Structural model of factors related to knowledge management

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• maryam aligholizadehmoghadam ¹
• saeed mazboohi ²
• sadraddin sattari ³

¹ PhD student in educational management, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.

² Departmentof Education, Allameh Tabataba'i University,Tehran,Iran.

³ AssociateProfessor,Department of Educational Sciences,ArdabilBranch, Ardabil IslamicAzadUniversity,Iran.

10.30495/jedu.2023.30689.6157

Abstract

Introduction: In the age of information and knowledge, knowledge management is considered one of the distinctive features for organizations. The management of this rare resource increases the business performance and success of the organization in the present and future. Looking for change. The most basic skill for managers of knowledge-based organizations is "knowledge management". The purpose of this research is to examine the elements of knowledge-based management and design the structural model of these elements.
 research methodology: In the present study, which was conducted with a mixed method, in the qualitative section, through targeted sampling, 15 university experts and educational science specialists of the Ministry of Education were selected until theoretical saturation was reached, and interviews were conducted. The statistical population in the quantitative part includes secondary school principals in the city of Tehran, and 400 people were selected for sample selection by cluster sampling method. The information needed in this part of the statistical population was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire tool.To analyze the data in the qualitative part, the components of knowledge management were identified and screened by experts using the fuzzy Delphi method, and using the Soara method, the components were weighted and prioritized in the following order. Knowledge creation, knowledge organization, need for knowledge, knowledge sharing, knowledge-oriented performance, knowledge storage, and in the quantitative part, confirmatory factor analysis was used to model structural equations.
Findings: need for knowledge, knowledge creation, knowledge organization, knowledge storage, knowledge sharing, knowledge-oriented performance.
Conclusion: Knowledge management is one of the greatest achievements of the information age, so in today's rapidly changing world, people must have the ability to keep up with the changes of the day.

Keywords

• Model
• knowledge management
• knowledge creation
• knowledge organization
• need for knowledge
• knowledge sharing
• knowledge-based performance

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