Drawing a Roadmap for Knowledge-based Organizations on the Path to Improving Organizational Structure

Hatefi, Mohammad Ali; Mousaei, Ahmad

doi:10.22034/jmsmo.2025.519696.1025

Drawing a Roadmap for Knowledge-based Organizations on the Path to Improving Organizational Structure

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Ali Hatefi ¹

Ahmad Mousaei ²

¹ Associate Professor, University of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Petroleum Industry Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/jmsmo.2025.519696.1025

Abstract

Today, the competitive advantage of organizations lies in the effective development of knowledge, especially knowledge leading to technology. Knowledge-based organizations are becoming one of the most important sectors of the country's economy. In these organizations, effective knowledge management requires several factors such as organizational borderless, the smooth flow of knowledge, the ability to reconstruct processes, and also organizational restructuring. Accordingly, designing an appropriate organizational structure has become the focus of attention of many knowledge-based organizations. This article, using the opinions of oil industry experts, examines closely the existing organizational structure of knowledge-based organizations in the past and present in the country. Then, using the characteristics inherent in these organizations, a vision for the future of these organizations is drawn. In terms of research method, a mixed method is used to create ideas and obtain expert opinions, which uses the advantages and disadvantages of analysis technique. The research findings can be classified into two categories. The first category includes analytical discussions about organizational structure and knowledge-based institutions. The second category includes a comparison of four types of organizational structures, including past and present organizational structures, as well as proposed future structures and future perspectives of organizations.

Keywords

Knowledge-based Organizations

Organizational Structure

Organizational Roadmap

Idea Generation

Oil Industry

Subjects

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