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1 - Qualitative Development of Higher Education Privatization in Iran: Micro Requirements and Prerequisites
hamidreza araste abdolrahim nave ebrahim hassanreza zeinabadi

During last decades, the higher education privatization in Iran has grown in two forms: privatization of public higher education and entering the private sector in higher education. Due to necessity of synchronic quantitative and qualitative development, the purpose of More

During last decades, the higher education privatization in Iran has grown in two forms: privatization of public higher education and entering the private sector in higher education. Due to necessity of synchronic quantitative and qualitative development, the purpose of this study was to identify the micro requirements of quality development of higher education privatization in Iran. An exploratory mixed method was chosen for this study. It used interviews and focus group in qualitative part and a 71-item questionnaire with eight main dimensions in quantitative part to collect information Reliability coefficient for desired condition and current condition were calculated 0.947 and 0.95 respectively. The sample included 103 experts of higher education and practitioners of nonprofit higher education institutions. Micro requirements for qualitative development of higher education privatization were identified in eight dimensions and their level of importance (favorable condition) and consideration (current condition) in process of quality development of higher education privatization were evaluated. The importance of these requirements in qualitative development of higher education privatization was average and higher, but the attention to majority of these requirements in development of Iran higher education privatization was average and lower. Finally, it suggests some solutions for qualitative development of higher education privatization in Iran. Manuscript profile

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2 - Evaluating Indicators of Organizational Agility by Fuzzy Multi Criteria Decision Making: (Iran Power Development Organization)
Zeinolabedin Akbarzadeh Mohammad valipourkhatir Mohammad mohammadpouromran

Agility makes it possible for organizations in today's complex and constantly changing environment to ensure their survival with rapid, innovative and creative responses. In this regard, the present study attempts to study main indicators of agility in Iran Power Develo More

Agility makes it possible for organizations in today's complex and constantly changing environment to ensure their survival with rapid, innovative and creative responses. In this regard, the present study attempts to study main indicators of agility in Iran Power Development Organization (IPDO). Firstly, four main criterions referring to the literature selected include of “leveraging impact of people and information”, “cooperate to enhance competitiveness”, “enriching customer”, “mastering change and uncertainty”. Subsequently, by designing questionnaire and determining it’s content validity by academic members, intuitive data from IPDO experts has been collected. Then, reliability has been evaluated using Gous method for consistency examination of pairwise comparisons matrix. Finally data were analyzed using fuzzy multi-criteria decision making technique. The findings shows that “cooperate to enhance competitiveness” with the importance degree (0.301) is the most importance of the main criterion for selecting the more agile organizational unit. While in Iran Power Development Organization it has third priority. The main criteria “leveraging impact of people and information” with the importance degree (0.277), “mastering change and uncertainty” with the importance degree (0.238), “enriching customer” with the importance degree (0.184), were three next most important criterion in the selection of organizational units are more agile. The results point out that IPDO should be more focus on the priority of indicators affecting the agility to minimize the gap between current and desired situation. Manuscript profile

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3 - Applying data mining techniques to regions segmentation for entrance exams to governmental universities
نرجس سرعتی آَشتیانی somayyeh alizadeh علی مبصّـری

The large numbers of Iranian high school graduates are willing to enter in governmental and popular colleges and compete for it. On the other hand, these graduate students are from various regions with different levels of access to facilities. In opinion of directors of More

The large numbers of Iranian high school graduates are willing to enter in governmental and popular colleges and compete for it. On the other hand, these graduate students are from various regions with different levels of access to facilities. In opinion of directors of relevant agencies, the quota allocation solves this problem and they are looking to use the knowledge hidden in the data are available in this area.By this way volunteers from each region are compared together and managers are helped to allocate proper quota to related students in regions of each segment. In recent years, quota allocation was determined by Taxonomy that its result is a kind of ranking that does not allow group analyzing and identifies number of region theoretically. To solve this problem clustering is a good strategy. This study is carried out by using data mining techniques and Crisp methods on related dataset from education ministry, interior ministry, ministry of health, and center of statistic and evaluation organization for the first time. After extracting of effective attributes in this area, data preparation, data reduction and combination of attributes using Factor Analysis have done.in next step, by using K-means algorithm, similar items assign in to a cluster that has the minimum distance with centroid mean and then by using neural networks and decision trees, new item can be devoted to each cluster. Finally for assessing created models, accuracy of outputs compared with other methods. Outcomes of this research are: determining the optimal number of sectors, segmenting regions, analyzing each section, extracting decision rules, predicting class labels for new areas faster and more accurately, allowing the appropriate strategies formulation for each section Manuscript profile

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4 - Faculty members’ Competencies for achieving the academic mission : A reflection from the perceptions and expectations of doctoral students
Ghasem Salimi elham heydari fahime keshavarzi

The evolution of future universities highly depends on the current initiatives, policies and professional faculty development programs. This study is an attempt to examine the expected faculty members’ competencies for the next decade from doctoral students’ viewpoint. More

The evolution of future universities highly depends on the current initiatives, policies and professional faculty development programs. This study is an attempt to examine the expected faculty members’ competencies for the next decade from doctoral students’ viewpoint. The studied sample consisted of full-time doctoral students of Shiraz University in the academic year of 92-93 214 students were randomly selected according to their gender and fields of study for the survey. The research instrument was a questionnaire constructed by the researcher. The results showed that according to doctoral students, the most expected competency on the part of faculty members in the following decade, would be research competency, however, currently their teaching competency is more favorable than others. Furthermore, this study revealed a huge gap between the current and the desired situations as far as teaching, research, counseling services and collaborative with colleagues competencies are concerned. A significant correlation was found between the different dimensions of faculty members’ competencies. This study can inspire the policy-makers of professional faculty development at Iranian universities by the suggestions offered finally. Manuscript profile

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5 - Structural modeling of absorptive capacity and innovation in knowledge based Companies. Case study: development centers in Azad university of Esfahan
reza ansari Zahra جعفری بنه عیسی ali karampour

Abstract In the past century, Development and keep on organizations life –especially knowledge based Companies needs to having innovation. Knowledge based Companies can improve innovation by owning absorptive capacity. This study is structural modeling of absorptive cap More

Abstract In the past century, Development and keep on organizations life –especially knowledge based Companies needs to having innovation. Knowledge based Companies can improve innovation by owning absorptive capacity. This study is structural modeling of absorptive capacity innovation in knowledge based Companies. purpose the research is applicable and In terms of method of data collection is descriptive - survey . The statistic population of this paper is companies mangers who are in development centers in Azad university of Esfahan. study tools include questionnaire that according literature views that used to masters and experts opinion and little modification and for questionnaire perpetuity. Statistics sample is included 50 collected questionnaires which are analyzed by modeling structural equations. in study ,the results of measured models structures showed that all structures have suitable validity and reliability. The results of structural model express that the effect of dimensions of attraction capacity on different innovation have positive and significant relationship and process innovation on product innovation doesn't have significant relationship. Manuscript profile

