The Role of Intellectual Capital in Facilitating Knowledge Management Practices

Successful implementation of knowledge management for organizations requires a systematic and comprehensive perspective about various organizational factors. Appropriateness of these factors and their integration and coordination is a vital perquisite for implementing knowledge management effectively. The primary purpose of the research is investigating the effect of three fundamental aspects of intellectual capital– human capital، structural capital and relational capital– on four stages of knowledge management practices (knowledge creation، storage، application and sharing). The data collection instrument is questionnaire and the research method is descriptive and corelational. The population studied in the research consists of managers and senior experts of the government state of one of the south states of Iran. A sample of 120 subjects was selected by simple random sampling. Data obtained is analyzed using correlation coefficient method and structural equations modeling. According to the research findings there are significant relationships between these intellectual assets and knowledge management practices. These findings support the necessity of preparing the perquisites of effective implementation of knowledge management. Accordingly، an organization characterized by more developed intellectual capitals can benefit from knowledge management initiatives.