Quarterly Journal of Training and Development of Human Resources: 40 (40)

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1 - Validation of Human Resource Development Model Based on the Statement of the Second Step of the Revolution
Mohammad bagher Reza alizadeh Nasser Mirsepassi Karamollah Daneshfard

The purpose of the current research was to validate the designed model of human resources development based on the statement of the second step of the revolution. For this purpose, a mixed approach of exploratory research was used. The research community in the qualitat More

The purpose of the current research was to validate the designed model of human resources development based on the statement of the second step of the revolution. For this purpose, a mixed approach of exploratory research was used. The research community in the qualitative part consisted of experts and specialists in the field of human resources development and the statement of the second step of the revolution, who were among the university faculty members and were selected by purposeful sampling method. Accordingly, 15 individuals were interviewed until the data reached information saturation. In the quantitative part of the research, from the employees of the human resources department of the ministries, 372 individuals were selected through random stratified sampling and the research questionnaire was implemented. In the qualitative part the data was analyzed by qualitative content analysis method, and in the quantitative part the data analysis was conducted with descriptive and inferential methods using SPSS and Smart PLS software. According to the findings of the research in examining the fit of the model, there was a good fit of the model. After examining the fit of the model designed to evaluate the main dimensions of the human resources development model based on the statement of the second step of the revolution, it was found that the dimension of society plays the most important role among the dimensions examined, and after this dimension, there was the organizational dimension. At the end of this continuum, the individual dimension played a significant role in forming the main dimensions of the human resources development model based on the statement of the second step of the revolution. Based on the findings of the research, it is necessary to integrate the policies of human resources development with the policies of the country, including the policies presented in the statement of the second step of the revolution, which could lead to the realization of the goals of human resources development in the country. Manuscript profile

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2 - Identifying the Training Needs of Pahlavani Federation Trainers
Kurosh Fathi Vajargah Dr Firouz Nouri Kalkhoran reza fathi Nader Barzegar

The development of sports coaches of is an important issue and success in the field of sports could lead to significant cultural, educational and economic achievements. Since Pahlavani Federation is located in Iran and also the main trustee of the management of this fie More

The development of sports coaches of is an important issue and success in the field of sports could lead to significant cultural, educational and economic achievements. Since Pahlavani Federation is located in Iran and also the main trustee of the management of this field at the international level belongs to the country of Iran, the significance of studying the field increases. The development of coaches can lead to transformation and promotion in the field of sports. The training and development of coaches at all levels is important, and in terms of global reputation, this group has the most influence in gaining honor. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the educational needs of sports coaches in fields related to Pahlavani Federation. To this aim, the study was conducted with a mixed approach. In the qualitative phase, using the exploratory method and with two DACUM tools (9 participants) and semi-structured interview (12 participants and selected with the Snowball approach) and the test analysis method with Atride and Stirling's model, the needs of Pahlavani Federation coaches were extracted, and then the educational needs were determined and prioritized by the survey method (using T-tag group tests, one-way variance analysis or ANOVA, as well as Friedman's test). Educational needs were classified and presented in the form of five main groups of moral abilities, international abilities, specialized abilities, soft abilities, and organizational alignment abilities after examination and analysis. Manuscript profile

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3 - Reflecting on the Professional Excellence Curriculum of Teacher Educators in Finland and the United States
Zohreh Ababaf

Professional excellence in teacher education significantly enhances the quality of teacher education systems and produces competent teachers who contribute to the improvement of the national education system. Hence, this study aims to explore the components of the profe More

