نشریه مطالعات برنامه ریزی آموزشی
پیاپی 22 (پاییز و زمستان 1401)

Health and skills are two pillars of human capital in Global competitiveness Index. This paper aims to examine the situation of human capital in Iran in comparison with the countries of the region in the 1404 Vision as a guide for developing Iran's educational policy. The research use a compensatory multi-criteria decision making methods. Firstly, the importance of each indicator was determined based on the modified Shannon entropy.Then, by TOPSIS method, the countries of the region were prioritized based on their human capital calcluted score, and for each index, the best performance in the world and the region was identified for benchmarking. Finally, based on Iran’s human capital situation in the region, the importance-performance matrix of Iran was drawn. Based to findings, the first policy makers' priority to develop a human capital policy refer to "Critical thinking in teaching". In addition, "Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education", "Mean years of schooling" and "School life expectancy" were also identified in the second priority. Also, "Skillset of graduates", "Quality of vocational training", "Extent of staff training" and "Ease of finding skilled employees" were also given the next priority. The results are a guide to training needs assessment for public administrators to better understand the priorities for improving human capital and identifying benchmarks for successful global and regional experiences

The present study aims to design and validate the transformational university model; with the antecedents, processes and consequences being carried out at Farhangian University in Iran. The research was practical in its purpose and mixed exploratory (qualitative-quantitative) in its nature. The Grounded theory research method was used in qualitative approach to develop a conceptual model based on the perceptions of the university’s faculty members, while the structural equation method was used in the quantitate stage. A total of 16 faculty members from Farhangian University were selected through purposeful sampling and interviewed, considering the principles of saturation and maximum variation. Data analysis in the qualitative stage was done through open, axial, and selective coding techniques, and while SPSS 26 and LISREL software were used in the quantitative stage. The results showed that, based on the coding of 98 semantic units (open code), 9 categories with 3 main themes (antecedents, processes, and consequences) of the transformational university were identified and named, which were confirmed through the opinions of higher education experts. In the quantitative stage, the research indicated that the antecedents of the transformational university had a significant impact on the processes of the transformational university (scientism, professionalism, and transformational leadership). The results also showed that the processes of the transformational university have a significant effect on the consequences of the transformational university (creating transformation in the university, facilities and structure, human resources, and individual and community consequences).

The aim of this study was to identify and rank the factors affecting the brand promotion of higher education institutions in Yazd province using fuzzy cognitive mapping technique. The research method was a case study for fuzzy modeling. The statistical population of the study consisted of two groups of key experts (faculty members and experts on higher education) and graduate students of universities in Yazd province. From the second group, 89 graduate students were selected using stratified random sampling. The research tool was a matrix questionnaire of factors affecting the promotion of the researcher higher education brand. The validity of the instrument was obtained using peer feedback and member control methods. By studying the literature and reviewing the background, 14 factors were extracted as effective factors in promoting the brand of higher education institutions. The findings also showed that the factors of reputation, physical facilities, library services and career development are more central and important than other factors in promoting the brand of higher education institutions. Also, using tools and techniques related to the fuzzy cognitive mapping approach and Ucinet software, the brand promotion model of higher education institutions and alternative scenarios for the promotion of higher education brand education institutions were presented.

The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the dimensions and components of the requirements of the university-industry-government relationship in the campus of technical faculties of the University of Isfahan with a mixed approach. In the qualitative section of the statistical population, the collection of relevant relevant scientific sources, and the sample of 66 selected key scientific sources were based on the selection criteria of valid sources in qualitative studies. Using a systematic research method, a systematic review of the background and a more complex approach; the analyzed data were analyzed as open, central and selective coding. The achievement of information analysis is the development of a conceptual model including the three main categories of policy-oriented, knowledge-based and economics-centric interactions; And 8 sub-categories; Development of science and technology policy, establishment of information sharing system, policy and coordination council, facilitation and development of knowledge, repair of knowledge and production gap, review of specialized fields, financing, financial development and commercialization. In a small section; Out of a total of 270 faculty members of the Technical Campus, managers and deputies of the Office of Industry Relations of the University of Isfahan, 184 people were selected using Cochran's sampling formula and simple random sampling method. The results of the analysis of the data using the T-test and the Friedman test, indicate the optimal status of the calculated categories and the priority of interactions. Economics was studied from the point of view of other experts.

analyze the policy system of higher education in the country.

, qualitative methodology and specifically qualitative content analysis method with inductive approach was used. Based on this, in order to identify the harms using the purposeful sampling method and based on the rule of theoretical saturation with 15 experts in this field who were a combination of experts, researchers, current and former officials in higher education policy making, in-depth semi-structured interviews. It was structured. To ensure the validity of the research, measures have been taken in two stages: matching by members, and peer review, in which several experts and experts in this field have reviewed the findings.

