Knowledge Management and Information Technology Competency of Public Universities in Rivers State

Ikegwuru, Mac-Kingsley (PhD) and Happiness Nwanyi Elekwachi
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Ikegwuru, Mac-Kingsley (PhD): Department of Marketing, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Happiness Nwanyi Elekwachi: Department of Office and Information Management, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 1, 367-372

Abstract: The implementation of effective and efficient knowledge management practices stands as one of the most important dynamics for improving information technology competency. This dynamic has significant role in increasing information technology competence in public universities. Hence, implementation of appropriate knowledge management practices will influence information technology competency. This study therefore, investigates the influence of knowledge management on information technology competency of public universities in Rivers State of Nigeria. The target population for the study comprised all teaching staff from three universities within Rivers State. The total population of academic staff of the three universities combined as at December, 2017, was 2,517. The sample size of teaching staff studied was determined by the use of the formula developed by Taro Yamane (1967) and Krecjie and Morgan (1970). The study used simple random sampling and stratified sampling to decide on respondents from each of the universities, and a total of 365 respondents were obtained from the public universities studied. Primary data were processed using simple regression analysis, and the findings of the study revealed that, knowledge generation, knowledge transfer and knowledge codification and storage have a very strong, positive and significant influence on information technology competency. The study therefore concludes that, knowledge management significantly influence information technology competency, and recommends that university management should sensitize their teaching staff on knowledge generation, knowledge transfer and knowledge codification and storage standard being applied in their relevant institutions and channel them all the way through their profession conduit to attract an efficacious information technology competency process.

Date: 2022
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