en روانشناسی Psychology Original Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Background: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">Strategic knowledge management is widely recognized as a pivotal resource for the success of contemporary organizations. Self-management skills of managers are instrumental in fostering an organization&rsquo;s growth and sustainability in the long run. The present study explores the relationship between strategic knowledge management and self-management and organizational development among managers in Social Security (Tamin-e Ejtemaei) Hospitals in the city of Isfahan.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Methods: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">This was a practical, descriptive, and survey-based research with a correlational design, classified as field study. This study was conducted in 2022 on 117 managers of Tamin-e Ejtemae&rsquo;i hospitals (</span>Dr. Ali Shariati Hospital and Dr. Gharazi Hospital)<span style="line-height:115%"> in the city of Isfahan. Strategic knowledge management was measured using Lopez-Nicholas and Mariano-Cardenas questionnaire, self-management was evaluated through SMSQ questionnaire devised by Houghton and Neck, and organizational development was assessed using the Lok and Crawford questionnaire.</span><a href="https://bing.com/search?q=persian+words+translation+to+english"> </a><span style="line-height:115%">The collected data underwent analysis using SPSS 26 software and the statistical methods applied Spearman&rsquo;s rank correlation test, Tukey&rsquo;s test, homogeneity of variance, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, regression analysis, T-test, and significance level was set at 0.05. </span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Results: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">A significant correlation was observed between strategic knowledge management and self-management (P-value = 0.027), strategic knowledge management and organizational development (P-value = 0.000), and between organizational development and self-management (P-value = 0.000).</span><a href="https://bing.com/search?q=translate+persian+to+english"> </a><span style="line-height:115%">Regarding organizational development, the highest average score was associated with relationships (a score of 20.5172); for strategic knowledge management, explicit knowledge received the highest average score (a score of 21.2632), and concerning self-management, personal goal setting obtained the highest average score (a score of 20.1810).</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion:</span></b> <span style="line-height:115%">Investing in strategic knowledge management, focusing on intellectual capacities, and increasing managers&rsquo; self-management improves performance and organizational development in hospitals.</span></span></span></span><br> <br> &nbsp;</p> Strategic, Self-Management, Knowledge, Development 1095 1106 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-354-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Neda Kouravand nedakouravand@yahoo.com 0000-0003-3078-3838 No Department of Health, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran Monika Motaghi monika3005@yahoo.co.uk 0000-0002-5181-2821 Yes Department of Health, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran