Keywords = اثربخشی
Continuous education, educational management, educational technology and curriculum planning

Evaluating the Effectiveness of In-service Training Courses in the Improvement of Human Resource Performance: a Case Study of a Government Bank

Volume 17, Issue 61, Summer 2023, Pages 57-69

https://doi.org/10.22034/jiera.2023.399567.2980

Mobin Tatari, Elham Akbari

Abstract The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of in-service training courses in a government bank. This is a descriptive study which has employed a survey to complete the research process. Further, as to the objective of the study, this is an applied research. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Bank in-service training courses. The data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed based on the ROI model using one-sample t-test. Using a convenience sampling plan, 596 respondents completed the questionnaire. The results showed the participants’ relative satisfaction with the training courses. Some found the course content and presentation attractive and relevant to their job roles, and others stated that they are not satisfied enough with these courses. Still, another part of the results showed that there was not a significant change in the learning rate of the participants after the training courses, and their participation in the training courses did not result in a significant change in the learning rate. In addition, the results showed that despite the participants' criticisms about the courses and their relative satisfaction, they thought that these courses helped them solve some of their work problems and that the workflow in Bank was facilitated to some extent. In other words, the results indicated that these courses partially influenced the organization's work processes.

Study of the Effect of Information Technology in the Process of Teaching and Learning from the Viewpoint of Teachers

Volume 12, Special Issue, Spring 2018, Pages 267-286

Masoomeh Elmi, Hassan Rastegarpoor

Abstract This article aims to study the effect of information technology in the process of teaching and learning from the viewpoint of teachers. The method of research has been descriptive (survey) and in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population of the study was all teachers of high schools of Tehran in the academic year 1395-1396, whose total number was 800. Using random cluster sampling method and Cochran formula with a percentage error of 10%, the sample size was 70 and the questionnaires were distributed and collected. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which was used for assessing the effectiveness of the curriculum, which was designed in a 5-point Likert scale. The formal and content validity of the questionnaire has been confirmed and its reliability has been estimated by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for organizational culture of 0.89, organizational climate of 0.70, organizational transformation 0.87. To analyze the data collected in the descriptive section, frequency distribution tables were used and in the inferential part of the t single sample was used. The results of the study showed that IT teachers are effective in teaching and learning the students.

بررسی مؤلفه‌های رفتار اثربخش مدیران دانشگاه فرهنگیان به منظور ارائه الگویی برای ارتقاء مدیریت و میزان همخوانی آن با اقتضائات در این دانشگاه

Volume 12, Special Issue, Spring 2018, Pages 337-359

Ali Akbar Pirzad, Reza Saki, Fariba Karimi

Abstract Global findings believe that the quality of any organization depends on the quality of its leaders and managers, and in fact no country or organization can rise beyond its leaders and managers. In this way, having organizations and a developed country need to have developed, empowered, professional and effective leaders and managers. This research was carried out with the aim of "studying the components of effective behavior of the administrators of the University of Cultural Sciences in order to provide a model for promoting management at this university." Therefore, in order to achieve a detailed and scientific model, the research method is a kind of developmental blend and is targeted in the field of applied research. In this research, identification of its components by studying the sources and research backgrounds, as well as conducting interviews with leading experts Academic achievements. The data gathering tool included interviews and two researcher-made questionnaires, one for assessing the agreement and confirmation of the main components and sub-components of the research by the experts, and a second questionnaire to validate the model provided by the administrators of the University of Cultural Studies as well as the study of the degree of compliance of the components with the requirements Farhangian University, as well as the priority of each of the main components and sub-components of the research has been used. To analyze the data, the questionnaire was used by SPSS and AMUS software. Based on the opinion of the academic leadership, the analysis of the content of the identified components (the ten main components and 133 sub-components) and the results of the statistical tests, the ten factors of effective behavior of the managers of the University of Farhangian, respectively, inspiration, transformation, strategic thinking, service motivation, support Cultural-pedagogical thinking, human relations, professional ethics, empowerment, executive capacity are prioritized.