90年代後，軟體產業善用強大的知識力量建構數位王國，在知識經濟狂潮裡獨據鰲頭，他們如何利用知識征服全球的祕密，一直引發各界好奇。本研究嘗試設計一套「全新且視覺化」的衡量模式以分析、瞭解及解釋軟體產業推行知識管理之情形，取代個案研究無法見林的遺憾，從宏觀角度觀諸整個產業的現況。 　　透過前測的檢驗，確認此種衡量模式測量變項的問卷內容，將它命名「知識管理雷達圖衡量模式」，藉由「知識管理雷達圖」的視覺呈現，能輕易地辨識軟體公司實踐知識管理的深度與廣度，是屬於「知識管理實踐成效六大類型」的何類；除此之外，本研究更提出5個假設，企圖解開幾個「知識管理雷達圖衡量模式」與軟體產業所衍生的疑竇，例如：軟體公司的特徵（資本額、員工數、上市上櫃情形、年營業額以及業務重心）的不同，知識管理的實踐深度（或廣度）有顯著差異嗎？「知識策略」與「資訊科技」是否顯著相關等等。 　　在發出447份附上回郵信封的問卷、213份e-mail電子問卷，並持續進行近4個星期的監控及問卷追縱後，最終回收率為21.03%，有效問卷回收率則是19.69%。經過資料分析，發現目前高達9成軟體公司皆從事過知識管理的相關活動，然而實踐知識管理的程度卻僅僅「三顆星」等級，顯示未來努力的空間仍不少；仍有7%左右的軟體業者，在各大要素的努力乏善可陳，這些公司屬於「不知不覺」型，絲毫沒察覺知識時代已經來臨，未來前景堪憂。在假設檢定方面，其結果出乎意料，公司的規模大小、上市上櫃與否、年營業額多寡以及業務範疇的差別，皆不影響知識管理的成敗，似乎在宣告「知識管理」非大企業的專利，無名小卒亦有出頭日的機會。 / Since the 1990s, software industry has been good at building a virtual kingdom by its incredible knowledge power. And now it is a pioneer navigating by the flooding water of knowledge-base economy. Everyone is curious to understand how software firms manipulate their knowledge spells to have the world in hands. Nevertheless, the researches of industrial knowledge management usually focused on case study of best practices and resulted in many myths. Unlike them, one of the purposes of this thesis is trying to develop a new and visual knowledge management measurement model, using it to judge and explain the software industry's implementation of knowledge management and analyzing whole industry in a macro view. 　　The questionnaire operationalized to measure the variables of the new measurement model was verified after pretesting. Then the new model is framed and named “Radar Visual Measurement Model of KM.” Through a radar graph, to judge the depth and breadth of the software firm's achievements of knowledge management and to position the kind of “The Six Types of Knowledge Management Achievement” are easy to accomplish. Furthermore, five hypotheses are set up to explore some suspicions between software industry and “Radar Visual Measurement Model of KM,” such as “Are the performances (depth and breadth) of knowledge management significant different if one software firm's characteristics (included the capital, the amount of employees, listed or not listed, revenues and major scope of business) differ greatly from the others' ?” or “Is there a significant relationship between ‘knowledge strategy’ and ‘information technology’ ?” and so on. 　　After sending 447 mails (each one accompanied by a qestionnaire and a self-addressed stamped envelope) and 213 electronic questionnaires by e-mail, monitoring and tracing returns were begun and continued about four weeks. The final response rate is 21.03% but the valid response rate is 19.69%. Then the result of the qualitative data analysis indicates that 1) it's a common phenomenon in the software industry that over 90 per cent of software firms have ever performed knowledge management but the average level of performance depth only belongs to ‘three-star’ class. So all the software firms have to keep on making their extra efforts in the future. 2) There are near 7 percent of software firms doing nothing effort on five dimensions called ‘Unconsciousness’. They are unaware that the knowledge era is coming; therefore, they probably have a dark future. Moreover, two of the five hypotheses are not supported by the facts and surprised us. They point out that the scale of a company, the situation of listed, the total revenues and the scope of business don't affect the performances of knowledge management. In other words, they may proclaim that KM is not a monopoly of a large enterprise and a small firm still has its chance to be strong by knowledge management.