Identifying Effects of Implementation knowledge management on organizational development in National library Archives of I.R Iran

This study aimed to explain a Effects of Implementation knowledge management on organizational development in National library Archives of I.R Iran.

The research method was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection methods was descriptive survey and the analysis method was structural equation modeling (SEM). The statistical population includes 340 individuals and the statistical sample, as determined through Cochran’s formula, is 181 individuals. The return rate of questionnaire form is 94 percent. A researcher-made knowledge management questionnaire with reliability (α = 0.86) and a researcher-made organizational improvement questionnaire with reliability (α = 0.96) were used to collect data, In order to evaluate the validity of the instruments according to the number of components and sample size, in addition to content analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and LISREL software were used to evaluate the fit indices confirmed the factor analysis. Therefore, it can be said that the research tool had structural validity.

Through analysis of hypotheses at two descriptive and inferential levels, showed knowledge management and organizational development items in National library Archives of I.R.ran were more than average.The components of KM & OD had correlation with each other . The three components of knowledge management have a positive and significant relationship with the three components of organizational improvement (planned change, continuous job development and group learning). Employee knowledge management (r = 0.67) had a positive and significant effect on organizational improvement .