Designing a professional development model for managers with a data-based approach: Qualitative research in education
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younes sahranavard nashtifan
1
,
Salahedin ebrahimi
2
*
,
Bahman Gholami
3
,
سیامند مولودی
4
1 - PhD student in educational management, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
2 - PhD in Educational Management, University of Tehran, Tehran: Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran: Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran: Iran
Keywords: Human Resource Management, Professional Development, Continuing Professional Development, Managerial Professional Development, Education.,
Abstract :
The educational system is the basis for intellectual growth and development and the basis for the maturity and realization of human capacities, and education managers must be professionally developed to carry out this mission successfully, because a large part of the complexity and sensitivity of the educational system. It refers to the behavior of managers and the success of the organization in achieving organizational goals and missions depends on the existence of competent and competent managers; Therefore, the present study was designed to develop a model for the professional development of education managers. To conduct the research, a qualitative approach with grand theory method was used. The study population was all experts, professors and senior managers in the field of human resources in education who were interviewed using purposive sampling with 21 experts. The research tool was a semi-structured interview. Open, axial and selective coding methods were used to analyze the qualitative findings. The results showed that "Development of cognitive-leadership-management skills and development of professional ethics" as key categories, "Professional development planning, organizational talent, educational and learning opportunities and self-development "As causal conditions", "networking, guidance, facilities and resources and career path management" as strategies, categories of "organizational values and culture, group of managers and working conditions" as a platform, "organizational factors, Learning-Improvement-Development Atmosphere and Barriers and Involvement of Managers were introduced as intervening conditions and succession can have consequences for individual and organizational development in education and positive extra-organizational effects for society.
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