PUBLIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCHES
Year:2019 | Volume:12 | Issue:43|Papers Count:12

As one of the approaches developed in the framework of soft modeling, fuzzy cognitive mapping has the ability to model the problems with complex and ambiguous nature in the form of causal relationships and provide a quantitative analysis of the problem for decision makers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effective elements in adopting sustainable supply chain management in the petrochemical industry using fuzzy cognitive map method. The petrochemical industry has a major role in developing value chain in the oil and gas fields. Considering that sustainable adaptation in supply chain management has become a social demand, the development of petrochemical industry in the country and penetrating global markets requires adaptation of sustainable development approaches in this industry. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the effective elements in the stabilization adaptation in the supply chain were extracted using the Meta Synthesis method and then by using the fuzzy cognitive map methodology, the structure of sustainable supply chain was developed. Finally, each component was analyzed in the framework of this structure. Therefore, resource sharing, commitment to sustainability, commitment to sustainable development and awareness of supply chain members respectively have the greatest impact on sustainability in the petrochemical industry supply chain.

In recent years, a new approach on the organizational justice investigations is underway, addressing the adherence of managers to justice in the organization. This research was carried out quantitatively. The research methodology considering the purpose is descriptive, and considering the subjects of the study is a fundamental research. The present article is to design a model for adherence of managers to organizational justice (focusing on individual and situational features) in governmental organizations. The data for this study was collected through cluster sampling from 356 managers of governmental organizations in Fars province. The structural equation method was used for the analysis of data using Smart Plus software. The findings reveal that there are five personal factors (justice awareness, justice judgment, justice motivation, justice self-efficacy and justice personality) and three situational factors (organizational, managerial and subordinates characteristics) relating to manager’ s adherence to organizational justice. Moreover, the results show that personal factors were more important than the situational ones. Among the 5 dimensions, the main dimensions of individual factors, motivation of justice and justice awareness, and among the three dimensions of the situation, the organization factors have the most importance in adherence to the rules of justice by managers.

Effectiveness is one of the important topics for all managers of public sector organizations and the general disagreement about the characteristics of effective organizations is their differentiation from the point of view of their specific goals and missions and their different cultures. This research aims to fit human resource management based on participatory organizational culture in order to improve the effectiveness of organizational performance. In this research, quantitative and qualitative methods are used for collecting data. The data gathering tools are used by questionnaires and interviews. The statistical population of the study is university experts with human resource management expertise and policy experts in the field of human resource management in the administrative system of the country, and the number of statistical samples in the first stage to complete the questionnaire of 40 academic experts and in the second stage, 10 expert experts in the organization The administrative and employment of the country has been determined by the professors of guidance. To analyze the quantitative data from the questionnaire, an algorithm for implementing the fuzzy Delphi technique was used and the content analysis technique was used to analyze the qualitative data obtained from the interview. Finally, it can be concluded that despite the legal provisions in the public sector regarding the implementation of a committed strategy in participatory organizational culture, empowerment, teamwork and capacity development indicators should be formulated and approved in a more appropriate legal framework so that in this type of culture The effectiveness of human resource management and, ultimately, organizational effectiveness.

Achieving green energies is an important challenge for all developing countries. The aim of this study is to review green electricity production policies in advanced countries such as Germany and Denmark and then developing a comprehensive model for developing countries like Iran. The most significant findings include the financial and regulatory incentives and tools applied in Denmark and Germany such as Feed-in Tariff, Renewable Portfolio Standard and Tradable Green Certificate which are applicable in other states. Some significant policies in the recommended model are as pricing the electricity, phasing out nuclear energy production, setting green tax package, tax-exempting, subsidizing renewable energy (RE) development, dedicating soft-interest or no-interest loans, implementing informing programs about local ownership for citizens, facilitating the participating process, performing obligatory plans to purchase green electricity for governmental sectors and etc.

The present study provides a model of organizational resilience so that managers and organizations can be prepared for situations and environmental hazards.

The development of the human resource management, because it motivates constant competition as an advantage, should be the prioritized task/aim of governmental and private organizations. In this research, in spite all of theoretical and practical problems, we have attempted to put forward a local model for the development of the human resource management in Kerman province, Iran. The research utilizes an interpretive management research model, and high level documents, experts in human resource management at best universities, and governmental experts in human resource management in Kerman constitute its statistical population which are selected respectively according to Purposive sampling and Snowball sampling. The data gathered from the analysis of high level documents and interviews are examined and interpreted according to Content Analysis method. According to the research findings, in each phase (input, process and output) a number of variables in the development of the human resource management are involved which make the input stage more significant than the other two stages. Also, this province plays a crucial role the development of human resource management. Although the reported and identified variables are specifically used in context of Kerman province, they can be used for the purpose of the development of the human resource management in other provinces as well.

