The Extent of Possession of Knowledge Management Requirements Among the Principals of Public Secondary Schools in Mafraq Governorate

Tarad A Al Khuzam

doi:10.5539/mas.v13n1p226

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the extent of possession of knowledge management requirements among the principals of public secondary schools in Mafraq Governorate. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the study population will consist of all school principals in Mafraq Governorate in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the academic year 2018, namely: (120) male and female principals at undergraduate levels and (150) male and female principals&nbsp;at postgraduate levels, i.e. (145) male principals, and (125) female principals, leading them to represent the study sample. To achieve the objectives of the study and answer its questions, the researcher formatted a 20-item questionnaire.  The researcher conducted an explanation of the results using the descriptive approach, where he used the arithmetic means, the standard deviations and the T tests to determine the significance of the differences according to the variables of the study. The results showed that the extent of possession of knowledge management requirements among the principals of public secondary schools in Mafraq Governorate was in a high degree. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 or less due to the difference of academic qualification for the postgraduate qualification. The results also showed no statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 or less due to the difference of gender.  In the light of the previous results, the researcher recommended working to increase the training workshops for school principals and employees to make the process of knowledge management succeed and get use of it in the field of education, benefit from the information and communication revolution in the field of education, implement the knowledge management strategy as received from the Ministry of Education and train all concerned on its terms and contents, especially those with a bachelor&#39;s degree only, work to link schools to each other with electronic interacting networks for its significance and exchange of experiences, and raise the efficiency of staff in schools in general to be able to follow up everything that is new in the world of knowledge and technology.

Highlights

Knowledge management is one of the main approaches highlighted by modern literature, which directly affects the effectiveness of institutions and the efficiency of their members in dealing with their daily situations
To what extent is the possession of knowledge management requirements among the principals of public secondary schools in Mafraq Governorate?
The results of Table (3) indicate that there is a difference in the possession of knowledge management requirements among the principals of public secondary schools in Mafraq Governorate due to the difference of the academic qualification with (2.04) which is significant at the level of (a = 0.5)

Summary

Introduction

Knowledge management is one of the main approaches highlighted by modern literature, which directly affects the effectiveness of institutions and the efficiency of their members in dealing with their daily situations. Knowledge management is defined as the term associated with the process of creating and disseminating their future, testing and integrating knowledge within the institution, and how to benefit from them in a way that contributes to the development of their job performance. Knowledge management has become one of the most prevalent approaches at present. As the information and communications revolution has developed, we have been thinking seriously about applying knowledge management to the use of information technology. The world is undergoing an unprecedented transformation in knowledge and information, which need to provide qualified human beings that can contribute in recruiting benefitting from them to serve communities. It is imperative for societies to support, develop and improve human cadres so that they are able to cope with these developments and use them as efficiently as possible (Al-Sabbagh (2002)

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