Heydarieh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran.

 

Corresponding author Email: mirvaisi@yahoo.com

 

Accepted 08 June 2012

 

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Knowledge Management (KM) has emerged as a robust strategy to improve firm performance. Our purpose is to identify the relationship between the main factor of knowledge elements (Knowledge Identification, Acquire, Development, Distribution, Usage and Maintain) on the Iranian Pirouz Auto Development Group (PADG). After gathering data by questionnaire and analyzing those by SPSS and LISREL 8.5, all hypothesis were accept excepted the effect of acquisition, utilize and sharing knowledge on the firm performance in this factory. Further researches have been offer and a very useful source of information for participates of KM element in the firm performance offer at the end of this paper.

 

Keywords: KM, firm’s performances, LISREL 8.5, Pirouz Auto Development Group. IRAN.