Susan Bahrami; Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; Saeed Rajaeepour; Hassan Ali Bakhtiyar Nasrabadi
Volume 9, Issue 6 , March 2012, , Pages 870-877
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AbstractIntroduction: Today, human resources are the most important competitive advantage of organizations.Therefore, university administrators should be aware of how to effectively use this strategic factor andadvantage. However, innovation is also a valuable tool in confronting uncertainty, and responding ...
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AbstractIntroduction: Today, human resources are the most important competitive advantage of organizations.Therefore, university administrators should be aware of how to effectively use this strategic factor andadvantage. However, innovation is also a valuable tool in confronting uncertainty, and responding to andimpacting the external environment. The aim of the present study was to determine the simple andmultiple correlations between functions of strategic human resource management and administrativeinnovation in medical and nonmedical universities in the Isfahan province, Iran.Methods: This was a descriptive and correlational study. The study population consisted of all facultymembers of public universities of Isfahan (1830 people) from which 480 people were chosen by stratifiedrandom sampling. The research tools included strategic human resource management practicesquestionnaire and the administrative innovation questionnaire. The face and content validity of thequestionnaires were confirmed, and their reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha. Data analysiswas performed by descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: Findings showed that the mean scores of strategic human resource management practices andadministrative innovation scores in public universities of this province were less than average. On the otherhand, a significant multiple correlation existed between strategic human resource management practices(training, service reward, assessment of performance, providing human resources, and employeecontributions) and administrative innovation. Beta coefficients were statistically significant between all thepractices of strategic management of human resources and administrative innovation. The variance inflationfactor for these variables was 1.33 to 2.75; which shows no line between them and that the regression modelhas been significant. The member's comments regarding the relationship between strategic human resourcemanagement practices and administrative innovation in terms of demographic characteristics were similar.Conclusion: Educational organizations can pave the way for organizational innovation by adoptingappropriate human resource functions.
Maryam Ansasri; Hassan Ali Bakhtiar Nasrabadi; Nosrat Abbasi; Maryam Yaghoobbi
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1129-1135
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Introduction: Philosophical thinking is an activity that focuses on the mind, sensitivity, understanding and links between them. Managers with philosophical thinking are able to make decisions for the entire organization. They make fewer errors and provide a balance between manpower and ...
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Introduction: Philosophical thinking is an activity that focuses on the mind, sensitivity, understanding and links between them. Managers with philosophical thinking are able to make decisions for the entire organization. They make fewer errors and provide a balance between manpower and organization maintenance. Such abilities can be influenced by demographic characteristics of the managers. The present paper aimed to examine the philosophical thinking of hospital managers as related with their demographic characteristics (type, management, gender). Methods: This comparative study was conducted in 2010 on all senior, nursing and office managers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Simple random sampling was used to select 5 hospitals from 11 educational hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. All managers of the selected hospitals were evaluated using census sampling (n = 80). Data was collected by a researcher-made questionnaire of philosophical thinking which was designed according to the Smith's model. Independent t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for statistical analyses. Results: Our results showed the score of thinking in men and women to be respectively 74 and 71 out of 100. All three categories of managers scored almost the same in philosophical thinking. Moreover, ANOVA did not show a significant relation between philosophical thinking and academic degree (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Results of the present study suggested that scores of philosophical thinking of managers did not significantly relate with demographic characteristics. In fact, philosophical thinking is a skill which all people can possess.
Peyman Yarmohammadzadeh; Seyed Ali Siadat; Reza Hoveida; Hassan Ali Bakhtiar Nasrabadi
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1136-1145
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Introduction: Moving toward progress in every country starts from universities. Intellectual capital is a very strong theory that all knowledge-based organizations can utilize to improve their efficacy and productivity. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the structural equation modeling ...
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Introduction: Moving toward progress in every country starts from universities. Intellectual capital is a very strong theory that all knowledge-based organizations can utilize to improve their efficacy and productivity. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the structural equation modeling of knowledge conversion process upon intellectual capital components in public universities of Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, correlational study included 1472 faculty members of Isfahan public universities during the academic year of 2010-2011. The sample size was calculated as 205 individuals by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data, the 26-item standard knowledge conversion process questionnaire and a 35-item researcher-made questionnaire of intellectual capital components were used. Content and face validity of both questionnaires were confirmed by the experts. In order to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach's alpha was calculated as 0.96 and 0.93, respectively. Statistical analyses of data were performed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and structural equation model using SPSS and Amos Graphic. Results: According to MANOVA, socialization and knowledge combination were not significantly related with any of the intellectual capital components. However, different stages of knowledge conversion and externalization had significant relations with all intellectual capital components. Based on the structural equation model, correlation coefficient of all stages of knowledge conversion on intellectual capital components were significant. Conclusion: Knowledge conversion can be useful in data extraction, management, transfer, and exchange among faculty members. It can also promote intellectual capital in universities
Susan Bahrami; Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; Saeid Rajaeepour; Hassan Ali Bakhtiar Nasrabadi; Iraj Kazemi
Volume 7, Issue 0 , December 2011
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Introduction: Higher education administrators face with problems such as financial pressures, rapidly changing environment, competition with other higher education institutions to achieve higher academic rank and research, attracting students and more prone to grant more autonomy to faculty members .To ...
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Introduction: Higher education administrators face with problems such as financial pressures, rapidly changing environment, competition with other higher education institutions to achieve higher academic rank and research, attracting students and more prone to grant more autonomy to faculty members .To overcome mentioned problems ,they can use methods such as; innovation in curriculum, support services and teaching learning process. This article aimed to review the administrative and technical innovation in medical and non-medical universities.Methods: In this descriptive and analytical study all faculty members of public universities in the province (1830 people) were included, from which 840 individuals were selected by random stratified sampling, in 2010. Research tools included standardized Hongmin and colleagues questionnaire which validity and reliability was confirmed by face and content validity and coefficients of Cronbach's alpha (r=0.92) ,respectively. Data analyzed using SPSS18software and two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Mean score of administrative and technical innovation in the province public universities was less than the average level.Mean score of administrative innovation, technicl innovation and technical innovation were between 4.17 - 4.5, 4.47 -4.8 and 4.3 - 4.6 respectivly, in confidence intervals of 99%. There was a significant difference between different mean organizational innovation scores of studied universities according to their demographic characteristics. Administrative innovation was higher in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences comparing with others and the innovation was higher in faculty members with 1-10 years experiences than those with 11-20 years. The technical innovation of Isfahan Technical University was higher than others and it was higher in faculty members with 1-10 years experiences than those with 11-20 years and it was lower in faculty members with the rank of associate professor.Conclusion: Universities should be managed so that the innovation become as a natural part of culture and daily activities and considered as increased knowledge for all faculty members and faculty.It is essential to achieve the ability of expedite the release and conversion of this knowledge to an investment which would consider as a stimulant for improving education.Keywords: Organizational Innovation; Organization and Administration; Universities.