Professional excellence in teacher education significantly enhances the quality of teacher education systems and produces competent teachers who contribute to the improvement of the national education system. Hence, this study aims to explore the components of the professional excellence curriculum in teacher educators in Finland and the United States, as two developed countries, based on a theoretical research plan using a documentary-analytical strategy. The data collection method involved studying written sources including books, articles, and documents on the curriculum for professional excellence in teacher education in Finland and the United States from 2000 to 2023. Based on the analysis of data, three principal categories were extracted: vision, content, and implementation methods of the curriculum. Each of these three principal categories of the professional excellence curriculum includes several components. Future study, as a dominant component in the vision of the countries' curricula, has been an influential factor in shaping the content and implementation methods of curricula. The content of the curriculum has been flexible and inclusive. The link between theory and practice is emphasized. In terms of implementation, educational strategies and justice-based and anti-colonial strategies have acted as two complementary strategies. In the whole curriculum, respect for professional independence and the development of a sense of agency have been emphasized as effective components in the professional excellence of educators. Manuscript profile

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4 - Succession Planning in Schools and Educational Centers: A Synthesis Research Approach
Behzad Jahanshiri hadi pourshafei Hossain Momenimahmouei

Efficient human resource is a major indicator of the superiority of an organization over other organization. One of the indicators of retention, empowerment and development of employees in organizations is to pay attention to the replacement of people for the future pos More

Efficient human resource is a major indicator of the superiority of an organization over other organization. One of the indicators of retention, empowerment and development of employees in organizations is to pay attention to the replacement of people for the future positions of the organization. This is of special significance in educational organizations considering their goals, hence the aim of the current research was to identify the indicators and components of the replacement of managers in schools and educational centers. The approach of the current research was qualitative and the method was synthetic. The research corpus included all the articles published in the last decade (2006-2023), of which 24 articles were selected as samples based on thematic content monitoring. The research data were collected by qualitative analysis of the studied documents. By analyzing the data, key factors in 4 dimensions, 11 factors and 54 categories including the dimension of succession management (components such as competence-oriented, knowledge management, transformational and creative leadership, strategic planning); cultural organizational dimension (components such as strengthening the culture of cooperation and teamwork, delegating authority, maintaining talented human resources), approaches and strategies of parenting dimension (components such as approaches based on self-development and approaches based on cooperative learning), and monitoring and evaluation dimension (components such as program monitoring and evaluation of individual competencies) were classified. The results showed that in order to design succession planning patterns, in addition to the personal components of the succession, organizational culture, attention to effective approaches in education, proper management in succession planning, and appropriate evaluation should be considered. Manuscript profile

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5 - Lack of Motivation for In-Service Training among Governmental Organization Employees: Presenting a Thinking Model Based on Grounded Theory
Ali Rafiee Gholamreza Seddigh Oraei

The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the lack of or weakness of employees' motivation for active and purposeful attendance in training classes while serving government organizations. This research was conducted with a qualitative research met More

The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the lack of or weakness of employees' motivation for active and purposeful attendance in training classes while serving government organizations. This research was conducted with a qualitative research method, in which a semi-structured interview tool developed by the researcher was used to collect data. The statistical population of the research included those involved in the field of education. The sampling method of the research was purposeful and snowball type. The research data reached saturation through interviews with 25 individuals. The data was analyzed based on grounded theory. The results of the data analysis revealed 9 general categories to answer the question of why there is a lack of or low motivation for active and purposeful participation in in-service training courses for public company employees and 10 general categories to answer the question of how to create or increase motivation for active participation and target was in the training courses while serving the employees of government companies. These categories for the why question include "lack of accurate needs assessment", "managers' lack of familiarity with managerial roles", "students", "incompetence of instructors", "lack of attention to employee motivation in planning training courses" and categories for the question of how includes "accurate needs assessment", "educational management in government organizations", "using professional instructors" and "paying attention to employee motivation in planning training courses". Manuscript profile

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6 - A Training Needs Analysis for Nurses in the Field of Blood Transfusion
mina mousakhani Abasalt Khorasani massomehalsadat abtahi

Determining the educational needs of nurses related to the blood transfusion process can lead to the improvement of knowledge and skills, the improvement of the quality of services provided, and higher performance. This study was conducted with the purpose of determinin More

