EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH QUARTERLY
Year:2010 | Volume:1 | Issue:2|Papers Count:10

The management of knowledge, emphasizing on creation of values, manages the knowledge and increases the capability for developing knowledge as well as considering the point that “the best performance of yesterday is not necessarily of today and tomorrow”. This research investigated the effect of knowledge on the high school teachers’ research performance from the managers’ point of view in Saqqez town. The research method was descriptive, and the method of data gathering was library and field type. The research instrument included a researcher made questionnaire whose reliability was measured using Cronbach’s Alpha (98%) after a group of experts including the reader and advisor of the project had confirmed its validity. The research sample consisted of 76 high school managers of both genders. Because of the limited and available population, the counting method was applied and the managers’ views about the research subject were taken into consideration: 1) Regarding the first research question which asked the mangers about the main components of the management of knowledge, the obtained data showed the following four types considering the library research done in the field and the literature review in Iran and the world: A) the component of knowledge development, B) the component of knowledge saving, C) the component of knowledge transfer, and D) the component of knowledge transfer; 2) Regarding the second research question which asked the research subjects about the present condition of the management of knowledge in Saqqez town, the statistical analyses showed that the present condition of the management of knowledge in the Saqqez town is favorable and normal; 3) Regarding the third research question which asked the managers about the present condition of the research performance in Saqqez town, the results of the statistical analyses showed that the research performance in the town was favorable and normal; 4) Regarding the fourth research question which asked whether the management of knowledge affected the high school teachers’ research performance in Saqqez town, using the Regression model and determining the relationship between the management of knowledge and teachers’ research performance, applying the Pearson’s coefficient of correlation, the obtained correlation coefficient proved to be 0.61. In other words, there was a direct relationship between the management of knowledge and the teachers’ research performance.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the teachers’ efficiency recruited from the staff of Nehzat organization and applicants graduated from higher education as well as teacher training centers in order to recognize the weaknesses of teaching and learning process and present the required programs for training and improving the procedures of recruiting the teachers of elementary schools.  The research was descriptive and the research sample consisted of 197 teachers of elementary schools in the Malekan Town.  The results of the study showed that the teachers who were already the Nehzat staffs were less familiar with the efficiency criteria, that is, the methods and skills of teaching, class management, and learners’ guidance than the teachers who graduated from higher education and teacher training centers.  However, there was not meaningful difference between the two groups regarding the creation of positive and affective atmosphere, and the method of assessing the students’ achievements.  In spite of the fact that both groups have been the similar in promoting students’ learning and creating a positive atmosphere as well as the method of evaluation; on the whole, both groups of subjects (teachers) have not enjoyed high performance.

The purpose of the present research was to determine the relationship between the personality characteristics as well as styles of resolving interpersonal conflict and the marital adaptation of married students in Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch. The study was correlational, and the sample consisted of 325 university students chosen from the married students of Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch in 2009. The data were gathered using the Five Factor Inventory of NEO-Personality, the Lucke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (LWMAT), and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-2 (ROCI-2). The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS software and the statistical methods of Pearson’s coefficient of correlation, Independent T-test and step by step Regression. The research findings showed that there was a meaningful positive relationship between the personality characteristics (adaptability, extroversion, flexibility, and agreeability) and the marital adaptation (p<0.01). In addition, there was a meaningful negative relationship between affliction and marital adaptation (p<0.01). Among the different elements, conscience, adaptation, and affliction were able to predict the marital adaptation. Accompaniment style and compromise style had a meaningful positive relationship with the marital adaptation (p<0.01). Also, two styles of accompaniment and readiness to serve were able to predict the marital adaptation. The step-by-step regression analysis of personality characteristics and the styles of resolving conflict showed that the elements of conscience, agreeability, affliction, and accompaniment could meaningfully predict the marital adaptation. However, regarding the subjects’ gender, there was not a meaningful difference between the degree of marital adaptability among the male and female students. The findings showed that in psychological conflicts and training life skills, it is important to consider the personality characteristics along with the methods of resolving interpersonal conflicts.

