Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Tabriz

Abstract

This study aims to identify the requirements and consequences of lean management in Iranian education using a qualitative approach. The field of research included professors of Iranian universities in the field of management as well as the field of educational administration in 2021. The measurement tool was an interview about the requirements and consequences of implementing lean management. Interviews with 15 academic experts continued until theoretical saturation was achieved. To ensure the validity of the instrument during the research, the review of participating experts as well as the supervision of three non-participating professors was used. The participants' repeated review method was used to ensure the reliability of the data. Using Maxqda software, 417 basic conceptual propositions in the requirements section and 346 basic conceptual propositions in the consequences section were identified. By combining and combining them, 18 central codes for requirements and 19 central codes for consequences were obtained. Introduce and promote pure methods, use of experts, conscious and step-by-step measures, stakeholder conditions, effective evaluation, identification of wastes, role of values and redefining values, under the heading of requirements and 7 categories of education excellence, establishing justice Educational, technological benefits, increasing stakeholder satisfaction, increasing educational productivity, responsibility and value creation of social leaders and scientific presence in the global arena were under the heading of the consequences of pure implementation in education.

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