Annual Summit on Business and Entrepreneurial Studies (ASBES 2011) Proceeding 98 HR PRACTICES AND STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTIONS IN EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRY (ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY) Reza Gheshmi Department Of Management And Accounting, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran gheshmi@yahoo.com Hadi Rasoulzadeh Islamic Azad University, Boukan Branch, Boukan, Iran hadirasoul2010@yahoo.com Bahdor Ganjeh Khosravi MBA Student,MMU bahador.ganjeh.kho08@mmu.edu.my Mehrdad salehi MBA student, MSU ems.salehi64@yahoo.com Ali Haj Aghapour DBA Student, MMU aghapourali@gmail.com Roozbeh Hojabri Department of management and accounting Marvdasht Branch, Islamic azad university, Marvdasht, Iran. rhojabrii@yahoo.com Mahmoud Manafi Department of management and accounting, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic azad university, Marvdasht, Iran mahmoud_manafi@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This paper attempts to identify the current policies and problems of IAU (Islamic Azad University) in HR practices. On the other hand this research offers new HR practices according to experts and different persons in different levels of IAU. Finally, offered HR practices are in line with strategic contributions in educational industry. Key words: Human Resources, Human Resources Practices, and Knowledge Sharing Introduction Nowadays all researchers and managers think beyond the past, and for this purpose they study firms and companies in many different aspects. The vital role of knowledge in any organization that is related to HR is a powerful evidence for paying more attention to HR concepts. brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Research Papers in Economics