Investigating the Impact of Future Study Development Indicators of Knowledge Management in Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran Province

Knowledge management plays an important role in the growth and development of various organizations, especially educational organizations. Therefore, the aim of this study was investigating the impact of future study development indicators of knowledge management in Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran province. The current research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was cross-sectional. The research population was all the members of the faculty and teaching staff of the faculties of educational sciences of the Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran province in the 2022-2023 academic years with number of 210 people. The research sample based on the Krejcie and Morgan table was estimated to be 160 people, who were selected by stratified random sampling method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire of future study development of knowledge management (67 items), whose face validity was confirmed by academic experts and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha method 0.92. Data were analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and structural equations in SPSS version 23 and LISREL version 8.7 software. The findings showed that the future study development of knowledge management has 67 items in 14 factors and 6 dimensions of organizational structure and information technology infrastructure as causal factors, effective cultural platforms on the development of future study and management strategies as underlying factors, alignment of the university with the changing needs of society and higher education as intervening factors, knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, knowledge application and knowledge policies storage as central phenomenon, transformation in the educational system and the institutionalization of foresight and policy making as strategies and the development of organizational awareness and human resource productivity as consequences; So that all factors had a content validity ratio was higher than 0.70, average variance extracted was higher than 0.5, and Cronbach's reliability was higher than 0.80. The model of future study development indicators of knowledge management in Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran province had a good fit. In this model, each of the factors has a direct and significant effect on the underlying factors, and causal factors had a direct and significant effect on the underlying factors, intervening factors and central phenomenon, underlying factors, intervening factors and central phenomenon had a direct and significant effect on the strategies and underlying factors, central phenomenon and strategies had a direct and significant effect on the consequences (P<0.001). The results of this study can be used by managers and officials of educational systems, especially in the higher education system with the aim of future study development of knowledge management in order to create a competitive advantage.