Knowledge Management
somayeh fazeli; zohre cheraghi; Hadi Alhaei
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Introduction: Evaluating the maturity of knowledge management allows organizations to gain a clear understanding of their status in knowledge management indicators and plan for the next steps. Therefore, the present study was carried out in order to evaluate the organizational maturity of knowledge management ...
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Introduction: Evaluating the maturity of knowledge management allows organizations to gain a clear understanding of their status in knowledge management indicators and plan for the next steps. Therefore, the present study was carried out in order to evaluate the organizational maturity of knowledge management in the higher educational and research center of the water and electricity industry of Khuzestan.
Methodology: The research method is survey and applied. The data collection tool was the standard questionnaire of the Asian Productivity Organization, whose reliability value was 0.98. The sample size was 68 center personnel who were selected by census method. In order to analyze the data, SPSS version 23 software was used.
Findings: The research showed that the education and research center of Khuzestan water and electricity industry is at the second level of knowledge management maturity. Also, by performing the t-test, the research hypotheses were confirmed. In terms of average and Friedman ranking, the indicators of technology, process and knowledge process were ranked first to third, and the index of learning and innovation also got the lowest score among the indicators. Seventh-day assessment of knowledge management maturity. To measure the average of the seven criteria groups using the one-sample t-test, to check the normality of the data distribution using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, as well as to rank the criteria groups using the non-parametric Friedman test and to determine the level of maturity and calculate the total The scores of the seven criteria were used from the standard tables of the Asian Productivity Organization.
Conclusion: The investigated organization has passed the first stage of maturity of knowledge management and has understood the importance of establishing knowledge management. In this step, the managers, knowing the current situation, should try to fix the weak points and strengthen the strong points.
Keywords: knowledge management, maturity of knowledge management, educational and research center, water and electricity industry
Public Libraries
asghar zamani; mahtab pouratashi; zohreh Cheraghi; Homa Fazli Yazd
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Background and Objectives: The present study aimed to analyze the recruitment process and employment challenges of Information Science and Knowledge Studies students in order to provide policy solutions to meet the needs of the higher education system.
Methodology: This research is an applied ...
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Background and Objectives: The present study aimed to analyze the recruitment process and employment challenges of Information Science and Knowledge Studies students in order to provide policy solutions to meet the needs of the higher education system.
Methodology: This research is an applied research and its method is a qualitative method in the interviews section and descriptive-analytical in the documents and statistics section. In order to study the process of attracting students of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, statistical data of the Institute of Research and Planning of Higher Education during the years 2011-12 to 2017-18 were used. In order to collect information from the qualitative department, a purposeful semi-structured interview was conducted with 14 graduate and doctoral students in the field of Information Science and Knowledge Studies. Descriptive analysis method has been used to analyze the data of the statistics section and thematic analysis has been used as a research strategy to analyze the semi-structured interviews section.
Findings: The findings of the research in the statistical review section showed that the highest number of enrollees in the field of Information Science and Knowledge Studies in the doctoral program in the academic year 2016-2017, in the master's degree program in the academic year 2016-2017, and in the undergraduate program in 2011-2012. In terms of gender, in all the years studied, the total number of female enrollees was more than the number of male enrollees. Findings indicated that the highest number of enrollments in the field of Information Science and Knowledge Studies was related to the academic year 2011-2012. Then the enrollment has taken a downward trend in the academic year 2014-2015 with a slight, there has been an increase.
Discussion: To address the employment challenges of graduates in the field of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, three steps should be considered before the student and during the student recruitment process, during the student and post-student. Before attracting and admitting students, it is necessary to pay attention to their basic practical skills and competencies and their motivation and interest in this field. During their student time, it is necessary to find employment courses for students in this field to get acquainted with various jobs related to their expertise should be held and while identifying the needs and skills required by jobs, society and industry by the university and policy-making institutions and their application in university content and topics, carding skills, communication skills, scientific research skills, knowledge and practical skills of students. This field should be strengthened in the university. Also, the titles of dissertations and doctoral dissertations in this field should be selected based on the needs assessment of the labor market and society and the demand-oriented approach.
