Pathology of Research Process Mechanisms in Tehran Municipality and Presenting the Executive Solution

Since research and study are necessary before doing any developmental action, the municipality that plays a vital role in urban management must have a desired and integrated research structure to improve and develop research infrastructures and potentials in various scopes by creating an optimal process. The extant study aims to evaluate the process of turning the subject into a researchable case by identifying general harms, problem-solving processes, and research processes in the municipality of 22 districts of Tehran. Moreover, this study presents some recommendations to be applied in the research to correct the problem-defining process and use the outcomes obtained from managerial procedures associated with urban studies focused on Tehran Municipality. This study used documentary and in-depth interviews to collect the required data and information. In this research, 25 in-depth interviews were done with three groups of experts, urban officials, executives, and supervisors based on the snowball technique. According to research findings, the conceptual model of the research process in the municipality of 22 districts of Tehran has been proposed and presented in six stages of project control system design, supervisor selection, RFP preparation and approval, recall and confirmation of executor, research, and application and mentoring system. The pathology was then analyzed by using the content analysis method. According to the results of interviews and content analysis, there are more harms and weaknesses in project control system design,  system and supervisor selection, RFP preparation, and approval within the research process of Tehran Municipality. In the research process, the proposed research in Tehran Municipality has been presented by developing the supply-demand model and policy-making approach and providing some recommendations to make this process applicable.