Seyed Mohammad Mir Mohammadi; Hadi Ragaee
Volume 23, Issue 74 , June 2014, , Pages 1-19
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Today,all organizations , specially public organizations need to maintain a positive image of self-respect and their social responsibility. So familiar with the concept of social responsibility and its influencing factor is important. Therefore, the present study examined the role of transformational ...
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Today,all organizations , specially public organizations need to maintain a positive image of self-respect and their social responsibility. So familiar with the concept of social responsibility and its influencing factor is important. Therefore, the present study examined the role of transformational leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility in Tehran Municipality has been using survey methods;The population of research are staff and customers of Tehran's Munucipality and data collected using questionnaires and taking advantage of cluster sampling is done.Statistical methods used in this study Kolmogorov - Smirnov correlation coefficient, t-test, a sample, a linear regression is the Friedman test. The results of the data analysis between transformational leadership (idealized influence, encourage educated, motivated and inspiring individual considerations) and Corporate Social Responsibility There was a significant positive relationship that can guide policy-making in the organization.
Asghar Moshabaki Esfahani; Zeinab Rezaee
Volume 23, Issue 73 , May 2014, , Pages 1-23
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In the past, attentions are given to theory making, research and application of positivism in psychology field, but today the positivism researchers have found the way into organizational studies. Application of the positivist psychology in organizational field is titled as "Positive Organizational Psychology". ...
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In the past, attentions are given to theory making, research and application of positivism in psychology field, but today the positivism researchers have found the way into organizational studies. Application of the positivist psychology in organizational field is titled as "Positive Organizational Psychology". In field of positive psychology application, in organization and management areas, two major approaches of "Positivist Organizational Behavior" and "Positivist Organizational scholarship" are discussed. In recent years, the researches in this field have mainly focused on positivist organizational behaviors. In this study, the effect of organizational positive virtuousness which is one of applied fields of positivist organizational researches, on organizational commitment and work engagement has been studied. The present research, in terms of goal is considered as applied and it is survey method. The research population includes the employees of the organizations in charge of reconstruction in Rasht city and the tools applied in this research are the standard questionnaires of organizational virtuousness, work engagement and organizational commitment. In order to analyze the data, the confirmatory factor analytic technique and the structural equation modeling has been used. The data analysis results confirm the presented conceptual model. Also, the research results show the positive and significant effect of organizational positive virtuousness on organizational commitment and work engagement and confirming positive and significant effect of work engagement on organizational commitment in 95 percent confidence level.
Hamidreza Oreyzi; Hajar Barati
Volume 22, Issue 72 , March 2014, , Pages 1-22
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Introduction : Trust is considered as an essential variable affecting organizational effectiveness which is known as trust level that employees have in their managers. It appears as if trust in supervisor has an essential role in making an effective means between organizational commitment and commitment ...
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Introduction : Trust is considered as an essential variable affecting organizational effectiveness which is known as trust level that employees have in their managers. It appears as if trust in supervisor has an essential role in making an effective means between organizational commitment and commitment to organizational change. Methodology: in the current research that was conducted on 225 employees of Electricity Distribution Company of north Isfahan, organizational commitment questionnaire of Baulfour and Wechsler (1996), commitment to organizational change questionnaire of Barati and Oreyzi (2012), and trust in supervisor questionnaire of MCAllister (1995) was used. Findings: results of the research showed that there existed direct and indirect relationship between organizational commitment (OC) and commitment to change (CTC) and bootstrapanalysis showed that this relationship is established through mediating role of trust in supervisor (TIS). Exchange dimension of OC and CTC was mediated by cognitive dimension of trust, identification dimension was mediated by affective component of trust and affiliation dimension was mediated by cognitive and affective components. Conclusion: it is suggested to managers and organizations to try to create trust in subordinates if they want to create organizational commitment and commitment to change.
Abolfazl Kazzazi; Abbas shoul
Volume 22, Issue 71 , December 2012, , Pages 1-17
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This article investigates the impact of total quality management and organizational learning on innovation performance in MES company. A sample of 93 managers and experts in MES company, instrument for data collection was questionnaire.TQM is made up of top management support, employee involvement, continue ...
