BASSIRAT (IN MANAGEMENT)
Year:2010 | Volume:17 | Issue:45|Papers Count:8

All activities, plans and techniques of process improvement show dramatic and positive effects on performance and achievement of results of processes, but, unfortunately, in the next stages and in a short period of time, and as a result of non-sustainability and revocation of the improved processes, they decline and even may reach to a level lower than the initial one. The main objective of the study is recognizing the factors leading to sustainability of the improved processes. To accomplish the goal, some sustainability factors were studied and analyzed using Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) models and manufacturing and operational processes in some elite Iranian organizations as statistical society. Enabler factors of sustainability during execution of improvement plans can lead to initiation and maintaining of the processes in a continuous improvement cycle. There are two main questions in the study as follows: What factors lead sustainability of process improvement. In addition, what is the weight and effect of each factor on success of improvement plans. To answer the above questions, analyses resulted from measurement of sustainability of process improvements and the "test of existence of enabling factors", as an output of this article, make a clear grouping of sustainability factors in a three dimensional model of organizations. Based on the results of the study, the most important and effective factors in sustainability of processes will be included in the process dimension (aspect) of organization. In fact, the total weight of the process dimension factors is more than the people, organizational behavior, strategy and leadership dimensions. "The top management commitment to improvement", as one of the factors included in the organizational dimension of leadership and strategy, is considered as the most effective variable by experts. Meanwhile, the second, third and forth level factors, that is, "standardization and documentation of process", process monitoring (visual control) " and "a formal system of recording of problems", are all included in the process dimension. Moreover, based on the results of the study, the importance rating assigned by nine Iranian experts to these factors, show the relative importance of the process dimension from their point of view.

The present study aim is investigating the way of effect of knowledge management on reinforcement of competitive ability of advisory engineering companies. Knowledge management was operated by subcategories (knowledge distinction, acquisition and development of knowledge, knowledge reservation, knowledge participation and knowledge application). Also competitive ability was operated by components of customer-Oriented, market-centeredness, organizational performance, management system of human resource and technological creativity management. Study aim is applicable and in order to collecting data, it is descriptive so it is correlation research by the way of analysis. Statistical population of this research includes Tehran advisory engineering companies and sample data was randomly selected that is 42 companies. The instrument of collecting data is two questionnaires which first questionnaire has been designed for collecting data that related to rate of readiness of knowledge management and second questionnaire has been designed to assess rate competitive ability of companies. The reliability of questionnaires was confirmed by experts' view and the validity of them was checked by cronbach alpha that is (a=86%) for first questionnaire and it is (a=91%) for second questionnaire. Data was analyzed by spss. The calculated correlation coefficient revealed that there is positive correlation between knowledge management and dependent variable (reinforcement of competitive ability). The results showed that knowledge management has the strongest of relation with subcategory of human source management system of competitive advantage and it has the weakest of relation with organizational performance.

In today’s knowledge-based economy, higher education institutions as the centers for developing human resource play an essential role in countries’ economic growth and development. So strategic planning has got a vital importance for such institutions and leads them to better future by adapting to the environment beside the educational policies. A large number of these institutions nowadays are supplying Great ratio of their resources from external resources as industry and commerce so the limited resources as well as impetus of attracting potential students result in competitive market for HEIs. In this paper with the consideration of Strategic Planning vital role in Higher education, The Goal Programming technique is used combined with the BSC strategic model in order to define strategic factors for each business school to plan for development. The results could be used in developing strategic plans for these schools as well as the other schools; In addition to that the paper is useful in customizing the BSC model for educational systems.

