New information and communication technology and knowledge management in research centers (case study: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS))

The purpose of this paper is The to identify the factors affecting the implementation of knowledge management in the IHCS with the focus on information and communication technologies in order to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to provide solutions to improve the organization's performance in this field. This paper is an applied research that carried on in descriptive survey methodology, researcher-made questionnaire of knowledge management was used to collect data.The study population consisted of 219 staff of IHCS who were selected by stratified random sampling and 135 people were selected through Morgan table.The findings shows that from the perspective of the IHCS members, most of the components of the knowledge management technology infrastructure are inferior to the knowledge management system in the research institute and in the creation, storage, sharing and use of knowledge, knowledge management software and idea system have the strongest relationship with the knowledge management process and there is a significant relationship between modern information technology and knowledge management components. The results showed that in applying knowledge management in the Institute of IHCS and also turning it into a knowledge-based organization, special attention should be paid to new information and communication technologies.