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6 - The Effect of buyer–seller social capital on innovation performance by using customer knowledge development and commitment to innovation
abbasali rastegar Mahdi Dehghani Soltani hossein farsizadeh

The aim of this research is study and investigating The Effect of buyer–seller social capital on innovation performance through the mediating role of customer knowledge development and commitment to innovation. Statistical population included the marketing managers and More

The aim of this research is study and investigating The Effect of buyer–seller social capital on innovation performance through the mediating role of customer knowledge development and commitment to innovation. Statistical population included the marketing managers and research and development manager from the outstanding mineral-industrial export companies in global production networks that the number is 304 and the sample size was 262. In terms of purpose the present study is functional and the data collection method is descriptive. The Model has been investigated by structural equation modeling. The study's test results indicate that innovation performance is positively influenced by shared norms and trust through the mediation of customer knowledge development. Accordingly, innovation performance is also positively influenced by social interaction and shared norm through the mediation of the commitment to innovation. Manuscript profile

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7 - Identifying Strategies of Tourism Entrepreneurdhip Development in Chabahar and Qeshm Free Zones
maryam rashki farid shahmoradi aminreza kamalian

Tourism has great impact on the country's economic, cultural and political dimensions. The purpose of this study is to identify effective strategies for developing tourism entrepreneurship in Chabahar and Qeshm free regions. The statistical population consists of free-f More

Tourism has great impact on the country's economic, cultural and political dimensions. The purpose of this study is to identify effective strategies for developing tourism entrepreneurship in Chabahar and Qeshm free regions. The statistical population consists of free-field managers, specialists and managers of travel and tourism companies and business owners in the Chabahar and Qeshm free regions. The research was a researcher- made method and a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the data. After assessing the validity (using the opinions of the supervisors and counselors and verifying factor analysis), reliability of the questionnaire was used through Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient. Using SPSS21 software, Friedman test and independent T were calculated and analyzed. The results indicate that regulatory strategy, cognitive strategy and normative strategy are considered as three general strategies for the development of tourism entrepreneurship in free zones, which consist of 9 components and 36 indicators of tourism entrepreneurship development. Also, the results of the Friedman test show that the regulatory strategy has a more important priority than the other two strategies and is more important. Manuscript profile

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8 - Investigation of the Relationship among factors affecting Science Development, Technology Development and Economic Growth in Iran using System Dynamics
Hooman Shababi mahmood yahyazadehfar saeid rasekhi meysam shirkhodaei

Knowledge-Based services and high-tech industries contributions in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countris are increasing, since these contributions are reaching about 40 percent in countries such as USA. Entrance of Knowledge and technology elements in production func More

Knowledge-Based services and high-tech industries contributions in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countris are increasing, since these contributions are reaching about 40 percent in countries such as USA. Entrance of Knowledge and technology elements in production function means an enormous increase in returns and ignorance from the daily importance of technology in economic growth and development will lead to a gap between developed and poor countries, exponentially. The present research reviewed the related literature of the three fields of science development, technology development and economic growth and their relationships thoroughly, and found 14 cofactors that affect the three fields and their relationships. Using experts' suggestions (13 Iranian experts which resides in Iran and abroad), the cofactors were applied in system dynamics approach in Vensim software to test the relationship and dynamics of the three fields in Iran in four different scenarios and in a 10-year period. The results showed that the three fields are interact with eachother in a complex, interwined structure in Iran and political- economic convergence is the key factor in this relationship. The results will be useful for policymakers of the three fields in Iran. Manuscript profile

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9 - Content Marketing and Product Development Process Effectiveness in High-Tech Companies
Nader Seyyedamiri

The purpose of this paper is investigating the impact of content marketing on the effectiveness of the new product development process of high-tech companies with regard to the e-trust as a mediator between content and effectiveness. For this study, data were collected More

The purpose of this paper is investigating the impact of content marketing on the effectiveness of the new product development process of high-tech companies with regard to the e-trust as a mediator between content and effectiveness. For this study, data were collected through a questionnaire. 430 questionnaires were distributed among professionals and managers working in R&D, marketing, sales and strategic departments of firms affiliated with ICT Guild Organization in September 2017. Of this number, 384 complete questionnaires were included in the study. Data were analyzed using structural equation method by Smart PLS software. Findings show that although content marketing and e-trust influenced the effectiveness of the product development process, e-trust did not play a mediating role in the relationship between content marketing and effectiveness of product development process in high-tech companies. This study investigates the content marketing role in Product Development Process in high-tech companies and tests the model in the context of the Tehran IT industries. The result of this study provides a reference for managers of high-tech companies and helps them lower the failure rate of product development. Manuscript profile

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10 - Explaining the Modeling Model of Entrepreneurship Education with a Job Opportunity Approach (Case study: Custodians of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee of Tehran Province)
mashala valikhnai

The present research has presented a model of the entrepreneurship education system among the clients of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, which has been fitted with a survey method and a questionnaire tool and using LaserLevel software. The statistical population of More

The present research has presented a model of the entrepreneurship education system among the clients of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, which has been fitted with a survey method and a questionnaire tool and using LaserLevel software. The statistical population of the study consisted of 20 elite individuals (in order to develop a model of entrepreneurship education system) as well as 384 clients of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (in order to finalize the proposed model) through simple random sampling. Validity The questionnaire was also evaluated using face validity (expert opinion), and because the obtained alpha value was above 0.7, the validity of the questionnaire was confirmed and the results of the research indicate that all organizational and individual variables Effective (as input) as well as quadruple modulators of research and not Quality output variables, the determinants of entrepreneurship training systems are considered and priorities of each of these variables is based on the test results. Manuscript profile

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11 - Designing talent management model in the banking industry using grounded Theory
mahboobeh memari

Abstract The banking industry and the desirable performance of banks have a significant impact on the country's economic development. The environmental factors affecting the industry, such as the complex global economy, the economic climate of the country influenced by More

Abstract The banking industry and the desirable performance of banks have a significant impact on the country's economic development. The environmental factors affecting the industry, such as the complex global economy, the economic climate of the country influenced by economic sanctions, as well as the growth of private banks and financial and credit institutions, have led banks to attract, cultivate and sustain people in order to sustain its growth and survival and to gain superior competitive advantage. On the one hand, because of the vertical hierarchy structure in most of the country's banks and the lack of flexibility of the human resources system, there are often problems in attracting and retaining talent. Therefore, the design of a system that allows banks to attract, develop, and maintain a talented personnel is one of the needs of this industry. Therefore, the present study amid to design a talent management model in the banking industry. The present research has interpretive philosophical foundations and its orientation is fundamental and applied. The approach of this research is inductive and a qualitative method for its implementation is used. The field study method and the strategy of the grounded theory were used. The main purpose of the research was the discovery and understanding and the method of data collection was interview. To select a sample, a combination of purposeful or judging methods and snowball method and theoretical sampling were used. In the present research, the paradigm model of talent management was identified in the role of causal, subjective, interventional, main phenomena and outcomes, design and development, and the dimensions of planning talent, acquire talent,, Talent development, Applying talent, retaining talent, for the main phenomenon have been identified. Manuscript profile

