Presenting the Knowledge Management Model in the Units of the Islamic Azad University of West Azerbaijan Province

Regarded to the role and importance of knowledge management in organizational performance, the aim of this study was to presenting the knowledge management model in the units of the Islamic Azad University of West Azerbaijan province.

The present study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was quantitative from type of correlation. The research population was faculty members of units of the Islamic Azad universities of West Azerbaijan province in the academic year of 2020-21 with number of 645 people. The sample size based on Cochranch`s formula was estimated 243 people who were selected by cluster sampling method with using gender and academic rank ratio. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire (74 items), whose the content validity was confirmed by experts opinion and its reliability was calculated 0.90 by Cronbach`s alpha method. To analyze the data were used from exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS-23 and LISREL-8.8 software.

The results of factor analysis showed that the knowledge management had eight factors of infrastructure and information technology, knowledge management processes, organizational structure and environment, intellectual and innovative capital, human resources and education, knowledge leadership, management and organizational culture, that this factors could explained 74.23% of total variance of knowledge management. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the knowledge management model had a good fit and eight mentioned factors had a direct and significant effect on knowledge management (P<0.05).

According to the results of this study, planning to improve knowledge management through infrastructure and information technology, knowledge management processes, organizational structure and environment, intellectual and innovative capital, human resources and education, knowledge leadership, management and organizational culture is essential, which for this purpose the use of workshops can be effective.