An Investigation on the Legal System for Grounding and Development of Knowledge and Knowledge Management in Iranian Administration System, Focusing on the National Services Management Law

This article investigates the literature of knowledge management at the world level, focusing on the necessity and importance of knowledge management in developing cuntries; introduces the most important problems of implementing knowledge management at national level. It also introduces policies and methods which are used for supporting knowledge management at national and regional levels. Based on the mentioned exploration, the National Services Management Law is examined and practical suggestins are made for implementation of its rules in the field of information technology and knowledge management at national level. These suggestins include: design and implementation of national comprehensive electronic information system, assessment and review of websites of all organizations involved in the mentioned law, designing Iranians’ expert database, networking inside and outside the administrative system, introducing positions for knowledge management in organizations, designing knowledge sharing systems inside and between organizations, creating national computerized suggestion system, identifying retired experts and documentation of their expertise and experiences to be used in organizations.