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12 - Structural Equation Modeling of Spiritual Leadership on Entrepreneurship and Development of Faculty Members: The Effect mediator of Organizational Learning
sadeg maleki Avarsin

Abstract The purpose of this study was to measure the causal relationships between spiritual leadership and Entrepreneurship and Development of Faculty Members with the role of mediator of organizational learning in units of Islamic Azad University of West Azarbaijan. T More

Abstract The purpose of this study was to measure the causal relationships between spiritual leadership and Entrepreneurship and Development of Faculty Members with the role of mediator of organizational learning in units of Islamic Azad University of West Azarbaijan. The research methodology was applied in terms of applied purpose and based on the nature and method of conducting an effective type of descriptive-correlation research, The statistical population of all full-time professors was 13 units of 695 people in 1397. The sample size from Morgan's 263 people table was selected. The comparative sampling method was used to For data collection, four standard questionnaires Fry spiritual leadership, chopany Entrepreneurship gronae development and the Neife organizational learning, were used The content and structure validity of the questionnaires were confirmed and the reliability of their Cronbach's alpha was appropriate in the preliminary and final stages. Data analysis with confirmatory factor analysis and PLS3 software showed that the t-statistic for all path coefficients was greater than 1.96, indicating The meaning of path coefficients is. Therefore, the research hypotheses confirm that the research model has a good fit. Manuscript profile

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13 - Analysis of Empirical and Theoretical Industrial Development Evolution for Achieving an Up to Date Industrial Development Framework for Iran
Homayoon Nooraie

The aim of this paper is to review the evolution of empirical and theoretical industrial development literature and to identify the position of industrial clusters in this literature. For achiving this goal, firstly the evolution of empirical industrial development lite More

The aim of this paper is to review the evolution of empirical and theoretical industrial development literature and to identify the position of industrial clusters in this literature. For achiving this goal, firstly the evolution of empirical industrial development literature was rewied and secondly the evolution of empirical industrial development literature was discussed and finally the industerial cluster concept was considered by using attributive methods for data gathering. Results indicate that the best industrial development procedure in the current era that could bring a comprehensive and sustainabel regional development is the procedure that firstly provide demand-driven, flexible, competitive, knowledge-based and innovative industries for regions, and secondly have not any need for direct government intervention and establish in pupular base form. Regard to these characteristics, it should be noted that among industrial development strategies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the industrial cluster development strategies are in this framework and these strategies could be provide proper framework for up to date industrial development. Therefore, it is suggested that special attention paid to SMEs and industrial cluster development strategies as up to date framework and provide proper institutional environment for these strategies development. Manuscript profile

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14 - Investigating the Effect of Learning Orientation on New Product Performance: Explaining the Mediating Role of Innivation Ambidextrous Capability and Organizational Agility
iman hakimi

Abstract Learning orientation is an inevitable necessity in the new product development. However, few studies have been conducted on how the learning orientation affect on new product performance through potential intermediary variables. Therefore, the purpose of this s More

Abstract Learning orientation is an inevitable necessity in the new product development. However, few studies have been conducted on how the learning orientation affect on new product performance through potential intermediary variables. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of ambidextrous capability and organizational agility in the relationship between learning orientation and new product performance. This research is a descriptive survey that was carried out in a field experiment. The statistical population of the research is senior managers and especially research and development managers of knowledge based companies located in Kerman province, of which 180 persons were selected as sample. The tool used is a standard questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and structural equations were used to analyze the data. The findings show that learning orientation is positively related to ambidextrous capability and organizational agility. The ambidextrous capability and organizational agility also, in turn, are positively related to the performance of the new product. Finally, due to the lack of confirmation of the direct relationship between learning orientation and new product performance, the results confirm the full intermediary role of ambidextrous and organizational agility capabilites in this relationship. Manuscript profile

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15 - Designing an initiative model for development of Islamic Azad universities based on its requirements
Leila Abdoli

The purpose of this research was to design a model for the development of curriculum innovation in Tehran's Azad universities, conducted qualitatively and quantitatively. The statistical population of all senior managers and deputies and faculty members and professors o More

The purpose of this research was to design a model for the development of curriculum innovation in Tehran's Azad universities, conducted qualitatively and quantitatively. The statistical population of all senior managers and deputies and faculty members and professors of different disciplines of Islamic Azad University of Tehran units was that the samples in the qualitative section of 38 people (target-shotgun sampling) and in the small part of 280 people were randomly selected (A population of 3500 people). Data collection tools were open in the qualitative section of the interview (validity validity was confirmed by the professors and reliability with re-test and internal-consensus method 89.99%) and in the quantitative part of the researcher-made questionnaire (verified by experts and reliability of alpha Cronbach was 75%). The findings showed that the development of standards, regulations and regulations, the design of incentive financial and non-financial mechanisms, the creation of the infrastructure and technology infrastructure, the implementation and application of technology, optimization of initiative processes, the use of efficient manpower, the creation of competitive advantage, internal and external communication Appropriate organization, assessment and monitoring of the environment and appropriate academic culture are key factors in building an innovative university. The results show that in order to create a creative and innovative environment, each of the legal-supportive, behavioral-communicative, identity-cultural, technological-technological, as well as human-financial-based models should be optimized and in the framework of the interactions between these factors Equipped with the right balance. Manuscript profile

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16 - Methods of teaching science and technology with a look at the experiences of industrial countries
nahid sheikhan

The fields of engineering and technical possess the great importance in the knowledge-based economy due to the interaction they have with technology and scientific development. Over time, the main trends of engineering education in industrialized countries have been con More

The fields of engineering and technical possess the great importance in the knowledge-based economy due to the interaction they have with technology and scientific development. Over time, the main trends of engineering education in industrialized countries have been constantly changing, and they tend to be biased toward engineering science and engineering technology. The engineering technology is for immediate and direct industrial needs, and the engineering sciences is to model, analyze, design and acquire basic abilities for entry into graduate education to produce science and innovation. Considering that scientific development is mainly carried out by PhD students by carrying out developmental research in the field of engineering and technical, and the development of technology is realized by senior students and research centers in applied research. Therefore, in this paper, the teaching of science is studied with a look at the experiences of the industrialized countries and the suggestions for improving the methods of engineering education are presented. Manuscript profile

