Conceptualization
Ahmad Gholipour; Majid Mokhtarianpour; Ezatollah Abbasian
Abstract
Considering the multitude of actors in the public sector and the wide scope of government interventions, the coordination of actors is an important challenge to achieve the goals. However, this concept still has theoretical and conceptual ambiguities, which in turn have challenged its realization. To ...
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Considering the multitude of actors in the public sector and the wide scope of government interventions, the coordination of actors is an important challenge to achieve the goals. However, this concept still has theoretical and conceptual ambiguities, which in turn have challenged its realization. To address the coordination challenge, three important questions should be clarified: What is the coordination of public sector activists? Why there is a need for coordination between public sector activists? And how can it be achieved? In previous studies, different answers have been given to these questions. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive approach to coordination, which combines the findings of various studies. In this research, an attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive framework for thinking about coordination in the public sector using the meta-synthesis method. For this purpose, after several stages of screening, 51 final documents were selected from more than 1000 documents, and by analyzing them in MAXQDA software, what, why, and how the phenomenon of coordination of activists in the public sector was identified in the form of a total of 7 main categories. The answer to "what this phenomenon is" was put in the form of three main categories: «Ratio of Actions Together To Achieve Common Goal», «Coordination Is A Continuum, Not A Dichtonomy» and «Dimensions Of Coordination». The answer to why this phenomenon is needed was put in the form of three main categories: «Prior Necessities», «Posterior Necessities» and «Coordination Costs». Finally, the answer to how to achieve it was put in the main category of «Creating A Clear, Common, And Valid Basis For Action».
Modeling
Ebrahim Khodaei; Gholamreza Geraeinejad; َAhmad Keykha
Abstract
Today, governments are facing severe financial shortfalls in financing higher education globally. Therefore, due to the necessity, they have established the tuition policy in higher education and are always looking for strategies to increase the effectiveness of this policy. Based on this, the upcoming ...
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Today, governments are facing severe financial shortfalls in financing higher education globally. Therefore, due to the necessity, they have established the tuition policy in higher education and are always looking for strategies to increase the effectiveness of this policy. Based on this, the upcoming research aims to study the policy components of the tuition economy in the public sector. This research was done in two stages. In the first stage, the components of tuition policy in the higher education system were extracted using the Meta-synthesis method. For this purpose, specialized research keywords were searched in reliable scientific databases in the period (1990-2021). Finally, among 229 articles, 107 articles were included in the final analysis. In the second step, the qualitative section's findings were weighted using the Shannon entropy technique. In total, seven determining components of tuition policy; student (individual, family); University (complexity in tuition pricing, diversity and a plurality of university policies, academic quality of the university); Higher education (leadership in higher education, rules, and regulations in higher education); State (legal and political mechanisms of State, collaborative and supportive mechanisms of State); Macro governance (good governance, macro laws, and regulations) and environmental (cultural norms, social norms) were identified. The student and environmental components had more weight than other components. In the end, the solutions for the higher education system were stated, including considering the concept of differential tuition, which means paying attention to various factors in determining tuition policies based on the rate of return of academic fields, degrees, geographical region, etc.
Azin Hharandi; Mohammad mahdi Parhizgar; Amir Fazel; Mohmmadtaghi Amini
Abstract
Despite the introduction of value co-creation models, its various dimensions and components in universities are still unclear. The purpose of this article is to identify the factors, components and consequences of value co-creatin of university emphasizing the fourth and fifth generation universities ...
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Despite the introduction of value co-creation models, its various dimensions and components in universities are still unclear. The purpose of this article is to identify the factors, components and consequences of value co-creatin of university emphasizing the fourth and fifth generation universities and, consequently, to present a conceptual model based on it. In order to conduct this research, in addition to in-depth study using the meta-synthesis method to identify factors, components and consequences of value co-creation, fuzzy Delphi technique has been used to refine the factors and components. The survey was conducted in four stages and the results of each stage were refined using the formulas of the fuzzy Delphi method. Finally, the model of value co-creation of university with emphasis on value-creating and civilization-building universities with 16 factors, 23 components and 13 outcomes, each designed in three categories, has been presented as a proposed model for value co-creation of university. In this way, universities can analyze the current situation and optimally extract successful experiences, and present plans and measures to improve.
Seyed Mohammadreza Seyedi; Hassan Danaeefard; Asadollah Ganjali; Ahmadali Khaef elahi
Abstract
Role is a behavior that is expected from people according to their position. Importance of ministers' roles isn't concealed to anyone. Ministers -at the top of politics and management- are managers of large organizations called ministries whose smallest decisions can have great effects; Therefore, lack ...
