Management Studies in Development and Evolution

The Impact of Statistical Graphics in Data Analysis

hamid zargham brojani

Volume 4, Issue 13.14 , August 1994, , Pages 141-162

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  The history of statistics has become interesting in recent decades to a remarkably diverse group of scholars, and for an equally wide-ranging unwieldy set of reasons, Among them: (1) The incorporation of chance, and of statistical reasoning, into the sciences has involved some fundamental intellectual ...  Read More The history of statistics has become interesting in recent decades to a remarkably diverse group of scholars, and for an equally wide-ranging unwieldy set of reasons, Among them: (1) The incorporation of chance, and of statistical reasoning, into the sciences has involved some fundamental intellectual changes, perhaps even a kind of scientific revolution. (2) As a social technology, statistics is a form of information that is also an important medium of power. (3) Statistics joins the human sciences to the physical and natural ones. More than that, it has come to involve in a particularly striking way an ideal and an ethic of objectivity, meaning, among other things, control of the subjective. (4) Statistics has become an indispensable language of public discussion, with immense credibility even if it is also sometimes condemned. The history of statistical graphics and the rise of statistical thinking are  intertwined with each other throughout the 19th century. Over this time, social, behavioral, medical, and economic statistics began to be gathered in large and periodic series, and the usefulness of these bodies of data for planning, for governmental response, and as a subject worth of study in tis own right, began to be recognized, Graphical methods were in widespread use in the second half of 19th century. The birth of statistical thinking was also accompanied by a rise in visual thinking: a desire to make these numbers - their trends, tendencies, and distributions - more easily communicated or accessible to visual inspection. This paper brings together topics representing notable landmarks in historical developments in statistical graphics. William play fair invented the pie chart in 1801. In the following two centuries, this serviceable and likeable little graph has found many uses and users. Ever since John Tukey's graphical representation has drawn interest as a form of visualization and a means of communication, and these roles are important enough, But its significance extends still further.

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The relationship between Organizational Communication and Employee Reactions to Change: With emphasis on the role of Emotional Intelligence

Mehdi Yazdanshenas; Puya Poormoghadasian

Volume 25, Issue 80 , June 2016, , Pages 143-156

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2016.4033

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  In recent decades, changes in different aspects of human societies have considerably got accelerated. Moreover, the survival and growth of the organizations are depending on preparedness and employee reaction to change. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational ...  Read More In recent decades, changes in different aspects of human societies have considerably got accelerated. Moreover, the survival and growth of the organizations are depending on preparedness and employee reaction to change. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational communication and employee reaction to change, with emphasis on the role of emotional intelligence. The participants of this study are Saderat bank employees of Tehran third district who were selected through random sampling. Data collection was done using a questionnaire. SPSS and hierarchical regression analysis are utilized for data analyses. The results of this study showed that the organizational communication had positive relationship with preparedness and employee positive reaction to change and the employee emotional intelligence has intensified the mentioned relationship.

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Changes in the global economy, technology, organization of work, education and training industry

yadolah mehralizadeh

Volume 7, Issue 27.28 , March 2000, , Pages 147-166

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Conception, Design and Implications of Social Information Systems for Human Resources Management: Human Resources Accounting, Social Audit

jahanyar bamdad sofi

Volume 5, Issue 20 , February 1996, , Pages 151-170

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  Nowadays,in most of the developed countries, systematic collection of social information and its submission to the labor department is obligatory for all kinds of businesses (ex. large, small. lucrative, non-luncrative, public, non-public, .... ) . But unfortunately, in our country, statement of social ...  Read More Nowadays,in most of the developed countries, systematic collection of social information and its submission to the labor department is obligatory for all kinds of businesses (ex. large, small. lucrative, non-luncrative, public, non-public, .... ) . But unfortunately, in our country, statement of social information is not carried out as financial statements. In this article the conception and the implications of social information systems are discussed, and the applications of such instruments as "Human Reources Accounting"(ex.social Balance - sheet) and "Social Audit" are evoked. Conception and Design of such information systems in our organizations could respond to the resolution of many social problems such as absenteeism, turnover, work incidents, low level of productivity,....