Determining the educational needs of nurses related to the blood transfusion process can lead to the improvement of knowledge and skills, the improvement of the quality of services provided, and higher performance. This study was conducted with the purpose of determining the educational needs of nurses related to the blood transfusion process. The statistical population of this study was expert nurses working in hospitals all over the country, and the sampling of this statistical population were selected based on the combination of classification, criteria-based and random methods. The tool of the present research was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was a combination of two standard methods of skill and DICOM. Among the nurses selected by the hospitals after the interview, a group was selected purposefully. Training sessions were held for the selected nurses in the blood transfusion organization to complete the tool. By using the work tool, the titles of general tasks, subtasks and prioritization of sub-tasks were determined. Then the required knowledge, skills and attitudes in the field of competencies, educational content and behavioral goals were specified. Finally, the training courses related to the tasks and activities were determined. Blood transfusion experts reviewed the collected information. The information matched with o*net website after being summarized for validation by focus groups that included selected expert nurses and blood transfusion specialists, and the final approval was made. The obtained results included 7 main tasks and 42 sub-tasks, also the prioritization of sub-tasks, levels and scope of competence for each task were determined. And finally, 10 educational course titles were extracted for designing educational courses. Manuscript profile

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7 - The Role of Blended Learning in Human Resource Development: A Case of Payam Noor University
hossien najafi

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of blended learning on human resource development in Payam Noor University (PNU). This study used a descriptive survey design. The population consisted of 3700 PNU faculty members in 2017-2018. Using stratified sampli More

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of blended learning on human resource development in Payam Noor University (PNU). This study used a descriptive survey design. The population consisted of 3700 PNU faculty members in 2017-2018. Using stratified sampling and based on Krejcie and Morgan’s table, 302 faculty members were selected as the sample. The data were collected using two questionnaires: the Blended Learning Questionnaire with five subscales (i.e., pedagogy, methodology, technology, learning styles, and organizational strategy), 40 items, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.903; the Human Resource Development Questionnaire with five subscales (i.e., knowledge, attitude, skill, critical thinking, and job satisfaction), 39 items, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.893. The hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation modeling were used by SPSS 21 to analyze the data. The results showed that blended learning has a significant effect on all the dimensions of human resource development at the 0.05 significance level: knowledge (0.573), attitude (0.510), job satisfaction (0.362), critical thinking (0.351), and skill (0.241). Several fitness indicators suggested that the model fit the data well (𝜒2/𝑑𝑓 = 1.05; GFI = 0.97; AGFI = 0.93; RMSEA = 0.0029; critical value = 0.38321). Thus, there was a causal relationship between blended learning and human resource development. Manuscript profile

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8 - Identifying and modeling effective factors on knowledge management in engineering system organizations based on the combined approach of theme analysis and partial least squares in SEM
HamidReza Yazdanjoo saber khandan alamdari hossein ghazanfari

The purpose of this study was to identify and model the effective factors on knowledge management in engineering system organizations based on the combined approach of theme analysis and partial least squares in SEM. In the qualitative phase of this research, using the More

The purpose of this study was to identify and model the effective factors on knowledge management in engineering system organizations based on the combined approach of theme analysis and partial least squares in SEM. In the qualitative phase of this research, using the purposeful method of judgment, the opinions of 12 professors and experts of construction engineering organizations based in Tehran province were colected. Also, in the statistical part of the research and based on the power analysis method, the opinions of 232 experts related to the research topic in all organizations of the country's building engineering system were collected. The process of data analysis was carried out in two stages, which included the identification of effective factors on knowledge management in engineering organizations through interviews and using the method of theme analysis and examining relationships, fitting and validating the research model through questionnaire tools and Structural equation modeling which is a partial least squares approach. The results of the research showed that knowledge management in engineering system organizations is a step-by-step process and includes the five stages of explaining the strategic intent and necessity of knowledge management; communicating and promoting cultural, social and technological capital; analyzing the current needs of the organization in order to determine the best knowledge management method; provision and implementation of knowledge management with clearly defined procedures and resources; evaluation and continuous monitoring of the implementation of new knowledge management and reform has been formed. Manuscript profile

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