Knowledge Management Model in the IRI’s Ministry of Defense

Knowledge, specially for organizations which engage in environments fraught with uncertainty, is recognized as a precious resource for growth and competitive advantage. Accordingly, the IRI’s Ministry of Defense as a knowledge-based organization lies in need to diverse methods and models for knowledge management in various strategic and operational levels as well as in various domains including staff, affiliated organizations and defense industries. In the same vein, this paper mainly aims at achieving a strategic knowledge management model in the IRI’s Ministry of Defense. This study is an applied-developmental research which objectively selects the population in full enumeration and exploits Case-based Method combinationally (quantity & quality)  and Thematic Analysis to achieve the purpose. Following, the outcome of the study suggests that the strategic knowledge management model for the Ministry of Defense and in accordance with strategy roadmap encompasses five principal elements in the format of effective configuration for cause-effect segmentation as: infrastructure of strategic knowledge management, strategic processes of knowledge management, strategic spheres of knowledge, creation of value for the beneficiaries, and creation of deterrent power and defensive competence.