A Model for Performance Appraisal of Logistics Managers with a Jihadi Approach

Experienced and specialized managers play an important role in the success of defense organizations. One element of identifying and training such managers is to have an effective performance appraisal system. The performance appraisal system demands a native model appropriate to Jihadi management, native Iranian- Islamic management style. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to provide a model for performance appraisal of logistics managers of a defense organization following a Jihadi approach.

This research is applied regarding purpose and sequential exploratory mixed method in terms of methodology. The statistical population consists of professors and managers of the logistics of a defense organization. In the qualitative part, which used content analysis, 10 individuals were selected through snowball method to participate in the interview. Additionally, 45 persons were chosen via judgmental method to take part in the quantitative part. Data collection instruments were a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire which was developed and validated by the current researchers. Both confirmatory factor analysis and the Friedman Test were conducted to analyze the data.

Based on the results of study, a performance appraisal model of logistics managers consisting of 92 indicators, 12 components and 3 dimensions was developed. The ranking uncovered that the functional dimension is the most important dimension of the model.

The model presented in this research can be used as a tool or comprehensive criterion to evaluate the performance of logistics managers. It can be employed as an effective guide to promote Jihadi effort and performance among managers of the logistics of defense organization as well.