Designing a Knowledge management model with an emphasis on Creativity and development of faculty members in universities executing distance Education

Safari, Sana; Sharifzadeh, Mozaffar; Sarmadi, Mohammad Reza; Farajollahi, Mehran

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Volume 9, Issue 4 (September-October 2016)

Educ Strategy Med Sci 2016, 9(4): 315-327

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Designing a Knowledge management model with an emphasis on Creativity and development of faculty members in universities executing distance Education

Sana Safari¹

, Mozaffar Sharifzadeh²

, Mohammad Reza Sarmadi¹

, Mehran Farajollahi¹

1- Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran,Iran
2- Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran,Iran , sharifzad2007@yahoo.com

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Background and Aims: The present study aimed to designing a Knowledge management model with an emphasis on Creativity And faculty members development in universities executing distance Education.

Methods: The research method is combination of quantitative-qualitative type. The study population consists of all faculty members of distance education administration universities around the country that counts to 5101 members. In the qualitative phase sampling, by using purposive sampling method (convenient), consist of 12 experts in the field of management and in quantitative phase, include random sampling. To gather data, researcher used three types of self-made questionnaire (knowledge management and Creativity, improvement of faculty members). Data normality was analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Using structural equation model, which in fact is a combination of path analysis graph and confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation models were used to analyze the path and model fitness (using AMOS software).

Results: Findings indicate that the current status of knowledge management and faculty member’s development in distance learning administration universities holds a desirable level for its all components with regard to the average result of criteria average (50). Pearson coefficient results show that there is a direct and strong significant correlation between two variables of knowledge management and creativity and also between creativity and improvement in the statistical community; and considering variable arrangement are defined 66 percent for improvement variance and 62 percent for creativity variance. The obtained model also has a good fit.

Conclusions: To keep pace with new developments in the training of faculty members, we need creativity and continuous improvement of personal, professional and organizational in knowledge, skills and attitudes they have and if we do the job well, they can change into very useful elements in universities.

Keywords: knowledge management, Creativity, development faculty members, distance education

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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Evaluation Methods in Medical Sciences
Received: 2016/11/3 | Accepted: 2017/01/14 | Published: 2017/01/15

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