Title: The effect of knowledge management on organizational health in medical libraries Download PDF

Objective: Implementing knowledge management in university libraries can increase the level of organizational health and employees of this environment will be dynamic and innovative. Accordingly, it is necessary for organizations to consider their own situation in order to gain the benefit of this skill if possible. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to survey the status of organizational health and the effect of knowledge management on it in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences libraries. Material and Methods: This is a descriptive and survey research. Two researcher-made questionnaires were used to examine the goals. Organizational health questionnaire based on Miles organizational health components and knowledge management questionnaire were designed based on four components. Reliability of the questionnaires was performed in a sample of 16 people and its rate was calculated by Cronbach's alpha (0.85). The research population was all staff of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences libraries. Due to their small number (28 people), sampling was not done. Data analysis was done at descriptive and inferential level using SPSS software. Results: The findings indicated that the components of focus on goal (3.5), optimal distribution of power (3.38), resource use (3. 3), and alliance and correlation (3.32) were more than average in terms of organizational health. . In terms of knowledge management, the three components of knowledge extravagance (3.35), knowledge integration (3.28) and knowledge internalization (3.26) were higher than average. The results of the study on the effect of knowledge management on organizational health showed that most organizational health components are affected by knowledge management components. Conclusion: According to the results of the research, library managers should follow up on the improvement of the organizational health of the library in order to increase the morale of the workforce, increase communication, autonomy, adaptation to the environment, and the adequacy of solving the problems. Also, by focusing on organizational health factors that are affected by KM, they will take steps to enhance these two aspects of the library and information center.