فصلنامه علوم و فنون نظامی
پیاپی 23 (بهار 1392)

Recent researches have shown that the broad domain of job performance can be influenced by personality traits of personnel. In this study, the relation of five big personality traits of the pilots with their job performance was measured based on the NEO-PI-R (240-question form). Forty military pilots were selected through cluster sampling. The results of this study indicated significant relation between three dimensions of personality traits, openness experience (O), agreeableness (A) and conscientiousness (C) and of flight standardization check (considered as job performance of pilots). But no relationship was found between two dimensions of personality traits, neuroticism (N) and extraversion (E) with grades of flight standardization check of pilots. The result of stepwise regression showed that the personality dimensions of openness experience and agreeableness could be important predictors of pilot's job success with an accuracy of twenty six percent. The findings have numerous implications for research and practice in aviation psychology field, especially in the subfields of personnel employment and performance evaluations.

One of the basic predicaments in many organizations and institutions is lack of sufficient information about the peoples’ knowledge and wisdom. By concentrating on the solutions which involve the whole organization, including the human force and technology, effective management of knowledge is one of the most important tools to solve this problem. In order to design or promote a management knowledge system in an organization, it is first necessary to completely realize the nature and importance of knowledge and knowledge management. Then, through realization of its standards and applications, particular attention has to be paid to its success grounds and the method of creating a balance and coordination between these factors for the purpose of achieving strategic benefits from implementing management knowledge. Various models have been proposed for knowledge management by specialists. The present paper studies the challenges and obstacles in the knowledge management system in Shahid Samadi Research Center. For this purpose, two questionnaires followed the literature review. A Nanoka model was chosen and divided into eight sections. Then, for each of the sections parameters that possibly contributed to the promotion of its knowledge level was formed and finally the parameters and alternatives were developed into the questionnaire. After that, the questionnaires were distributed between the personnel who were asked to make statements about the effect of the questions in the knowledge promotion in the Center. Following that, the most important international researches and studies on the knowledge strategy were surveyed in order to design or select a suitable model to knowledge strategy formation in the Center. Afterwards the background and features of the subject in the Center were studied via questionnaires and deep interviews. The results of the research indicate that, although the managers are relatively aware of the importance of knowledge management, none of the sections have a formulated knowledge strategy. In addition, the results of the research show that the model proposed by Zack is a suitable knowledge model for the Center.

One of the rising threats of the Internet and computer networks are Bot networks. A Botnet is a network of infected computers connected to the Internet that is controlled by command and control servers and is used for Internet attacks such as denial of service attacks, and for sending spams. Botnets expand their sphere of control by detecting vulnerable systems in the web and compromising them. Botnets are rapidly improving and they use new technologies such as Fast flux to trap more users and enhance the protection of infected computers for their own benefit. In this paper, the Botnet-related concepts are introduced, their development and expansion is explained and after and examination of the threats created by them, the methods of detecting and dealing with them in the IRI Armed Forces systems are studied. Finally, suggestions for the enhancement of network security in the Armed Forces are proposed.

The aim of this study is to comparatively analyze the impacts of inside training and outsourcing training on human productivity in air force. The conceptual framework was developed by reviewing the relevant literature in and out of the country and by conducting interviews with experts. Then, the questionnaires were developed and their validity was approved by the experts. Their reliability was also obtained through krunback alpha. In the next step 100 questionnaires were distributed amongst the people trained in and out of the Air Force. The T test and Z test was used for analyzing the data and the Friedman test was applied for prioritizing the different kinds of training. The result indicate that inside and outside training influence the human productivity but outsourcing training has a more intense effect.

This paper investigates the joint defense treaty amongst the Persian Gulf states for the purpose of establishing security in the Persian Gulf region, emphasizing its geopolitical requirements. The results obtained from various sources prove that the main element contributing to insecurity in the Persian Gulf region is the U.S and its regional allies. The presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran is vital for the security, economical, political, social and military orders of the region because of her natural advantages and geostrategic position. This analytical-descriptive paper attempts to study the relations of the Persian Gulf states and the defense vision of this geostrategic region based on the geopolitical elements and by emphasizing the formation process of the military-defensive treaty of the states.

There are various factors, in accordance with the aims and purposes that form the basis of the formation of organization, which can have prominent and noticeable effects on some organizations’ structure or lack effects on some others. The identification of the aforementioned factors and developing a suitable pattern for the improvement of organizational structures can contribute to the survival and effectiveness of organizations. Military organizations are no exception and it is obvious that the army which identifies more factors and formulates more comprehensive patterns based on them will enjoy a more improved structure and more effective and efficient organization. Organizational management experts mention different factors in their literature and, in a primary formation, divide them into three categories of content, structural and contextual factors. Based on their attitude, experience and findings, they have also stated other factors in subordinate divisions. This paper seeks to find the content factors affecting the improvement of organizational structure of military units and test the obtained factors. The information has been collected using the descriptive, case-study and correlation research method. It finally offers a suitable pattern for the formulation of effective factors in improving the organizational structure of military units. For this purpose, the patterns extracted from more than 30 reliable sources such as books, articles, theses and literatures from lecturers, experts and college references have been investigated and tested so that their validity of their effectiveness in the improvement of organizational structure of military units could be assured.

Traditional space relations among civilian space actors are undergoing in the post-cold war era a rapid evolution with a growing number of new institutional entities. The cold war era and its resulting political environment, which limited space cooperation to ‘intra- bloc’ cooperation, has disappeared, allowing the development of new axes and mechanisms of cooperation. The internationalization and regionalization of space activities witnessed in recent years is foreseen to gain momentum, leading therefore to a new geography of civilian space activities.