One of the main aims pursued by forming stock-exchange markets is to create a transparent and systematic mechanism for supply and demand in order to evaluate the financial assets. Real and transparent pricing of shares constitutes one of the foundations upon which decisions to invest in the stock market is based. One of the factors playing in this process is free float level of shares which could lead to an increase in the volume of trading and a reduction in inactive liquidity in the stock market. This study is primarily aimed at reaching conclusions which would contribute to making more informed decisions by investors and companies regarding offering their traded shares. This research falls under the category of library research. The independent and dependent variables are free float level of shares and price of company shares respectively. The hypotheses of the research investigate presence or absence of a positive co-relationship between these two variables. This study was conducted over a period of 4 years in Tehran Stock Exchange market. Having established the sampling criteria, respectively, 45 companies and 12 industries were selected to investigate the first and second hypotheses. The results indicate that there is a meaningful positive co-relationship between free float level of shares and price fluctuation in share prices. In addition, such a relationship has been observed in various industries.

The special and economic situation of our country in the first ten years after Iran revolution same as the effects of modulated war and economic sanction which caused to expanding the government incumbency. The effects of expanding government incumbency were caused to increasing the government cost in budget in previous years. So these were resulted the uncap ability of government in total economical and social activities.Considering of expecting to modify the official rules and minimizing the government in first and second plan because of unadaptation of managing principles with executing of plan and common resistance of official organization in front of modification, this plan was not successful. In the third extension plan, it was mentioned to modify the official construction and consigning the authority government staff to executive department in provinces.In the same time of third plan extent in uncentralization and increasing the government efficiency, in current years, some exporting authorities of staffs in commercial ministry consigned commercial of conveniences, for evaluating of consigning authority performance, they started to study on it. They found that the efficiency in the middle of consigning authority and the mark of its performance in between 50 to 60 from 100.One of the most important reason unsuccessful project one insufficiency of studies in capability before collecting the employees non-observance balance between authorities and responsibilities and shortages of controlling mechanize and getting the feedback.

The subject of this study is identifying the factors affecting the performance of public libraries managers in Tehran city. The population of research consists of all managers and supervisors of public libraries in Tehran that their number reaches to 160. The research method is survey and a questionnaire with Likert scale has used for data gathering. The results of research show that job involvement of libraries managers is appropriate, but customer- Oriented attitude within them is weak. On other hand the budget of public libraries is insufficient and also the libraries managers no utilize from on-job trainings, however the performance of them is acceptable. The results of spearman correlation test show that there is meaningful relation between customer- oriented attitude, the rate of job involvement, the amount of on-job trainings of public libraries managers and their performance.

The existence of equity markets is one of the economic indicators and its active functioning facilitates the financial support to companies and small investments of investors in the pursuit of productive activities and prevention of possible stagnation of small investments and yielding earnings for all and other benefits related to the equity markets. Since different regions, due to possessing different potentials and capabilities, have not developed with the same degree, this potential exists that a well-functioning equity market could lead to an observable expansion of regional investments and creat new opportunities in their economies. These opportunities, arising from the establishment and expansion of regional equity markets, could turn these potentials into actions, thus, leading to regional economic progress. Hence, the purpose of this research was to considerand investigate the impact of expansion of equity markets on the economic growth of Isfahan which with spatial study and specific tests considered, it was shown that, despite of existing impediments in the exansion of regional stock exchanges, due to providing financial support to the existing businesses in the region, they would be effective in the regional growth and development.

If we divide organization’s structure in to 2 kinds of organic and mechanic forms, the human resource unit would have different kinds of functions preferences in each form. This research has pursued the different functions of human resource unit in organic and mechanic organizations from the employee’s point of view. It is obvious that employee’s point of view has effect on their needs so managers should consider these differences for managing the organization. The population was selected using simple random sampling and 196 questionnaires were distributed and analyzed after collecting acceptable questionnaires. Kolmogrov-Smirnov test, Average test and Mann-Whitney U test were used. The result shows that employee’s point of view is totally different about functions of human resource unit in organic and mechanic organizations. From the employee’s point of view bargaining between organization and labor union, compile plans in the entrance time of employees, job analysis are the most important functions of human resource unit in organic organization otherwise personnel’s learning, bargaining between organization and labor union and having an effective bonus system are the most important Functions of human resource unit in mechanic organizations.