Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Behzad Davoudian: Ph.D. Student of Educational Management, Kermanshah Branch-Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 Faculty member, Department of Educational Sciences, Kermanshah Branch- Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
3 Faculty member, Department of Educational Sciences, Kermanshah Branch-Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah Branch, Kermanshah, Iran.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to design an appropriate management model based on identifying the components and relationships of organizational culture in the secondary high schools of west of Iran (Ilam, Kurdistan and Kermanshah Provinces). The study was an applied research based on the type of goal and a descriptive-survey depend of data collection. Moreover, the method was the mixture
(qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population of the study consisted of all 9829 second-grade high school staff in Ilam, Kordestan and Kermanshah provinces. Based on Morgan table, the participants were 373 students selected by stratified random sampling. In the first stage, the components were identified using qualitative and exploratory method and interviewed with 35 educational deputies, experts and managers, and also they were organized through open and axial coding of their components and dimensions and indicators. After validation by management professors, data by using quantitative tools, a researcher-made questionnaire for component identification and standard Denison organizational culture questionnaire were collected. Afterwards, the results of this study showed the components identified for the appropriate management model included manager's personality and ethical characteristics, manager's professional and competence, stakeholder engagement, attention to students’ programs promotion, selection and of expert teachers and staff, attention to affairs and health, empowerment and planning the administrative and financial activities. There was also a significant relationship between the internal dimensions and components of organizational culture and the identified components of management model.
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