Hadi Alhaei; zohreh Cheraghi; Mansour Koohi Rostami
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Background and Objectives: The aim of the current study was to Identify and group the effective factors on the implementation of knowledge management in the water production and transmission exploitation company in the southeast of Ahvaz. Today, one of the most crucial success factors for organizations ...
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Background and Objectives: The aim of the current study was to Identify and group the effective factors on the implementation of knowledge management in the water production and transmission exploitation company in the southeast of Ahvaz. Today, one of the most crucial success factors for organizations to gain a competitive advantage is the identification, sharing, and use of organizational knowledge, or knowledge management. As a result, organizations are constantly searching for solutions to successfully implement knowledge management processes in their working environment. Gaining this competitive advantage is obviously reliant on the organization's capacity to efficiently transform current information into new knowledge assets (Ou et al., 2016). Despite the fact that many organizations have invested in and implemented knowledge management at various organizational levels, many of them have also failed (Chua & Lam, 2005). Therefore, one of the biggest problems in every organization is figuring out the essential and efficient components of knowledge management implementation.Methodology: The current study uses an applied approach to its goal and a descriptive-analytical methodology to its implementation. Ten experts—five university professors in the subject field and five senior industry managers—make up the research community. The target population was sampled and chosen using a targeted non-random technique, and the necessary data were gathered using structured interviews and questionnaires. The Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) method was used to conduct the final analysis of the study data. An effective method for examining how one element affects other elements is interpretive structural modelling. According to Kannan et al. (2009), this technique looks at the direction and order of intricate interactions between system components.Findings: The results indicated that the cornerstone of this model, which influences all other aspects, is engagement in corporate affairs, knowledge activities, and information exchange. In other words, it is important to pay close attention to the fact that the fundamental component in the implementation of knowledge management is the involvement of all employees in the organization-level sharing of information. As long as all employees do not actively participate in the knowledge affairs of the organization, the rest of the processes will not be done properly. According to the findings, the most influential factors are the mechanism of group discussions, organizational position and use of resources. In the second level, there is the factor of existence of resources, which affects the factors of the first level and is affected by the factor of the third level. At the third level is the concentration factor. At the fourth level, there are four factors of technological infrastructure, trust, leadership and knowledge sharing, and finally at the fifth level is the factor of participation. According to the obtained model, this factor is the most effective factor in the correct implementation of knowledge management.Discussion: Factors affecting the implementation of knowledge management, according to the level of influence, play a key role in the correct implementation of related processes. According to the final model of the research, it can be seen that all the ten factors that were investigated in this research, although they are at different levels of influence, but they are related to each other. This model has identified the factors affecting the implementation of knowledge management in the studied company and discovered the relationships between these factors and leveled them. According to this model, it is suggested to apply the findings of this research and use them in the real work situation, to increase the participation in knowledge affairs and knowledge-building activities in the company, and the company managers to create solutions for Create participation opportunities for all employees. Also, the leaders of the organization, by strengthening the spirit and culture of trust in the organization, create the ground for creating a fluid flow of knowledge and knowledge sharing among different departments of the company, and for this they can use appropriate and up-to-date technological infrastructures. It is also suggested to act in a centralized way in maintaining and producing knowledge content in different work environments so that repetitions and rework can be avoided and previous experiences can be used to solve future problems; In other words, "testing the tested is a mistake, and this will not be achieved without focusing on the creation and access to knowledge treasures.
parvin najafpour moghadam; Zohreh Cheraghi; Farhad Ahmadi asl
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Background and Objectives: The need for cognition and epistemological beliefs are two cognitive, epistemological and unique characteristics that exist on different levels in individuals and can affect their information behavior. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between ...
