A Study Impact of Organizational Forgetting on Implementing Knowledge Management

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational forgetting on the knowledge management establishment. This research has survey-analytical method and is applied in terms of objective. The statistical population consists of 526 librarians and library directors at non-medical universities of Tehran and then 169 subjects are selected based on random sampling and Morgan table and studied by the questionnaire. Pearson correlation coefficient is utilized for data analysis and then the construct validity of research variables and its derived indices are investigated by confirmatory factor analysis test. . The results suggest that organizational forgetting (deliberately) to create, store, share and apply knowledge and forgetfulness unintended positive effect of these factors has a negative effect. In conclusion, based on test results made recommendations regarding the use of incentive mechanisms and reform of business processes and management of libraries provided by librarians who use them will result library to the knowledge of more.