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17 - Correlation of Social Capital, Institutional Efficiency and National Development
ataollah sinaei masoud shafiee

The ongoing development process is the most important mindset of human societies and determines the degree of difference between countries. So the important question that is going on in the current world is how and why some countries have reached a higher level of devel More

The ongoing development process is the most important mindset of human societies and determines the degree of difference between countries. So the important question that is going on in the current world is how and why some countries have reached a higher level of development indicators, while others are at the bottom of the table? From this angle, the factors and dimensions of development and the formulation of questions and assumptions in this regard are a common method for discovering and opening up the development paths of societies. The general objective of this research is to examine social capital, its relationship with the formation of institutional efficiency and then with the fluctuations of national development. The research studies the impact of these two-way, successive and pre-requisite volatilities on the path to national development. Reviewing the path and fluctuations show that the relationship between these three factors has a synergy. The theoretical framework of this research is a combination of theories of social capital, institutionalism and development; and thinkers such as Putnam, Fukuyama, Huntington, North, Schumpeter, Mirdal, and Todaro, in relation to the variables involved in the formation of the subject of research. The main hypothesis of the research is that there is a positive correlation between the three variables of social capital, institutional efficiency, and national development. This research is a fundamental objective and in terms of library, documentary and exploratory method. Manuscript profile

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18 - Design a Model Of System Dynamics (SD) On The Policy Of Upgrading Indices Of Iran ICT Network
hamid honarparvaran

In the recent years, developments in the field of information and telecommunications are pursued by major changes in different areas of human life. Human has constantly employed the technology and track record of human life is abundant with innovation in information and More

In the recent years, developments in the field of information and telecommunications are pursued by major changes in different areas of human life. Human has constantly employed the technology and track record of human life is abundant with innovation in information and communication technologies (ICT) which are called as new or high- technology. Therefore, ICT Development Indices (IDI) are remarkably important. This research purports to design a model of system dynamics (SD) on the policy of upgrading indices of Iran ICT network. Accordingly, after investigating the IDI and mining the indices, the causal loops and flowchart are depicted through using the SD (system dynamics). The results of simulation show that the behavior of studied key variables, after performing enhancing economic growth policies, improved the quality and quantity of ICT infrastructure, social indices, the culture of employing ICT, and the technical knowledge of ICT operators and the enhancing process has accelerated. Manuscript profile

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19 - Effects of ICT Offices creation in Rural EconomicCase: villages of Kouhdasht County
Ahmad roumiani

1. Introduction In today's world the functional diversity of ICT and its role in various aspects of human life Due to the many changes and modifications as are Comes. The radius of the impact of information and communication technologies in the twenty-first century is s More

1. Introduction In today's world the functional diversity of ICT and its role in various aspects of human life Due to the many changes and modifications as are Comes. The radius of the impact of information and communication technologies in the twenty-first century is small enough that an important tool in the context of the development of modern technology Tremblay Impact of information technology field has a certain extent, and only confined to urban environments and The Pole of inaccessibility it essential areas such as rural areas(Fazel Nia and Qian, 2: 1382). In other words, the fact that information technology is one of the necessary elements for achieving major developments in numerous development programs And in rural areas such as the most important on the one hand Poles national macro-economic environment(Afrakhteh et al., 1388: 2). On the other hand, with issues such as low population density, geographical isolation and lack of access to information have been faced with significant importance(-Diazpuente et al,2012:121). The first creation and development offices of ICT in rural areas were provided by the World Bank In many countries that have successfully contributed to the of development (Proenza et al,2001). In many communities, a pioneer in the development, promotion offices of ICT in rural areas where experience has shown that ICT relationship between administration, trainings, technological and economic development in rural areas, nicely restored(Ting & Yi,2012:1). These offices help farmers to enhance their technical knowledge, management of natural resources, increasing the quality and quantity of production, preparation for the expansion of markets and free trade in agricultural products And development non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in relation to the agricultural sector, increased competition, increased investment and trade, regional, national, Increasing job opportunities and employment assistance to women, to increase the income of rural households and economic development of the role is noticeable Settlements(Raom,2007:514). It also enables the residents of rural areas in order to overcome the obstacles to development and reduce geographical isolation, to develop their personal and social awareness (ESCAP, 1996:1375). 2. Materials and methods The present article aims in terms of the nature and Analytical Descriptive and skins. To collect the data from the two studies were used to document and Review survey. The most important tool is a survey questionnaire at the household level. The questionnaire was designed based on the Likert scale. Validity collecting the experiences and views of five experts in planning and evaluation of rural development were approved. Reliability coefficients for the various sections above 0.7 are calculated as the total alpha Items obtained from 0.821 an acceptable level of. The fabric includes 10 villages with 2781 households have offices in ICT (ICT) Roumeshgan eastern district of functions Kouhdasht city that has been studied as a whole number The sample size of 230 households using Cochran formula for determination of the random sampling method and Proportion of, Sampling in each village was selected. 3. The results of the study In this study was to investigate the economic role of ICT in rural areas of the district offices Roumeshgan eastern city functions Kouhdasht be addressed. The results showed that the offices of ICT in achieving its primary objectives the provision of telecommunications services, telecommunications, information and education in rural areas, appropriate success Havet . In the future, the operation of these offices has somewhat rural community attitudes and knowledge of the business environment, consumer and lifestyle change. Economic activity could be said that the continuation of life offices, ICT and the effectiveness and satisfaction of the residents of the service is stopped, Results indicate that the employment offices in rural development as one of the fundamental aspects of the economy in rural areas, has played a small role In addition, the role and effectiveness of the offices mentioned in the context of the rural population is a function of age and gender characteristics to maintain offices in developing ICT Or Ground employment opportunities for youth and men in particular was more effective. The high level of literacy groups, cultural barriers and special circumstances - Social rural areas of major factors influencing this situation is enumerated. At the offices of ICT expenditure and income showed a significant increase revenue and reduce costs of rural life does not play an important role In some cases, the villagers of Have financial conditions, Utilization features more cost burdened households have imposed these offices. Manuscript profile

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20 - The Impact of ICT on Human Development in D-8 Countries
Ali Rezazadeh

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Human Development Index (HDI) in D-8 countries over the 1990-2015 period. In this regard, GDP, openness and gross capital formation are used as control var More

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Human Development Index (HDI) in D-8 countries over the 1990-2015 period. In this regard, GDP, openness and gross capital formation are used as control variables, and model estimation has been done in the framework of panel cointegration technique. The results show that there is a long-run relationship between variables. Also, all variables have a positive and significant impact on human development index. Therefore, the most important policy recommendation is that D-8 countries, will further increase their human development levels with additional investments in modern information and communication technologies, along with investment in health and education. Manuscript profile