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Background and Objectives: The need for cognition and epistemological beliefs are two cognitive, epistemological and unique characteristics that exist on different levels in individuals and can affect their information behavior. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between epistemological beliefs along with the need for cognition in the students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and their information behavior as well as investigating the relationship between the first two variables. Methodology:The present study is descriptive and applied in terms of survey method. The statistical population of this study are all the students studying at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in all academic levels. The total population was 13,400, which according to the Krejcie-Morgan table, 380 people were selected as a sample using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tools in this study were three questionnaires that were provided to the subjects. The first questionnaire consists of 18 questions test of need for recognithin. This questionnaire was designed in the form of a 5-point Likert scale by Cassiopo, Petty and Cao (1984). The epistemological beliefs scale with 28 items in the 5-point Likert scale was used to measure epistemic beliefs, and the Mokhtari & Davarpanah information behavior questionnaire (Mokhtari & Davarpanah, 2012) was used to evaluate users' information behavior. This questionnaire has 35 items that are designed in a 5-point Likert scale. Cronbach's alpha reliability test showed that all three questionnaires have good reliability. In the present study, SPSS software version 23 was used for descriptive and inferential statistics analysis and Amos software version 23 was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: There are a few presuppositions for using path analysis method which are: 1) normal data; 2) Existence of appropriate correlation between variables; Therefore, using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and calculating the elongation and skewness of the data, the natural distribution of the data was investigated, which shows that the significance level in the variables of need for recognition, epistemological belief and information behavior is more than 0.05, which guarantees the normal distribution of data. In the next step, due to the normality of the data, Pearson correlation test was used to measure the relationship between the studied variables. The results of this test showed that there is a good correlation between the variables. Therefore, by confirming the normality of the data and the existence of an appropriate correlation between the variables, path analysis was used to analyze the variables. In reviewing the research hypotheses, the findings showed that the need for recognition has a positive and significant effect on information behavior (p <0.001; t = 2.169; β = 0.20) of students. In addition to these findings, it was confirmed that the epistemological beliefs also have a significant positive effect on students' information behavior (p <0.001; t = 2.094; β = 0.30). Based on the findings of this study, a two-way effect (correlation) between the variables of need for recognition and epistemological belief (p <0.001; r = 0.68) has been obtained, which indicates a positive and significant relationship. In the proposed model, the figures obtained from the model fit indices indicate the appropriate fit of the model. Discussion: Considering the research results and confirming the relationship between research variables, it can be argued that with the growth and development of epistemological beliefs and the need for recognition in students, we can hope that they would be effectively more engaged in cognitive processes to do academic work and homework and do not trust unreliable sources. Students who have high-level of epistemological beliefs, and who believe in complexity, uncertainty, and the need to acquire knowledge from reliable sources, show these mental beliefs in a tendency to engage with complex information and spend more time and energy on obtaining reliable and first-hand information. They become more successful in the information and decision-making processes, which in turn, will increase and consolidate their mental beliefs about knowledge and information, and this effective cycle will continue throughout their lives. The findings of this study can be effectively used in the process of planning curricula in universities (and even earlier in high school). In this regard, it is suggested to design topics for teaching cognitive skills and problem solving for different disciplines. On the other hand, professors and educators can help increase the level of need for recognition and epistemological beliefs by holding workshops on critical thinking and problem-solving methods.
zohreh Cheraghi; Farideh Osareh; Hajar Sotudeh
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Abstract Background and Objectives: Most of the budget and revenues of each country are spent on research and development processes in order to achieve scientific progress. But the success of each country in achieving this goal is not simply measurable. Evaluation of scientific achievements is ...
