Abstract

The organization’s culture impact on the effectiveness of knowledge management system is widely known within science of management. Besides changing the organization fundamentally, knowledge management changes the whole business philosophy through which an organizational culture is knitted, and therefore is its inseparable part. This study had a goal to investigate the intensity and the nature of the correlation between learning culture and knowledge management processes within educational environment. The ground research of this study comprised a sample of academic institutions that teach management, conveyed during academic year 2007/2008 in Serbia (Vojvodina province). The basic assumption was that this correlation exists and this study has proven it. The correlation has researched several levels and subdimensions – the relation on the level of the institution, educational process; and single knowledge management processes. Scientific information from this article could be interesting to educational institutions and their managements and all the organizations that are introducing knowledge management system.

Key words: Knowledge management, knowledge management process, experimenting culture, education, university, correlation.