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پیاپی 36 (پاییز 1392)

Planning is one of the main functions of management and has always been the focus of managers and policy-makers. Planning at large scale levels involves complexities that can lead to conflicts among different national plans. In this study, the inter-plan conflicts between national plans and the “Islamic-Iranian advancement pattern” have been addressed. National plans are defined as plans designed by the national level organizations and being implemented by them. The “Islamic-Iranian advancement pattern” is an upper-hand document that all of the other plans must be designed in compatibility and adaptability with it; therefore the conflicts between “Islamic-Iranian advancement pattern” and other national plans are a remarkable and important issue. Also it should be noted that the most important point in preventing the conflicts is the comprehensive view of planners and also their expertise, but according to complexity of such plans the occurrence of conflicts is inevitable. In this study, a model based on the multi-criteria decision making methods for the determination and reduction of the conflicts in national plans has been introduced and also the advantages of this model have been discussed.

Natural Disasters have always been a part of life on our planet. With human society development, urban areas and Metropolises have not been safe from destructive effects and consequences of disasters. In addition to intensity and extent of disasters, vulnerability of societies has remarkable dependence on proper urban infrastructures, strong structures, preventive programs and appropriate preparation in emergency-related organizations. Occurrence of an onset disaster like earthquake, usually leads to secondary damages in urban areas; they happen for an obvious reason and have specific outcomes. Identification of all significant reasons and consequences results in creating a vulnerability map for urban wards which could be a useful basis for preventive programs. On the other side, one of the most effective and efficient approaches to create preparedness and response plan disaster management organizations, is designing a relief chain with proper logistic modules and devoting responsibilities to authorities, based on data achieved from damage estimation studies. Hence, in this paper, a sequential approach is used to apply geographic information system and eliciate expert's knowledge of urban areas so as to create both damage estimation and vulnerability maps; These information. In turn, help designing disaster management cycle, specifically, Preventive, preparedness and response programs for an urban area. In order to create a better perceptive of the proposed approach, Tehran municipality district (1) is used as a real case study and its vulnerability to a hypothetical earthquake is estimated to create disaster management program.

In today competitive world that there are few difference among goods, validate brands can be significant competitive advantages for firms and capture the heart and soul of its customers. Nowadays widely accepted that brand plays and important role in establishing, maintaining and developing business functions. According to competition level in market, a powerful brand helps companies to distinguish themselves. In addition it can be said that brand is the main capital of many businesses and in this today’s world if we can take of the credible brand, loyalty of customers whom are determinants of long term profitability will be guaranteed. It is clear that brand loyalty influence by different factors. In this research the impact of previous experiences, satisfaction, trust (Sahin & et.al, 2012) and brand equity (Louis and Lombart, 2011) on brand loyalty were examined. Conceptual model were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique. Sample size was set to 244 using Cocran’s formula with %95 confidence level and sampling process done in ECCO branches (5 branch in Tehran). Finding of research indicate that among effecting factors of brand loyalty, path coefficient of previous experiences were highest and all hypothesizes were supported.

To gain strategic advantage, pioneering organizations capitalize on the practice of innovation in an Ever increasing trend. Among all possible ways and means for achieving innovation, Transformational style of leadership has attracted the attention of many scholars and Practitioners. From this perspective, the current article attempts to investigate the direct impact Transformational leadership style on innovation as compared with the indirect effects of the Variable through mediation of adaptive culture and meeting high-order needs of employees Within the context of some Tehran-based high-tech private companies. Based on the output Of Structural Equation Modeling technique, results indicate that transformational style of Leadership lacks any direct effect on innovation in target population, while the indirect effects Of the variable through mediation of adaptive culture and meeting high-order needs of employees Turn to be significant.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of knowledge management strategies on employee empowerment and organizational agility. The population of Lorestan is 500 employees using Cochran formula sample size of 174 subjects were selected by simple random sampling. Data questionnaire with a Cronbach's alpha of 89 percent to measure knowledge management strategies, Asprytzr standard questionnaire to measure employee empowerment and Goldman standardized questionnaire was used to measure organizational agility. For the final assessment data, Cronbach's alpha is equal to 91 percent has been used and has been used to determine the validity of validity. Software for data analysis spss and Amos has been used. The results showed that the strategy of knowledge management and organizational agility by empowering employees and 95% confidence level, there is a significant positive correlation.

With the beginning of twenty-first century manufacturing organizations have experienced radical and strong changes. So they have moved to the new challenges.Organizations and enterprises to respond to these new challenges, chose a new production approach called agility.The requirements of this approach have affected on how to measure the performance of these organizations. In this research, using a literature review and extraction of performance measures from common and famous performance measurement models and also measures affecting performance measurement of agile organizations, first classify criteria using cognitive mapping methodology. Then, using the interpretive structural modeling for creating a model for performance measurement system of agile organizations. The results of the survay are derived in a model consist of 11 criteria and 8 level.