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Role is a behavior that is expected from people according to their position. Importance of ministers' roles isn't concealed to anyone. Ministers -at the top of politics and management- are managers of large organizations called ministries whose smallest decisions can have great effects; Therefore, lack of their role model, not only prevents them from optimal performance and puts them in a lot of ambiguities and conflicts, but also slows the progress of organizations; Therefore, this study addressed ministers and concentrated on designing a role model for them. Then, since review and concluding past studies findings is an important step in drawing up a comprehensive picture of them, the study concentrated on its meta-synthesis; So, in first step, gained 131 references about the subject, through a deep search in literature, which in a three-stage refinement reduced to 50 related references; which after refining, analyzing and summarizing their themes, resulted in 27 concepts and 7 categories as follows: public relations role, policy role, political role, executive role, parliamentary role, party and constituency representational role and international role. The findings were then validated by Delphi method; which finally party and constituency representational role and its concepts were deleted. The validation shows the last role and its concepts are not applicatory in Iran.
Causation
Saeed Jafarinia; Mehdi Kheirandish; akbar hassanpoor; somayeh Bakhshandeh
Abstract
Research on expectations and work preferences of millennium generation as a young generation of the workforce provides an insight to the managers that facilitates to formulate policies to absorb and retain this generation. Accordingly, the present study, by systematically reviewing the results ...
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Research on expectations and work preferences of millennium generation as a young generation of the workforce provides an insight to the managers that facilitates to formulate policies to absorb and retain this generation. Accordingly, the present study, by systematically reviewing the results of qualitative researches in this area, presented a list of work expectations of this generation and then, using the Shannon Entropy method, the order of their importance was highlighted. This research is descriptive in terms of purpose and is practical in terms of research type. The statistical population of the study consisted of 68 valid qualitative papers and theses, 21 of which were entered into the cross-synthesis process using a judgmental method. In order to measure the agreement between the two raters, the Cohen's kappa coefficient was used and the CVI index was utilized to assess the validity of the results and the validity and reliability were confirmed. The results showed that, respectively, work-life balance, opportunity for professional growth and development at work, having a fun and enjoyable work environment, flexible working time, challenging tasks, teamwork, supportive work environment, more salaries and benefits, and meaningful work are among the most important millennial job expectations.
Modeling
hossein khanifar; naghi mirzaeii; ali parishni; ali poorbehroozan; Hossein khanifar
Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 83-98
Abstract
Purpose: Identifying the underlying and determining factors in the applicability of research into corporate social responsibility is unavoidable in the current context. So the purpose of this study is identifying and categorizing the determinative factors toward Applicability of researches of Corporates ...
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Purpose: Identifying the underlying and determining factors in the applicability of research into corporate social responsibility is unavoidable in the current context. So the purpose of this study is identifying and categorizing the determinative factors toward Applicability of researches of Corporates Social responsibility in Iran context.Methodology: Method is based on Interpretative-symbolic philosophy, Inductive approach, Meta study choice also Meta-Synthesis strategy, as well as data gathered through 35 article and used Theme Analysis for extracting related points.Findings: After analyzing all the articles, 135 themes were extracted. Structural, Cultural, Islamic, Motivational and Methodological are factors that important to and influence on applicability of Corporates Social responsibility researches. Understanding the results of this research, which is an extract of previous research, can be a guide for future research. Findings: After analyzing all the articles, 135 themes were extracted. Structural, Cultural, Islamic, Motivational and Methodological are factors that important to and influence on applicability of Corporates Social responsibility researches. Understanding the results of this research, which is an extract of previous research, can be a guide for future research
Masood Dehghani; NoorMohammad Yaghobi; AliReza Mooghali; Zahra Vazifeh
Volume 3, Issue 4 , February 2016, , Pages 93-107
Abstract
Knowledge is increasingly known as a basis for creating a competitive advantage for organizations.Successful knowledge programs need some kind of planning. This research aims to design a pattern for Feasibilityand establishment of knowledge management by using Meta-synthesis method. In order to ...
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Knowledge is increasingly known as a basis for creating a competitive advantage for organizations.Successful knowledge programs need some kind of planning. This research aims to design a pattern for Feasibilityand establishment of knowledge management by using Meta-synthesis method. In order to design and explain a comprehensive pattern, all dimensions of knowledge management have been identified through systematic literature review using 258 papers and Meta-Synthesis method. Then the importance and priority of each proposed dimension was determined using Shannon quantitative method based on content analysis. The results reveal; Rules and Regulations, Meetings, Crisis Management, Commitment toKnowledge program, Evaluation and reward, Documenting experiences, Employee communications (dynamic interactions), Trust, documents and Internal structured knowledge, are the major criteria knowledge management Feasibilityand establishment. At the end the research results demonstrate a three-layer pattern for Feasibilityand establishment of knowledge management.
