Examination of the factors affecting the implementation of fifth development plan in culture and health section in Iran emphasized the role of implementation research in public policy

Implementation research is one of the major issues in public policy in which investigated the factors effecting the implementation.in this regard this research is to investigate factors effecting implementation of fifth development plan in Iran based on descriptive-analytic method and utilize questionnaire and TOPSIS method and Analytical Hierarchic Process (AHP). The population of this research include 600 people of top and meddle managers and executive experts of fifth development law in health, treatment and medical education ministry and ministry of culture and Islamic guidance. According to the Morgan table, sample size contained 234 people which is consider 84 questionnaire for each ministry. Also it used cronbach’s alpha with96% confidence coefficient for testing stability.
The results showed that lack of belief to plan and non-alignment to plan each of them with 0.70 and 0.68 score are the most barriers of Fifth development plan implementation in the study levels. Also Failing in flow of information and knowledge management on organizations and failing in internal and external supervision and evaluation with 0.23 score and Absence of strong committee for policy implementation and multiplicity of law and policies are from the least important barriers of Fifth development plan implementation in Iran. Moreover, research results in the studied dimensions showed that political structure of power in Iran in the political dimension, failing n teamwork in cultural dimension, lack of belief to plan and non-alignment to plan in management dimension, Complex and long-term process of plan codification in technical dimension and finally Boycotts and tension in foreign relations in peripheral dimension are from the most important barriers of Fifth development plan implementation in Islamic Republic of Iran.