Management and Policy Making
Seyed Mojtaba Shafipoor; GhanbarAli Rajabloo; Kaveh Mehrani
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Differences in the perceptions of various social groups, including parliamentarians, government officials, and elites from financial accountability, raise the question of what the meaning of financial accountability is or how it is understood. So, with a post-structuralist approach, we considered financial ...
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Differences in the perceptions of various social groups, including parliamentarians, government officials, and elites from financial accountability, raise the question of what the meaning of financial accountability is or how it is understood. So, with a post-structuralist approach, we considered financial accountability as a social construct, and we get a better understanding of it from Norman Fairclough's theoretical knowledge of text analysis, and Laclau and Mouffe in the context of political discourse analysis. We analyzed the parliament's detailed negotiations on the adoption of the budget of the entire country in the deliberations of the government and the parliament and classified the research findings in the six political, economic and social paradigms of Iran after the revolution. The findings of the research, summarized briefly in this article, indicate the influence of power relations and the use of hegemonic elements in the discourse system formed in the discourses of the government and the parliament. Thus, in each paradigm, dominant discourses formed with context, and by highlighting themselves and marginalizing rival discourse, they succeeded in securing a temporary centralized sign and a new articulation of the semantic system of financial accountability.
Management and Policy Making
Ahmad Fathi Abdollahi; Mohammadreza Nikbakht; Arash Tahriri; Firooz Mahmoodi
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The purpose of the study is to critically review the “Advanced Accounting II” book of undergraduate courses in accounting at Payame Noor University and analyze its problems. This research is a combination of the content analysis method to determine the typology of book problems and the descriptive ...
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The purpose of the study is to critically review the “Advanced Accounting II” book of undergraduate courses in accounting at Payame Noor University and analyze its problems. This research is a combination of the content analysis method to determine the typology of book problems and the descriptive method to examine the views of university professors. Jonassens prepared checklist was used to gather information and a researcher-constructed questionnaire was employed. Experts’ opinions were obtained for the justifiability of tools and for the reliability of the questionnaire Cronbach's alpha 0.98 was calculated. Results showed that from 51 problems of this textbook, 4 cases are algorithmic problems (8%), 34 cases are story problems (67%) and 13 cases are trouble-shooting problems (25%) and the most problems are algorithmic and story problems and the structure of them is well-structured. The content of the textbook does not fit with approved goals and dedicated time to presenting content is not enough and not updated over time, from professor's point of view its content is not up to date, as well as, not synchronous with the recent accounting standards and the content of the book is not suitable for students in terms of comprehensibility.
Management and Policy Making
Manijeh Ghareche; Bahman Hajipour; Akbar Alamtabriz; Masoumeh Mohammadipour Pamsari
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Business failure is a very complex process and is influenced by various factors. SME’s are important for every economy but despite their importance, failure and bankruptcy occur among them. The present article presents a more specific approach based on the complementary of theoretical approaches ...
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Business failure is a very complex process and is influenced by various factors. SME’s are important for every economy but despite their importance, failure and bankruptcy occur among them. The present article presents a more specific approach based on the complementary of theoretical approaches in the field of organization failure and uses three approaches to identify different types of failures in different stages of the organization's life cycle. Criticism and studying the results of systematic review in three stages and trying to link two theoretical foundations of organization life cycle and organization failure studies in order to achieve a better understanding of types of failure in each stage of the life cycle of SMEs by using open and closed Sorting cards to perform data mining, reveals 9 different types of failure. Revealing the types of failures that SME’s may encounter in each stage of their life cycle, compared to the simplistic, single-level view of enterprise failure highlights the appropriate route of policymaking in this area to prevent major damages of these company’s failures.
Management and Policy Making
Ehsan Karami; Ali Yassini
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The Strategic Management of Information Systems book deals with the strategic management of information systems as a complete set for the organization. The purpose of this article, which has been done in a descriptive-analytical method, is to find the strengths and weaknesses of this work. Accordingly, ...
