agricultural beneficiaries in Iran; development; Drought crisis; drought crisis management plans; Kerman province; knowledge management; Management Information Systems; Business and International Management; Strategy and Management; Management Science and Operations Research; Library and Information Sciences; Management of Technology and Innovation
Abstract :
[en] The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of knowledge management in the development of drought crisis management programmes from the viewpoint of agricultural beneficiaries in Iran by exploring the tacit knowledge of beneficiaries, using explicit knowledge, and integrating tacit and explicit knowledge. This survey study was conducted using a stratified random sampling method to select 384 people who were implementing drought crisis management programmes. Data were collected with a questionnaire. SPSS21 software was used to analyse the collected data. The results show a positive and significant relationship between knowledge management components and development of drought crisis management programmes. Among the six components of knowledge management, knowledge maintenance had the greatest impact on the development of drought crisis management programmes. The present study provides a deep understanding of the relationship between knowledge management and the development of drought crisis management programmes in drought-affected areas to improve agricultural activities.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
AhmadYousefi, Roya; Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Choobchian, Shahla ; Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Chizari, Mohammad; Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Azadi, Hossein ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement ; Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Research Group Climate Change and Security, Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany ; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Language :
English
Title :
The role of knowledge management in the development of drought crisis management programmes
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