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Abstract Background and Objectives: Most of the budget and revenues of each country are spent on research and development processes in order to achieve scientific progress. But the success of each country in achieving this goal is not simply measurable. Evaluation of scientific achievements is based on two main pillars of quantity and quality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of citation competition of Iranian researchers' articles in national journals and identify Iranian core journals in the three groups of citation core journals, publishing core journals and Matthew core journals. Methodology: The present study was a citation analysis one. The sample was consists of scientific articles of the top five universities in Iran. The sample size includes 49328 articles that have been published in 6658 journals. Since the data of this research is taken from Scopus citation database, instead of using the impact factor index, the "journal cite score" is used to show the journal citation impact. The cite score of each journal shows the average number of citations per article over a three-year period for each journal, so it can be used as the expected value for all articles in that journal. For this purpose, in this study, to calculate the number of citations expected for each journal. In this study, core journals were divided into three groups. The first group is Publishing Core Magazines (PCJ), the second group is Citation Core Magazines (CCJ) and the third group is Matthew Core Magazines (MCJ); These are journals that contain half of Iran's articles, journals that contain half of the citations received by Iran, and journals that contain half of Matthew's citations (either positive or negative) in Iran. Findings: Researchers in the study sample have published in a total of 6658 journals, which includes a total of 49328 articles. With the condition of publishing at least ten articles from Iran in the five years under review for each journal, 994 journals remained as a collection of national journals in Iran. The number of journals in the collection of national journals of Iran (994 journal titles) is only 15% of the total journals (6658 journal titles) that Iranian researchers have selected to publish the article during the five years of study. It is noteworthy that this small percentage of journals, more than half of the articles (55.64%) and up to 70% of the total citations. This information indicates the importance of these journals and the concentration of a large number of articles and citations in a small group of journals. Among the core journals, Matthew Negative Nuclear Magazines is the largest group, accounting for 193 journals and nearly 20% of the total INJS journals. After that, the group of publishing core journals (182 journals) and citation core journals (107 journals) had the largest number of journals, respectively. Matthew Core Negative Magazines, on the other hand, have the lowest number of citations in the period under review, despite having the highest number of journals. This indicates that there are a large number of journals in the collection of national journals of Iran that have not had a proper visibility for Iranian articles. But the positive group of Matthew Core Magazines, which is the smallest group of Core Magazines, despite the very small number of magazines (only 14 titles), but accounted for approximately 11% of the total citations. The main feature of these magazines is that they have been able to occupy half of the citations of Matthew in Iranian magazines. Discussion: A review of the collections of core journals showed that more than half of the journals do not belong to any of the core groups. On the other hand, in this study, it was found that Matthew core positive journals, the journals that contain half of the citation performance of Iranian articles, are only 14 titles. Perhaps by adopting better publishing strategies and offering advice to Iranian scientists, the number of these journals can be increased. Recently, Iran has always had brilliant rankings in number of articles, so that sometimes it has even surpassed the global growth rate. However, a review of the core journals shows that these journals have not performed well in obtaining citations and credibility, and a large group of them are in the group of negative Matthew core journals (49 titles). This shows that the increase in quantity and number of articles does not necessarily lead to an increase in citation and scientific credibility. Therefore, it is better to choose solutions to increase the visibility of scientific works so that in parallel with increasing the number of articles, appropriate recognition can be received. In general, it seems that the adoption of appropriate research and publishing strategies, as well as the selection of a strong and credible journal, is necessary to improve the citation performance of Iranian articles in the field of scientific competition. Obviously, this does not happen overnight and requires the design and implementation of appropriate short-term and long-term scientific development programs. Ideally, a country magazine collection should be the most reputable collection. However, for countries with poor scientific infrastructure, this may in itself be detrimental; because the acceptance process and, consequently, the quantity of their products affects. Therefore, such systems can, as a suitable alternative, seek to find a set with more visible chances (Sotoudeh, 2011).
parvin najafpour moghadam; Zohreh Cheraghi; Farhad Ahmadi asl
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Background and Objectives: Studying as a social skill is the bed of advancement and development of each nation, and it can be said that there is a close relationship between the study and development of individuals in societies. The growth of the culture of studying and reading can directly and indirectly ...
