Causes of failure in administrative and financial control systems: a case study of Iran University of Science and Technology

The aim of this study is to identify the causes of failure in financial and administrative management and control systems: A Case Study of Iran University of Science and Technology. This descriptive and correlation study was conducted on the staff of the University of Science and Technology, with a sample size of 200 people. In this study, to assess the causes of failure in financial and administrative management and control systems, a pre-validated questionnaire was used with an alpha coefficient of α= 0.83. Factors affecting failure are divided into three categories. In addition to descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis were used. The results show that accounting systems, human factors and legal deficiencies in the administrative and financial control are, respectively, the most important causes of failure in financial and administrative management and control systems at Iran University of Science and Technology.