Designing a Management Model for High Ranking Managers at the Level of the Islamic Republic of Iran Based on Martyr General Suleimani’s Management Style

An alignment between managerial styles and the country's core strategies is an inevitable necessity due to the high influence of the decisions of high-ranking managers in different layers of the society. Based on its strategies, the Islamic Republic of Iran has introduced a new style of governance according to which its high-level management paradigm is established. Some managers have appropriately achieved the goals of the system over the past 40 years, while others have worked weakly. Martyr Suleimani, the only senior official in the Islamic Republic who succeeded in receiving the Zulfaghar Medal from the supreme leader of Islamic Revolution, not only succeeded in his career, but also enjoyed an incomparable admiration among various groups  of the society. Through a mixed method, this explorative applied research aimed at providing an appropriate management model for IRI high-ranking managers on the basis of the management style of Martyr Suleimani. By a thematic analysis of the interviews, videos, and texts relating to Martyr Suleimani, 24 basic themes, 17 organizing themes, and 6 integrative themes were identified by Maxqda software. The interpretive structural modeling was designed by analyzing the comments of 30 experts selected through MATLAB software in snowball sampling method. The doctrine of faith was considered as the most influential theme at fourth level, individual background occupied the third level, and the economic, cultural, political policies were placed at the second level. It is recommended that IRI high-ranking mangers resort to outstanding characteristics of Martyr Suleimani, such as revolutionary spirit, making effort to unify the officials, and taking responsibility.