scholarly journals Role of Nature in Creation of Iranian Myths

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Abolghasem Dadvar ◽  
Roya Rouzbahani
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Transmission ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
The Difference

<p>Nature has always been an important element of myths and religions and had a different standing within ideologies. Because various factors have been involved in creation of myths, this research aims to clarify the role of nature in creation of Iranian myths. Generally, the structure of Iranian myth is a kind of belief in duality of nature, in human and in the conflict forces existing in the world which best are expressed in the continued conflict between good and evil forces. Iran is a country with varied natural geography and can be called the land of great conflicts, so this paper aims to investigate the role of nature in the creation of Iranian myths and determine the effective natural and mythological forces. Data gathered by the documentary method and the research was performed by a descriptive, adaptive and analysis method. According to the results, this research concludes that natural elements play a significant role in the Iranian myth.</p><p>llected through library-field. The subjects in this study consist of Payame Noor University staff of Hormozgan province.</p><p> </p><p>In this study, 54 staff of Bandar Abbas Payame Noor University were selected through random sampling. After gathering the required data through knowledge management questionnaire, knowledge management processes were measured based on the five dimensions such as the capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. In order to provide for the reliability of the questionaire cronbachs alpha was used. In order to check the significance of the difference between responses descriptive and inferential statistics such as regression, one way anova and t test were run using SPSS version 20. The result show that the staff means score of knowledge management was 76/66±20/48. The result shows that there was a significant relationship between social capital and knowledge management. Also there was a significant relationship between social capital and the five components of knowledge management such as capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. Also there was a significant relationship between human capital and the component of knowledge management.</p>

scholarly journals A Correlation Study between Social Capital and Knowledge Management with Emphasis on the Human Capital - The Case Study: Payame Noor University of Hormozgan (Bandarabbas)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Mansooreh Dastranj
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Correlation Study ◽  
Knowledge Transmission ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge

<p>Universities because of the importance and position they play in the every countries’ socio-economic development, require attention to personnel social capital at the university, because the social capital, makes effective knowledge management possible.</p><p>With respect to the importance of social and human capital and knowledge management, the present study was done to explore the relationship between social capital and knowledge management with emphasis on the human capital.<strong> </strong></p><p>This research is survey- descriptive of correlation type and the required data were collected through library-field. The subjects in this study consist of Payame Noor University staff of Hormozgan province.</p><p>In this study, 54 staff of Bandar Abbas Payame Noor University were selected through random sampling. After gathering the required data through knowledge management questionnaire, knowledge management processes were measured based on the five dimensions such as the capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. In order to provide for the reliability of the questionaire cronbachs alpha was used. In order to check the significance of the difference between responses descriptive and inferential statistics such as regression, one way anova and t test were run using SPSS version 20. The result show that the staff means score of knowledge management was 76/66±20/48. The result shows that there was a significant relationship between social capital and knowledge management. Also there was a significant relationship between social capital and the five components of knowledge management such as capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. Also there was a significant relationship between human capital and the component of knowledge management.</p>

scholarly journals Examining the Moderating Effect of Organic Structure and Innovative Culture on the Relationship between Social Capital and Knowledge Management Processes at a Research & Development Organization

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Zahedi ◽  
Shayan Naghdi Khanachah
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Organic Structure ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Innovative Culture ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose- In today’s heavy competitive environment, organizations have found that the knowledge is the best tool for keeping up with competitors. In this regard, the role of employees, as knowledge holders and the most important capital of organizations have been being taken into account more than before. Since the existence of social capital in organizations lead to improvement and development of knowledge management processes (KMP), examining the level of social capital as an important dimension of intellectual capital and its role in KMP is the main purpose of this article. Design/methodology/approach- By reviewing the existing literature and using standardized questionnaire, it was tried to examine the relationship between social capital and KMP through the moderating role of organic structure and innovative culture in the organization. After review of the existing literature in depth, we took advantages of Nahapiet and Ghoshal Model for measuring social capital and in order to measure the KMP, Bukowitz and Williams Model was used. The main hypothesis of this research was that there was a significant relationship between KMP and social capital through moderating role of organic structure and innovative culture in the organization. In order to test the hypothesis, using the test methods for correlation coefficients (Pearson and Spearman), a standardized questionnaire was designed and distributed among our target segment including faculty members, researchers and administrative staffs of university. Findings- The results showed that contrary to our expectation, considering moderator variables, structure and culture does not have positive and significant effect on KMP in the level of the organic structure and innovative culture of social capital. It was revealed that considering those two variables, social capital does have a significant and positive effect on KMP in the level of mechanical structure and non-innovative culture. We also found that there was a considerable relationship between cognitive and relational dimensions of social capital and KMP. Besides that, it was understood that there was a positive and significant relationship between each of organic structure and innovative culture’s variables and social capital and KMP’s variables. Research limitations/implications– Risks of method variance or response biases are likely as all Data are drawn from employee surveys, and some selection bias as respondents could not be directly compared with non-respondents. Originality/value – This study makes a significant contribution to the intangible assets literature by providing further evidence of the impact of culture and structure on intellectual capital.

