Conceptualization of Knowledge Management Offices in Academic Development Centers

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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1 MSc, Business management department, Faculty of Management & Accounting, Farabi Campus University of Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, management department, planning of Management & Accounting, Imam Hossein University (AS), Tehran, Iran, zaresasan@ihu.ac.ir

3 MSc, Entrepreneurship department, Faculty of Advancement, University of Science & Industry, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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).

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Strategic Management of Organizational Knowledge
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 8
March 2020
Pages 103-140

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  • Receive Date: 14 January 2020
  • Revise Date: 14 March 2020
  • Accept Date: 16 April 2020

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