Volume & Issue: Volume 10, Issue 37.38, Summer 2003, Pages 3-248 

The Balanced Scorecard Model: A Pattern of Performance management in Public sectors

Pages 3-18

seyed mehdi alvaani, mirali seyed naghavi

Abstract The Balanced scorecard is a measurement model that expected to over come some of the deficiencies of traditional performance techniques. It gives a holistic view of the organizations by simultaneously looking at four important prespectives (financial, customer, internal process, innovation and Learning). In this article; we reviewed the literature on the Balanced scorecard, it's origins and principles, strenghs and weaknesses. Finally, It has been said that the BSC could have many important applications in public Administration

A Model of Promotion Mix for the Islamic Republic of Iran Tourism

Pages 49-77

hoseyn rahman seresht, afsaane malkami

Abstract A model of promotion mix for the Islamic Republic of Iran tourism by the decision-making process of considering mainly western European and American tourism traveling to Iran. Intending to formulate a model of promotion mix for the incoming, mainly western European and American tourists to Iran, a sample of 422 people of the population of all the accessible tourism who visited Iran between September 1999 to March 2000 were drawn randomly. Five sets of questionnaires, which were prepared in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish were administered to them. 28 of the 32 questions were closed and multiple-choice, the remaining four were open and descriptive. Approval or rejection of 8 hypotheses which had been drawn up to give a typical profile of the travel motives of the subjects were to be used to come up with the major’s variables needed for the formulation of the above model. The variables included those normally used in the promotion mix models,The variables included those normally used in the promotion mix models, namely; primary moves for the choice of a destination journey motivator’s, demotivating factors, types of communication channels, sources of information for deciding about a destination, mode of traveling, duration of travel and the like. Middleton’s (1994) model, though relatively old, seemed move exhaustive than the rival models. therefore, this became the basis of the analysis here and a map on which to construct the model. The findings of this research indicated that to be even more useful as a roadmap for people engaged in promotional activities, at least in this country, Middleton’s model need to contain more specific variables. Those findings fist, primary movers need to include both external and internal factors, communication channels must regards personal and impersonal aspects motivators, demotivators must be taken into account with communication processing when analysis consumer decision-making pross. The consumer response element must hold more components, and the after - purchase - behaveior of consumer must be considered more fully. Moreever, the finding that face - to - face personal saler efforts had a great influence on bring the subjects to Iran suggested that Kotler, et.al.'s (1999) marketing communication systems should be modified in the case of Iran. this papers concluded by giving suggestions to the practitioners as well as to researchers.

Managers Attitude in Relation with Human Factors and Obstacles of Productivity in Organization

Pages 78-117

mahmud satchi

Abstract Productivity are: capital One of the goals of any organization isolation productivity of optimal productivity. Factors affecting equipment. work methods, work environment, and human resources. In this midst, human resource is the key factor contributing to organizational productivity and the share assumed by managers can be more significant that other players. Managers, on the other hand, act based on their perceptions and beliefs. Therefore, if we want to predict or evaluate the future behavior of managers regarding certain issues, we must be familiar with their perception of the matter. The present study looks into the perspective of managers on the human obstacles affecting organizational productivity. The sample includes organizations located in Tehran, where middle and top executives were surveyed. The survey involves one key and several secondary questions. The research in descriptive-analytical, involving a sample population of 150 organizations out of a total of 3450 firms nationwide (amounting to 4.2% of the total firm population). The sampling method used was systematic.