The Impact of Human Resource Management and Creativity and Innovation Management in Creating Knowledge-Based Defense Organizations

Knowledge-based organization is a concept that has emerged with the arrival of the knowledge-based economy. Nowadays, knowledge has become the most valuable asset of organizations. Its importance is not related to a particular type of organization, but it has had an effect upon the types of organizations; because the nature of these organizations is based on knowledge and knowledge activities. In this research, the impact of "human resource management" and "management of creativity and innovation" on turning defense organizations into knowledge based ones has been considered. It employed a descriptive survey method and the sample included 54 military and management specialists. The data collection instrument was questionnaire. To collect data, at first, employing the library method, the theoretical principles and background were examined, and the effective dimensions of "human resource management" and "management of creativity and innovation" on creation of knowledge-based defense organizations were identified; second, using the Delphi method, the identified components and other possible factors were taken into account and finally they were finalized. In order to design the model and test the hypotheses, factor analysis and structural equations modeling (SEM) were employed. As the research findings indicate the impact of both "human resource management" and "management of creativity and innovation" dimensions on making this defense organization as a knowledge-based organization has been proven.