عمليات إدارة المعرفـة ودورها في تطوير المـوارد البشرية في وزارات السلطة الفلسطينية بقطاع غزة دراســـــــة ميدانيــــــة

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-113
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Deputy Minister ◽  
Human Resources Planning ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Resources Planning

ملخص : هدف البحث إلى التعرف على دور عمليات إدارة المعرفة متمثلة في اكتساب المعرفة، تخزين المعرفة، نقل المعرفة، تطبيق المعرفة) في تطوير الموارد البشرية في وزارات السلطة الفلسطينية بقطاع غزة واستخدم الباحث المنهج الوصفي التحليلي حيث تم تطبيقه على الوظائف الإشرافية من رئيس شعبة ولغاية وكيل وزارة لذلك تم استخدام العينة الطبقية العشوائية حيث بلغت (550) مفردة، وكانت أهم نتائج البحث انه يوجد علاقة ذات دلالة إحصائية بين عمليات إدارة المعرفة وتطوير الموارد البشرية ويوجد ضعف لدى وزارت السلطة الفلسطينية في رصد مبالغ كافية لاكتساب المعرفة بينما تعمل على تخزين المعرفة من خلال استخدام التكنولوجيا وهذا يساعد على نقل المعرفة داخلها وتحرص على تبادل المعرفة من خلال عقد الندوات لوجود تقبل لدى موظفي الوزارات في نقل ومشاركة المعرفة بداخلها وكذلك يوجد تخطيط للموارد البشرية ولكن مطلوب تطوير آليات اختيار الموارد البشرية في الوزارة بشفافية ونزاهة، وان التدريب الذي يحصل عليه الموظفين يزيد من معرفتهم وخبرتهم ويزيد من كفاءتهم في العمل ولكن يوجد ضعف شديد للحوافز المادية والمعنوية فيها. Abstract The research aimed to identify the role of knowledge management processes in terms of knowledge acquisition, storage, transfer and enforcement in developing human resources in the ministries of Palestinian Authority.The researcher used a descriptive analytical method which has been applied to the supervisory positions (from division head to deputy minister). Therefore, a stratified random sample of 550 employees was used. The study concluded with the following findings:– There is statistically significant relationship between the processes of knowledge management and the development of human resources.– The ministries of the Palestinian Authority are incapable of obtaining adequate funds for knowledge acquisition. However, they are working on storing knowledge by using technology in order to help spreading knowledge within these ministries. In addition, they are keen to exchange knowledge through seminars which is accepted by the staff. Furthermore, although there is human resources planning, yet there is a need to develop the mechanisms of selecting human resources transparently and impartially.– The training received by staff increased their knowledge, experience and efficiency. Nevertheless, the is a severe lack of material and moral incentives.

Knowledge Management and Organizational Performance in the Egyptian Software Firms

2009 ◽  
pp. 2614-2644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Seleim ◽  
Omar Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Software Firms ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Management research has often overlooked the role of knowledge and knowledge management (KM) in the analysis of organizations and their performance. Also, the literature on KM is short of empirical evidence on the likely interrelatedness of the KM processes. This investigation adopted a research model and used data from 38 Egyptian software firms to examine: (1) the relationship of the KM processes of knowledge acquisition, documentation, transfer, creation, and application to organizational performance, and (2) a number of relationships within the KM processes themselves. The results suggest that knowledge application influences organizational performance, knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation influence knowledge application, and knowledge acquisition and knowledge transfer influence knowledge creation. Although they provide a limited support to the research mode, the results signify the value of continued examination and enhancement of such a model.

