Knowledge Management
solyman shafee; daryosh ghafari; Mohsen Jafari
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Purpose: The importance of culture in knowledge creation is because a great deal of knowledge has been learned as a culture from previous generations. Therefore, organizations need to examine organizational culture before undertaking knowledge management. If an organization understands its type of culture, ...
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Purpose: The importance of culture in knowledge creation is because a great deal of knowledge has been learned as a culture from previous generations. Therefore, organizations need to examine organizational culture before undertaking knowledge management. If an organization understands its type of culture, it can consider the degree of appropriateness between its knowledge management practices and the culture for a specific business environment. the purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of different organizational cultures based on Cameroon and Queen's Competitive Values Framework on knowledge creation process in Kermanshah Public Libraries.Methodology: This study is descriptive based on the purpose of data collection and on the way of data collection. The study population was 87 managers and staff of Kermanshah General Department and Public Libraries. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan table, the sample size was 70 people. 51% (73%) answered the questionnaire. Data collection was done by library and field methods. Findings: the results of regression analysis and t-test show that organizational culture has a significant impact on the development of knowledge creation process in Kermanshah public libraries. Also, organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on the process of socialization, externalization, composition and internalization of knowledge in these centers. Market culture the dominant culture in these centers is that it has a positive and meaningful impact on the composition of knowledge. The study of the status of knowledge conversion showed that it is oriented towards the socialization and externalization of knowledge. Path analysis results showed that market culture had a direct effect and indigenous culture, adhocrasi culture and hierarchical culture had an indirect effect on the knowledge creation process. Based on the results of path analysis, an experimental framework was presented.Conclusion: Market culture is the dominant culture in public libraries. This is the kind of competitive and resultant culture. Leadership style is based on productive competition and strategic emphasis on competitive advantage and market superiority, so library compliance with the environment and adaptation to the needs of the organization are essential. On the other hand, it is about the process of creating knowledge to pay attention to the socialization and externalization of knowledge. This situation is consistent with Nonaka's and Tacuchi's theory, which emphasizes the importance of hidden knowledge in the process of knowledge creation, and that outsourcing is the main process of knowledge creation.
Public Libraries
Mohsen Jafari; Amin Zare; mahmood moradi
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Background and Objectives: In the nature of all people, there is a desire for beauty and order and discipline. People are tired of being unconsciously tired of bedbugs, as well as confused. Tidy and orderly as well as beautifying the environment can make the environment happier and therefore more pleasant ...
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Background and Objectives: In the nature of all people, there is a desire for beauty and order and discipline. People are tired of being unconsciously tired of bedbugs, as well as confused. Tidy and orderly as well as beautifying the environment can make the environment happier and therefore more pleasant for the staff and clients, and this makes the mobility, learning and passion for work and service and service more and more. Ultimately, it will satisfy both parties. Libraries are no exception. The library should be so attractive that it will attract people. In the meantime, there appear to be a number of factors that have prevented this attraction and, as a result, the appeal to public libraries. The exterior and interior of the library appear to be very effective in this appeal, though the primary responsibility for designing and implementing decent and convenient buildings for public libraries is not borne by librarians, but the chief authority is delegated to civil engineers but staff and librarians. Public libraries can also make use of the criteria and parameters obtained in this applied research to make the most of the limited opportunities available to them and to the extent possible to make the public library environment happier. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of juvenile public libraries on attracting users among public librarians in Kermanshah.
Methodology: This research is a kind of applied research that has been done in descriptive-survey method. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the juxtaposition of public library environments on user attraction. The study population consisted of the public libraries of Kermanshah which according to the statistics of the Kermanshah Public Libraries Office by the end of September 1977 consisted of 24087 people including 9884 men and 14203 women. A stratified random sampling method was used to select the samples (each library was considered as one class). The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The required sample size was 378 based on Cochran's formula with 5% error rate. The questionnaires were then distributed to the public libraries of Kermanshah. It was collected directly by the researcher on site and finally 378 questionnaires were collected. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution table, minimum and maximum score, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (simple and multiple regression).
Findings: The results of this research in the field of testing hypotheses are as follows:
The adjusted coefficient of determination for environmental sourcing is 0.103, which can account for 10.3% of the variation in the amount of users' absorption rate using the environmental sourcing variable. As a result, the first sub-hypothesis of the research is confirmed.
The adjusted coefficient of determination for environmental makeup is 0.144, which can account for 14.4% of the variation in the amount of user absorption using the environmental makeup variable. As a result, the second sub-hypothesis of the research is confirmed.
The adjusted coefficient of determination for the environmental space is 0.087, which can account for 8.7% of the variation in the amount of user absorption by using the environmental variable. As a result, the third sub-hypothesis of the research is confirmed.
The adjusted coefficient of determination for the welfare dimension is 0.224, which can be predicted by 24.7% of the variation in the amount of user absorption using the welfare sector variable. As a result, the fourth sub-hypothesis of the research is confirmed.
The adjusted coefficient of determination for environmental elements is 0.099, which can account for 9.9% of the variation in the amount of users' absorption by using environmental variables. As a result, the fifth sub-hypothesis of the research is confirmed.
Discussion: From the results of this study, it can be concluded that the factors affecting the attractiveness of public libraries among the public librarians of Kermanshah affect the attractiveness of public libraries. Therefore, public librarians should aim to enhance the vibrancy of library environments. Some of the operational recommendations derived from the results of this study are:
Managing book volumes on shelves, reducing congestion on the desk, increasing the number of desks and chairs, removing unused equipment and more.
Proper layout of shelves, convenient access to the library repository, placing pots and decorative objects in the library, arranging sofas and chairs in the right place, signboard readability and more.
Consider a convenient location for users to relax, appropriate library access conditions and the green space around the library.