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This article investigates the impact of total quality management and organizational learning on innovation performance in MES company. A sample of 93 managers and experts in MES company, instrument for data collection was questionnaire.TQM is made up of top management support, employee involvement, continue improvement, and customer focus that customer focus and employee involvement have the highest and lowest factor loading. Also innovation performance made up of product innovation, process innovation, and organizational innovation. Process innovation and organizational innovational have the highest and lowest factor loading. Organizational learning is moderate variable that is made up of learning culture and learning strategy.The result of structural equation modeling showed that innovation performance is affected significantly by TQM (79%), and this effect is moderated by organizational learning
Seyyed Mehdi Alvani; Reza Kohan Hoosh Nejad; Saeed Safari; Saeed Khodamoradi
Volume 22, Issue 70 , July 2013, , Pages 1-24
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One of the Desirable mechanisms for organizations in order to respond the ever-increasing environmental changes in the business environment both in a quick and appropriate way is building entrepreneur organizations. Entrepreneurial organizations provide the implementation of dimensions corporate entrepreneurship ...
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One of the Desirable mechanisms for organizations in order to respond the ever-increasing environmental changes in the business environment both in a quick and appropriate way is building entrepreneur organizations. Entrepreneurial organizations provide the implementation of dimensions corporate entrepreneurship through institutionalizing entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study is identifying and prioritizing the Organizational Factors affecting the Implementation of Corporate Entrepreneurship Dimensions in Iranian Organizations, due to the fact that these days providing the required conditions aiming to implement entrepreneurship dimensions has increasingly attracted the attention of many researchers and additionally the significant role of organizational factors in this area has been remarkably considered. The first statistical population consists of 714 samples such as: executives, professionals and experts in some Iranian industrial food companies such as Bahrouz, Zamzam, pak, Golestan and Mohsen. Then 250 of them are randomly selected as our sample according to Cochran Formula. The second statistical population is selected within 16 experts and professors of Entrepreneurship management Universities to prioritizing the factors. So that the second statistical sample is determined by applying the census. The research is based on applied and conducted in the manner described - correlation. To analyze information, the Structural Equation Modeling and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process techniques is used. The results shows that components of organizational factors have a positive impact on institutionalize entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial companies in the food industries and institutionalize entrepreneurship in organizations have a positive impact on the implementation of corporate entrepreneurship dimensions.
S. M . Alvani; اH.R Asgari Dehabadi; E Rajabi
Volume 23, Issue 75 , September 2014, , Pages 1-18
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In recent three decades, ICT experienced extraordinary progress. Governments have done positive efforts to make themselves electronic institutions and one of the manifestations of these efforts is using of teleworking. In this research we study the elements that affect the decisions of workers about ...
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In recent three decades, ICT experienced extraordinary progress. Governments have done positive efforts to make themselves electronic institutions and one of the manifestations of these efforts is using of teleworking. In this research we study the elements that affect the decisions of workers about using of teleworking. The statistical population is Iranian organizations and sample selected from this population is employers of Ministry Of Industry, Mining & Trading in Iran. Data were gathered with a questionnaire designed by researchers and then, four hypotheses were tested using SEM methods. The results show that job characteristics, characteristics of technologic environment, and personal characteristics have an effective and positive influence on decision-making about using of teleworking.
Mirali Sednaghavi; Maryam Kaheh
Volume 23, Issue 76 , January 2015, , Pages 1-28
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Immutability and application of other societies’ technology and ideas without generation of novel ideas and models corresponding to the country’s local conditions will only lead to scientific, cultural and economic dependency. In fact, creativity performance is a function of individual and ...
