An Investigation into the Effect of Competitive and Organizational Intelligence on Management of Mental Capital in Education Office of Mazandaran Province

Subject Areas : curriculum

Ezatollah Taghvai ¹ , Vahid Falalh ² , , Rezai Yousefi Saeedabad ³

1 - PhD Student of Educational Administration, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
2 - (corresponding author) Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

Received: 2022-05-30 Accepted : 2022-07-28 Published : 2022-08-01

Keywords: organizational intelligence, Mazandaran Province, Intellectual capital management, Competitive intelligence, education office,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of competitive intelligence and organizational intelligence on intellectual capital management in educational Office of Mazandaran province. In terms of purpose, the study applied and in terms of data collection method, it was descriptive survey. The statistical population consisted of 2785 managers and deputies of departments and districts of education and school principals of Mazandaran province from among whom 336 individuals were selected as the sample using random cluster sampling based on Cochran's formula. A researcher-made questionnaire of competitive intelligence, organizational intelligence and intellectual capital management was used to collect the data. The face and content validity of the instrument were confirmed by experts and the reliability of the instruments was secured by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were collected and analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling in Lisrel and SPSS software programs. The results of structural equation test showed that competitive intelligence with an impact factor of 0.76 and organizational intelligence with an impact factor of 0.63 have a direct and significant effect on intellectual capital management. The model also had a good fit. As a result, competitive intelligence and organizational intelligence are among the factors that can be considered in order to develop intellectual capital management in the education system.