Palabras clave: Gestión de Recursos Humanos, Gestión del Conocimiento, Organizaciones 
Ejecutivas, Sari, Irán. 
Abstract 
Executive organizations need to design strategic processes in order to use effective human 
resources  for  increased  productivity.  So,  this  research  aimed  to  provide  a  human  resource 
management model based on knowledge management in executive organizations in Sari, Iran. 
This research is applied in terms of purpose and its method is survey research. The nature of 
this study is descriptive with the type of correlation. The statistical population includes: 1) 15 
experts familiar with the field of human resource management who were selected using the 
selective method; 2) employees who work in the executive organizations of Sari (29,697 people) 
who,  according  to  the  Cochran  formula,  selected  400  people  by  random  sampling  by 
conglomerate method. Data collection was performed using a human resources management 
research questionnaire with 54 questions and knowledge management with 24 questions. The 
CVR was calculated as 0.97.4 and 0.95.1, respectively, and was acceptable. Cronbach's alpha 
coefficient was also estimated above 0.7, confirming the reliability of the instrument. In the data 
analysis, route tests and structural equation models were used using the Lisrel software. Based 
on  the  result,  the  strength  of  the  relationship  between  the  variables  of  human  resource 
management  and  knowledge  management  was  calculated  at  0.48,  which  showed  that  the 
correlation is strong and desirable. The t statistic (4.99) was also greater than the critical value 
of  t  at  the  5%  error  level,  that  is,  1.96,  indicating  that  the  correlation  was  significant.  In 
conclusion, it can be said that human resource management and knowledge management as two 
coordinating components play a determining role in the organization's competitiveness with 
each other, and organizations that pay attention to these important components will definitely 
achieve their development and excellence. desired. 
Keywords:  Human  Resource  Management,  Knowledge  Management,  Executive 
Organizations, Sari, Iran. 
Introduction 
By increasing the change process in science and technology, firms and organizations 
become more complicated and along with this revolution, the organizations management also 
gets complicated. Today, managing organizations with traditional methods is not possible, since 
managing humans that are the main capital of organizations is not easy, and organizations' 
leaders,  especially  those  in  charge  of  human  resources,  needs  to  acquire  the  necessary 
knowledge and skills and apply them effectively (Millar & Doherty, 2016). The research on the 
role  of  human  resource  specialists  and  managers  in  creating  and  maintain  positive 
organizational performance has been the subject of many organizational studies over the past 
two decades, and it has been confirmed that human resource management is strongly related to 
knowledge management (Hatefi & Rousta, 2018). 
The researchers found that human resource managers can also take the management role 
of traditional organizations and turn it to the strategic asset of the organization. Furthermore, in 
recent decades, the traditional use of capital and technology as competitive forces in various 
industries  has  grown  exponentially,  and  the  transition  to  a  knowledge-based  era  has  been 
dependent on knowledge management and intellectual capital (Xian et al., 2017). McGrath 
(2006) believes that human resource management systems can create special economic values 
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