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Collaborative management is a moral imperative

abas mohamadzadeh

Volume 6, Issue 21.22 , September 1999, , Pages 157-186

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Employee empowerment programs

mohammad mohammadi

Volume 9, Issue 35.36 , March 2002, , Pages 159-185

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Organization and management: from modernism to postmodernism

mirali seyed naghavi

Volume 8, Issue 29.30 , September 2001, , Pages 167-189

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The effects of industry, size, business risk and companies performance degree at The use of financial leverage in companies that accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange

naser yazdani; ali jahan khaani

Volume 5, Issue 17.18 , September 1995, , Pages 169-186

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An Applicable Model in Supplier Selection: A Case Study in a Research Institute

mohammad ali hatefi; hoseyn ami ghadirian

Volume 19, Issue 58 , March 2008, , Pages 171-189

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  The Supplier selection problem (SSP) is associated with deciding how one supplier should be selected from a number of potential alternatives. This paper describes the decision-making process and explains the case study of purchasing a pressure reactor in Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIP!). ...  Read More The Supplier selection problem (SSP) is associated with deciding how one supplier should be selected from a number of potential alternatives. This paper describes the decision-making process and explains the case study of purchasing a pressure reactor in Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIP!). Comparative study shows that the presented model has a valid mathematical basement and is a simply applicable model. We believe that applying the model helps the procurement managers in most effective manner dealing with his decision-making problems.

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"Ergonomics in Management & Organizational Design"

alireza chobineh

Volume 6, Issue 23.24 , March 1999, , Pages 176-193

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  A brief overview of the historical development of ergonomics in organizational design and management (ODAM) is presented. As a component of technology or ergonomics, macro ergonomics are described as a systematic. scientifically based means of optimizing work system  design. Macro ergonomics  might ...  Read More A brief overview of the historical development of ergonomics in organizational design and management (ODAM) is presented. As a component of technology or ergonomics, macro ergonomics are described as a systematic. scientifically based means of optimizing work system  design. Macro ergonomics  might  be reoffered  to  as: Organization - environment - human - machine interface technology. involves consideration of sociotechnical system elements. Relation of macro ergonomics to micro ergonomic design of work system is discussed. The theory that ergonomically designed work systems can improve organizational effectiveness is explained.

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electronic Commerce and Developing Countries Propositions for Improvement

shahriar azizi

Volume 11, Issue 43.44 , August 2004, , Pages 185-216

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  This paper offers different definition about EC. The need to have a common EC definition that at least be uniform in   institutions those are responsible for EC consider. The reason for divergence of EC definition will study from different views. To investigate EC in developing countries  ...  Read More This paper offers different definition about EC. The need to have a common EC definition that at least be uniform in   institutions those are responsible for EC consider. The reason for divergence of EC definition will study from different views. To investigate EC in developing countries  it is essential  to have awareness about volume, trend, major players and current state of developing countries  in this context for better decision-making. Hence, provide useful statistics about EC. The most important stage on electronic commerce adoption is identifying inhibitors and is informing of EC effects on country business and economic system. So, we consider these topics. Eventually in the light of attention to government critical role, provide strategies and solutions to adopt electronic commerce.

