Keywords = پاسخگویی

Developing a Model for Identifying Factors Affecting Organizational Agility and Its Status in Farhangian University (Case Study: Khorasan Razavi Province)

Volume 14, Special Issue, Summer 2020, Pages 509-524

raziye mansornia, mahmod safari, masome oladian

Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting organizational agility for model modeling in Khorasan Razavi Cultural University. The main method of this study is survey method which was done by questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software, LISREL software and various statistics. In Khorasan Razavi Cultural University, according to the statistics of Khorasan Razavi Planning Organization, there were 337 people. Using Krejcie and Morgan table (1970), 181 stratified random sampling was selected as the subjects. That is, in order to further generalize and avoid The sample size of 200 questionnaires was distributed among 200 subjects. Statistical data were distributed to 200 subjects. Data collected through maxqda software in qualitative section and interview analysis, effective factors were determined and then finalized on the basis of confirmatory factor analysis. It is also influenced by agility factors at university including: organizational factors (structure, delegation, organizational culture); strategic factors (quality improvement, teaching and research policies, technology development); human factors (managers, staff, faculty) Are . Thus, while developing the final model of organizational agility at Khorasan Razavi Khorasan University, the degree of fitness of the proposed model was determined and its fit was approved. The results of t-test also showed that the status of components and dimensions of organizational agility in Farhangian University is in desirable condition.

Investigating the gap between existing and desirable institutional research using distance analysis technique (Case study of Noushirvani Babol University of Technology)

Volume 14, Issue 48, Spring 2020, Pages 91-107

tahereh Aghamirzaee mahali, maryam Taghvaeeyazdi

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of clarifying the existing and desirable situation of similar functions of institutional research in Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. The Survey population consisted of 70 experts of Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, 60 of whom were selected by stratified random sampling.The instrument used in this study was the standard questionnaire for the evaluation of institutional research functions that contained 37 pairs of corresponding questions, which were designed based on the five-point Likert scale. To analyze the data using Wilcoxon's tests, Spearman correlation using SPSS21 software was used. The findings showed that there is a gap in all aspects of institutional research.
In the dimensions, from the highest to the lowest gap in this analysis are for policies, information authority, accountability, evaluation, research and decision making, communication and intermediate, the greatest gap is related to the assessment of the degree and success rate of graduates in engagement and entrepreneurship. From the evaluation point and the lowest gap is related to the relationship between universities and international institutions from communication point. There is a positive correlation between the between all of gaps. The status quo for institutional research is not meeting expectations from experts in Babol Noushirvani University of Technology. Given the effects and interactions of the gaps on each other, the adoption of a multifaceted decision-making approach to manage and reduce existing distances is inevitable.In this regard, the establishment of an institutional research office can be a good way to this achieve goals.