Arth prabandh: A Journal of Economics and Management

To effectively implementation of knowledge management, initial evaluation of its establishment is very important. Therefore, this study tends to deal with assessing organizational readiness of effective factors in knowledge management establishment (Organizational, technological and knowledge management processes factors) and ranking these factors in terms of their significance in Department of IT at the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade. The present paper aims at investigating the readiness for establishment of knowledge management in Department of IT at the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade. Statistical universe of the study includes all experts and managers of Department of IT at the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade. The sample mass has been determined based on Cochran formula. In this study, a questionnaire was used to measure the variables. Validity was established using a panel of experts in the field. Reliability was calculated as 0.882 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as T-test and Friedman test were utilized to analyze data. The research finding demonstrate that the eight variable of organizational culture, organizational leadership, organizational strategy, information technology, knowledge acquisition, knowledge conversion, storage and utilization are in appropriate position in settlement of knowledge management in Department of Information Technology at the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade. Among three main factors, Information Technology has the highest rank and organizational factors have the lowest rank. Also among organizational factors, organizational culture factor is placed in the lowest position for establishment of knowledge management. In addition, knowledge storage has the greatest effect among knowledge management processes.