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Background and Objectives: Studying as a social skill is the bed of advancement and development of each nation, and it can be said that there is a close relationship between the study and development of individuals in societies. The growth of the culture of studying and reading can directly and indirectly play an effective role in reducing the impact of social pests, such as addiction, etc. (Mardandoost, Torkian Tabar, Hasoomi, 2016). The need for children and adolescents to be interested in studying is not overlooked. The habit of reading and familiarity with resources that can help us meet our information needs is a great benefit and this habit is better to sprout from childhood (Mardandoost, Torkian Tabar, Hasoomi, 2016). The choice of teens for this study is important because they are in the early years of experiencing reading and this useful habit (reading), which should have been institutionalized since many years ago, is the basis for knowledge gaining and lifelong learning in them. The purpose of this study was to investigate and identify the inciting and preventing factors of habitual reading among high school students in Ahvaz. Methodology: The present study was conducted in a survey, or field study, and descriptive method. The statistical population of this study consists of 380 of 40814 high school students of public schools in Ahwaz, which is calculated using the Cochran formula. Sampling in this research was carried out in a classified random manner. The data gathering tool in this research is a researcher-made questionnaire designed according to the factors related to the study (such as family, library, school, librarian, etc.), as well as the persuasive and dissuasive components. To assess the validity of the questionnaire, content validity was used. In order to determine the reliability of the data gathering tool, the final questionnaire was distributed in a group of 30 people. In the analysis phase, the reliability of the questionnaire was measured by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The reliability coefficient for measuring the study status was 0.75, for dissuasive factors was 0.943 and for the persuasive factors was 0.894. for descriptive statistics, indicators such as mean, frequency, standard deviation and percentages are used, and for inferential statistics, exploratory factor analysis, independent t-test, Spearman correlation coefficient have been used. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22. Findings: Based on the results, 62.8% of the respondents were girls and 37.2% of them were boys. The findings of the study showed that the average student's study period was about 3 hours a day and girls were significantly more likely than boys to study. The average non-syllabic study of students was estimated at 55 minutes per day. There was no significant difference between the mean study amount of girls and boys. According to the findings, the most common way to get information between students are radio and television, and the Internet. Also, findings indicate that there is a correlation of 0.037 between parental education and non-syllabus study in students. According to the findings, 75.1% of students during the day, in addition to textbooks, also study non-syllabus material; the average non-syllabus study time in students is about 55 minutes per day, and based on The test there is no significant difference between the non-syllabus study time of male and female students. Findings showed that students believe educational factors such as holding educational courses to familiarize them with reading, and then motivational, cultural and economic factors are the most important factors in getting them interested in reading. On the other hand, cultural, educational and economic factors are the most important factors preventing them from studying. Disscusion: Based on the findings, student believe that among the persuasive factors, educational factors, economic factors and motivational factors, have the most impact in encouraging students to study. These findings indicate that if adolescents are adequately trained in studying and familiarizing themselves with appropriate resources, and by institutionalizing appropriate culture from the behavior of their families and those around them since childhood, their interest in The study will be further. Among the deterrent factors, cultural, educational and economic factors were also the most frequent among the responses. At the end, suggestions are made to improve the level of study. As the findings show, from student's point of view the motivational factors have not been among the inhibitors, which means that in case of proper designing, adequate education and creation of facilities for book purchases, there is sufficient motivation for studying in teens and students. Therefore, according to the results, it is believed that the most effective ways to increase the adolescents' study rate and their interest in this culture are at first, development of related educational programs and then the attempt to guide the intellectual orientation and culture of Families towards reading and, later on, create easy access reading materials.
Parvin Najafpour; zohreh Cheraghi
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Purpose: this research was performed with the purpose of studying the relationship between multiple levels of need for cognition and students information behavior in different levels of education. Method: this is a study with practical purpose done by survey method. The study population consists of all ...
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Purpose: this research was performed with the purpose of studying the relationship between multiple levels of need for cognition and students information behavior in different levels of education. Method: this is a study with practical purpose done by survey method. The study population consists of all the students in all levels of education who are currently studying at Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz in 2016-2017.Findings: findings showed that there is not a meaningful difference between study population's need for cognition variable based on gender, but there is a meaningful difference in this variable based on study population's level of education and field of study. Conclusion: based on the findings of this research it can be concluded that need for cognition, is different among students based on their level of education as well as field of study, and it increases in higher levels of education.
