The Study of Knowledge Management Strategy and Knowledge Strategy in Organizations

In knowledge management study, knowledge management strategy and knowledge strategy are new and innovative concepts which are not often the focuses of projects carried out in the country. Therefore the present study intends to study and clarify the necessities, functions and models related to these two concepts and their differences in organizations. This is a library based research and the method of note taking has been used in collection of data from internet, books, Persian and English scientific articles and theses related to this research. In this article after the statement of the problem and the significant of the problem, knowledge management strategy and knowledge strategy, using first hand resources were studied. The research results indicate that despite the differences between the nature and the function of these two concepts, the organizations need to develop separately their knowledge management strategy and knowledge strategy to carry out knowledge management projects. Knowledge management strategy is based on the categorization of knowledge into explicit and implicit knowledge. The knowledge strategy explains the type of knowledge, extent, type of sources and ways organization used to support the strategic planning.