Development of a dynamic model of knowledge management in Iran's oil industry Using the system dynamics approach (SD)

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

reza  moeini jazani ¹ (Oil Ministry)
Ahmad Reza  Kasrai ² (Assistant)
AHMAD  ASLIZADEH ³ (Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Imam Memorial Branch)
Tsohrabi  sohrabi ⁴ (Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2020-05-17 Accepted : 2020-08-01 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: Knowledge Management System, System Dynamics (SD), Iranian Oil Industry,

Abstract :

This study simulates and simulates the knowledge industry management system of the oil industry using the system dynamics approach (SD) in order to policy the development of knowledge management of the oil industry to eliminate the gap between existing knowledge capital and applied knowledge. First, with the participation of the planners involved in the Ministry of Oil, the organizational infrastructure of the success of the knowledge management system was identified and a causal chart was drawn based on the knowledge management process. The flow model was designed based on oil industry data and simulated on a 20-year horizon. After validating the model based on the results of the analysis of the sensitivity behavior of the variable knowledge gap, the development policies of the knowledge management system of the oil industry were extracted and analyzed. According to the research findings, three policies for the development of knowledge creation, the development of knowledge documentation infrastructure and the development of knowledge sharing in the oil industry, as well as the selection of a combination of policies were identified and simulated. As a result, the selected simulation is a combination of policies including the development of cooperation with the country's scientific poles, design of experience registration systems, culture-building of knowledge sharing, knowledge-based team building, respect for intellectual property rights, commercialization of oil industry knowledge as the best solution. , For the policy and planning of success, the establishment of the knowledge management system of Iran's oil industry was presented.

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