Studying the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Problem–solving Skills of Individuals from Personal Knowledge Management Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-11
Author(s):  
Hakar Zaki Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Personal Knowledge ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Psychological Traits ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Personal Knowledge Management ◽  
The Relationship

In today’s advanced economies, knowledge has been converted into a key economic resource and a contributing factor for organizational success. In nature, knowledge requires to be managed by each person in order to yield the concept of personal knowledge management (Drucker). In many scientific records, the relationship between personal emotional intelligence, problem–solving, and the psychological traits including emotional intelligences has been stressed. The present paper has aimed to study the association between the emotional intelligence dimensions and personal knowledge management. Hence, this research is a descriptive survey. The data collection tool was a questionnaire including 37 questions and the statistical sample consisted of 302 individuals from the students, experts, and active managers in the field of knowledge management. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to achieve the questionnaire’s reliability coefficient, while the facial and content validity was confirmed by knowledge management experts. The research data was analyzed by statistical methods and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Emotional intelligence was measured according to the Goleman’s model in five dimensions, including motivation, self–awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skill. According to data analysis, there is a positive and significant correlation between the education level and capabilities of people in personal knowledge management. All the emotional intelligence dimensions are of a positive and significant relationship with personal knowledge management. Likewise, the research findings proved a significant relationship between personal knowledge management’s four aspects and the five dimensions of emotional intelligence.

Managing Knowledge-Based Organizations Through Trust

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maija-Leena Huotari ◽  
Mirja Iivonen
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Shared Meanings ◽  
Organizational Behaviour ◽  
Knowledge Based

This chapter provides a comprehensive basis for understanding the role of trust in knowledge management and systems in organizations. The point of departure is the resource and knowledge-based theories of an enterprise that place knowledge generation as the primary source of wealth and social well-being. The authors show the crucial role of the intangible factors of trust, knowledge and information as related to the social capital and the development of the intellectual capital of an organization. The multidisciplinary nature of the concept of knowledge management and of trust is examined by a thorough review of literature. Trust is seen as a situational and contextual phenomena whose impact on the development of an organizational culture and climate and on success with collaborating is explored as related to the relational, cognitive and structural dimensions of social capital. The overall aim is to sustain strategic capability in the networked mode of performing. The importance of normative trust, shared values and shared meanings is stressed as a frame of reference to organizational behaviour and in communities of practice, but also the role of swift trust is highlighted. The authors provide ideas for empirical research to develop theory of the strategic management of knowledge and information and outline implications for practices for the organizational development.

Evaluating the role of social capital, tacit knowledge sharing, knowledge quality and reciprocity in determining innovation capability of an organization

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1105-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anirban Ganguly ◽  
Asim Talukdar ◽  
Debdeep Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Primary Survey ◽  
Knowledge Quality ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Sharing

Purpose Knowledge sharing has become an integral part of organizations’ business strategies, along with aiding organizations to grow and innovate in the market, and gain competitive advantage. This paper aims to concentrate on the role of tacit knowledge sharing in fostering innovation capability of an organization. Specifically, the study considers social capital (relational, cognitive and structural) as an important precursors to tacit knowledge sharing, which in turn, influences innovation capability of an organization. The study further discusses the role that knowledge reciprocation plays in successful tacit knowledge sharing. The relation between knowledge quality and innovation capability is also discussed in the paper. Design/methodology/approach The investigation started with a review of extant literature in the field of knowledge sharing and innovation to derive a set of constructs. A set of hypotheses was developed based on the identified constructs, which was subsequently validated through a primary survey based on a structured questionnaire on a sample size of 190 respondents from the Indian industrial domain. The survey responses were subsequently analysed using the statistical technique of structural equation modeling and conclusions were drawn from the findings. Additionally, careful attention was paid in eliminating the common method bias, which is often associated with a primary survey. Findings A set of six hypotheses were derived based on the identified constructs and were subsequently validated. While validating the hypotheses, it was observed that while knowledge reciprocity, relational social capital and cognitive social capital was positive associated with tacit knowledge sharing, structural social capital did not have a significant effect on the same. Additionally, it was also observed that both tacit knowledge sharing and the quality of knowledge were positively associated with innovation capability. Practical implications The present day business marked by intense competition requires firms to be more aware of their innovative capabilities. Effective sharing of knowledge or information can be deemed as a vital component in achieving this objective. Organizations that practice and nurture innovation activities can use the findings of the current study as a part of their knowledge management strategy. In addition to using the explicit knowledge, which are structured in nature, organizations can also start using tacit knowledge to harness their innovation potential – and the findings from the current study can act as a motivational tool for them to do so. Originality/value Although there is a growing body of literature concerning the role of knowledge management in innovation, there still a dearth in discussing the role of tacit knowledge sharing in exploiting the innovation capability of an organization. The main discussion of this paper brings together a set of important constructs that exhibits the significant role that tacit knowledge sharing plays in determining the innovation capability of an organization. Furthermore, it tries to marry the concepts of social capital and tacit knowledge sharing with innovation capability, therefore adding significantly to the body of literature in knowledge management as well as innovation.

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