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Assess the current status and compare of knowledge management and its dimensions based on gold's model in selected sport organizations in Iran from their staff managers' view

Raeisi Mojtaba, Arezashi Navid, Rajab Zade Reza

In this study the current state of was taken into account by comparing in selected sports organizations. This study is a descriptive one of survey research type that was conducted using field method. The population was all executive staff of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (28), the National Olympic Committee Executive Board (11), National Olympic Academy staff managers (15) and Premier Athletic federations Board of Directors (24 FA) that the sample size was equal to the population size (150). The instruments used for data collection were Ranjbar researcher made questionnaires (1388) model of Gold et al. The content validity of the study was regarded using professors and experts. Its reliability was obtained via Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha α=0/88. Through descriptive statistics (frequencies, means, percentages, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov - Smirnof test, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney) was used to analyze the software SPSS 16. The total mean of Knowledge management and its dimensions is 5 of the total score and the application of knowledge has the highest mean (68/80) and knowledge transfer has the lowest mean (62/00) among its dimensions and knowledge management dimensions had a significant relationship with each other (p=0/01). The results showed that there is a significant difference in knowledge management point and its dimensions in sports organization in selected sports organization in Iran and no significant difference was observed among the Ministry of Youth and Sports and National Olympic Academy, the National Olympic Committee and sports federations and a significant difference was found in other comparisons of Mann-Whitney Test. Among sports organizations, the National Olympic Committee had the highest mean in acquiring, using and recording knowledge dimension and Premier Sports Federation had the highest mean score on knowledge transfer and there was a significant difference between organizations. Directors of sports organizations must develop and implement knowledge centric strategic plans with a focus on knowledge management and its processes at different organizational levels to achieve to the goals in the organization and to be in line with global technologies and changes.