Designing and explaining the professional development model of the departments chairs of the University of Tehran based on a Lean approach
Subject Areas :
mojtaba hajkhozeymh
1
*
,
Khodayar Abili
2
,
javad pourkarimi
3
1 - Tehran
2 - Tehran
3 - Tehran
Keywords: Professional Development, Lean Approach, Heads of departments, University of tehran,
Abstract :
Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to design and explain the professional development model of the departments chairs of the University of Tehran based on a Lean approach. Method: This research was carried out in two qualitative and quantitative stages, using the mixed exploratory research method. The qualitative part of the research was done in two stages. In the first stage of the qualitative section, the existing research background related to the components of professional development of department heads based on a lean approach in Persian and English between 2000 and 2020 was reviewed. After searching, screening and qualitative evaluation of the studies, the final synthesis was performed on 72 studies. In the second stage of the qualitative section, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 experts and experts in the field of higher education who were purposefully selected to identify the appropriate pattern of the context of the University of Tehran. Qualitative data analysis was performed using open and axial coding (theme analysis) and its reliability and validity were evaluated. In the quantitative stage, the descriptive-analytical research method and the statistical population included all the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran with 252 people who using Cochran's sampling formula, 152 people were selected as the sample. Sampling method in this study was stratified random sampling method. In the quantitative part, the required data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. To evaluate the validity of the quantitative research instrument, content validity and construct validity were used and to evaluate the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach's alpha was used, which confirmed the appropriate reliability and validity of the research instrument. Results: The results showed that the professional development of the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran based on a lean approach has five main components (1. Lean leadership / management skills, 2. Lean student skills, 3. Lean research skills, 4. Lean behavioral skills and 5. Skills Lean individual) and 19 indicators. The results of the second-order confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five identified components have a sufficient factor load to predict the professional development of department heads of the University of Tehran based on a lean approach. The results of one-sample t-test showed that the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran evaluated the general situation of their professional development based on a lean approach at a moderate level. Conclusion:The five main components of this research can be an effective model for the professional development of department heads in university of Tehran and have beneficial results in promoting quality, efficiency, effectiveness and waste reduction in university of Tehran.
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