Knowledge Creation in Universities; the Strengths and Weaknesses

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors of knowledge creation and the policies of broadening and improving it in the state universities of Bushehr Province in the light of the view of the faculty members.The research uses a descriptive method and the survey sample consists of the faculty members of the state universities in Bushehr for the academic year 92-93. For analyzing data, descriptive and deductive methods, including T-test for comparing the means and analyzing the variancein the form of EVIEWS and SPSS software were used. The results show that the strategies relating to organizational culture, education system and empowerment play a positive role in the process of knowledge creation, with regard to organizational structure, relation of university with society and industry, procedure of drawing on human resources and research centers, current strategies play a negative role in creating knowledge. Besides, with regard to components like organizational culture, organizational structure, physical facilities, relation with industry, and scientific and international relations among research centers, no meaningful difference is detected in the participant's views in the universities of Bushehr. The organizational culture, the system of education and empowerment, and the system of evaluation and compensation of service, respectively, have the least weak points in the factors of knowledge creation.