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Immutability and application of other societies’ technology and ideas without generation of novel ideas and models corresponding to the country’s local conditions will only lead to scientific, cultural and economic dependency. In fact, creativity performance is a function of individual and implicit social factors, and one of the most relevant implicit factors is leadership. In this research, authentic leadership with four dimensions as self-awareness, balanced processing, relational transparency, and internal moral perspective is empirically introduced as a key behavioral model for improvement of employees’ enthusiasm for working and subsequently creativity performance boom in organization. Present research is a field study of descriptive-correlation type and the data of which is gathered using a questionnaire distributed in a sample of 176 managers, experts and workers selected by random cluster sampling method. The data were analyzed using correlation and regression tests including Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Structural Model and Factorial Analysis by aid of SPSS and LISREL. The results indicate that the mediating variable employees’ enthusiasm exercises a relatively full impact on the relationship of authentic leadership with creativity, and authentic leadership by influencing the employees’ enthusiasm for working can play a significant role in promotion of creativity
Vahid Nasehifar; Yasaman Giyahi
Volume 24, Issue 77 , July 2015, , Pages 1-27
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This article has been written to research about pathology in Administrative and financial deputy of the Iran Ministry of Commerce and indicates its strengths and weaknesses in four criteris: Management System and Managers. In this research, Kolmogorov – Smirnov test is used to determine normality ...
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This article has been written to research about pathology in Administrative and financial deputy of the Iran Ministry of Commerce and indicates its strengths and weaknesses in four criteris: Management System and Managers. In this research, Kolmogorov – Smirnov test is used to determine normality of 29 indicators. All indicators are normal and importance of each of them is determined by Student's T test. In each of four criteria, determined indicators are ranked by Friedman test. Thereafter, proposed strategies are ranked by Chi – Squared test in each criterion. In managers’ criteria, "job enthusiasm, motivation and willingness to work" and in management system criteria, "management knowledge of policies" have top ranks among indicators. In managers’ criteria, "training" and "performance management" and in management system criteria, "training", "performance management" and "policy" have the most frequencies among proposed strategies. This research has been done as an independent research in Institute for Trade Studies and Research.
M Amirshahi; J. S. Sadaghiani; Mahboobeh Rabiee; Samaneh Parsa
Volume 21, Issue 69 , January 2013, , Pages 1-23
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Numerous companies are applying brand extension projects and invest heavily on brand extension strategy. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence consumers’ attitude toward new products that use brand extension. In this research, consumers’ responses on 12 hypothetical ...
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Numerous companies are applying brand extension projects and invest heavily on brand extension strategy. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence consumers’ attitude toward new products that use brand extension. In this research, consumers’ responses on 12 hypothetical new products that used four established brand names are investigated. In this descriptive survey a questionnaire was used to collect the required data. Research finding indicates that consumers’ attitude toward hypothetical new products is positive when: 1) their perceived quality of the main product is high and 2) there is a strong fit between the main and hypothetical product. Research finding also indicates that some of brand associations are transferred from the main brand to new hypothetical products.
Alireza Bahrami; Rasool Sarihi Asfestani
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Success in competitive world requires the ability to develop trust-based relationships and is considered to be its key component. Accordingly, organizations and employees need to both be reliable and trust each other. And, organizational commitment is also an important occupational and organizational ...
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Success in competitive world requires the ability to develop trust-based relationships and is considered to be its key component. Accordingly, organizations and employees need to both be reliable and trust each other. And, organizational commitment is also an important occupational and organizational attitude which has been given the prime attention by the researchers of organizational behavior field. On the other, perceived organizational support indicates the employees’ perception regarding the extent of organization’s attention to their attempts, health, and peace. Hence, with respect to the importance of these factors in organizations, the present study examines the relationship between organizational trust, organizational multidimensional commitment, and perceived organizational support. Sample of the study consisted of the headquarters staff of deputy of financial supervision and bursary of the Ministry of Treasury and Economic Affairs (N=175). Stratified random sampling was applied and the sample size was gained as 120 employees based on Cochran’s formulae. To collect data, Clip Siwat et al (2012) questionnaire was used. Also, to enhance the validity of the questionnaire, the feedback from the elites of the field and experts of Ministry of Treasury and Economic Affairs were used. Chronbach’s alpha (0.84) was employed to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Here, data analysis was carried out by means of correlation matrix, multi-regression equations, and SPSS. Results indicated that organizational trust (0.83) and perceived organizational support (0.653) Relationship organizational commitment And, organizational trust has significant Relationship on perceived organizational support (0.75). Exploiting these results organizations will be able to overcome their rivals in the modern ever-changing world.
