فهرست مطالب

نشریه نامه آموزش عالی
پیاپی 9 (بهار 1389)

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1389/02/14
  • تعداد عناوین: 8
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  • M. Attaran, A. A. Sangari, A. Dehbashi Page 9
    The present article studies the formation process of academic journals, mechanism of examination of articles, criteria for selection of readers and kinds of scientific journals. The number of singleauthor papers has decreased during the recent years and the quality ofa paper and ranking of a journal have gained more importance for researchers. Examination of papers in academic journals is a process with mixed feelings of joy and concern for researchers. Acceptance of a paper by a journal proves that the academic community has approved the ideas of the author. On the other hand, rejection of apaper may at times result in failure and mutual misunderstanding. The readers rarely accept submitted papers in the first examination. Minor or major revisions, reexamination of the paper and ultimate rejection are contingencies for a submitted academic paper. The present paper is an effort to improve the examination process and help young academicians in the selection of academic journals to publish the findings of their studies.
  • H. Doaei, J. Dehghani Sanij Page 23
    The increasing pace of communication development and technological advances have caused knowledge to be included in many facets of the current era. Thus, knowledge management is a symbol of competitiveness and development for many pioneerorganizations. As the higher education system of a country plays an important role in economical, social, political, cultural and educational growth of a community, therefore, all educational institutes should make a hard attempt for gaining valuable knowledgein order to survive. On the other hand, a knowledge-based business requires an approach, which contains organizational intangible assets such as human resources knowledge and capabilities, innovativeness, customer relationships, organizational culture, organizational procedures and structures. This research aims to consider the tenfolddimensions of knowledge management in higher education institutes and then, compare the results in private and governmental universities. According to the sample-size estimation formula, the sample included 365 participants. Totally, 400 questionnaires weredelivered in Isfahan and Yazd private and governmental universities, and 342 questionnaires were returned. One sample T-test was used in order to examine the hypotheses and compare the average of the knowledge management dimensions.The results indicate that managers and planners generally consider knowledge management more important in governmental universities. In the studied private universities, knowledge management dimensions are not in good conditions so that theseuniversities have not been able to satisfy their academic and administrative staff expectations of knowledge management. This has resulted in a substantial gap between the expectations and perceptions of academic and administrative staff in privateuniversities.
  • S. J. Tabibi Page 47
    Like other modern organizations, higher education system of Iran must benefit from new knowledge of management, particularly strategic planning. Designing, compiling and implementing such a plan should be considered as a special priority. The objective of thisarticle is to design a model of strategic planning which can be used, scientifically and practically at all levels of Iran higher education system from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to all other higher educational organizations and centers. Such a planning can change the managerial mechanism of the system and finally develop it. Designing and implementing a scientific strategic planning in the higher education system of the country can affect significantly and constructively all managerial aspects of the system. This also causes vitality, improvement and development of the system, and acceleration in achieving ideals and goals of nationaldevelopment in this section.
  • M. Gharun Page 63
    The growth in the number of unemployed higher education graduates brings up discussions on the necessity of programs and curriculum evaluation. Although this problem goes back to structural and economic factors, research indicates that the major part of the nonequilibrium relates to nonflexible educational programs, and nonflexible labor market and industrial relations in socio-economic sectors and unspecified skill needs. Statistical facts show that the more sever unemployment comes along with lower knowledge intensive jobs. Apart from different aspects of higher education graduates’ labor market, investigating some procedures for matching educational programs with expert-needs have not fulfilled the requirements and must be inspected from the executive perspective. These expert-needs include development of technical courses,entrepreneurship, and autonomous curriculum planning. Based on research in some documents, there are some propositions for improving the matching between labor market needs and higher education programs.
  • E. Vaziri Page 89
    This study used ISI databases in order to review and analyze the condition of scientific products of Iranians during the years 2000- 2009. This investigation was based on scientometric indicators of ISI. The results showed that from 2000 to 2009, Iranian scientists have indexed 65091 papers in the ISI Web of Science. During thisperiod, 63928 out of 65091 papers were indexed in SCIE, 2561 papers in SSCI and 191 papers in A&HCI. Most of the papers were in English and in article format. Tehran University with 7446 papers is in the first place. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Sharif University of Technology and Tarbiat Modares University with, 5180, 4235, 4287 and 4096 papers respectively are in the 2nd to 5th places. Most of Iran scientific products (4212 papers) are indexed in the "Multidisciplinary Chemistry" subject category and 2653 papers were indexed in "Organic Chemistry" as the 2nd place among other subject categories. Asian Journal of Chemistry has published 651 papers ofIranian scientists and is in the first place among other journals publishing Iranian scientific products. Iranian Journal of Polymer Science and Iranian Journal of Science and Technology with 451 and 317 papers respectively are in the 5th and 10th places among other journals publishing Iranian scientific products.
  • E. Niyazi Page 113
    Taking into account the importance of knowledge management in universities, this paper is an effort to show a framework for evaluating the level of knowledge management by systematic library research and survey study in universities. At first, the literature wasreviewed, then, various models of knowledge management were surveyed. In the end, a framework for evaluating the level of knowledge management was introduced using the Delphi method. Meanwhile, the initial questionnaire containing measurement indicators was distributed among 10 experts and their comments and feedback were collected. These comments and feedback were used to make the necessary changes in the final questionnaire. Consequently, six items were improved and reformed, nine items were removed, and five more items were added. The method used for the analysis ofexperts’ ideas was Wilcoxon Test. It should be mentioned that all these changes were carried out through Wilcoxon Test and written opinions of the experts.
  • R. Hosein Gholizadeh Page 141
    The goal of this paper is the study of knowledge management process, relying on Nonaka et all Knowledge Creation theoretical model and key factors influencing knowledge sharing as the most basic level of knowledge management process. This is based onempirical evidence obtained from three groups. Participants were university administrators and deputies, heads of departments and faculty members of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences in Ferdowsi University, as well as the staff of Educationand Training Office in Mashhad. In order to gather data about the population, the survey method was used through people census. Three researcher-designed questionnaires were used to measure knowledge management, knowledge sharing and organizationalatmosphere. The results showed that cultural factors influence knowledge management. Convergence of personal and professional growth with the sense of competitiveness and individualism in organizational culture dominating the university is the proof for thisfinding. Especially, the role of cultural factors in encouraging people to share knowledge and strengthen group morale and spirit as one of the variables influencing knowledge sharing is the most important finding obtained from this study.