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21 - Providing the model of Internet-of-Things Based Business Model for Telemedicine using the Falcon Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Inference System (F-ANFIS)
Masoumeh Omidvar

The main purpose of this study is to use Falcon's artificial neural networks and fuzzy inference system to designing an IOT-based business model in the field of telemedicine at the National Institute of Medical Research Development of Iran. In fact, the research fatigue More

The main purpose of this study is to use Falcon's artificial neural networks and fuzzy inference system to designing an IOT-based business model in the field of telemedicine at the National Institute of Medical Research Development of Iran. In fact, the research fatigue of NIMAD decision makers and physicians can be explained by the combination of different ways of designing an IOT-based business model in the field of telemedicine, and the need to use the T-MEDICINE+IOT.F-ANFIS system to increase confidence and reliability in Decision making, as well as the issue of the need for multiple expertise through the simultaneous use of multi-disciplinary knowledge of different areas to solve the problem of designing an internet of things-based business model in the field of telemedicine. In this study, the Matlab R2017b programming environment was applied to design an Expert system based on Falcon neural networks. Finally, using the T-MEDICINE+IOT.F-ANFIS system outputs, the status of "IOT-based business model in the field of telemedicine" can be analyzed based on variables such as the use of the IOT in telemedicine; the ability to managing devices; The position of the IOT networks; the security of the IOT; the degree of familiarity with the analysis of the uses of the IOT; In fact, the final difference between the analysis of the outputs of the Expert system based on Falcon neuro-fuzzy system of this study, and the average views of Telemedicine physicians and IOT-based business model specialists, It is not significant and it equals to 0.065. Manuscript profile

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22 - Two-way development of complex product, case study of West Karun power plant
zahra gomar mohsen hamedi reza bandarian

Complex products widespread in all industries, are the infrastructure of the advanced countries. Several examples of the failure of well-known international companies in this area necessitate the need to review successful examples and to analyze and explain the reasons More

Complex products widespread in all industries, are the infrastructure of the advanced countries. Several examples of the failure of well-known international companies in this area necessitate the need to review successful examples and to analyze and explain the reasons for their success. This need is becoming increasingly important in late-comer companies in the region due to the constraints faced by these companies, including the developing nature of the countries of interest and lack of access to the pioneer networks. The present research is a qualitative case study and aims to explain and analyze the successful development of a complex product in the power industry based on the ambidexterity model. The results show that the late-comer firm, following exogenous licensing of technology, has been able to realize advantages due to exploiting the economics of repetition and recombination by implementing a range of repetitive projects. Development and use of indigenous mechanisms such as development of modular products, deepening of knowledge by exploiting and compiling In-built knowledge to achieve the new technology base has been discussed. Through successful design, deliver and execution a Base Moving project in order to meet the monitored market needs, ambidexterity in complex technology sourcing is achieved. It is shown that the company has become ambidextrous in large scale complex integration (LCSI) projects as well. Manuscript profile

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23 - The comparison of human development between Iran and region countries (Based on the human development report (HDR) in 2011)
reza alizade gholamhossein vaziri

The industry and university partnership is one of the main driving forces to achieve the goals of the Iran 1404 outlook document. It has a significant effect on the employment of the educated manpower and on the national production and subsequently on the GNI per capit More

The industry and university partnership is one of the main driving forces to achieve the goals of the Iran 1404 outlook document. It has a significant effect on the employment of the educated manpower and on the national production and subsequently on the GNI per capita. Since mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling and the GNI per capita are the substantial indices for human development, university and industry partnership is one of the requirements for improvement of human development indices. In this paper, the concept of the human development is tried to be explained. Measuring the human development by utilizing the indices, and also an analytic comparison between Iran and the countries introduced in Iran 1404 outlook document, is performed. The countries under our study in this paper are: the Middle East countries, Middle Asia, Caucasus and neighbor countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and evaluate the human development of Islamic Republic of Iran based on the human development report (HDR) in 2011. This report is publishing annually by the United Nations organization. The results show that we are not in a good position in the human development indices and our grade in the observed area is decreasing. Finally, some suggestions are presented to improve the human development. Manuscript profile

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24 - A review of university-industry interaction patterns and designs

University and industry are two key institutions in any society and since the comprehensive development of communities and countries, largely due to Capabilities of the application of either of these two institutions in order to meet needs is, The policy makers, planner More

University and industry are two key institutions in any society and since the comprehensive development of communities and countries, largely due to Capabilities of the application of either of these two institutions in order to meet needs is, The policy makers, planners and executors of them has attracted And the concept of continuous improvement of university-industry relationship is considered. This paper aimed at explaining the relationship between universities and industry, the first world record in Iran And then this challenge as a society with higher education, has studied and the introduction of the mechanisms of interaction with universities and industry adoption of methods to transfer knowledge and technology, Emanating from university-industry interaction patterns with patterns of innovation and technology development, has been described. Used when reviewing proposals for university-industry interaction, Mutual benefits of establishing a relationship with these two institutions that together have given the data and outputs, is described Manuscript profile

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25 - Iran paradigm in the Vision 2050 global electricity industry
ali mighi mohsen masoumzade

Today's technology has been recognized as an important lever for economic growth in the global arena. Successful industries in the world have now realized the importance of this which Effective application of science and technology to increase efficiency and competitive More

Today's technology has been recognized as an important lever for economic growth in the global arena. Successful industries in the world have now realized the importance of this which Effective application of science and technology to increase efficiency and competitiveness in global markets will. It will no doubt come from countries that develop technologies based on their specific strategies and policies identified And so with the necessary mechanisms to keep pace with future developments are ready. Facing the technological challenges facing the electric power industry in the world and what is it? The share of new and renewable energy future Basket power source What is the world? What is the future direction of Automation and Intelligent power grid? The processes of electric vehicles, increasing urbanization, emissions, etc., What impact will the technology industry in the coming years? This paper studies the power industry developed country like South Korea and prospects of development of the technology industry by 2050 That is the appropriate response to achieve. Data and evidence presented in this report suggest that the technological development of the electricity industry to align with the future of the power industry in the world, should be the subject of such an intelligent network,Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through development of renewable energy and improve the efficiency of existing plants, the optimal combination of product portfolio, Consumption and improve the efficiency of transportation management and development will focus on electricity Manuscript profile

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26 - Change of Academic Regulation and Systems, the Necessity for Improvement of Iranian National Technology and Industries Relation Development

For years Iranian thinkers and managers try to improve the relation between universities and industries to use the scientific results of academics centers in national technology development. Some years ago after changing the name “Culture and advanced education ministry More

