Research on Information Science and Public Libraries

The Effect of Organizational factors on Performance of Knowledge Management (KM) in Education

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ja’far Beikzad 1
Hanieh Doudmani Maleki 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Bonab Branch

2 Teacher of Bonab Education Office

Abstract
Purpose: This work aimed to study the effect of organizational factors
including organizational culture, organizational structure, education, human
resources, flow of information and communication, information technology, and
transparency of documents on the performance of knowledge management, and the
components of knowledge production, saving knowledge, applying knowledge, and
transfer and sharing of knowledge in the education system of Malekan city (Iran).
Methodology: The research population of this applied survey included 214
personnel of Malekan city’s education system who were selected by stage random
sampling. The data required were collected by questionnaire (the total of 143
questionnaire were finally collected) and analyzed by using the Multiple Regression
Test.
Findings: According to the findings of this research, the variables of
organizational culture, education and information technology have positive effects
on the performance of knowledge management, while other variables including
human resources showed positive effect on this regard only in the component of
knowledge production. The remaining variables had also statistically insignificant
correlation with the performance of knowledge management and its components.
Originality/Value: Since the majority of researches concluded on knowledge
management so far have been in such areas as business and profit organizations, the
importance of this research, which was concluded in the area of education, could not
be overlooked.

Keywords

Knowledge management
Education
Organizational culture
Human resources
Malekan
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Volume 17, Issue 4
Winter 2011
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