Studying the Relationship Between Knowledge Management Effectiveness and Administrative Innovation Among Shiraz Manufacturing Firms

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effectof knowledge management effectiveness on administrative innovation.knowledge management effectiveness is conceptualised as comprisingof knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and knowledge application effectiveness. three hypothesised relationshipswere tested using a sample of 85 manufacturing firms in shirazindustrial zone. the results derived from the regression analyses showedthat of the three dimensions of knowledge management effectiveness(knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and knowledge application effectiveness), only knowledge acquisitioneffectiveness was found to have a significant positive effect on administrativeinnovation.