For years Iranian thinkers and managers try to improve the relation between universities and industries to use the scientific results of academics centers in national technology development. Some years ago after changing the name “Culture and advanced education ministry” to “ministry of Science, research and Technology” the ministry tried to have important roles on national technology and knowledge based development. Though much trying, there is needed to essential planning and organizing works to lead the ministry to have beneficial output for the goals of technology development which is in constitution. To reach to the goals which coming in the constitution it is needed some rectification and modification in organization structure, rules and process of execution. In other hand there are some science and technology organizations parallel to each other with more budget and low responsibility in the government. So grinding and dispersion of research possibilities is one of the barriers to technology development in Iran. This paper notices to the Change of academic regulation and systems as a necessity for improvement of industries relation and national technology development for country. Improvement of technological universities instruction systems is one of the other items emphasized in this paper for national technology development Manuscript profile

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27 - Policy Making for Centralized and Decentralized R&D Structures in the Petroleum Industry Based on the Idea to Market Process
homameddin tabatabaei Ahmad mousaei

Nowadays, R&D is the one of the most important pillars of corporations. Oil industry is the Iran's largest industry an as a corporation no except of this rule. But various structures and different approaches exist for the position of R&D in corporations' structure. T More

Nowadays, R&D is the one of the most important pillars of corporations. Oil industry is the Iran's largest industry an as a corporation no except of this rule. But various structures and different approaches exist for the position of R&D in corporations' structure. Three major structures have been used more in corporations for research and development, which are: • Centralized R&D structure • Decentralized R&D structure • Hybrid R&D structure In this paper first, the stages of idea to market process will be described. Then the types of R&D structures in corporations will define and then their position in the Iran's oil industry investigated. Next according to the stages of idea to market process, duties and nature of activities in centralized and decentralized R&D sections in hybrid R&D structures will discuss. Finally some policies and recommendation for the improving the R&D in the Iran's oil industry is presented Manuscript profile

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28 - Successful Cases of University and Industry Interaction
hedayatollah jamalipour masoud shafiee

in this paper the interaction between university and industry for developed country has been studied. For this, we First have identified the fundamental parameters, which are important for this cooperation. Second the advantage and weakness of there parameter were recog More

in this paper the interaction between university and industry for developed country has been studied. For this, we First have identified the fundamental parameters, which are important for this cooperation. Second the advantage and weakness of there parameter were recognized. We hope our officials and scientists would learn from these experiences and design a suitable model for university and industry relation for Islamic republic of Iran Manuscript profile

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29 - The Necessity of quality improvement in Iran Higher Education
jafar tofighi

Higher education in Iran has faced with two important challenges after Islamic revolution. Firestone is the historical underdevelopment in quantitative expansion of higher education and the second is rapid population growth, which caused high demand for enhancement of More

Higher education in Iran has faced with two important challenges after Islamic revolution. Firestone is the historical underdevelopment in quantitative expansion of higher education and the second is rapid population growth, which caused high demand for enhancement of higher education. Of course, other factors such as cultural context and lack of job opportunities for secondary school graduates had also have played important role in demand for providing more places for university applicants. This situation caused the quantitative expansion of higher education to be considered as the first priority of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Foundation of Payame-Nour University (distance learning), private higher education institutions, Islamic Azad University, e-learning courses, evening courses and joint diplomas with International universities were among higher education policies in recent years. As a result students’ population increased from 150,000 in 1978 to 3,500,000 in 2008. In Particular, increase in the post graduate studies, besides human resources development caused a great advancement in the research status of the country. There is no doubt that quantitative expansion of higher education in Iran is one of the most glorious achievements after the revolution, but at the same time along with expansion of students’ population and diversification of higher education systems particular ,in private sector, the quality of higher education should be of main concern for policy makers in this sector. This paper would review the most important challenges of higher education as the roles of total quality management systems encounter the involved factors Manuscript profile

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30 - The Role of Private Universities in Country Development
vahid yazdanian masoud shafiee

: Development of communication industry and university on mutual basis, needs and capabilities, is carried out and models presented by the experts on this basis has been designed and implemented. Industry related to government and state universities has made an organic More

: Development of communication industry and university on mutual basis, needs and capabilities, is carried out and models presented by the experts on this basis has been designed and implemented. Industry related to government and state universities has made an organic government impact in a way that the direction of industry and university development policies have been largely in accordance with the political requirements of the country over last century. Constitutional accomplishment of Article No. 44 and the growing trend in the privatization companies and government organizations follows this principle, certainly increased competition between these companies and organizations’ that are creating new fields of application for increasing competitive capacity and maintain standards of goods and services. Constitutional accomplishment of Article No. 44, public universities, due to initial state governing backgrounds, being strictly in accordance with the government rules, cannot make their principle contributions to increasing demand by society and industry sectors. Moreover, as the government role is decreased and faded out, lack of legal mechanisms of governance for development and university industry relationship, caused this relationship being shifted from Government command to personal command. A relationship which is requirement and background is unknown. In this article we intend to investigate mutual needs and capabilities from the industry and universities point of view to transition procedure from state institutions to non-governmental organizations Manuscript profile

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31 - Achievements of Internship Program implementation in Khorasan Electricity Industry
ahad zabet amirreza tajadod

Internship is one of the most effective programs in human development. This program, which is an industrial research project based internship, has proved to be very effective in human resources development and university – industry relations, while many industrial probl More

Internship is one of the most effective programs in human development. This program, which is an industrial research project based internship, has proved to be very effective in human resources development and university – industry relations, while many industrial problems were solved with minimal expenses. Khorasan Regional Electricity Company and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad started the internship program since 1382 (2004) with 25 projects in the first year and have completed 165 projects in 6 years. 72 university faculty members cooperated with the program and supervised the projects. 354 students found the opportunity to take part in the program as interns and to experience the industrial research and team work. 162 experts and managers from the industry cooperated with project teams and benefited from the experience of academic team work. Improved relation and confidence of industry and university management in research cooperation, increased interest of industry in defining new problems and outsourcing these projects to university, and enhanced cooperation between industry engineers and students and faculty members are some results of the internship program Manuscript profile

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32 - Integrated Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and GIS for Land use Suitability Analysis
ladan kazemi rad

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Recognizing and determining the suitability and talent of the earth is one of the primary measures in spatial and environmental planning for physical and urban development. The aim of this research is to identify and determine the spatial distribution of suitable areas More

Recognizing and determining the suitability and talent of the earth is one of the primary measures in spatial and environmental planning for physical and urban development. The aim of this research is to identify and determine the spatial distribution of suitable areas for physical development in Guilan province. Land suitability was determined by hierarchical process analysis (AHP) method and using seven natural criteria including gradient, altitude, cover, rainfall, distance from fault, rock, soil. The land suitability for physical development was divided into three large, moderate and low classes, and its zoning map was prepared. The results showed that, regardless of the protected areas and the wetland, about 62% of the study area is located in the class with a high proportion. With the consideration of other parameters, these areas can be considered for developmental planning by planners and policy makers. Manuscript profile