Mohammad Rahim Ramazanian; Keikhosro Yakideh; Akram Oveysi Omran
Volume 21, Issue 68 , December 2013, , Pages 1-16
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In this paper with the aims to examine the changes in productivity, two well-known techniques of evaluation over time studied that window Analysis and Malmquist productivity index and by selecting the appropriate length for the windows, the window Analysis and a newer version of Malmquist productivity ...
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In this paper with the aims to examine the changes in productivity, two well-known techniques of evaluation over time studied that window Analysis and Malmquist productivity index and by selecting the appropriate length for the windows, the window Analysis and a newer version of Malmquist productivity index used within compilation framework implemented so that performance compared to the same period in consecutive time, and adding new information to does not lead the necessity of repeating the previous calculations periods.
In this framework, we combine the two techniques in an attempt to compensate for the weaknesses of each to help with the implementation of a simple statistical test; the overall situation information is also frontiers of technology. Shifted of techniques that have steadily organized manner at any point of use with minimal calculations relatively comprehensive level of information provided.
Proposed Framework for Supervision Bureau of the Sepah Bank South of Tehran in 9 Periods of has been applied to the detection of four cases of shift frontier, the performance of the proposed framework is shown to be the case.
Reza Vaezi; Farzaneh Sedaghatpour
Volume 21, Issue 67 , April 2012, , Pages 1-17
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Agility is one of the newest concepts in the field of organizations management that is presented for using of environmental changes and satisfying customers' needs and it only cannot be considered in private sector. Thus, government organizations need to be agile because of multiplicity clients and the ...
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Agility is one of the newest concepts in the field of organizations management that is presented for using of environmental changes and satisfying customers' needs and it only cannot be considered in private sector. Thus, government organizations need to be agile because of multiplicity clients and the more need to meet their needs and demands and in order to development and excellence in the areas of speed, quality and the most of all in the costs. The aim of study is survey information and communication technologies (e-government) as the best means of increasing the speed and quality of service and the central role of information technology on organization agility. Statistical population is Civil Registration Organization of Tehran province and it's territory. The main tool for data collection, is questionnaire. Questionnaire were distributed for more of 196 person of Statistical sample and we were collected and analyzed 132 questionnaires. Finally, in order to analyze the data was used from the confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling methods and Lisrel & Spss software. Results suggest that there is a significant relationship beetwen organization agility & it's dimentions with e-government.
Adel Azar; Ramin Sepehrirad
Volume 21, Issue 66 , January 2012, , Pages 1-23
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Initially, Performance appraisal process was just carried out by the executive managers, but recently it has evolved into an evaluation process based on the opinion of different reviewers including: supervisors, collaborators, customers (subordinates) and the employees themselves (360-degree method). ...
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Initially, Performance appraisal process was just carried out by the executive managers, but recently it has evolved into an evaluation process based on the opinion of different reviewers including: supervisors, collaborators, customers (subordinates) and the employees themselves (360-degree method). Therefore, it seems necessary to develop a unified model in which subjective assessments are weighted and aggregated based on different appraisal resources. So, the main purpose of this paper is to determine the criteria and to present the 360-degree appraisal mathematical model of the national productivity organization of Iran based on de Andrés et al. (2010). This paper is also designed to answer the following questions: 1) what is the type of 360-degree appraisal mathematical model? And 2) is there a significant difference between performance evaluation criteria of different organizational levels of national productivity organization of Iran? To answer stated questions, first the performance appraisal criteria are derived from the literature and are classified into four major categories composed of technical skills, human skills, conceptual skills (Katz’s classification) & individual characteristics,. Then, fuzzy AHP technique is utilized to calculate the importance of each appraisal criterion and each evaluation resource. Finally, personnel’s performance score is calculated on three scenarios through the aggregation mathematical model (using 816 models).The findings of this study indicate that the 360-degree appraisal mathematical model is a linear programming (LP) model. Yet, due to the various weights, performance appraisal criteria are different in each organizational level
Volume 21, Issue 64 , August 2011, , Pages 1-17
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Every organization wants to attract, retain and motivate its employees.Many believe that such desire is an initial purpose of any rewardprogram. The total rewards approach provides organizations with atotal solution. By taking Armstrong’s total rewards approach,organizations can achieve the best ...
