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Vol.3 , No. 6, Publication Date: Nov. 8, 2016, Page: 37-44
| [1] | Abdullah Mohammed Rashid, Computers Sciences Department, College of Education for Pure Science University of Basra, Basra, Iraq. |
| [2] | Zainuddin Bin Hassan, College of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia. |
| [3] | H. A. Al-Asadi, Computers Sciences Department, College of Education for Pure Science University of Basra, Basra, Iraq. |
Academic staffs represent the main knowledge resources in universities. The development of academic staff’s tacit knowledge is necessary to improve the competitive advantage of various activities that are provided by universities such as teaching and research and administrative. The measurement of tacit knowledge levels is important to improve many business operations like better allocating of tacit knowledge sources based on working context and accurate development of tacit levels depend on working strategies. The measurement of tacit knowledge is difficult due to intangibility of tacit knowledge. The main aim of this paper is to develop a model to measure the academic staff’s levels of tacit knowledge by using useful and practical variables. The research data were collected through qualitative approach using interview with five experts of knowledge management. The proposed model shows the academic staff’s level of tacit knowledge which evaluated according three main activates; research, teaching, and administrative. The main results of this study are set of suitable variables to measure the academic staff’s levels of tacit knowledge such as experiences years, qualification levels, innovations, number and quality of publication, and assessment by tests. The major benefits could be gained from tacit knowledge measurement by using the proposed model is better understanding of knowledge resources in the university.
Keywords
Knowledge Management, Knowledge Measurement, Tacit Knowledge, Universities, Academic Staff
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