PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT (BEYOND MANAGEMENT)
Year:2009 | Volume:3 | Issue:10|Papers Count:9

With the development of science and technology, the importance of determining the efficiency and also increasing the efficiency are of the major issues for the managers and investors. Integrating the companies is quite common in the real world. Deciding on integrating the companies to increase the efficiency, improving the production process and also integrating multiple one-purpose companies to make one multi-purpose company is among the most important issues in economic management. In this study, DEA models are used to integrate DMUs to make one multi-purpose DMU, which is more economical. Also this has been done using fuzzy data. Therefore, it can be very useful for the managers in the economic field.

This research aims to investigate the relationship between the academic staff’s creativity and their educational and research effectiveness in the Islamic Azad universities of Moghan townships. The research is applied-descriptive of correlational type. The statistical population consists of all the academic staff and the students in the year 2008, the numbers being 100 and 3460 respectively, from which the samples, 80 and 800, were taken by relative-stratified sampling method according to Morgan Table. In order to collect data, two questionnaires were used, the validity and reliability of which were 0.72 and 0.77, respectively. In order to test the hypotheses, Pearson correlation and one-way ANOVA were used. The results indicate that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between the academic staff members’ creativity and their educational and research effectiveness. There is a difference in the creativity of the academic staff members of Islamic Azad Universities around Moghan townships. Furthermore, their educational and research effectiveness is also different (P<0.05).

Organizational justice and civil behavior are considered as one of the basic and most important factors in the job satisfaction and performance of the staff of every organization. Therefore, the goal of this study is to determine the contribution of the variables of organizational justice and civil behavior in predicting the job satisfaction of Mohaghegh Ardabili University staff. The Statistical population consists of all the administrative personnel and the academic staff in the academic year 87-88 (N =380). The study sample included 190 male and female staff of the University based on relative random-stratified sampling. In order to collect data, researcher-made questionnaires-organizational justice questionnaire, civil behavior questionnaire, and job satisfaction questionnaire-were used. The results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between the variables of organizational justice and civil behavior with the job satisfaction of the staff, and both variables have the capability of predicting job satisfaction, but this capability was higher in the case of the organizational justice.Another finding of the research was that there was not a meaningful difference between the male and female staff with regard to civil behavior. However, there was a meaningful difference between the male and female staff from the viewpoint of organizational justice and jab satisfaction (P <0.0l).

In recent years, knowledge management has been an important and critical matter in the success of organizations to the extent that their effectiveness depends on their ability to establish, store, transfer, and use this knowledge. However, most of the organizations are not yet prepared enough for the successful application of Knowledge management.Content factors have a key role in the successful establishment of knowledge management in organizations. The purpose of this research is to study the content factors of knowledge management including organizational structure, organizational culture and information technology in the central units of Iran National Oil Company.In this regard, a questionnaire consisting of 56 questions was devised, and its validity was confirmed. The research sample consists of 240 staff members of the central units taken by random sampling. The results indicate that in the central units of Iran National Oil Company, organizational structure and organizational culture, compared to information technology, have less capacity to apply knowledge management.

The Holy Prophet (PBUH) has been introduced as a good example and eternal Paradigm of the human societies, especially in Islamic societies. His urban management concepts in Medina can be used in urban designing and programming in contemporary Islamic cities. Consulting the Islamic texts and sources and a true understanding of the Holy Prophet’s practical concepts of urban management in Medina can lead us to understand and reach the paradigms and concepts of urban management in today's societies. In this paper, we try to investigate the Holy Prophet’s most important teachings and concepts of urban management in Medina, which can be used and referred to as a paradigm and splendid manifestation of urban management in Islamic cities.

Sponsorship has become a vital part of funding for a wide range of sporting, artistic, and social events. Sponsorship has been increasing as an element of marketing communications. However, there are obstacles to attracting sponsors in the sport industry. The present study investigates the obstacles to attracting sponsorship in the sport industry of East Azarbaijan Province. The data collection instrument was a highly reliable researcher-made questionnaire (a=0.813). The statistical population of this study was all the managers of factories and private companies, club managers and sport headquarters in East Azarbaijan. The data were analyzed through the descriptive as well as the non-parametric U-Mann-Whitney inferential statistics with P<0.05. The results indicated a significant difference among managers’ views regarding: obtaining tax-exemptions due to economic advertising in sports, being time-consuming, weak transfer of company’s commercials, lack of suitable facilities and advertising locations and lack of financial and working standards. There was no significant difference (P<0.05) among the groups in terms of the other goals. Finally, to attract more sports financial supporters, proper measures should be taken. It is suggested that appropriate plans can be designed in order to attract more financial supporters. This can help promote private companies' attention to sports so that sponsors can contribute their financial support more confidently.

With regard to the importance effect of stress on organizational behavior and under changing conditions of work, this issue has relation with problems of work in all organizations. In recent decades, the pace of life has become faster, and therefore, the changes in the world of word have become more serious. Although some authorities believe that stress is not necessarily destructive, most researchers believe that it disturbs the mental health. Thich is one of the managers’ problems in the present situation of the organizations which has decreased the efficiency and productivity of the organizations to a relatively great extent and has caused behavioral problems and conflicts. The purpose of this research is to study the organizational factors causing stress and to present guidelines to reduce it. After collection the data, it was concluded that according to the managers and staff’s views, rules and regulations, organizational structure, and unsuitable working conditions have positive effects on stress.

According to Act 7 of the constitution, the Islamic city councils must continuously supervise the performance of municipalities such as their programs and projects; therefore this dissertation tries to evaluate the constructional projects of Tabriz Municipality divided into three categories: roads, buildings and civil facilities. The evolution involves three dimensions: supervision before implementation, supervision during implementation and supervision after implementation.The survey population is the eight areas of the Municipality. The sample number is 31, the measurement instrument is a questionnaire, and the research is a correlational one. After analysing the data, the scale of the council supervision is shown and some suggestions are given to elevate the supervision state.

Among the four economy markets, the labor market plays a pivotal role in establishing relations between supply and demand as well as in balancing the mass economic variables like employment. The socioeconomic consequences of the balance in labor market are of great importance for economists and policy makers. A direct consequence of such balance is the prevention of costs waste resulting from unemployment. Employment is a significant parameter in economic development, income distribution, and human self-esteem. On the contrary, unemployment causes a number of abnormalities with a wide range of economic, social and political aftermaths. Governments also consider unemployment as an important economic phenomenon and try to find solutions for this problem. It is observed that all countries, whether developed or developing, come across unemployment. The population structure of Asian countries and a great number of labor forces and lack of proper facilities have made unemployment the most important socio-economic problem. Globalization tends to influence the labor market structure, and (un)employment. As the developing countries play roles in labor market, they should be considered as an effective variable in the labor market.