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Every organization wants to attract, retain and motivate its employees.Many believe that such desire is an initial purpose of any rewardprogram. The total rewards approach provides organizations with atotal solution. By taking Armstrong’s total rewards approach,organizations can achieve the best mix of monetary and non-monetaryrewards. In this research, it is attempted to offer an effective rewardpattern for civil servants regarding the total reward approach. Our datawere gathered by random sampling from the employees of ExportDevelopment Bank of Iran and were analyzed using SPSS 16 andLISREL 8/51. Results of the research show that there is a positivemeaningful correlation among elements of total reward, motivationand performance. Also, there is a positive meaningful causalrelationship between elements of the total reward and motivation, andbetween elements of total reward and performance. There is found nocausal relationship between motivation and performance. Meanwhile,among the elements of total reward, the individual-transactionalrewards and communal-relational rewards have more effect on thedependent variables. It is important to note that the aforesaid relationswere provided by the structural equation modeling.
Seyyed Mehdi Alvani; Reza Vaezi; Rooholla Honarmand
Volume 24, Issue 79 , March 2016, , Pages 1-26
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The present study has been done to determine the relationship between positive organizational behavior and organizational silence. The statistical population consisted of staff offices of Sepah Bank (1905 people); Using Cochran''''''''s formula, 320 people were selected stratified randomly as samples. ...
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The present study has been done to determine the relationship between positive organizational behavior and organizational silence. The statistical population consisted of staff offices of Sepah Bank (1905 people); Using Cochran''''''''s formula, 320 people were selected stratified randomly as samples. As for the research objectives, the present study can be classified as an “applied research”, while as for data gathering, it is descriptive as a cross-sectional survey. Data reliability and validity were assessed using Cronbach''''''''s alpha coefficient and consulting managers of Sepah Bank as experts, and the result was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis technique. The research hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling technique based on the results of the LISREL software. Hypothesis test results indicate that the positive organizational behavior has a significant negative relationship with organizational silence. Also results show that all dimensions of positive organizational behavior has a significant negative relationship with acquiescence silence, but about the quiscence silenence, only negative relationship with self-efficacy was confirmed and the relationship of hope, resilience and optimism was not significant with quiescence silence.
Shamsosadat Zahedi; Amin Asadpoor; Khatereh Hajinouri
Volume 20, Issue 63 , January 2011, , Pages 1-25
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Nowadays, organizations have concluded that no other resource than knowledge can situate them most desirably in this competitive world. Therefore, more than any other factor, the spotlight has turnedupon employees as the owners of knowledge. Also ‘knowledge management’ as a ...
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Nowadays, organizations have concluded that no other resource than knowledge can situate them most desirably in this competitive world. Therefore, more than any other factor, the spotlight has turnedupon employees as the owners of knowledge. Also ‘knowledge management’ as a tool which can accumulate the existing knowledge, organize it, make it dynamic, and disseminate it in the wholeorganization, has taken on a new significance. But, what matters is the way other dimensions interact, in terms of influence, with the knowledge management. This article studied the effect as well as the relationship between cybernetics – which includes six main dimensions of ‘variety and constraint,’ ‘entropy and nformation,’ ‘thelaw of requisite variety and the decision rule,’ ‘goal-directedness and control’, ‘feedback and distinctions and relations’ – and knowledge management process – which is comprised of four main dimensions of ‘knowledge creation,’ ‘conversion and transfer,’ ‘preservation,’ and ‘application’. Our statistical population included the staff of Farassan Company, and questionnaires were deployed for gathering the data . According to the analysis, dimensions of ‘variety and constraint’ as well as ‘knowledge transfer and conversion’ were excluded on account of having poor indicators. In addition, research results confirmed the conceptual model with the data collected and the fact that a significant relationship between knowledge management process and cybernetics existed.
Maghsoud Amiri; Alireza Alinezhad
Volume 20, Issue 62 , September 2010, , Pages 1-35
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This paper presents a multi-objective zero-one linear programming model with fuzzy parameters to select a proper portfolio of processes for reengineering in the manufacturing companies. Based on a new setof qualitative and quantitative indicators, an evaluation method is presented to measure ...
