The Relationship between Organizational Inteligence and Knowledge Management and Their Impact on Organizational Agility

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3097 - 3108, 13.05.2015

Alireza Ghasemızad , Reza Shayan

Abstract

Abstract. The present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between organizational intelligence and knowledge management and their impact on organizational agility among the employees of national south oilfield Company. The present study was applied in terms of purpose and correlation-causal (ex post facto) in terms of methodology. Also, it is descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The study population is 420 experts of south oilfields in Ahvaz with Degree of MA or above. The sample study is selected by Krejcie and Morgan table and simple random sampling method as 201 experts. To evaluate the study variables, organizational intelligence, knowledge management and organizational agility questionnaires are used. 201 questionnaires are distributed and 200 valid questionnaires were collected. The reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) and validity (content and construct validity by factor analysis) were verified by the mentioned questionnaires in this study. The fitness of hypotheses by one-sample t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient supports the study hypotheses There is a significant relationship between organizational intelligence and organizational agility, organizational intelligence and knowledge management and also between knowledge management and organizational agility. The moderating role of knowledge management in organizational intelligence and organizational agility relation is supported. The other results of the study showed that in terms of organizational intelligence, knowledge management and organizational agility among the employees with various age groups and various work experiences, there is no significant difference.

Keywords

Organizational intelligence, Knowledge management and organizational agility

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