In the process of modern business, acquiring the customer’s satisfaction is considered vital as one of the goals of an organization, and senior managers know well that their success in achieving the major organization goals depends on their customers’ satisfaction. On the other hand, it can not be said that all customers play equal roles in the organization success. Therefore, the satisfaction of key customers is more important. In each organization, a system should be designed to attract and keep the customers. A system which manages the organization and the customers. Nowadays, these systems are known as the systems of managing communication with customers. The research question, here, is to investigate the effective factors on managing communication with customers, and the interaction among the factors. The research population consisted of all buyers of Nokia cell phone in the city of Shiraz. The necessary data related to the research subjects were gathered administering a questionnaire consisting of the following variables: customer’s expectation, apprehended quality, apprehended value, customer’s satisfaction, image, complaint, customer loyalty, and the managing performance regarding communication with customers. The research was descriptive and correlational and its nature was applied. The research had 13 hypotheses, and the statistical analyses confirmed all of them with 95% of confidence.

This purpose of this research has been to do the documentary analysis of M. A. thesis references in the field of Educational Administration in the libraries of Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch. The method of research was library type and applying the descriptive-analytic method, the references of 119 theses were examined. The results of the research showed that the mean number of references for each thesis was 40, and the books formed the maximum number of references (69%). The most number of theses were prepared in the year of 2004 (21.8%), and the least number of them were prepared in 2001 (5.9%). Regarding the references, the language of the majority of them was Persian; the year of their publication was mentioned in Solar (Persian) Calendar and; the most prevalent year was 1378 (i.e., 1999), that is (8.2%). Regarding the publication year, based on the Christian era, the most prevalent year (5.7%) was 1988 (i.e., 1367). The title mostly referred to (78 times) as research reference was the book entitled “Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences”, and the author mostly referred to (117 times) was Ali Delavar.

The present research was to investigate the role of learning organization in the managers’ knowledge management in boys’ high schools in Amol City. The method of research is descriptive and survey type. The method of data collection was field study and library which was done by administering a researcher-made questionnaire. The instrument consisted of 30 items and its reliability was calculated applying Cronbach’s Alpha method which proved to be 0.89 for learning organization questionnaire and 0.97 for managers’ knowledge management. The research sample consisted of 493 subjects out of which 217 subjects were randomly chosen through using Morgan’s Table. The extracted data were analyzed applying descriptive and inferential statistics (Multiple Regression). The results of the study showed that there was a meaningful relationship between the learning organization and the high school managers’ knowledge management regarding the components of personal skills, mental patterns, shared perspectives, group learning, and systematic thinking with the ideal situation in all five principles of the Sangeh Theory.

The purpose of the study was to compare the management styles of government and nongovernment schools located in the town of Shariyar. The population of the study consisted of 5842 teachers; all who were busy working in the government and nongovernment schools as teaching staff. The method of sampling was simple random sampling. The research tool was a researcher-made multiple-choice questionnaire with five options to be chosen from and 32 items. The reliability of the tool which was measured using Cronbach’s Alpha method proved to be 0.81. In order to analyze the gathered data, the methods descriptive and inferential statistics were used and the results showed that: 1) there is a meaningful difference between the imperious and benevolent styles of management in government and nongovernment schools from the teachers’ point of view. In other words, the managers’ style of both genders in nongovernment schools are more imperious, and benevolent than their colleagues in government schools; 2) there is a meaningful difference between the managers’ style of participation in government and nongovernment schools from the teachers’ point of view. In other words, managers of both genders in nongovernment schools have a more participatory management style than their colleagues in government schools.

The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between the organizational health of schools and the school managers’ performance in Maraqeh city. In order to do this, the organizational health of the schools were defined based on the Parson’s Theory in three dimensions of organizational health at the structural level (structural unity), official level (manager’s consideration, structure creation, resource supply and influence), and technical level (spirit and scientific emphasis). Furthermore, three main hypotheses were designed along with seven more minor hypotheses. The research population consisted of 248 managers of elementary, junior high, and high schools. Because the population was limited, all the managers were considered as research subjects. The research tools were two questionnaires including the questionnaires of organizational health, and the managers’ performance which had 40 and 28 items respectively. In order to examine the reliability of the tools, the method of Cronbach’s Alpha was applied and the related indexes proved to be 0.91 and 0.95 respectively. The tools were administered to the research subjects after reviewing them for their desirable validity. The obtained data were then analyzed using descriptive and inferential methods of statistics. The results of study showed that there is not a meaningful relationship between the degree of health at the structural level of schools and the managers’ performance of all schools in Maraqeh city. However, there is a meaningful relationship between the degree of health at the official and technical levels and the managers’ performance of all schools in Maraqeh city.