The Role of Knowledge Management in Human Resource Development in T ehran Municipality, Region 4

This study investigated the effect of knowledge management on human resource development in Tehran Municipality Region 4 to provide practical suggestions for increasing the capabilities of human capital in the organization through knowledge management. The literature review identified four components consisting of identifying, acquiring, developing and sharing for knowledge management concept and four components consisting of attitude, knowledge, behavior and skill for human resource development concept. Following the positivism philosophy, deductive (quantitative) approach, and the survey method, a questionnaire (consisting of 45 questions) was used to collect field data. Face and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed through selecting a standard questionnaire and submitting it to the experts, construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis and reliability through Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.91). The number of population including undergraduate, graduate and managers of the organization, was 1,100 and the sample volume of 285 randomly selected. Data normality through the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and relationships between variables and conceptual models through Pearson correlation and structural equation model approved. It turned out that knowledge management plays a significant role in the development of human resources (The correlation coefficient: 0.875; load factor: 0.81). It also became clear that identifying, acquiring, developing and sharing knowledge have impact on the development of knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills of human capital. As a result, one of the expected outcomes of knowledge management system can be development of human capital in all dimensions. Also, it can be concluded that one of the tools of human resource development is the establishment of a knowledge management system.