Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Human Resource Management

Identifying the components of the model of improving the mindfulness of managers in Iran's government organizations

Mehri Baharvandi; Mohammadreza Jaberansari; Seyed Mehdi Alvani; Mohammad Hakak

Volume 32, Issue 110 , January 2024, , Pages 1-34

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2023.73756.4318

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The purpose of this research was to identify the components of improving the mindfulness of‎ managers in Iran's government organizations. The current research method is mixed (qualitative and quantitative). In the qualitative part, 20 people were selected using a targeted method, and in the quantitative ... Read More

The major administrative and Islam

kambiz forghandoust haghighi

Volume 3, Issue 11.10 , December 1993, , Pages 3-22

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Coordination: Health criteria

seydmohamad erabi

Volume 2, Issue 8 , March 1993, , Pages 3-10

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Behavioral science and Islamic Management

seyedaliakbar afjaei

Volume 6, Issue 21.22 , September 1999, , Pages 3-18

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What today is named Behavioral Sciences is not anything except a means for increasing efficiency and effectiveness. In other words, most behaviorists look at behavior as a means for achieving the organizational goals. In Islamic Management' attempts are made to improve those human behaviors which might ... Read More

Failure of performance evaluation in results-oriented management

seyedmehdi alvani

Volume 11, Issue 43.44 , August 2004, , Pages 3-13

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

seyed mehdi alvaani; mirali seyed naghavi

Volume 10, Issue 37.38 , August 2003, , Pages 3-18

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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). ... Read More

Labor productivity

shahrnaz mortazavi

Volume 3, Issue 9 , June 1993, , Pages 5-25

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Views worthy of belief selection

seyed hoseyn abtahi

Volume 5, Issue 19 , December 1995, , Pages 5-14

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Public Choice Theory and Administrative Reforms in Government A Comparative Perspective

seyedmehdi alvani

Volume 6, Issue 23.24 , March 1999, , Pages 5-19

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Public choice theory is based on the idea that politicians, bureaucrats, and public administrators do not devote their lives for public good and other citizens' interests. Members of Government bureaucracy are motivated by self - interest just as any person in society. In this ... Read More

Public administration and the necessity of strengthening ethical infrastructures

seyed mehdi alvani; nour mohammad yaghubi

Volume 10, Issue 39.40 , March 2004, , Pages 5-20

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The subject of this article is the issue of public administration and the necessity of strengthening ethical infrastructures. Ethics in public service is defined, as a set of principles to guide conduct or moral standards in ... Read More

Anthropological overview

seyedmohamad erabi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , September 1991, , Pages 6-14

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Strategies, procedures and methods, job security in organization

seyed mohammad arbabi

Volume 8, Issue 29.30 , September 2001, , Pages 7-31

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Job security is considered from two points of view: subjective and objective. In an organization, objective view is considered with threatening factors: as thought subjective view regards senses and feelings (for the ... Read More

