Related & Similar Research
In obtaining the results and summaries of performed studies in Iran and other countries about the
creativity of faculty members and its relationship with major components of KM process, no research
having the same subject with this study was found. So the abstracts of relatively the same
studies are presented here.
Martins (2000) in his research titled "Relationship between organizational culture and creativity”
found certain environmental circumstances, strategic approaches, the values and actions of top
management, organizational structure, and technological cycles can be associated in the following
ways with organizational cultures that support creativity:
• External environment (e.g., economy and competitiveness encourage continual changes
in products, technology and customer preferences).
• Reaction to critical incidents outside and within the organization, which is reflected in the
strategy (e.g., innovation strategy) of the organization.
• Managers’ values and beliefs (e.g., free exchange of information, open questioning, supports
for change and diversity of beliefs).
• The structure of the organization, which in turn allows management to reach organizational
goals (e.g., flexible structure characterized by decentralization, shared decision
making, low to moderate use of formal rules and regulations, broadly defined job responsibilities
and flexible authority structure with fewer levels in the hierarchy).
• Technology, which includes knowledge of individuals and availability of facilities (e.g.,
computers, Internet) to support the creative process.