Study of the relationship between information technology and knowledge management in the headquarters of Tehran Social Security Organization

Attieh S. Mirakbari (), Sedigheh Abedini () and Hesamaddin Kamalzadeh ()
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Attieh S. Mirakbari: Masters student, Management department, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Sedigheh Abedini: Assistant Professor of Health Education. Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abb
Hesamaddin Kamalzadeh: Assistant Professor of Information System. Department of Community Medicine, Health Information Management Research Center, Hormozgan University of Me

Management Issues in Healthcare System, 2018, vol. 4, 13-28

Abstract: Information technology and knowledge management are two important matters in the modern organizations of this era. The biggest factor in the success of knowledge management in the present era is the potential that information technology creates for it. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between information technology and knowledge management in the headquarters of the Social Security Organization. The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population was 620 Experts and senior staff of headquarters of the social security organization. Of these, 237 were selected by random sampling method based on Cochrans formula. Collected information through questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL softwares. The results indicated a significant relationship between information technology and knowledge management in the headquarters of the Social Security Organization as well as the relationship between information technology and knowledge management components such as (acquisition, creation, storage, distribution, maintenance). According to the Friedman test, knowledge storage was highly related to information technology in the organization under study.

Keywords: Social security organization; Knowledge management; Information technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.33844/mihs.2018.60187

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