Identifying the Dimensions and Components of Organizational Transparency with the Promoting Organizational Health Approach (A Qualitative Study)

Organizational transparency is one of the tools that helps organizations in achieving goals, especially health-related goals. Due to the increasing role of organizational transparency and organizational health in achieving organizational goals, especially the impact of these two dimensions in healthcare organizations such as universities of medical sciences whose goal is to improve society's health, this study aims to identify the dimensions and components of organizational transparency with a health promotion approach It was organized in the University of Medical Sciences.

This study was applied in terms of purpose, which was carried out using the Delphi method. The research community was experts who were familiar with the research subject, and according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 25 of them were selected by purposeful and snowball sampling methods. The data of the current research were collected with tools including review of library resources and interviews with experts and analyzed after three rounds of Delphi.

The results showed that the dimensions and components affecting organizational transparency include dimensions: organizational transparency with eight components, information management, organizational accountability and human resource management with seven components each, trust and monitor ability and administrative automation with six components each. Religious and spiritual education, organizational control, participation, and responsibility were each with four components, lack of secrecy, information technology, culture building, and organizational whistle-blowing were each with three components. Also, the dimensions and components affecting organizational health included: effectiveness with seven components, cohesion with six components, optimal distribution of power with five components, morale, innovation, autonomy, adequacy of communication, and goal focus with three components each.

According to the results of this study, health professionals can design and implement programs to improve organizational transparency with the approach of promoting organizational health, and the University of Medical Sciences can identify the above components for organizational health and organizational transparency.