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33 - Application of DRASTIC in industrial development of Sari plain with impact on environmental pollution
Mohammad rahmani

Industrial developments must follow environmental codes to sustain soil, water and air quality. Therefore, assessment of aquifer vulnerability potential for locating new industrial settlements is necessary. In this research, the vulnerability of Sari plain groundwater r More

Industrial developments must follow environmental codes to sustain soil, water and air quality. Therefore, assessment of aquifer vulnerability potential for locating new industrial settlements is necessary. In this research, the vulnerability of Sari plain groundwater resources to the establishment of industrial zones is evaluated by DRASTIC model. Results show that Sari aquifer is very vulnerable to industrial development and the vulnerability map of the plain consists of three zones. The first, second and third zones that covers 10.49%, 56.66% and 32.85% of areal extent of the plain are classified as highly, very highly and too highly vulnerable, respectively. Parameter sensitivity analysis showed that the depth of the water-table is the most effective factor on the DRASTIC vulnerability index. Sari shallow aquifer is strongly affected by pollutants from agricultural and industrial activities. The study area is not suitable for the establishment of industrial estates based on the vulnerability map. Moreover, if environmental considerations are not respected by farmers and the existing industrial units in the plain, the aquifer will be suffering serious damages. Manuscript profile

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34 - Investigation of the trend of land use changes in Rey city using remote sensing data
sara foroutan mahmoud shariat mirmasoud kheirkhah zarkesh rahim sarvar

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Rey city has experienced unprecedented urban growth in recent decades that leading to drastic changes in the land use of the region. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to investigate the changes in land use area of Rey city during the years 1988 to 2006 using ae More

Rey city has experienced unprecedented urban growth in recent decades that leading to drastic changes in the land use of the region. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to investigate the changes in land use area of Rey city during the years 1988 to 2006 using aerial photographs and satellite images of Landsat and IRS. With supervised and unsupervised classification of the satellite images, 4 land uses types including urban lands, agricultural lands, green spaces and barren lands were extracted. Land use layers were compared in pairs and the rate of land use changes was extracted. The results showed that urban land use made and urban green space have increased 369.7 and 55.6 hectares, respectively, and agricultural lands and barren lands have decreased 213.8 and 211.5 hectares, respectively. The growth of residential areas during a period of 6 years from 2000 to 2006 totally with 212.7 hectares has been faster changed than a period of 12 years from 1988 to 2000 with 157 hectares. A pairwise comparison matrix of land uses was used to determine the amount of environmental damages caused by unprincipled changes in the region land uses in the studying period. The results show that the conversion of barren lands, agriculture and urban green space into residential lands with the amounts 44.65, 42.44 and 14.85 causes high degree of environmental damages. Land use change, especially the loss of vegetation, has a negative impact on the landscape. Manuscript profile

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35 - Methods of teaching science and technology of engineering with a look at the experiences of industrial countries
firooz bakhtiarinezhad nahid sheikhan

The fields of engineering and technical possess the great importance in the knowledge-based economy due to the interaction they have with technology and scientific development. Over the last few decades, the main trend of engineering education in industrialized countri More

The fields of engineering and technical possess the great importance in the knowledge-based economy due to the interaction they have with technology and scientific development. Over the last few decades, the main trend of engineering education in industrialized countries have been constantly changing, and they tend to be biased toward engineering science and engineering technology. The engineering technology is for immediate and direct industrial needs, and the engineering sciences is to formulate methods and standards in design through modeling and analysis, and the acquisition of basic abilities for entry into graduate education for the production of science and innovation. Considering that scientific development is mainly carried out by PhD students by carrying out developmental research in the field of engineering and technical, and the development of technology is realized by senior students and research centers in applied research; therefore, in this paper, the results of studies on the teaching of science and engineering are presented with a look at the experiences of the industrialized countries and the suggestions for improving the methods of engineering education especially mechanical engineering are presented too. Manuscript profile

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36 - Higher Education and Development in China
yousef hojjat

This article presents the experiences of more than two years of scientific advisory responsibility in China, relying on universities and their relationship with industry. First, the history and development process of higher education as well as the scientific achievemen More

This article presents the experiences of more than two years of scientific advisory responsibility in China, relying on universities and their relationship with industry. First, the history and development process of higher education as well as the scientific achievements of universities are presented on the achievements of universities. China's scientific capabilities and publications, and to some extent comparisons with the world, are discussed. Some of the scientific centers that play an important role in building China today and tomorrow, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, are briefly described, and finally, the joint scientific activities between industry and academia, namely patents and joint papers. Manuscript profile

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37 - Evaluation of Housing Physical Indicators Using Sustainable Development Approach (Case Study: Tabriz 2nd and 4th regions)
rasoul ghorbani hassan mahmodzade maziyar hosseinpour Mahdi Herischian

In today's cities, housing has a large part of urban utilities, as well as housing, which consumes a lot of energy and resources imported to cities. Hence, housing sustainability is an important step in achieving sustainable urban development. At the present study with More

In today's cities, housing has a large part of urban utilities, as well as housing, which consumes a lot of energy and resources imported to cities. Hence, housing sustainability is an important step in achieving sustainable urban development. At the present study with a descriptive-analytic approach with the aim of evaluating the indicators of physical sustainability of housing in two regions 2 and 4 of Tabriz city, Using the Fuzzy AHP model in the GIS software, we evaluated each of the individual physical sustainability criteria. With the formation of the paired matrix, the weight of each criterion was obtained and then, by integrating the criteria based on the weights assigned to them, in the GIS map of the overall sustainability of the buildings in the two regions was achieved. In region 2, the high sustainability floor has the largest area of the region, which is 315 hectares (ie, %71 of the area of the region's housing). And the very sustainable floor has only %1 of the area in the region. While the floor with a high and very high sustainability, in Tabriz region4,was only %3.48, and the floor with moderate sustainability with an area of 437 hectares accounts for%68 of the total area of the 4th region. The class with moderate physical sustainability in region 2 has about %8(27 hectares) and in region 4, covers about %27 of the area. Therefore, the residential region of Tabriz 2nd region has higher levels of physical sustainability than region4. Manuscript profile

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38 - Explains perferable scenario of areal integrated development and optimal strategies for its implementation (Case Study: Minoodasht township)
rasoul ghorbani

Present research explains the perferable scenario of areal integrated development and optimal strategies for its implementation in Minoodasht township. First step in this research was identifed and analyzed the effective factors in areal integrated development with emph More