Management

Mental Abilities in the Formation of Strategic Thinking at Organizational Level

Shahram Khalil Nezhad; Nader Mazloomi; Hoseyn Rahmanseresht; Akbar Moghaddar

Volume 32, Issue 108 , June 2023, , Pages 7-44

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2023.68614.4184

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The formation of strategic thinking in today’s organizations is a complex concept, and the ever-increasing uncertainties of the business environment have made addressing it inevitable. A systematic literature review shows some cognitive concepts in forming strategic thinking, which crystallizes ... Read More The formation of strategic thinking in today’s organizations is a complex concept, and the ever-increasing uncertainties of the business environment have made addressing it inevitable. A systematic literature review shows some cognitive concepts in forming strategic thinking, which crystallizes in the higher-order theme of “mental abilities.” This paper specifies these mental abilities in two levels, “theme” and “sub theme.” This research employs the thematic synthesis method to analyze 84 selected sources published between 1980 and 2021. The analysis generated 1110 supporting codes, which identified 37 themes (including five themes and 32 sub-themes) related to the mental abilities required for strategic thinking in organizations and formulated as a thematic map (research model). In order to enhance the reliability and quality of the themes, this research underwent an external audit by seven domain experts.It is worth noting that this article is the result of the first research using the thematic synthesis method on the research topic, and 70.3% of the themes included in the research model have created new concepts and constructs.IntroductionTurbulence and uncertainty are the most important factors in today’s business. These environmental factors render the classical strategic planning approaches ineffective and emphasize the critical need to form strategic thinking. A systematic review of the literature reveals that the formation of strategic thinking in an organization comprises two higher-order themes: “mental abilities” and “administrational capabilities.” Mental abilities have been discussed as “cognitive elements,” “mental process,” “mental power,” and “thinking abilities” by prior researchers, which resulted in ambiguity in terminology in the literature. On the other hand, mental abilities are a vague and complex concept in forming strategic thinking that requires clarification.This research provides a model of mental abilities themes in the formation of strategic thinking as a “thematic map“ in two levels of “theme“ and “sub theme, “using a systematic review of the literature by the “thematic synthetic“ method.Materials and MethodsThis research is “quantitative” in its approach, “exploratory” in its results, and “developmental + applied” in its goals. This research uses the thematic synthetic method to discover themes of mental abilities in forming strategic thinking in organizations at two levels of themes and sub-themes and provides them in a thematic map. The main sources of this research include 84 selected references, 69 in English (spanning 1980 to 2021) and 15 in Persian (spanning 2003 to 2021) with the following typology:- English references: papers (56), thesis (5), books (8).- Persian references: papers (12), thesis (1), books (1).It should be noted that these sources provide 89 models/ classifications regarding the mental abilities in forming strategic thinking in organizations, as follows:- Models (54): English (41), Persian (13).- Classifications (35): English (31), Persian (4).This research is based on 1110 extracted codes from the literature. These codes are as follows:- Type I codes (elements of models/ classifications in the literature): 257.- Type II codes (statements and quotes from the literature): 853. Discussion and ResultsThe research model (thematic map) includes 37 mental abilities in forming strategic thinking at the organizational level, including five themes and 32 sub-themes. A study of the models/ classifications of the sources of this paper resulted in a minimum of 1, an average of 2.88, and a maximum of 11. Comparing the 37 elements in the research model of this paper with the previous studies shows a 37-fold advantage compared to the minimum, 12.84-fold against the average, and 3.36-fold increase compared to the maximum number of elements in those studies, which indicates the superiority of the research model over the previous body of work.In 70.3% of the identified themes, some form of construct creation has happened (54.1% of themes with "concept conformation + concept creation" and 16.2% "concept similarity + concept creation"). Only in 29.7% of the themes in the research model complete "conformity" with the previous works is evident. It indicates the research's innovation level in creating new concepts and constructs and the conceptual development of the work.ConclusionsProviding a precise formation of the identified themes as a thematic map (research model) reduces the complexity, clarifies the research subject, and enhances its understanding. In addition, two levels of themes and sub-themes and laying out the themes in a thematic map play a critical role in this end.Moreover, “trustworthiness” in the thematic synthesis method is crucial. This research studied the views of credible and related methodologists and identified common points in their views to clarify the definition of trustworthiness in thematic synthesis and utilized these views to increase the trustworthiness of the work. In this regard, expanding the number and period of the sources used in the research to increase “credibility,” properly extracting the basic research codes to increase “confirmability,” using a team of expert external auditors to increase “dependability,” and clarifying the method of selecting primary research resources in increase “transferability” of the research are some aspects of this attempt.

Social Capital: Concepts and Theories

seyed mehdi alvani; mirali seyednaghavi

Volume 9, Issue 33.34 , September 2002, , Pages 9-26

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Designing Strategic control model for Defense Industrial Companies.

seyed mohammad erabi; mohammad ali forghani allah abadi

Volume 20, Issue 60 , April 2009, , Pages 9-22

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There are no any illustrations about how to choose strategic control tools based on environmental situations in the strategic management literature. The purpose of this study was to develop a new model to make links between strategic control tools and environmental scanning. The result of distributed ... Read More