Investigating the status of deployment of Knowledge Management Components In line of Development of Drought Crisis Management Plans, Viewpoint of agricultural beneficiaries in Kerman province

The purpose of this study is investigating the status of deployment of Knowledge Management Components In line of Development of Drought Crisis Management Plans in Kerman province.
The research method is applied in a descriptive approach and the research sample includes 384 people from agricultural beneficiaries of Kerman Province using stratified random sampling method according to Morgan’s table. Research information was collected using questionaries, to analyse the data SPSS22 and Excel software were used. The research findings shows that among the components of knowledge management “knowing information, knowledge and skills in regarding to drought crisis management plans”, “being aware of the experiences and skills of other beneficiaries”, “new knowledge and experiences lead to better and more effective implementation of drought crisis and management plans”, “encouraging others to transfer their experiences and knowledge about drought crisis management plans”, “using beneficiaries experiences in implementation drought crisis management plans” and “with assist of past information and experiences, meet today’s need and making decisions about drought crisis management plans” had the highest ranks. According to the studies, among the researches done about knowledge management, no research and study have been previously done about using knowledge management in line with development of drought crisis management plans which is innovative in the present research. Research results shows that knowledge identification component had the greatest impact on the development of drought crisis management plans and knowledge development component had the lowest status.