TRANSFORMATIONAL MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH)
Year:2011 | Volume:3 | Issue:5|Papers Count:7

The aim of present study is to examine the relationship between political tactics and individuals’ problem-solving methods. For this purpose, a sample of 220 was randomly selected from 1000 employees of Shahid Beheshti University. In order to measure the variables, the standard questionnaire of problem-solving method of Helrigel, Slocholm, and Woodman and the political behavior questionnaire of A.J. Dobrin were used. The results indicated that there is a positive relationship between emotional judgment and flattery, political application of the information, the creation of moral obligation, association with influential individuals and establishing a supporting base. However, there is a negative relationship between rational judgment and flattery, political application of information, the creation of moral obligation, association with influential individuals and establishing a supporting base. In addition, there is a parallel relationship between witnessed perception and political application of information, and the creation of moral obligation. On the other hand, a negative relationship exists between intuitive perceptions. Flattery, political application of information, and the creation of moral obligation.

The main purpose of this research was to investigate self-leadership strategies and its relationship with creativity among faculty members at Science and Technology University. Research type was descriptive correlative. Statistical population of research included 345 faculty members at Science and Technology University of Iran in 2009-2010 academic years. A sample of 119 was selected from research population employing random stratified sampling method. To collect research data, two questionnaires were used: Self- leadership questionnaire with 31 items and Radnsip questionnaire with 48 items. The reliability of questionnaires was determined through calculation of Cronbach alpha coefficients that resulted in 0.81 and 0.87 respectively. Collected data was analyzed at level of inferential statistics (correlation coefficient, multivariate variance and regression). Result of study showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between the Self-leadership behavioural-focused strategies, natural reward strategies, constructive thought strategies and creativity. The result also revealed that, the constructive thought strategies have more important role in predicting creativity.

European Foundation for Quality management (EFQM) Business Excellence model as a holistic management tool for Corporate Performance Measurement and Self-improvement is a prevalent assessment approach in today's organizations. Criterion weights' structure of EFQM Excellence model is one of the constituted elements of the excellence model. This research investigates the weights' structure of EFQM Excellence Model with Data Triangulation approach, and eventually suggests a customized framework of Criterion weights for organizations within the Research population. Research data was collected through a survey of 52 Iranian Companies from IDRO affiliated Companies. Survey data was analyzed by means of Factor score regression based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis on 500 Bootstrapped samples. The analysis showed that perceived weights of enabler criteria are not inconsistent with current weight allocation of the EFQM enablers but this is not the case for the Results, consequently perceived weight structure vary from the EFQM weight structure. However, perceived weights of Enabler Criteria are significantly different from those of Result criteria.

Resource based view suggests that superior firm performance can derive from uniqueness of resources reconfiguration and integration of existing resources and/or from the ability to respond appropriately to the surrounding industrial environment. Based on this view, performance differs from one firm to another since successful organizations may have access to more strategic resources (physical, human, organizational) than their competitors. Such differences are likely to play an important role in business success in terms of profitability. One of The firm's resources is intellectual capital that incorporates innovation capital and customer capital. This study investigates relationship between innovation capital and customer capital with financial performance and their complementary interactions with firm performance within their existing technology. Data was collected from 1381- 1386 performance of manufacturing firms provided by Tehran Stock Exchange. Pearson correlation technique was utilized to analyze Research data that was collected from 52 manufacturing firms of which 26 were known as high technology and 26 of low technology firms. The result showed that: both variables (innovation and customer capital) significantly and positively related to financial performance. Moreover, the strength of the relationship between innovation capital and performance in the high technology firms did not indicate any significant difference to that of low technology firms.

Existance of professional employes in organisations is vital for survival and business success in uncertain environment. Such employes work beyond their official resposibility and help organisations to achieve their goals. The different factors impact on creation of this behaviour. This article studies these factors acording to Hackman and Oldham model emphasizing on Organizational Citizenship Behavior instead of individual and organizational result. The population of this descriptive- survey research comprised of 250 from which data was collected using questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted by frequency distribution, percentage, Spearman correlation test. According to the research findings, there are positive and signification relationship between Motivating Potential Score (MPS) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior(R=0.460), Critical Psychological State and Organizational Citizenship Behavior(R=0.647) and between Job Charactacteristics with two dimensions of Motivating Potential Score and Critical Psychological State and Organizational Citizenship Behavior(R=0.553). ‎Finally, the article has presented suggestions and recommendations for improvement of Citizenship Behavior in Training Center and IRIBU.

Leadership is known as the essence of management. The mission of schools as educational institutions is to create a value system for students. According to Graves' theory, each student has his/her own personal value system. In the light of Graves' theory, the main question of this research focuses on how leadership role of educational managers affects students' value system. In this case study, qualitative approach has been selected. Data was collected through the semi scheduled interview with manager and deputy managers of one of the high schools in the city of Mashhad. Observation of the school and random observation of interaction between manager and deputy managers was utilized for collecting complementary data. In order to increase the validity of data collection, various methods including triangulation, participants' revision, recoding by reviewer, and quasi-statistical analysis were used. The result showed that manager’s behavior helps categorize the value system of students under the second, third, and the forth level of Graves' taxonomy. That is, the students' could not get into the value system which is devoted to spirituality, integrity, socio-centrism and logical thinking/wisdom.

One of the most important issues of knowledge management implementation is determining its infrastructures. Thus, the purpose of this research is to design the required infrastructural pattern for implementing knowledge management in Iranian state organizations. This article has been written based on the findings of a field study in state organizations of Khorasan Razavi. The initial research model was built using Delphi Technique. To test the model, random sampling from the employees holding university degrees in state organizations of Khorasan Razavi province was used. To obtain knowledge management infrastructural dimensions, the practical base was technical and social approaches. Questionnaires were used to collect data and test the research hypotheses. To analyze research data and examine relationship between variables, structural equation model and LISREL software were employed. The results indicated that organizational culture with a focus on learning, trust, collaborative culture and organizational structure in light of decentralization and formalization as well as information technology and employers motivation are the most important infrastructures that need attention in implementation of knowledge management.