The Study of Relationship between Knowledge Management with Creativity and Development Faculty members in Distance Education Universities

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between knowledge management with creativity and development of faculty members in distance education universities.
The research method was descriptive-correlational. The target population included all faculty members of Iranian distance education universities, including the University of Payam Noor, University of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Tehran University, Iran University of Science and Technology, Amirkabir University and Tarbiat Modarres University, consisting of 2901 people. 339 respondents were selected as a sample, based on Cochran's sample size formula. In the qualitative phase, purposive sampling method (non-probability) and on a small stage sampling was stratified. To collect data, a questionnaire tools unstructured, semi-structured and structured has been used. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to check the normality of the data. the coefficient correction was used to investigate the relationship between three variables of knowledge management, creativity, and development. SPSS was used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results show that there is a significant correlation between knowledge management, creativity, and faculty development.
As a conscious strategy to create knowledge management, sharing, and application of knowledge and creativity, and improve education, organizational and individual faculty members of universities in implementing distance education to increase performance and productivity.