A Study of Structural Model of The Relationship between Knowledge Management Process and Managerial Skills with Mediatory Role of Creative Thinking among Isfahan High School managers and teachers

Abstract Background: in the modern world, knowledge and its management is one of the most important necessities of every educational institute where managers play vital roles. Objective:The present study has investigated the relationship between managerial skills and knowledge management mediated by creative thinking among Isfahan high school managers and teachers in the educational year, 94-95. Method:The school managers and teachers of high schools constitute the population of this research. The research enjoyed an applied and a correlational-descriptive method. The sampling was a proportional classified to size. To calculate the samples' size, Cookran formula and Morgan tables were used. 185 managers answered to Torrence's creative thinking questionnaire by 0.88 reliability and 370 teachers answered to managerial skills and knowledge management questionnaires based on Katz and Nonnka's theory by 0.97 reliability. The collected data were analyzed by Lizerel and SPSS software. Results:The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between managerial skills and knowledge management in p Conclusion: implementation of knowledge management system requires managerial skills. In this vein, creative thinking can have a mediating role. Keywords: Knowledge Management; Managerial Skills; Creative Thinking; high school managers; high school teachers