مجله نظارت و بازرسی
پیاپی 15 (بهار 1390)

This paper has been formulated using an evaluative research and it examines influential factors in creating harms and problems of ideological evaluation of commanders and managers of a military organization from behavioral, field, structural aspect and twenty elements of evaluation. The methodology of the research made use of interviews and questionnaires which were analyzed and evaluated using statistical tests such as, two-sentence test, regression and correlation tests. The results show that the most important factor in evaluation process of ideological competency is the structural factor and the field factor, twenty factors of evaluation and the behavioral factor are ranked lower in terms of importance. The results of Spearman correlation coefficient indicated that these four factors have significant correlation with ideological evaluation of commanders and managers of a military organization. The results show that the ideological evaluation of commanders and managers of a military organization requires close attention and a structural change.

This study has been conducted with a purpose to determine and present a proper methodology for strategic control studies. The subject of study in this research is the studies done in the field of strategic control at the country level at large. This study is of developmental-applied type in terms of its result and findings, exploratory in terms of the purpose of study, and qualitative as far as the data of the study is concerned, and its method is of case study type. Therefore, the hypotheses of the study were examined using this very methodology. The instruments of data collection are documents and evidence (the results of published bodies of research in the field of strategic control) which are analyzed using different sources, required data for collection, and through the analysis of pattern comparisons. The results of the study and combination of the collected data indicate that among different methodologies of research, ethnographic methodology is an appropriate methodology for strategic control research.

The aim of this paper is to examine the compatibility of European Foundation for Management Quality (EFQM) model in inspection department. In this regard, some questionnaires were used to determine, respectively, the discrepancy and instances of rudimentary concepts of model with values and ruling principles in inspection department. The statistical population of the study indicated commanders and managers of inspection department which were utilized as the sample of the study. By using statistical tools and dual-sentence tests of Freeman and T-test, data analysis was performed. The findings of the study indicate that there was no discrepancy between rudimentary concepts of the model and the ruling principles of inspection department and the model has the potentiality to be implemented in the department. As for the criteria of the model, 500 points were considered based on data analysis and using a second questionnaire for both fields of empowerment and the results, and in this way the allocated points for each empowerment criteria were 100 points and for every criteria of results 125 points were allotted.

The study was conducted with a purpose to examine and know the relationship between applying information Technology (IT) and declining administrative corruption, and prioritizing effective solutions for improvement of information IT in order to decrease administrative corruption. The statistical population of this research included managers and experts of IT of Inspection department. The size of statistical sample of the research reached 65 using Cochrane formula. In order to analyze the data, the study used descriptive and inferential statistics. The instrument for data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used in order to assess the reliability of questionnaire. The findings of single sample T-test indicated that the actual mean value (41.77) is higher than the hypothesized mean value (30). The results showed that there was (0.669) correlation between barriers to emergence of administrative corruption and effectiveness of IT in terms of decreasing administrative corruption and there was (0.531) significance between values of applying information technology, transparency, accountability and giving information and barriers of IT. Also, other factors such as facilitating and expediting of giving organizational service to people (IVR and CRM) automating of all organizational processes, elimination of all personal tastes and opinions in organizational decision-making, holding training and specialized courses on IT in an active and continuous way, enhancement of culture and increase in application of IT among the employees can be very effective by using IT for decreasing administrative corruption.

The aim of this study is to examine the features of professional ethics of inspector in supervision and inspection by considering the fact that the inspector is a person who assesses people and organizations' performance so as to prompt the encouragement and promotion of the organization when their performance is good and to set the grounds for their punishment in case he figures out the infringement of people. The methodology of the research and data gathering was a descriptive-analytical procedure and consisted of pre-field territory. The results showed that the professional ethics in supervision and inspection depended on the attention of supervision and inspection institutes to Islamic solutions such as spiritual feature (sincerity, trust to God, advice and good will, rancor and hostility) speech feature (silence, confidentiality, truthfulness, cover-up) practical features (modesty, patience and endeavor, abstinence from bribery, good temper, knowledge and insight) and political suggestions and procedures at individual and organizational levels such as, expert knowledge and information and expert information of the field under inspection, hearing different opinions about the subject matter, having patience and forbearance in order to discover the facts, having a systematic view, distinguishing between inspection and investigation, self-evaluation and self-control, impartiality and not having prejudice, sensitivity to environmental phenomenon, having bravery in facing crimes and criminals, having perceptual and communicative skills, having strategic and whole-thinking thought, having an analytical power, data gathering power, dominance on how to achieve explanation and infiltration strategy, creating behavioral codes, organizational commitment, dissemination of inspection ethics, holding conferences and periodic educational assemblies.

The purpose of this paper is to figure out the influential factors in emergence of infringements in order to improve and consolidate the principles of discipline in the organization. The method of the study is descriptive which is implemented in an evaluative manner by means of questionnaires. The statistical population consists of the employees of NAJA out of which 380 people were chosen using stratified sampling from Azerbaijan Gharbi, Hormozgan, Khorasan Razavi, and Yazd provinces. The results indicate that organizational management, enhancement of religiosity, job security, organizational commitment, a social-economical base, the employees' awareness of the disciplinary rules and regulations, of the influential factors in prevention from emergence of some disciplinary infringements including, weakness and dereliction of duty, not respecting the rules and regulations, not holding accountable and indifference to the service can be influential and their improvement prompts enhancement in organizational discipline.

This paper aims to develop an integrated measurement scale in this field by examining methods of organizational learning. Thus, with an organized perspective, organizational learning has been categorized into three parts including learning enablers, results and organizational outcome. The strategy of research is an evaluation with applied and developmental purpose. Its instrument is a questionnaire with 73 questions that is assessed using eleven constructs in Likret's six-degree spectrum. This paper is derived from a revised questionnaire of aspects of learning organization (DLOQ) with some changes, Watkins and Marsik (2004), Bonitos, et. al. (2002) in a way that Watkins and Marsik's questionnaire has been used to assess processes and organizational learning facilitators and Bonitos' instruments have been used to assess the outcome of learning. The innovation of this research is in its combining process-based and result-oriented procedures in the field of organizational learning which has been neglected in the previous studies. The population of the study is composed of some thermal power plants of India and its sample consists of 502 employees at the level of middle- and high-ranked managers. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the durability of the questionnaire which a calculated value of 0.7 seems appropriate for it.in addition, the reliability of correlation and distinction has been calculated using AVE, PLS methods. In the end, by taking statistical analysis into account, an organized pattern was presented as to assess organizational learning system in such a way that combining learning enablers, learning outcomes at individual, group, and organizational level and relating them with organizational performance has given a unique feature to the model as the first study being conducted that can be really effective in understanding and clarification of vague aspects of leaning organizations and organizational learning.