The findings of the research showed that the targeting and missions of higher education and its relationship with other policies of the country's executive bodies are not clear, structural, legal and institutional mapping weaknesses in higher education policymaking, the use of policymaking science is neglected, and little attention is paid to the cycle of the policymaking process. From policy formulation to supervision, managerial instability and lack of long-term strategic view in higher education policymaking system, lack of attention to technical and financial prerequisites in higher education policymaking, and lack of attention to integrated information systems and lack of explanation are the most important harms.

Iran's higher education policy-making system cannot be viewed as one-dimensional, and all components of this system must play their role correctly, like the parts of a clock, in order to formulate desirable and efficient policies.

This study aims to determine the relationship between the services that professionals in the market need and the educational program for a bachelor's degree in architecture.

To evaluate the educational program prepared and approved by Tehran University with common architectural contracts as one of the needs of the professional practice, the current study employs the qualitative content analysis approach, concentrating on schematic designs as one of the design phases.

In the matter of how to obtain information, the findings have confirmed that the educational program of Tehran University includes field visits; design thinking; Studying in the library or familiarizing students with large-scale or master plans. However, there is a gap in discussing ideas with the employer. According to the research findings on the information and tasks needed, one of the program's shortcomings is that it doesn't give students more practical knowledge to help them decide if the land in issue is appropriate or unfit. The findings regarding the issue of how to deliver the necessary documents further supported the notion that one of this program's weaknesses is its disregard for the student's writing abilities.

Conclusions and recommendations: 

The educational curriculum for the bachelor's degree in architecture approved by the University of Tehran is mainly compatible with the skills needed to execute a schematic design in common architectural contracts. However, including topics related to information gathering techniques or report writing in architecture or practical location of users can reduce existing gaps.

The current type of research is applied in terms of its purpose, the purpose of which is to plan the development of the performance management system of the education organization with scenario planning technique.

The current research is integrated in terms of the implementation method and has been carried out with the methods of future research, scenario writing and the approach of critical uncertainties, The method of data collection is library, interview and questionnaire, it is qualitative according to the process of scenario writing.

The findings show that the education performance management system faces five key uncertainties in the future, which, taking into account the logic of the scenarios, 4 scenarios with a very high probability of occurrence are envisioned in the future development of the education performance management system.

In order to plan the development of the performance management system, three types of actions can be imagined by the education organization. These actions can be imagined in the form of four strong scenarios resulting from this research based on the placement of qualitative content in three categories: favorable scenario, static scenario and critical scenario.

Innovation and originality: 

While identifying the possible and likely scenarios for the development of the education performance management system in the coming years, it determined the desired scenarios for the development of the system and with the image of different and alternative futures, increased intelligence and the possibility of high accuracy and has opened the way to deal with dangers,

To provide appropriate scientific information for improving the quality of decision-making and policy development in educational context dominated by complicated hierarchical structures, this article offers cost-effectiveness analysis. The analysis which is based on the integration of two popular analyses that is production analysis and cost analysis, helps provide compiling results and scientific information essential for decision makers and policy makers. Of the two implementing approaches, it is the short-cut approach which has attracted more attention, though the advanced approach entailed more capabilities and rarely used in educational research. Using three distinctive educational data sets, this study explores the unique capabilities of the advanced approach of cost-effectiveness analysis for that purpose. It was found that the characteristics of data sets are important in exploring the capabilities of the advanced approach. We have also showed that the conventional production and cost analyses provide incomplete and in part misleading results. It is through the application of cost-effectiveness analysis we were able to achieve accurate and consistent results that help provide appropriate scientific information for improving decision-making and policy development. At the end, policy implications were drawn and discussed and guide lines for the applications of cost-effectiveness analysis for future educational research have been offered.

The purpose of the current research was to investigate the challenges of marginalized students in Shiraz during virtual education the Corona era. The method of qualitative research was based on foundational data theory. The scope of the research was the teachers of the peripheral areas of Shiraz city, and 16 of them were selected as a sample using the purposeful sampling method. The sample size was determined based on the rule of theoretical saturation. Thus, the sampling continued until no new findings emerged. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview method was used. The validity and reliability of the data was checked and confirmed. Data analysis was done using the systematic method of Strauss and Corbin in three stages of open, selective and central coding. In the open coding phase, 128 concepts were obtained, which were formed in the form of 13 main categories, around a core category called the challenges of virtual education in marginal areas. Physical environment, infrastructural facilities, poverty and the culture of poverty as causal conditions, lack of skills of parents and teachers in the form of background conditions of traditional thinking, non-acceptance of virtual education and marginal view of education as intervening conditions, which can be identified with Strategies such as the growth of virtual knowledge and the promotion of family culture took action to improve the conditions to achieve outcomes such as improving the learning of marginal students and reducing inequalities.

