Examine the Role of Data Mining in Achieving the Goals of Knowledge Management in Organization

Change of attitude of organizations' managers toward human forces (as human capitals and resources) as well as technological advancement and accumulation of information in organizations reflects the necessity of valuing knowledge management. On the other hand, extraction of necessary, appropriate information and turning them into the knowledge required by organizations for making decisions, visioning the strategic future, and creating competitive advantage calls for application of new methods. Data mining is the means used by organizations and managers to extract knowledge from a pile of information stored in a knowledge-base management system. The present survey study is a descriptive research. The statistical population for this research included 110 employees and managers of the headquarters of the Bank Saderat Iran. In order to discover facts and expand the questionnaire statements the principal component analysis (PCA) method and linear structural relations (LISREL) were employed. Research findings revealed that the data mining technique, as a very important means of knowledge management, leaves a positive significant effect on the attainment of knowledge management goals of organizations through usage of knowledge resources.