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        1 - Identifying and Prioritizing the Factors Affecting the Faculty Development in the University of Tehran
        داود قرونه Seyyed Mohammadi Mirkamali عباس بازرگان سیدکمال خرازی
        This study intends to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the faculty development (FD) in the University of Tehran. An exploratory mixed method study was conducted in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase, the factors affecting the More
        This study intends to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the faculty development (FD) in the University of Tehran. An exploratory mixed method study was conducted in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase, the factors affecting the development of faculty members were identified and categorized through semi-structured interviews with 15 experts who were selected by purposive sampling. In the quantitative phase, the viewpoints of 282 persons of faculty members of Tehran University who were selected by stratified relative sampling procedure were collected in the form of descriptive research method and the measurement tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. Two general categories of factors were identified as a result of qualitative phase, through open and axial coding method: 1. Personal factors and 2.Organizational factors. Then, in quantitative phase, data were analyzed by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, and also factors affecting the FD were prioritized. The results indicate that among personal factors, the personality characteristics of faculty members with the relative weight of 0.302 has the greatest impact on FD and then motivation, academic background, professional commitments, and responsibility are respectively with the relative weight of 0.251, 0.194, 0.135, and 0.118. The highest priority among organizational factors is organizational culture and climate with the relative weight of 0.277 and then factors such as career promotion system, management, development opportunities, and also structural factors and economic factors are in the relative ratios of 0.216, 0.18, 0.138, 0.104, and 0.85. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Designing an Individual Human Resources Development Plan and Elaboration of its Role in the Organizational Performance (Case Study: Social Security Organization, Tehran Branch)
        Naeimeh Tazakori Mohammad  Feizi Mohammad Rouhi Eisalou Eshagh  Rasouli
        The study is of the basic-applied research type that uses a combined exploratory research method. The study population is comprised of 16 human resources development experts and social security organization’s managers in the qualitative section and 351 staff members wor More
        The study is of the basic-applied research type that uses a combined exploratory research method. The study population is comprised of 16 human resources development experts and social security organization’s managers in the qualitative section and 351 staff members working in social security organization as the study sample volume in the quantitative section. Purposive sampling was the method of choice in the qualitative section and simple randomized sampling was utilized in the quantitative part. The data collection instrument was semi-structured interviews in the qualitative section and Heresy and Goldsmith’s organizational performance questionnaire and a researcher-constructed human resources development questionnaire in the quantitative section. To analyze the data in the qualitative section, use was made of NVivo11 in the qualitative section and SPSS19 was employed in the quantitative section. The data analysis method included a qualitative grounded theory method (open, pivotal and selective coding) and Pearson correlation and simultaneous regression in the quantitative section. The study results resulted in the formation of an individual HR development pattern in the qualitative section for Tehran’s social security organization; in the quantitative section, the effect of the pattern on the organizational performance was investigated and the results signified the positive effect of the individual HR development on the organizational performance. The present study’s findings can offer applied and operational implications in line with individual HR development and organizational performance improvement in social security organization. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Design and Validation of Strategic Training Model to develop Human Resources in the Automotive Industry (Case study: Saipa Automotive Group)
        Mohamad ali Borjikhani avanaki Esmat Masoudy Nadoshan Zahara Taleb Naiereh Shahmohammady
        The present study was conducted to design a strategic training model and explain its role in human resource development. This research is applied research that has used the mixed exploratory method as the research method. The community of participants in the quality sec More
        The present study was conducted to design a strategic training model and explain its role in human resource development. This research is applied research that has used the mixed exploratory method as the research method. The community of participants in the quality section of 27 people and a small number of 400 experts in the field of training and development of human resources and strategy of Saipa Automotive Group has been used as a participant. Purposeful sampling method was used in qualitative and stratified random section in the quantitative section. Data collection tools in the qualitative part included semi-structured interviews and in the quantitative part included a researcher-made questionnaire. Excel data were used for data analysis in the qualitative part and AMOS and 19SPSS software were used for the quantitative part. Data analysis method In the qualitative part, including the basic data method(Grounded Theory) (open, axial and selective coding) in the quantitative part, the method of path analysis, Pearson correlation and factor analysis have been used. The results of this research in the qualitative part led to the formation of a strategic training model to develop human resources in Saipa Automotive Group and in a quantitative part, the impact of the strategic training model in explaining human resource development was investigated. The results show that strategic training has a direct and significant effect on factors such as personal development and empowerment, knowledge sharing and improving individual performance and employee well-being. These results confirm the compliance of this study with previous research. The findings of this study can provide practical and operational tools for the development of human resources in the Saipa Automotive Group. Manuscript profile
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        4 - Identifying and Ranking Effectiveness Factors of E-Learning System
        Hamidreza Nematollahi ندا  محمداسمعیلی Arian  Gholipour saeed پاکدل
        Electronic education and learning is one of the subjects which has recently received great attention in the educational system. Hence it is important to investigate the factors that have a significant impact on the success of the electronic education process and lead to More
        Electronic education and learning is one of the subjects which has recently received great attention in the educational system. Hence it is important to investigate the factors that have a significant impact on the success of the electronic education process and lead to the improvement or reduction of the quality of this educational system. In this regard, the present study ought to provide a comprehensive classification of effective factors in the e-learning system by using the mixed method. First, this study by using the mixed method (theme analysis) method, tried to provide a comprehensive classification of effective factors in the e-learning system, and then by using TOPSIS method the factors were ranked. With regard to the goal, this was an applied research and in terms of time it is a cross-sectional. The participants in the research were employees, professors and students in different fields of Tehran University. 15 individuals were selected after theoretical saturation and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews. By analyzing the obtained data, 43 organizing themes were extracted from the codes, and with further consideration the researchers reached 6 main and comprehensive themes. As the result of ranking revealed, the factors including standardization of e-learning, content interaction, documentation and monitoring of education, and the factors of pedagogy and educational design have the greatest impact, and the factors including increase in perceived usefulness, personal and skill improvement, and network learning have the least impact. Manuscript profile