Reza Najjari; Javad Madani
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This research aims to provide a comparative study on the structure and functioning of Payame Noor University with open universities abroad and to know about similarities and differentiate them in order to design the optimal structure in the future. The research method of this study is a comparative study ...
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This research aims to provide a comparative study on the structure and functioning of Payame Noor University with open universities abroad and to know about similarities and differentiate them in order to design the optimal structure in the future. The research method of this study is a comparative study method that has been studied by the Payam Noor University and five open universities in the world (England, Canada, Malaysia, China and Indonesia) based on components and indicators of structure and operation. All universities studied use open and distance education. The Open University of China, due to its high population, has the largest number of students, and equally has the largest number of staff and faculty. In this comparison, the UK University ranked 313 in the world's best position, and then the Payame Noir University of Iran ranked second in the study. : In terms of the structure of Payam Noor University, it has a hybrid structure. But other open universities studied more than two-part structure. Payam Noor University, with a high degree of recognition, has relative concentration and complexity compared with five open universities. All universities have more organizational agility than Payam Noor University, given the number of centers, faculty and staff, staff ratios, and levels of hierarchy. Therefore, it is suggested that the design of a desirable structure be tailored to the needs of the university in line with its mission and objectives and tasks.
Mohammad Bagher Faghih; Reza Rasooli; Mohammad Ali Sarlak; Davood Karimzadegan
Volume 3, Issue 3 , September 2015, , Pages 51-77
Abstract
One of the valuable goal in the country's vision document of 20 years is to achieve higher scientific place in the middle east and neighbor zone emphasizing on software movement and science generation. In this respect, from a long time ago, universities have been considered seriously as one of the most ...
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One of the valuable goal in the country's vision document of 20 years is to achieve higher scientific place in the middle east and neighbor zone emphasizing on software movement and science generation. In this respect, from a long time ago, universities have been considered seriously as one of the most power background of science and knowledge generation. Regarding that traditional universities don't have necessary and adequate efficiency for achieving software movement and science generation, so, the main aim of the present research is specifically design and explain virtual university model based on organizational elements. In terms of purpose, the research is an applied one that intends to conclude the study with designing virtual university model at payame Noor University of Tehran through mixed (quantitative and qualitative) approach. Results indicate that final research model (virtual university) included variables of management processes with two dimensions (supporting process, primary process), variable of information architecture with four dimensions (infra-structure, strategy, man, data) and variable of business architecture with 6 dimensions (environment, culture, centralization, complexity, formalization, technology) and moderator variable of trust in e-learning.
