Human resource development as a sociological challenge: looking at the problem of knowledge bases

The purpose of this research is to identify the sociological challenges of the development of knowledge human resources in the cultural dimension in knowledge-based organizations. The current research is developmental in terms of purpose and descriptive-exploratory in terms of method. Theme analysis technique was used to collect qualitative data. The participants of this research included managers and officials of the Research Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies. Based on the snowball sampling method, 20 interviews were conducted in 1401. Based on the results of sub-theme coding and theme categorization, the sociological challenges of knowledge human resource development have been classified into four general categories of individual, group, organizational and environmental challenges. In this regard, individual challenges including personality, behavioral, perceptual and value dimensions, group challenges including team conflicts, informal rules of teams, structural asymmetry of knowledge teams with the organization and the formation of subcultures, organizational challenges including evaluation, Structural, procedural and legal ownership and environmental challenges include the dynamics of new technologies, changes in human resource development approaches, environmental changes and changes, organizational changes and weaknesses in the infrastructure of new technologies.