With the joint cooperation of Payam Noor University and the Scientific Association of Iran Public Library Advancement

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MSc, Department Of Information Science and Knowledge, Institute of Materials and Energy, Tehran,, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Information Science, Isfahan University, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan University, Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of knowledge management in Iranian Space Research Center based on Lawson model.
Methodology: This research is an applied and descriptive survey. The statistical population of the study consisted of 450 employees of the Iranian Space Research Center in 2021, of which 207 were selected using Cochran's formula as a statistical sample. For data collection from the Lawson knowledge management standard questionnaire (2003)  with an Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.94 and to analyze data from univariate t-test, Friedman, analysis of variance, Kolmogorov-Smirnov  test with the help of the statistical software (SPSS 23), was used.
Findings: The rate of application of knowledge management (M=3.15) as well as the components of knowledge absorption (M=3.13), knowledge storage (M=3.73), knowledge dissemination (M=3.34) are above average level. And the rate of knowledge creation (M=2.99) and knowledge organizing (M=2.89) at the average level.
Conclusion: According to the obtained results, the amount of knowledge management implementation in the Iranian Space Research Center is above average level, except for the rank of knowledge application, which was below the average level. It is suggested that the managers of the Research Center, by focusing more on the application of knowledge and creating new work patterns, reduce the distance between knowledge and practice, and also pay attention to other components, and improve the level of knowledge management.

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