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This paper presents a multi-objective zero-one linear programming model with fuzzy parameters to select a proper portfolio of processes for reengineering in the manufacturing companies. Based on a new setof qualitative and quantitative indicators, an evaluation method is presented to measure and estimate the reengineering effect of processes on the improvement of company performance. Fuzzy sets theory is used because some variables are verbal and we have some uncertain data. So, analytic hierarchy process, multi-criteria group decision making, fuzzy theory and portfolio theory all were used together to develop a process portfolio selection model. In this model, processes which make maximum value for company and cause theleast staff resistance are selected for reengineering. Also considering the membership degree of fuzzy numbers, a novel method is developed to solve multi-objective zero-one linear programming problems with fuzzy parameters. Finally, an illustrative case study is included to demonstrate the efficiency and practicality of the proposed model.
S.M Arabi; H.R .Pirmorad
Volume 20, Issue 61 , April 2010, , Pages 1-35
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This article is the product of a research taken place in line with thegoals of I.R. of Iran, stated in its vision document, in order for thecountry to reach the defined scientific position. As in the visiondocument has been put a lot of emphasis on scientific development ofthe country towards reaching ...
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This article is the product of a research taken place in line with thegoals of I.R. of Iran, stated in its vision document, in order for thecountry to reach the defined scientific position. As in the visiondocument has been put a lot of emphasis on scientific development ofthe country towards reaching the ultimate goal of acquiring the firstscientific position in the region, there seems to be a necessity forspecial attention to scientific and R & D centers of the country andmore specifically to the researchers and professionals of this section.On the other hand, acquiring the first economic position of the regionis Iran’s other major goal, to be reached by the end of the visionperiod. For this to take place, it should be considered that economicprosperity of organizations in today’s highly competitive markets, ismostly dependent on the function of R&D centers and their activities;while these centers are heavily dependent on their labor, andconsidering the need of their labor for innovation and creativity,applying a correct leadership and management strategy seemstremendously effective in enhancing the workforce performance andspeeding up the organizations’ progress.In this research, related studies carried out in other parts of the world,were investigated and the local characteristics of the country were alsotaken into consideration. This study is applicable and developingregarding its goal, and descriptive-survey regarding its method. Sinceit has tried to analyze the literature and information obtained from R&D centers to define the leadership strategies of researchers, it can beconsidered a descriptive survey; and since the results obtained, havebeen examined through the survey, we can consider it a survey study.This research was performed in the Niroo Research Institute (NRI) ofMinistry of Energy, as one of the largest national research centers inIran. The population of this study are the expert middle and highmanagers of this institute. Additionally, the validity and reliability of all surveys have beenevaluated and approved.Major results of this paper are the followings: determines appropriatestrategies, and provides an integrated model for leadership ofscientists strategies in R & D sections; provides effective parametersin determining the strategic position in the model.The results of this research, have also been evaluated andimplemented in the NRI.
esfandiar saadat
Volume 2, Issue 6 , September 1992, , Pages 1-20
seyed mohammad erabi
Volume 2, Issue 7 , December 1992, , Pages 1-12
hoseyn baher
Volume 4, Issue 15 , December 1994, , Pages 1-12
mahmoud alborzi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , March 1995, , Pages 1-14
abdollah jasbi
Volume 5, Issue 17.18 , September 1995, , Pages 1-25
shamssadat zahedi; hassan danaeifard
Volume 7, Issue 27.28 , March 2000, , Pages 1-24
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In light of changing national and international conditions, the field of public administration is going through an exercise of refounding and reinventing. Globalization, technological advancements and ecological concerns have diluted the importance of development administration. ...
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In light of changing national and international conditions, the field of public administration is going through an exercise of refounding and reinventing. Globalization, technological advancements and ecological concerns have diluted the importance of development administration. This study traces the demise of development administration and presents a new paradigm in the form of sustainable development administration (SDA). The author argues that the paradigm of SDA is markedly different from the traditional paradigm of development administration (DA) in its emphasis, scope, treatment of politics, view of indigenous _cultures, goals, operating mode, decision making system, use of foreign aid and performance accountability. The study concludes by declaring that SDA has the potential to emerge as a New field of study in public administration.
shams-o sadat zahedi
Volume 8, Issue 32.31 , March 2002, , Pages 1-23
