DOI 10.1515/cplbu-2017-0039 8 th Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education and 10 th International Conference on Engineering and Business Education Sibiu, Romania, October, 2017 Organizational knowledge management with Big Data. The foundation of using artificial intelligence Daniel PASCHEK Politehnica University Timisoara - Management Faculty, 300191 Timisoara, Romania paschi88@gmx.net Anca MOCAN Politehnica University Timisoara - Management Faculty, 300191 Timisoara, Romania ancamocan2003@yahoo.com Corina-Monica DUFOUR Politehnica University Timisoara - Management Faculty, 300191 Timisoara, Romania corinarusnac@gmail.com Anca DRAGHICI Politehnica University Timisoara - Management Faculty, 300191 Timisoara, Romania anca.draghici@upt.ro ABSTRACT In the following paper the relevance of Knowledge Management (KM) as a foundation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems will be analyzed. The purpose of the work is the presentation of mandatory framework conditions for using AI with a special view on knowledge management for Big Data. Therefore the mandatory definitions of the core components will be described theoretically supported by practical examples. Based on literature, there will be done research and presentation of existing applications the relation between the knowledge management in the organization and big data as core component. To identify the relevant topics of using Big Data for knowledge management an analysis will be held up with digital companies. In addition, the main advantages and disadvantages will be depicted. The finding of the paper will be a recommendation of the developed Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Model for using Knowledge Management and Big Data for Artificial Intelligence decisions within the company. Keywords: Knowledge Management, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Digitalization