Imam Hossein University Strategic Management of Organizational Knowledge 2645-4262 3 1 2020 04 20 Conceptualization of Knowledge Management Offices in Academic Development Centers Conceptualization of Knowledge Management Offices in Academic Development Centers 103 140 205142 10.47176/smok.2020.1151 FA Mahdi Farmani MSc, Business management department, Faculty of Management & Accounting, Farabi Campus University of Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-4550-5374 Sasan Zare Assistant Professor, management department, planning of Management & Accounting, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran, zaresasan@ihu.ac.ir Mohammad Arabi MSc, Business management department, Faculty of Management & Accounting, Farabi Campus University of Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Mohammad Khani MSc, Entrepreneurship department, Faculty of Advancement, University of Science & Industry, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2020 01 14 This research is aimed at conceptualizing knowledge management offices in the academic development centers. Containing a descriptive nature, this research is an applied one in terms of its goals. Snowball sampling method is used to select the sample for this research. Data collection method involves in-depth interviews with scientific and academic community experts as well as the specialists and managers of the Academic Development Center of Imam Hussain Comprehensive University until reaching at theoretical saturation. A total of 20 interviews were conducted. After collecting the data, the codes for written interviews were analyzed. The validity of the interview was tested by the experts and its reliability was confirmed by the method of intra-subject agreement between the two coders. The coding method was used to analyze the research data. The results of the research, based on the selection of open, axial and selective coding, resulting in the final framework, demonstrated that the concept of knowledge management office contains 200 codes, 5 concepts and five categories. The concept of knowledge management office is formed by five categories including the goals (strategic and operational), tasks (strategies, processes, technologies, mechanisms, infrastructure and projects), roles (decision making, interpersonal and informational), competencies (technical and social), and structural arrangements (structural principles and system principles). This research is aimed at conceptualizing knowledge management offices in the academic development centers. Containing a descriptive nature, this research is an applied one in terms of its goals. Snowball sampling method is used to select the sample for this research. Data collection method involves in-depth interviews with scientific and academic community experts as well as the specialists and managers of the Academic Development Center of Imam Hussain Comprehensive University until reaching at theoretical saturation. A total of 20 interviews were conducted. After collecting the data, the codes for written interviews were analyzed. The validity of the interview was tested by the experts and its reliability was confirmed by the method of intra-subject agreement between the two coders. The coding method was used to analyze the research data. The results of the research, based on the selection of open, axial and selective coding, resulting in the final framework, demonstrated that the concept of knowledge management office contains 200 codes, 5 concepts and five categories. The concept of knowledge management office is formed by five categories including the goals (strategic and operational), tasks (strategies, processes, technologies, mechanisms, infrastructure and projects), roles (decision making, interpersonal and informational), competencies (technical and social), and structural arrangements (structural principles and system principles). https://jkm.ihu.ac.ir/article_205142_90adedd9b6213e155fc4e672a7f3dee5.pdf