Marziyeh Dechamkhoy; Morteza Mohammadi Ostani; Ahmad Shabani; Saeed Rajaipour
Volume 12, Issue 5 , October 2015, , Pages 615-624
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Introduction: Organizational Innovation requires to turns ideas into organizational usable forms and this idea are used to promote organizational performance. The aim of this study was to survey Organizational Innovation (Administrative & Technical) in the Academic Libraries of Shiraz public university ...
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Introduction: Organizational Innovation requires to turns ideas into organizational usable forms and this idea are used to promote organizational performance. The aim of this study was to survey Organizational Innovation (Administrative & Technical) in the Academic Libraries of Shiraz public university (Shiraz University, Shiraz Medical Sciences University).Methods: This research is a descriptive – survey study, and the population consists all of managers and librarians in academic libraries of Shiraz in 2011-2012 years (151 persons), that by used the formula of sampling i.e. Cochran and were selected 86 persons. Sampling method is Random stratified sampling proportionate to size. To collect data a researcher made questionnaire was used which its face validity was approved by experts and its reliability was estimated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.93). For analyzing the data SPSS V.16 software was used in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The status of Organizational Innovation and two component’s Administrative and technical innovation in the academic libraries of Shiraz Public Universities is more than the average level (3.42±0.66), but the difference between the components of organizational innovation (technical and administrative) were significant (P≥0.05). Also among the respondents’ views, there is no significant difference based on demographic variables of gender, field of study, years of service, and level of education (P>0.05), there is significant difference based on university and type of work in the library in the components of administrative innovations (P≥0.05). In other words, manager's greater administrative innovation than technical and public services staff.Conclusion: Academic libraries have been particular importance in this case in regard to increasing importance of innovation in organizations. Management academic libraries can improve their services and to better meet information needs clients with provide appropriate working environment for their employees and librarians.
Ahmad Shabani; Morteza Mohammadi Ostani; Hamed Forougozar; Amin Daryoush
Volume 11, Issue 7 , December 2014, , Pages 963-973
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Introduction: With regard to the financial, physical and human resources, and limited facilities of organizations, and many recourse are non-renewable, scarce and their reformation requires many years, the productivity of these resources will be of great importance. The aim of this study is to identify ...
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Introduction: With regard to the financial, physical and human resources, and limited facilities of organizations, and many recourse are non-renewable, scarce and their reformation requires many years, the productivity of these resources will be of great importance. The aim of this study is to identify and rank the factors affecting knowledge management on productivity of librarians by using FUZZY AHP technique in the public universities of Shiraz. Method: This research is an analytical – survey and applied study. The population consists of librarians of libraries of Shiraz Public University (Shiraz University, Industrial Shiraz University, Shiraz Medical Sciences University) in 2012-2013(153 persons), due to the limited size of population, no samples were taken. The factors affecting knowledge management on productivity are extracted by questionnaire and by obtaining expert opinions. 14 factors were identified through exploratory factor analysis was reduced to 4 factors (culture, education, strategic thinking and technology). In order to check face validity was used confirmatory factor analysis and reliability was used Cronbach's alpha. The data was analyzed using descriptive (mean, variance, standard deviation) and inferential (ANOVA and scheffe) statistics by SPSS software and finally, ranking the factors done by using FUZZY AHP technique. Results: Factors culture, education, strategic thinking and technology was affected on productivity and factor "education" the most and factor "strategic thinking" lowest impact on productivity of librarians in the public universities libraries of shiraz. Also there was not a significant difference among the average of subjects based on demographic variables i.e. gender, background of employment, type of work, and library type, but the academic degree was significant difference in four factors. Conclusion: Effective factors Identification of knowledge management and implementation can lead to greater efficiency of librarians and libraries, which will serve to strengthen. Keywords: Knowledge Management; Librarians; Universities; Analytical Hierarchy Process.