The institution of the university in a community is the driving force behind the students' behavioral ethics and the spread of elitism and sophistication among them. The university can prove its work by nurturing a skilled and capable force. Of course, with the review of the process of higher education this is not very satisfactory. Therefore, in order to optimize the performance of higher education in the process of scientific / cultural development and nurture the creative and creative value of the Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship of Imam Sadegh University, to support this important goal is to support efforts to identify problems and provide innovative solutions. Entrepreneurial and problem solving, it strived to provide the best conditions, facilities and opportunities for the transfer of global knowledge to our country's youth to protect the elites and ideas of Iranian youth. Therefore, with the establishment of a student government based on an educational model (work and experience) designed to empower participants in this project, utilizing the capacity of the university institution and devoid of the usual political categories. The steps of this plan are outlined in this article, using the action research method.

The aim of the current research was to identifying and validating the themes of development of group and organizational Qualifications in faculty members.

In the qualitative part, the phenomenological method and semi-structured interviews were used with 13 faculty members of universities and research institutes in Tehran, who were selected by the method of purposive chain sampling. The data obtained from the interview were also evaluated by thematic analysis method. In the quantitative part, using a descriptive-survey method, the data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire taken from the qualitative part of the research from the number of 150 faculty members selected by the stratified random sampling method from 26 faculties and four campuses of the University of Tehran, and then they were analyzed using structural equation method and Shannon entropy algebraic method.

The achievement of the qualitative part of the research is the identification of the comprehensive theme of improvement in the level and appropriateness of management-leadership competencies with the dimensions of "enhancement of scientific and social scouting ability, improvement of the ability to lead multifaceted relations, improvement of understanding of organizational structure and culture, improvement of organizational knowledge and administrative management. educational unit", and the overarching theme of improvement in the level and appropriateness of leadership qualifications with the dimensions of "improving the knowledge of educational policy analysis, improving the ability to plan and develop education, improving the skill of managing administrative affairs and human resources, improving the skill of advancing financial affairs , improving the ability to administer social affairs. In the quantitative part, the achievement of the first and second order factor analysis confirmed the validity of the research model. Also, the dimension of improving the ability to guide multifaceted relations, improving the skill of understanding organizational structure and culture, and the dimension of improving the skill of promoting administrative affairs and human resources, respectively, with Shannon's entropy coefficient equal to 0.27 and 0.23, are the most important in the development of group human capital and The organization had faculty members.

Conclusions and suggestions: 

development of group and organizational Qualifications in faculty members is a different paradigm and approach to human resources before it is a stream for developing the competencies of faculty members. Academic institutions, as a symbol of learning and knowledge-oriented organizations, should have leaders and role models with scientific and ethical origins at the domestic and foreign levels, in order to fulfill their role of scientific leadership, an approach that requires universities.

Innovation and originality:

They can achieve it by improving the platform for empowering and developing of group and organizational Qualifications in faculty members and creating motivation in the field of scientific exchanges with a focus on professional ethics, responsibility and accountability.

Academic environments have unique characteristics that result from their expectations, climate, and organizational culture. Discussion culture is the main method of communication in higher education that requires its competencies. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of university administrators' competencies on conflict resolution strategies at Babol University of Medical Sciences.

This study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey and cross-sectional in terms of the data collection method. The statistical population in this study was administrators of Babol University of Medical Sciences. by stratified random sampling, the statistical sample size was 72 people. The Feld method and questionnaire tool were used to collect research data. The structural equation method and Smart PLS software were used to analyze the collected data.

Data analysis showed there is a significant relationship between managers' competencies and the conflict resolution style of managers at Babol University of Medical Sciences. There was the highest relationship between social competence (0.8)  and managerial competence (0.68)  with the style of collaboration in conflict management.

Conclution: 

One of the characteristics of effective managers is to pay attention to establishing trust-based communication with employees. Social and managerial competencies help managers to use the best appropriate conflict management strategy in the organization. The collaboration style is a positive strategy in conflict resolution. By using the collaboration style, people are looking for solutions that are consistent with their interests and will preserve effective relationships.

Innovation and originality:

 Identifying and explaining the relationship between managers' managerial, social, and individual competencies and the three strategies of collaboration, competition, and avoidance in conflict management at university.