The Arrangement of Future Strategies in Complex Government and Public Sector (Case Study: Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, Qazvin Province)

Sahraee, Ebrahim; Poursadegh, Naser; Mohtashami, Ali; Hamidi, Naser

doi:10.30479/jfs.2022.15114.1269

The Arrangement of Future Strategies in Complex Government and Public Sector (Case Study: Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, Qazvin Province)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Student of Public Administration, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran,

² Professor of Public Administration, National University of National Defense, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor of Department of Industrial Management , Qazvin Branch , Islamic Azad University , Qazvin , Iran

10.30479/jfs.2022.15114.1269

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and determine future organizational strategies in the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee.
Method: In terms of methodology, it is a combination (qualitative - quantitative) study. In the first stage, organizational strategies were extracted by grounded theory method through open coding, axial coding and selective coding and then were confirmed after accreditation by nine experts of university professors. In the second stage, using Dematel technique, the causal relationships, effect, influence, direction and intensity of the effects were identified.
Findings: The evaluation of Dematel technique has shown that the e-government development strategy is the most effective and the promotion of administrative health is the most effective. Productivity promotion strategy (organization and human resources) among the eleven research strategies has the most relationship or interaction with other strategies. Also, out of eleven strategies, four strategies are causal variables and seven strategies are disabled variables.
Conclusion: The research findings show that the four strategies of streamlining the administrative system, developing e-government, improving productivity and economizing the services of the organization as causal variables are the most effective strategies that help the Imam's Relief Committee in the future. Through them, it can effectively manage the deprived and the needy. Accordingly, the researcher has localized these strategies by segregating and nationalizing organizational strategies, and has determined the most compatible strategies for managing public organizations in the future by influencing and designing an appropriate impact map between the strategies.

Keywords

20.1001.1.63652423.1400.6.2.10.0

Main Subjects

Futures studies, foresight, strategies, perspectives, scenarios, ... about Iran and its related issues

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