Public Administration with a Focus on the Circulation of Government  Managers: The Theory of Rain Clouds

Tavakoli, Gholamreza; Saadatmandi, Alireza; Danaeefard, Hasan; Mohammadzaheri, Mohammad

doi:10.30473/ipom.2021.58897.4379

Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Management, Malek Ashtar University, Tehran, Iran

² Ph.D Candidate, Department of Management (Strategic Management), Supreme National Defense University,Tehran, Iran

³ Professor, Department of Management,Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Ph.D, Department of Management (Human Resources), Malek Ashtar University,Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2021.58897.4379

Abstract

Theorizing as one of the tools used by researchers to develop and expand the frontiers of science and knowledge in different intellectual-philosophical paradigms is done with various methods and strategies. Metaphorical strategy has been accepted as one of the theorizing methods in the symbolic interpretive paradigm among experts. In the field of public management and circulation of managers, several metaphors have been presented so far. In the present study, emphasizing the value of the theories that have been presented so far, the aim is to present a new theory in the field of public management and circulation of managers to better describe and interpret Government is in different systems of government. In this study, with the approach of metaphorical reasoning and the general method of theorizing (Danaee Fard,2009), the theory of public management with focus on government managers and their displacement is presented as rain clouds. It has a comprehensive and holistic view on explaining, describing and conveying the concepts of key dimensions of public management, especially the transfer of government managers, and at the same time examines the ambiguities and neglected questions in previous theories and considers these issues critically in a new theory. On the other hand, this theory has the ability and flexibility to explain and describe government management in developed, developing and underdeveloped societies and has the power to convey acceptable concepts

Keywords

20.1001.1.2322522.1400.10.1.2.7

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Volume 10, 1(Series 37)
January 2022
Pages 67-80

Public Administration with a Focus on the Circulation of Government Managers: The Theory of Rain Clouds

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Volume 10, 1(Series 37)January 2022Pages 67-80

Volume 10, 1(Series 37)
January 2022
Pages 67-80