Identifying and Ranking Managers Productivity Indicators Using Shannon Entropy Analysis

Promoting productivity in education not only contributes to socio-economic development but also through the training of efficient and creative human resources can lead to the development of the country. The main purpose of this study was to identify and rank the productivity indicators of The managers of Khorasan Razavi offices.

The present research interms of purpose is in research area and classification development and interms of how data collection is in exploratory mixed research group and was done in two qualitative and quantitative phases. The statistical population of the study in qualitative stage were professors and experts familiar with the topic of productivity 13 educational mangement professors were selected by theoretical sampling method. In the quantitative phases of research the statistical population were academic professors of educational mangement that 13 people were selected by census sampling method. In order to collect data the researcher was used from interview and researcher made questionnaire.

The research questionnaire consisted of 20 items and 4 components. To answer the first question was used from interview and thematic analysis method and also has been identified 4 major indicators (individual ‘ managerial ‘ organisational‘ environmental )and 20 categories. From shannon entropy analysis was used to rank indicators. And the results showed that the managerial category with 0.252 Significance factor had the most importance and environmental category with 0.248 significance factor had the least importance among indicators.

According to the findings of the study these four presented indicators are able to evaluate the productivity of the managers of education offices and they can consider these indicators.