title: A comprehensive model for executing knowledge management audits in organizations: a systematic review.
abstract: A knowledge management audit (KMA) is the first phase in knowledge management implementation. Incomplete or incomprehensive execution of the KMA has caused many knowledge management programs to fail. A study was undertaken to investigate how KMAs are performed systematically in organizations and present a comprehensive model for performing KMAs based on a systematic review. Studies were identified by searching electronic databases such as Emerald, LISA, and the Cochrane library and e-journals such as the Oxford Journal and hand searching of printed journals, theses, and books in the Tehran University of Medical Sciences digital library. The sources used in this study consisted of studies available through the digital library of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences that were published between 2000 and 2013, including both Persian- and English-language sources, as well as articles explaining the steps involved in performing a KMA. A comprehensive model for KMAs is presented in this study. To successfully execute a KMA, it is necessary to perform the appropriate preliminary activities in relation to the knowledge management infrastructure, determine the knowledge management situation, and analyze and use the available data on this situation.
authors: Author Affiliations: Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Dr Shahmoradi); Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Dr Ahmadi); Department of Health Information Management (Drs Ahmadi and Sadoughi), Biostatistics Department (Dr Gohari), Health Information Management, Paramedical Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (Dr Piri).
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Shahmoradi
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Ahmadi
authors: Farahnaz
authors: F
authors: Sadoughi
authors: Zakieh
authors: Z
authors: Piri
authors: Mahmood Reza
authors: MR
authors: Gohari
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D058436:Knowledge Management; D008330:Management Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational