The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center
The main purpose of this study was to investigate therelationship between organizational culture and knowledgemanagement in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientifichigher education center (HJAAS). Denison's OrganizationalCulture Model and the Building Blocks of Knowledge ManagementM...
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description | The main purpose of this study was to investigate therelationship between organizational culture and knowledgemanagement in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientifichigher education center (HJAAS). Denison's OrganizationalCulture Model and the Building Blocks of Knowledge ManagementModel were used for finding this relationship. A descriptivecorrelativemethodology was used. The statistical population ofthe study consisted of 80 teachers in HJAAS with at least fouryears experiences until 2010-2011 academic years. A number of65 teachers were selected randomly based on the Cochranformula. Data gathering tool for measuring organizational culturewas Denison's standard questionnaire and for measuring knowledgemanagement a new questionnaire was developed. Cronbach'sAlpha test showed a reliability of 0.89 for organizational culturequestions and 0.83 for knowledge management questions. Theresults showed mission culture as the highest and adaptabilityculture as the lowest dimensions. Among the knowledge managementfactors, the highest rank belonged to knowledge identificationand knowledge goal and the lowest was knowledgemeasurement. Results on one hand showed a strong relationshipbetween either mission culture and knowledge goal, or, adaptabilityculture and knowledge development in the higher educationcenter of HJAAS, on the other hand a weak relationship betweeninvolvement culture and knowledge measurement. |
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spelling | doaj.art-f7daa4bb185f4e3a92efcb2fa2c7703e2022-12-22T02:26:16ZengIslamic Azad UniversityInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development2159-58522159-58602013-06-01329199The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education CenterMohammad Reza RouniasiReza MovahediThe main purpose of this study was to investigate therelationship between organizational culture and knowledgemanagement in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientifichigher education center (HJAAS). Denison's OrganizationalCulture Model and the Building Blocks of Knowledge ManagementModel were used for finding this relationship. A descriptivecorrelativemethodology was used. The statistical population ofthe study consisted of 80 teachers in HJAAS with at least fouryears experiences until 2010-2011 academic years. A number of65 teachers were selected randomly based on the Cochranformula. Data gathering tool for measuring organizational culturewas Denison's standard questionnaire and for measuring knowledgemanagement a new questionnaire was developed. Cronbach'sAlpha test showed a reliability of 0.89 for organizational culturequestions and 0.83 for knowledge management questions. Theresults showed mission culture as the highest and adaptabilityculture as the lowest dimensions. Among the knowledge managementfactors, the highest rank belonged to knowledge identificationand knowledge goal and the lowest was knowledgemeasurement. Results on one hand showed a strong relationshipbetween either mission culture and knowledge goal, or, adaptabilityculture and knowledge development in the higher educationcenter of HJAAS, on the other hand a weak relationship betweeninvolvement culture and knowledge measurement.http://webzoom.freewebs.com/ijamad/3%282%29/IJAMADJune2013P91.pdfOrganizational CultureKnowledge ManagementDenison's Organizational Culture Modelthe Building Blocks of Knowledge Management Model |
spellingShingle | Mohammad Reza Rouniasi Reza Movahedi The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development Organizational Culture Knowledge Management Denison's Organizational Culture Model the Building Blocks of Knowledge Management Model |
title | The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center |
title_full | The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center |
title_short | The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management in Hamedan's Jihad- Agriculture Applied-Scientific (HJAAS) Higher Education Center |
title_sort | relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management in hamedan s jihad agriculture applied scientific hjaas higher education center |
topic | Organizational Culture Knowledge Management Denison's Organizational Culture Model the Building Blocks of Knowledge Management Model |
url | http://webzoom.freewebs.com/ijamad/3%282%29/IJAMADJune2013P91.pdf |
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