Comparing Agricultural Faculty Member's View towards Factors Influencing Knowledge Management in Shiraz Agricultural Colleges

The main purpose of this research was the comparing agricultural faculty members'' view towards factors influencing knowledge management in Shiraz Agricultural Colleges. The statistical population of this study consisted of the faculty members of agricultural colleges of Shiraz (N= 123). Using proportional stratified random sampling، 71 faculty members were selected applying Cochran formula and data were collected using a questionnaire that its face and content validities were approved by a panel of knowledge management experts and the faculty members of Agricultural Extension and Education Department at the University of Tehran. Reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by calculating Cronbach-Alpha coefficient (α = 0. 93 - 0. 95). SPSSwin16 was used for data procossing. Results showed that the current situation of the knowledge management enablers in both studied colleges and also the current situation of the knowledge management processes in the public agricultural college of Shiraz were at moderate topoor level from the point of view of the faculty members. Prioritizing of knowledge management enabler components showed that in both agricultural colleges، organizational culture had the highest priority. Results of Mann-Whitney test showed that there was significant difference between knowledge management processes and knowledge management enabler components leadership and organizational culture based on the kind of university. Results of regression analysis of the impact of knowledge management enablers on knowledge management processes showed that three variables of leadership، information technology and organizational culture could explain 73% of variations of dependent variable.