Retaining the talented academicians is a troubling and worrying phenomenon in most developing countries, including Iran; hence, exploring the barriers to retention of the talented academicians of top Iranian universities can provide one of the infrastructures for improving their effective retention. Having taken the interdisciplinary and multifaceted nature of the subject into consideration, the present paper aims to investigate the various aspects of executive, administrative, academic, educational, economic, and social, at both individual and organizational levels, and from both micro and macro dimensions. Data collection was conducted via concourse development in Q methodology for the barriers to their retention, and the Q-sample was introduced to the participants, i. e. the former faculty members of top 20 Iranian universities who have emigrated to top 100 universities of the world. Factor extraction and factor rotation revealed that there exist seven types of perceptions among former Iranian faculty members on barriers at organization level against their retention in their source universities in Iran. Analysis of each cluster of perceptions based on employee retention in human resource management and along with the demographic characteristics of the individuals in each cluster was the main contribution of this quali-quantitative study.

Today, attention to entrepreneurship is one of the important concerns of institutions and centers, including universities. University, as a living human system, needs agility to flourish and learn from changes, so that the change is a natural and inevitable part of organizational life, not a separate sector and a threatening event. The purpose of this study was to present a model of agility in an entrepreneurial university with a knowledge management approach. The research is based on the objective, applied, qualitative approach (based on systematic data collection), using the theory-based method of data. The statistical population of the study consisted of professors from academics and experts in human resources management, entrepreneurship and knowledge management. The sample was selected with the aim of reaching theoretical saturation through a snowball targeted sampling. Finally, the sample included 25 subjects. Data gathering from key informants was conducted using exploratory interviewing method and data analysis based on the theory of data, using theoretical coding. The resulting pattern indicates that the main category that leads to the agility outcomes of the entrepreneurial university is the agility requirements of the Entrepreneurial University for enrichment, customer satisfaction, and the provision of solutions to them. Through agility and agility enablers, power was seen by the agility of the organization at the entrepreneurial university with a knowledge management approach.

The role of financial information transparency of companies and efficiency of intellectual capital has been more important in recent years. Non-transparent financial information along with reducing informational quality lead to increasing information risk, lack of confidence in investors, reducing liquidity and increasing cost of equity owners. On the other hand, inefficiency of intellectual capital through various channels such as reduction of knowledge-based producti on will lead to reducing the value of the company and increasing cost of equity owners. In this paper, in order to provide empirical evidences about impact of informational transparency and efficiency of intellectual capital on the rights of shareholders’ costs of companies, financial information of 93 accepted companies in the years 2008 to 2016 in the TSE has been studied using the combined data and random-effects model. Findings of the research indicate that the efficiency of intellectual capital, human and physical capitals have relationship with the cost of equity owners. However, there is no relationship between the variables of informational transparency and efficiency of structural capital with cost of equity owners. So, the role of the efficiency of intellectual capital, human and physical capitals for decreasing the cost of equity owners in management and investment decisions should not be ignored.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the factors affecting the upgrading of information systems and the continues of information technology services. Based on model, this research effective factors of implementation of Information Security Management System (ISMS) are 9 dimensions and effective factors of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) are 5 dimensions were investigated and analyzed. This research is orientated, applied and descriptive. The average number of members of the statistical community in this study was 100 people, including managers and experts in the field of information security and IT services, public and private organizations, senior managers of companies providing management, technical, operational and educational services Information security and, ultimately, professors and experts with the field of activity or research in the field of security and IT services. The sample size was calculated based on Cochran method and data was collected by using a questionnaire tool for 80 members of the statistical community. For reliability of research variables, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability have been used. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of all variables is greater than the minimum value of 0. 65. To verify the construct validity (convergent), a confirmatory factor analysis was used. All mean values of extracted variance are more than 0. 5, and therefore, the model of measurement has an appropriate convergent validity. In this research, factor analysis, partial least squares and one-sample t-test were used to test the questions and fitness of the model. Based on the findings, the impact of the implementation of Information Security Management System and Information Technology Infrastructure Library on the promotion of information systems and the continuity of information technology services were confirmed and effective factors of expression and strategies for improving the status of organizations were presented.

The present study is a correlational and regression type of research, and Questionnaire is used as a data collection tool. The research sample was selected to be 138 people using Morgan table. According to findings, the employees of the Department of Education have high adherence to ethical behaviors; they have low level of achievement motivation and have moderate level of work conscience. Also, there was no significant relationship between ethical behaviors and achievement motivation variables and no significant relationship between the variable of ethical behaviors and the variable of work conscience. Adherence to ethical behavior predicts the achievement motivation by 3%.

Higher education is one of the most expensive resources available to society for development and excellence, and its role as an educational institution is not overlooked. Therefore, universities must work as much as possible to upgrade their capacities against challenges and opportunities ahead by showing appropriate reactions. With the help of value-based management, specialized daily activities of staff and faculty lead to strategic thinking. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify and rank the value-based management dimensions in Mazandaran Islamic Azad University.