Failure in policy lesson drawing; A critical review of the experience of privatization in Iran

The purpose of this study is to provide a model for learning from general policies. This study intends to look deeply into the privatization policy, to examine and explain the understanding and improvement of learning from domestic experiences as well as to learn from other countries' policies. In this regard, using the data theory strategy, data from library studies and interviews with managers and experts and consultants of the Privatization Organization, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Security, Parliamentary Research Center, Accounting Court Country, faculty, and research institutes interviewed.Since the data theory strategy in this study is based on the Strauss and Corbin approach, data analysis is also influenced by their approach. Three open, axial and selective coding steps were analyzed through MAXQDA software. The results of this study indicate that Iranians could not learn from their own and other countries' experiences in the field of privatization policy because they did not monitor the implementation of the policy and did not use appropriate methods in evaluating it. Consequently, it led to the use of malicious and contradictory privatization strategies that had negative consequences for the country's economy. But the different institutional contexts of the country have also had a major impact on the complexity of the learning process, which has even led to the formation of conflicting interests contrary to the fundamental goals of privatization.