234 Int. J. Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2014 Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Selection of best knowledge flow practicing organisation using hybrid fuzzy AHP-VIKOR method Vishal A. Bhosale and Ravi Kant* Department of Mechanical Engineering, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat-395007, India Fax: +91-261-2227334 Email: vbhosale214@gmail.com Email: ravi792002@gmail.com Email: ravi.kant@med.svnit.ac.in *Corresponding author Abstract: The purpose of the study is to understand organisational knowledge flow practices and thereby decide whether selected organisation would better hold the knowledge flow practices by using hybrid fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) methodology. A search of the literature has been conducted to identify various organisational knowledge flow enablers (KFEs). The expert opinions from industries and academics were taken to validate the KFEs and to evaluate the alternatives. The weights of KFEs are determined by AHP method using fuzzy pairwise comparison matrices and selection of best organisational knowledge flow alternative using fuzzy VIKOR method. This paper identified 25 KFEs which have been segmented for better organisational knowledge flow. The empirical study of Indian manufacturing industries is carried out to study of the best organisational knowledge flow practices. This is a first of its kind study that identified 25 organisational KFEs through literature review and validated with expert opinion. The originality of the paper comes from the application of the hybrid fuzzy AHP and fuzzy VIKOR methodology for selecting best industry which implemented organisational knowledge flow practices. Keywords: knowledge flow; knowledge flow enablers; KFEs; fuzzy AHP; fuzzy VIKOR. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Bhosale, V.A. and Kant, R. (2014) ‘Selection of best knowledge flow practicing organisation using hybrid fuzzy AHP-VIKOR method’, Int. J. Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp.234–262. Biographical notes: Vishal A. Bhosale is a research scholar at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He is doing his PhD in the area of knowledge flow and supply chain management. Ravi Kant is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He has about nine years of experience in teaching and research. His areas of research interest include knowledge management, supply chain management and production and operation management. He has published more than 90 papers in international journals and conferences.