Analysis of factors affecting the promotion of professional development programs Senior Managers of Iran Telecommunication Industry

The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting the professional development programs of managers in Iran's telecommunications industry. For this purpose, the exploratory mixed research method was used. In order to identify the influencing factors, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 experts who potentially had the most information about the maturity of managers, and by analyzing the information by coding method, Achieved in the form of six factors: "Fit needs to business plans, aligning plans with industry strategies, converging plans with the needs of senior managers, using new methods, managing the learning process and validating plans" And 27 sub-factors were identified.In the quantitative part of the research made questionnaire was designed and performed on a sample of 56 senior managers of the telecommunications industry who were selected using the non-probability sampling method. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by four experts and the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha with a coefficient of / 876. Indicates the coherence of the questions and the significant lack of dispersion of the questions. SPSS24 software and exploratory factor analysis method were used to analyze the data obtained from the questionnaires. The results of the present study showed that the variables in the identified factors constitute about 92% of the changes related to the factors affecting the professional development programs of senior managers of Iran's telecommunications industry, which indicates a high impact. They are in the design, development and implementation of programs.