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Pattern for the Alignment of Power Types with Change Types and its Effect on Companies Performance

Seyed Ali Akbar Afjahi; Jamshid Salehi Sadaqyani; Ebrahim Mahmoudzadeh; Mohsen Adabi Firozjayi

Volume 24, Issue 77 , July 2015, , Pages 187-219

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  Researches show that much than 70% change efforts have been failed to realize the expected goals. One of the main reason for this failure, is the non-alignment between power types and change. In this paper, the alignment between power and change types and its effect on the performance improvement were ...  Read More Researches show that much than 70% change efforts have been failed to realize the expected goals. One of the main reason for this failure, is the non-alignment between power types and change. In this paper, the alignment between power and change types and its effect on the performance improvement were investigated in 18 commercial companies of Defense Ministry, being active in trading (non-military) market. The present research is descriptive-expressive in terms of goal, applied-developmental in terms of consequence and mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of data type. In quantitative research, 105 questionnaires were collected from the strategists of companies. In this research, "the model of structural equations" and especially the technique of path analysis were applied to study the relationships between the research variables, employing the Software smart PLS, v. 3.0; "cluster analysis" and "variance analysis" were performed by the Software SPSS, v. 19. Also, the qualitative data from the structured interviews made with 36 senior managers was analyzed by content analysis, and the criterion for comparing the performance of the companies was determined by Delphi technique. The results of variance analysis test indicated that the companies, where change and power types are more aligned, have a higher performance.  

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Performance management and enforcement mechanisms in the production of quality

Iraj Soltaani

Volume 11, Issue 41.42 , September 2004, , Pages 189-208

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Comparison of Performance Manager within the organization and outside the organization, please

jamileh fatemi

Volume 8, Issue 32.31 , March 2002, , Pages 197-209

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The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Globalization

reza tahmasbi; jabbar babashahi

Volume 18, Issue 56 , January 2008, , Pages 197-212

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  Globalization causes openness of countries boundary for each other and is of economic, social and cultural transactions. But globalization is impossible without attention to values, religious and spirituality. therefore, religious as an integrating factor between people that involves values, ethics and ...  Read More Globalization causes openness of countries boundary for each other and is of economic, social and cultural transactions. But globalization is impossible without attention to values, religious and spirituality. therefore, religious as an integrating factor between people that involves values, ethics and spirituality, as an meaning full factor for life have critical role in globalization. So, this paper considers the role of religious and spirituality in globalization. for this reason, at first we discuss globalization and its history and then introduce spirituality, after that we state difference between spirituality and ethics, finally consider the role of religious and spirituality in globalization.

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The Impact Of Compatibility Of Human Resource Management Strategies And Business Strategies On The Organizational Perfomance

Seyed Yaghoub Hosseini; Seyed Abass Mousavi; Abolfazl Ebrahimi

Volume 21, Issue 67 , April 2012, , Pages 200-226

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  The role of human resource management in achieving competitive advantage has been analyzed in the past studies. But fewer researches have been attempted on the compatibility between human resource management strategies and business Strategies and its impact on organizational Performance. It seems that ...  Read More The role of human resource management in achieving competitive advantage has been analyzed in the past studies. But fewer researches have been attempted on the compatibility between human resource management strategies and business Strategies and its impact on organizational Performance. It seems that absence of such compatibility in many companies could affect decreasingly on the performance. So we need more researches in this field. The aim of this study is surveying compatibility between human resource management strategies and business strategies and its impact on organizational performance. Statistic society of this research is companies located in special economic zone of Bushehr. The main hypothesis of this study is that we can promote organizational performance through creating compatibility between human resource management strategies and business strategies. The type of this research is applied in terms of purpose; its approach is quantitative in terms of research procedure. This study is based on library and survey method. Data have been analyzed through structural equation modeling (averages comparison method. The results show that the performance is higher in the companies with compatibility between human resource management strategies and business Strategies, in comparison with the companies that don’t have this compatibility

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New approach to quality management

jamshid salehi sadghiati

Volume 10, Issue 37.38 , August 2003, , Pages 201-220

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Evaluation of Total Quality in medium-sized companies: The results

manuchehr ansari

Volume 9, Issue 33.34 , September 2002, , Pages 205-224

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The impacts of perceived organizational support and psychological empowerment on job performance: The mediating effects of organizational citizenship

