Design of Organizational Memory Management Model in the Education System in Mazandaran Province

Neda Esmaeli,Reza Yosefi Saeidabadi

doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s3p20

Abstract

Organizational memory is a system that in addition to store the existing knowledge in organization, always provides and reminds useful information to the organization staff on time and develops and improves re-use of knowledge created by the organization staff. Organizations need to develop and adapt a model of organizational memory in implementation of their affairs; the challenges of management are identified and showed by this developed model. That is called organizational memory management. This study has been conducted for the aim to design an organizational memory management model in the Education System in Mazandaran Province. Statistical population is 40823 persons of the Education in Mazandaran Province. The sampling method is stratified random and for sample determination 381 persons selected as a sample based on a Cochran formula. The data gathering tool has been conducted by researcher made questionnaire. Content validity was used to determine the validity, and its reliability was examined by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and the amount of 0.801 was calculated. Research data was analyzed in two descriptive statistical levels to determine the frequency and percentage mean, standard deviation - tilt and elongation, minimum and maximum, and diagrams were analyzed in the inferential statistics level from multivariate regression test, factor analysis and internal consistency. Analysis of the results showed that the organizational memory management model in the education system is a linear structure .The important suggestion is that individual knowledge components and the staff memory of organization culture, organization technology, organizational communication, organization background, change and transformation of the organization and organization structure are the builder components of organizational memory management model in the education system. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s3p20

Highlights

The creation and improve organizational memory is one of the educated intellectual resources management methods
The organizational memory can be considered as a core of knowledge management system in an organization that personal and collective knowledge existing in an organization can be shared and reused by its creation (Ayazi and Shams Aleini, 2006, p. 3)
The statical population in this research is the staff whom worked in the education system in Mazandaran Province in 2004-2005

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Introduction

The creation and improve organizational memory is one of the educated intellectual resources management methods. Organizations should keep knowledge about past efforts and environmental conditions in their memory. Organizational memory is as a tool and means to collect and preserve knowledge, and is a means of sharing knowledge. The results of the applying organizational memory is elevation of the related organization competition ability through improving management of its existing knowledge and exploring the experience gained from previous projects and reuse them to avoid repeating past mistakes. The organizational memory can be considered as a core of knowledge management system in an organization that personal and collective knowledge existing in an organization can be shared and reused by its creation

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