THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN NURSING SYSTEM AT HOSPITALS OF IRANSHAHR CITY

The main advantage of today's organizations is knowledge. Knowledge is a powerful tool that is developing and changing day-to-day, and knowledge control and management requires supporting and improving the organizational culture. Thus, paving the way for implementation of Knowledge management systems in the sense that makes members of the organization ready to cooperate in the implementation of Knowledge management plans are extremely important. The present study is applied in purpose and cross-sectional in terms of administration. The target population included all nurses in hospitals affiliated to Medical University of Iranshahr, which were estimated 134 nurses. The sample size was determined using Cochran formula and simple random sampling as 110 nurses. Data were collected through survey using the standardized knowledge management scale by Perust et al. and Organizational Culture Scale by Daniel Denison; also, the reliability and validity of the two were confirmed. The results of testing the hypotheses showed a significance relationship between Organizational Culture and knowledge management. Also, the generalization of data was good and indicated the significance of all components of organizational culture (Participation culture, compatibility culture, adaptability culture, responsibility culture)n with knowledge management. Promoting the dimensions of organizational culture to facilitate knowledge management cycle is recommended to managers and decision-makers of University of Medical Sciences and the hospitals.