The Development of Scientific Products in Universities and the Priority of Cultural and Managerial Approaches; a Study of the Views of Faculty Members of Islamic Azad University-Qom

The present research aims at identifying and classifying the cultural and managerial approaches to developing scientific products in the universities in the light of the views of the faculty members of the Islamic Azad University-Qom. The research is a descriptive survey and documentary analysis, that observes correlation. The statistical population included all faculty members and sixty of them were selected as statistical sample and randomly classified in a simple method. A researcher –made questionnaire with face validity conforming to the viewpoints of specialists in different scientific subjects was used to gather data. The mean, Spearman’s rank correlation, Kendall’s test, and Fisher’s Z-transformation were used to analyze the data. The research findings show that the approaches which have the highest priority are: formulating macro scientific plan and strategy, solving thinkers’ livelihood problems, applying clear and realistic policies for research activities, establishing clear goals based on the interaction between science and society, adducing cultural grounds for the creation of a scientific society in its real sense and institutionalizing the science, entrusting the management of scientific centers to educated individuals having a scientific course of action, avoiding difficult and preventive administrative regulations specially those related to the employment of elites, increasing the sabbatical opportunities, constancy of governance of law instead of governance of personal inclinations, improving the use of resources and facilities, and avoiding political and factional management in scientific centers.