Iraj Soltani; Rasool Sarihi Asfestani; Hamideh abbasi

Volume 22, Issue 70 , July 2013, , Pages 209-229

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  As employees' deliberate and conscious behavior, organizational behavior has critical influence on their job performance. Hence, their psychological empowerment enables the organizations to have higher flexibility and faster responsiveness toward changes. At the same time, perceived organizational support ...  Read More As employees' deliberate and conscious behavior, organizational behavior has critical influence on their job performance. Hence, their psychological empowerment enables the organizations to have higher flexibility and faster responsiveness toward changes. At the same time, perceived organizational support implies the employees' perception of the value of their attempts, health, and well-being for the organization.Accordingly, with respect to the importance of these factors in the organizations, the present study examines the effect of the relationship between organizational support and psychological empowerment on job performance with respect to the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior. . The population of this research, finance and treasury staff supervision department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which have a total of 168 cases, the random method used and the population sample through Cochran formula, 117 were obtained. In order to collect survey data, standardized questionnaire and Tsvng Hai (2012) was used. Also, to increase the validity of the opinions of experts and specialists in this field has benefited from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Using Cronbach's alpha (0.86) was used to determine reliability.In this analysis, the correlation matrix, regression, path analysis and structural equation modeling was performed using the statistical software LISREL. The findings indicate that perceived organizational support (0.11). And empowerment (0.12) alone does not affect job performance. However, OCB as an effective mediator between perceived organizational support (0.38) and psychological empowerment (0.59) with job performance. Organizations benefiting from the results, in the modern world that is constantly changing will be able to outdo the competition

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Selection criteria Experience in documenting the experiences of managers

saeed jafari moghadam

Volume 10, Issue 39.40 , March 2004, , Pages 209-230

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The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Innovation: Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing

Abbasali Rastgar; Tahereh Maghsoodi

Volume 25, Issue 80 , June 2016, , Pages 157-182

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2016.4034

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  At the present time, organizations are increasingly faced with dynamic and changing environments. In these turbulent conditions, firms need to be flexible, adaptive, entrepreneurial and innovative. There are numerous preconditions for an innovation organization that transformational leadership ...  Read More At the present time, organizations are increasingly faced with dynamic and changing environments. In these turbulent conditions, firms need to be flexible, adaptive, entrepreneurial and innovative. There are numerous preconditions for an innovation organization that transformational leadership and knowledge sharing play the most important and key role. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational innovation with mediating role of knowledge sharing. This is a descriptive correlational study with purpose from the applied research. The sample size was 160 senior managers of engineering companies on field of robotic in Tehran that were selected by random method. The instruments used in this study were standard knowledge sharing questionnaire, the combined questionnaire of transformational leadership combined (Nasehifar et al, 2013; Bass, 1985; Timothy et al, 1999) and combined questionnaire of organizational innovation (Jimenez-Jimenez et al, 2008; Panayides, 2006; Prajogo & Sohal, 2006; Mirkamali & Choopani, 2011). Reliability of the questionnaire was reported by using Cronbach's alpha as 0/89, 0/93and 0/93, respectively. Test validity, with construct validity using was confirmed.  Results of Pearson Correlation showed that all of transformational leadership, organizational innovation and Knowledge sharing components are mutually correlated with each other (p < 0/01). Implementing structural equation modeling with Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) for relationship between transformational leadership and organizational innovation through mediator variable knowledge sharing tests, we found that the proposed model has a good fit and organizational innovation is well explained by transformational leadership and knowledge sharing. Also all of the model path coefficients were significant

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Empowerment: removable bases of power in today's organizations

badr -o din oroi yazdaani

Volume 7, Issue 25.26 , March 2000, , Pages 163-180

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Enabling removable bases of power in today's organizations

badredin oruee yazdaani

Volume 4, Issue 13.14 , August 1994, , Pages 163-180

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Prerequisites for strategic planning of human resources

iraj soltani

Volume 7, Issue 27.28 , March 2000, , Pages 167-183

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Glass: barrier career

mojhgan abdollahi

Volume 9, Issue 35.36 , March 2002, , Pages 186-200

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