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The Strategic Management of Information Systems book deals with the strategic management of information systems as a complete set for the organization. The purpose of this article, which has been done in a descriptive-analytical method, is to find the strengths and weaknesses of this work. Accordingly, the book has been studied first and then analyzed from three perspectives: content, writing, and form-structure. The book is written as a resource for students of management and especially technology management. According to the author, the work has some goals such as helping and guiding managers to adopt appropriate strategies for managing information systems in organizations, clarifying the various dimensions of information systems and reviewing the most important theories and the most prominent perceptions of information systems management. However, based on the results of the present critique, it seems that the author has not achieved the desired goals in a desirable way. Due to the fact that the book does not have an editor, the work has defective linguistic rules and misuse of writing symbols. From the formal and structural point of view, the chapters of the book lack introduction, goals, and conclusions, or summaries, which confuse the reader. From the content point of view, the topics of the book lack the necessary coherence and accuracy. Some of the general topics and concepts are covered in the book, and there is no balance between the descriptions of some of the proposed topics.
Management and Policy Making
Gholamreza Godarzi; Mansooreh Moeini Korbekandi
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The purpose of this article is to review and critique the book Islamic Management (Models and Obstacles to its Realization in Society and Organizations). First, the book is evaluated in terms of method and then in terms of content and structure. Also, the extensible points of the book are mentioned in ...
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The purpose of this article is to review and critique the book Islamic Management (Models and Obstacles to its Realization in Society and Organizations). First, the book is evaluated in terms of method and then in terms of content and structure. Also, the extensible points of the book are mentioned in order to enrich the book and open other fields of research. The method of evaluation and critique of this work is citation-analytical and in accordance with the proposed model by the Council for the Study of Humanities Texts and Books in the context of the general introduction, the form and content of the work are examined. This work suffers from a lack of logical order and coherence of content, content inaccuracy, content defects and errors. The technical quality of the work is good and the general rules of writing have been observed. Despite these, the formal weaknesses of the work are simple book cover design, simple page layout, failure to observe the proportion of the volume of the seasons, excessive detail attached to the book, lack of attractive tables, and ack of list of tables, charts, and figures. In general, the analysis of the content of the academic books can provide the potential strengths and weaknesses of these books for the modification and possible change of content and form, in accordance with the set goals and scientific principles to the planners and authors of academic books.
Management and Policy Making
Mohammad Mobini
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Organizational Behavioral Theories are a major part of organizational studies because behavioral reasoning is found in a wide range of theoretical approaches. Behavioral theory begins with the organization's classical theories and ends with the company's main behavioral theory and then with evolutionary ...
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Organizational Behavioral Theories are a major part of organizational studies because behavioral reasoning is found in a wide range of theoretical approaches. Behavioral theory begins with the organization's classical theories and ends with the company's main behavioral theory and then with evolutionary theory, organizational ecology, institutional theory, and transaction cost theory. The purpose of the present article is to review the book “Behavioral Theories of the Organization” written by Seyed Ali Akbar Afjeh. The author has tried to adapt the theories of the individual, the group and the organization to the behavioral sciences in Islamic management, and to apply them. He has also added Japanese and scientific management styles. By compiling his collection of studies in the form of a volume, the author believes that this work is a useful guide in the field of theory of behavior and behavioral theories in the organization. The text of the book is relatively fluent. A look at the structure of this work shows that the author has compiled this book without observing a specific scientific methodology. A clear definition of the organization's behavioral theories is not provided, and the introduction of the "school" in this work as a "method" confuses the reader in understanding the author's intent. It seems that the author seeks to the Islamize foundations of management, which has not been successful in this regard either.
Management and Policy Making
Mohammad Mohammadi; Fatemeh Lali
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The production of books and other scientific texts tailored to the requirements of public organizations is an inevitable necessity, due to the special characteristics of these organizations. The book "Human Resource Management in public Organizations" by Darvish (PhD) and Almasifard (PhD) is one of the ...
