Investigating the Relationship between Knowledge Management and Strategic Thinking with Heads of Sports Staff of Kerman Province

This study aims to investigate the relation between knowledge management and strategic thought with organizational performance of heads sport commissions of Kerman province in 1396 – 1397. The present study is descriptive – correlation. Statistical population of this study is comprised of all heads commissions of Kerman province. In this study, statistical sample is made up of all mentioned persons in the statistical population, which is 70. By using whole enumeration method, these managers will be selected and examined. In order to investigate the research assumptions, Pearson’s correlation test along with SPSS software and structural equations modeling test along with LISREL software have been used. Research results showed that there exists a direct and conceptual relation between knowledge management and strategic thought with organizational performance of heads sport organizations of Kerman province. Also, there exists a conceptual and straight relationship between knowledge development, knowledge maintenance, knowledge transformation, transmission and utilization with organizational performance and between aim focusing, systematic perspective, intelligent opportunism, hypothesis being centered, thinking over time with organizational performance of heads sport organizations.