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Knowledge Management in king Abdulaziz University for Supporting Transformation into a Learning Organization: Exploratory study إدارة المعرفة بجامعة الملك عبدالعزيز ومساهمتها في التحول إلى منظمة متعلمة: دراسة استكشافية |
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
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Arabic |
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This study aimed to investigating the perspectives of the teaching staff members in king Abdul Aziz university in Jeddah concerning the reality of knowledge management processes at the university, to what extent these processes contribute to achieve the learning organization dimensions, and to identify the obstacles to benefit from knowledge management in transition to a learning organization. The study also investigated the extent of different views of the participants in light of the variables of gender, position, years of experience, and specialization. In addition, the study sought to develop a suggested scenario for how to achieve the learning organization dimensions based on knowledge management processes.In order to achieve the aims of the study, the case study approach has been employed. The social unit under study and analysis was the "King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah" with its systems and individuals. Based on this approach, data collection has been carried out by means of the following instruments: the theoretical analytic description, surveying questionnaire, and developing the suggested scenario.The field study has been administered to a sample consisting of (419) staff members at the university. The questionnaire employed included three main axes investigating: the reality of applying knowledge management processes, the status quo of learning organization dimensions according to Marsick & Watkins’ (2003) model, and the obstacles to benefit from knowledge management processes in attaining learning organization dimensions. The external validity as well as the internal consistency of the questionnaire have been verified, in addition to verifying the reliability of the questionnaire using Alpha Cronbach coefficient.Data analysis has been conducted using means, standard deviations, percentages, frequencies, T test for two independent samples, one-way analysis of variance, and Sheffe test for meta-comparisons.The results of the study revealed that according to the perspectives of the teaching staff members in king Abdul Aziz university, the application of knowledge management processes in King Abdul Aziz University, as well as the existence of learning organization dimensions were average. On the other hand there were major obstacles to benefit from knowledge management processes in attaining learning organization dimensions. The results also found significant differences in the participants’ perspectives according to the variables of gender, the employment position, years of experience, and specialization. In light of the results reached, the researcher developed a suggested scenario for how to transfer King Abdul Aziz University into a learning organization based on knowledge management processes and principles. The study concluded with presenting recommendations and suggestions for future research |
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Dr. Abdulrahman Alqarni |
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Doctorate Thesis |
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1438 AH
2017 AD |
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Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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Researchers
| حنان علي الغامدي | Alghamdi, Hanan Ali | Researcher | Doctorate | |
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