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The production of books and other scientific texts tailored to the requirements of public organizations is an inevitable necessity, due to the special characteristics of these organizations. The book "Human Resource Management in public Organizations" by Darvish (PhD) and Almasifard (PhD) is one of the texts that has been written to address this need. In the present article, this book has been criticized by the descriptive-analytical method. In this regard, first, the authors are introduced, then it is described based on the form and content, and last it is evaluated and analyzed in three dimensions of appearance, structure, and content. Despite having its own advantages and strengths, the evaluation shows that this book needs to be reviewed and corrected in the above three dimensions, especially the production of appropriate content to human resource management in the public sector.
Management and Policy Making
Mohammadad Masum; Reza Mohammadkazemi; Sadaf Sartipi
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Universities, as the main custodians of expertise, play a key role in the development of entrepreneurship. Studies show that entrepreneurial education not only promotes entrepreneurial growth but also enhances entrepreneurial skills. However, despite the need to provide quality and practical training ...
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Universities, as the main custodians of expertise, play a key role in the development of entrepreneurship. Studies show that entrepreneurial education not only promotes entrepreneurial growth but also enhances entrepreneurial skills. However, despite the need to provide quality and practical training to entrepreneurship students, many students and graduates of this field did not consider the provided training to be of acceptable quality and could not prepare to enter the business world after this training. The aim of this research is critical review of lessons and rubrics of Master's degree in Entrepreneurship at universities and its impact on empowerment of students. In order to achieve this goal, the mentioned rubrics and lessons were evaluated from different aspects. In this regard, students and graduates of Entrepreneurship Faculty in University of Tehran between the 1388 to 1398 were selected as statistical population. The results of data analysis show that lessons and rubrics of Master's degree in Entrepreneurship at universities has a significant impact on enhancing academic ability of the students and graduates (Entrepreneurial knowledge and attitudes), Preparing students to enter the job market, preparing students to start a business, preparing students to upgrade previous businesses and mentioned rubrics and lessons fit the needs of the work environment.
Management and Policy Making
Karim Mehri; Sina Samadzadeh
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The book Public Policy Making Process written by respected professors Dr. Gholamreza Esghandari, Karim Eskandari, and Rasoul Eskandari has been an attempt to reduce the resources of the policy-making process. The purpose of this article is to analyze and express the strengths and weaknesses of ...
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The book Public Policy Making Process written by respected professors Dr. Gholamreza Esghandari, Karim Eskandari, and Rasoul Eskandari has been an attempt to reduce the resources of the policy-making process. The purpose of this article is to analyze and express the strengths and weaknesses of the book content. The book has advantages, but it also suffers from some shortcomings, the elimination of which can add to the richness of the book's topics. The authors of the book have been careful in the use of specialized terms and equivalence of foreign words, except for a few cases, and are acceptable in terms of compliance with the approved chapters. The content is compatible with scientific values and theories are not addressed.
Management and Policy Making
Mohammad Javad Naeiji; Seyyed Mostafa Alemnajafi
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The content of A New Look at the Entrepreneurial Beliefs and Corporate Management book comprises three sectors and 13 chapters with the centrality of entrepreneurship and corporate management. Also, an attempt has been made to provide a redefinition of entrepreneurship and related beliefs; although this ...
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The content of A New Look at the Entrepreneurial Beliefs and Corporate Management book comprises three sectors and 13 chapters with the centrality of entrepreneurship and corporate management. Also, an attempt has been made to provide a redefinition of entrepreneurship and related beliefs; although this effort has been futile with the lack of use of new and novel resources. The book mostly relies on reports of the previous decade and has been deprived from domestic reports. Although this book has been able to provide comprehensive knowledge of entrepreneurship and business management in firms by imitating resources from previous decades, it hasn’t been able to explain the relationship between business and entrepreneurship and mainly asks the reader for their judgment on the subject. Also by using phrases such as: the statistics indicate that, or some scientists have said that; tries to confirm its content. Therefore, contrary to the opinion of the writers of the book, it’s not a complete source particularly about the use of internal experience in the area under discussion.
