The Role of Cultural Information Management in Tehran Municipality (Tehran Municipality Cultural and Art Organization)

Information is one of the most important organizational resources and after human factor is considered to be the most important source of management. The management information system is an organized system that provides accurate information to the organization's decision-makers in a timely manner, and provides correct decision for decision-makers of organizations. Due to the various types of cultural activities, cultural services, and cultural information that is provided daily in the country, we need organizations or departments for the maintenance and management of cultural documents in accordance with professional standards. Cultural information management is prerequisite for cultural engineering.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cultural information management role in Tehran municipality on four dimensions, namely, information identification, organization and storage of information, dissemination and application of information, and documentation of information.

After preparing and editing the questionnaire, 120 people were randomly selected from cultural managers of Tehran municipality. Questionnaires were distributed among them.Data analysis was done using SPSS software.

The results of this study showed that cultural information management is effective in all aspects of cultural management of Tehran municipality (P <0.05) and the dominant response to all of them is "high". Organizing and storing information with a mean of 2.67 is in the first place and has the most impact.  Also, the average of responses to each of the four dimensions is ˷4 (medium).

In this study, the information and storage of information in the Tehran municipality is of the highest importance, and it seems that the establishment of a suitable database in organizing and storing information has a significant impact.