Present research explains the perferable scenario of areal integrated development and optimal strategies for its implementation in Minoodasht township. First step in this research was identifed and analyzed the effective factors in areal integrated development with emphasis on rural-urban linkages. In this regard used the Delphi method and cross-effects matrix(Mic-Mac software). In this way, 28 factors were identified as key factors. The second step is to explain the plausible and probable future and build the scenario. At this stage, plausible futures were firstly determined on the basis of key drivers. Within these futures, probabilistic futures were identified, and then the likelihood of realization of each of these believable situations was as follows in the form of a five-choice Likert spectrum (very much Low to very high). Accordingly, the situation with their score above the average (x = 3) was identified as probable future, which was the basis for mapping the desired scenario. Based on the findings of this section, the focus is on the development of tourism activities. To select the best strategies used SWOT model and hierarchical analysis model. The findings of this section also show that aggressive strategies are the most effective strategy. The hierarchical analysis model also showed that the top strategy among the aggressive strategies presented is based on the combination and development types of tourism as a tourist package, introducing and presenting attractions, facilities, programs, etc., through the capacity of cyberspace. Manuscript profile

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39 - Proposed Process for Urban Development Plans Based on Foresight Approach
علی رضا بندرآباد

In the past few decades, the traditional pattern of comprehensive plans has been criticized by a purely rational planning approach. The critique and evaluation of this method of study, first in the countries that invented the comprehensive plan and gradually transferred More

In the past few decades, the traditional pattern of comprehensive plans has been criticized by a purely rational planning approach. The critique and evaluation of this method of study, first in the countries that invented the comprehensive plan and gradually transferred to other countries that producing the plan. Foresight study as a complementary complement to a strategic planning in cases where long-term planning is required has a high dynamic planning environment, there is a high degree of uncertainty in the system, the risk of planning failure is high. , The system has a lot of complexity, is used. This paper tries to identify the foresight approach indicators and process of developing urban development plans based on the foresight approach. The purpose of this research is in the field of fundamental-applied research, and is the dominant topic of interpretation and qualitative research approach. The method of collecting and processing data is through studying, viewing and interviewing. The method of data analysis using deep interviewing method and open questionnaire in the form of Delphi technique in order to obtain elite and expert opinions in the field of planning and future studies and in order to determine the indicators and criteria of the prospective study approach. Finally, the overall process of developing urban plans based on a fresight study approach is also expressed in terms of background and similar processes of foresight in the world and in Iran. The proposed process of this study consists of seven main stages of understanding, collecting information, analyzing information, screening and interpreting information, fresight, output (evaluation and decision), implementation and execution. Manuscript profile

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40 - Challenges of Sustainable Development using ICT (Case study: Rural areas of Saveh District
Tahmineh Daniali

In the new paradigm of rural development, utilizing knowledge and information and accordingly instruments and technologies for transferring and interchanging knowledge is of utmost importance, and ICT is considered as a very important factor in sustainable development f More

In the new paradigm of rural development, utilizing knowledge and information and accordingly instruments and technologies for transferring and interchanging knowledge is of utmost importance, and ICT is considered as a very important factor in sustainable development from many aspects. In this study, we investigated the role of ICT in developing rural communities of Yal-Abad and Ghardin villages. These two villages are located in Saveh district and despite the prospective role everyone considered for ICT in rural development, the economic, social and physical structures of these villages is not appropriate. Results show that despite having high potential in ICT development, the society has not experienced the benefits of ICT. Unsustainable rural structures have limited the growth of ICT. Manuscript profile

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41 - Spatial organization of the future expansion of Harsin city based on Geomorphological parameters using OWA, LCM and AHP models.
mamand salari hamid ganjaeain milad abdolmaleki khabat amani

The development of settlements has led to the identification of suitable locations for urban development goals as one of the priorities of urban planners. Accordingly, the present study tries to explore the natural environment of the city of Harsin for the development o More

The development of settlements has led to the identification of suitable locations for urban development goals as one of the priorities of urban planners. Accordingly, the present study tries to explore the natural environment of the city of Harsin for the development of residential areas with a view to future development. The present research is based on library, field and software methods. In this research, eight criteria included Elevation, Slope, Aspect, Distance from the River, Distance from Fault, Lithology, Road and Land use has been used. The research methodology is a combination of the preparation of information layers in the ARC GIS environment, Standardization by Fuzzy Logic and Weighing in the form of AHP model and zoning using two models of OWA and WLC. The results showed that the present and current urban area in terms of environmental and geomorphological parameters in the research is in good relative condition and based on the models used by OWA and WLC, it is 8.8 and 9.6 square kilometers, respectively. Nevertheless, there are inappropriate areas in the direction of urban development and urbanization of Harsin which often include mountain units and high Slope region, Rivers and Faults. The final result of the research also indicates the significant role of geomorphic units in the formation of urban systems And on this basis, we can say The present study, with the existing system-based comparative approach, is an effective model for managing the development of around- cities areas in the future. Manuscript profile

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42 - The Role of Solar Energy in Sustainable Development in Tehran (Case Study: Residential Building)
صابر شفائی گیگلو Bahlool Alijani Mohammad سلیقه

Sustainable urban development is about building a relatively ideal and ideal city in which contemporary citizens enjoy a fairly good life and the future generation's ability to meet their needs. Tehran, as the main city in Iran, which has about 20% of the country's popu More

Sustainable urban development is about building a relatively ideal and ideal city in which contemporary citizens enjoy a fairly good life and the future generation's ability to meet their needs. Tehran, as the main city in Iran, which has about 20% of the country's population and its changes are influenced extensively and directly throughout the country, should therefore be considered more than other cities in terms of urban development. This research is practical in terms of purpose and in terms of its type, descriptive-analytical and consists of four main stages. In the first phase of this research, in order to identify and assess the current status of produced and consumed energy, we study and compare energy consumption data from all fossil fuels, non-renewable and renewable energy sources. In the second stage, the solar energy potential in Tehran, was studied using the information obtained from the synoptic station Mehrabad. In the third step, the cost of generating energy (electric energy) with fossil fuels or photovoltaic systems was compared. In the final stage, the process of designing and analyzing the choice of photovoltaic systems with run on two sample systems was implemented. The results indicate that the domestic, commercial and public sectors and transportation have the highest energy consumption in Tehran in different parts of the country. And also these two parts form the main part of energy consumption in residential areas. as of 2014, the total supply of energy (including production, imports, ...) of non-renewable fossil fuels is 1.774.5 million barrels of crude oil. As of 2014, the total supply of energy (including production, imports, ...) of non-renewable fossil fuels is 1.774.5 million barrels of crude oil. By contrast, the total supply of renewable energy, especially solar energy, is only 24.9% (equivalent to crude oil barrels), which is only 0.013% of the total energy supply of the country. However, due to high capacities of different energy standards in Tehran, utility rate of solar energy this city is significant. And luckily, in recent years, there has been a downturn in the cost of photovoltaic systems. Therefore, at the end of the research, suggestions were made to enhance the role of solar energy in the sustainable development of Tehran, especially in the construction industry, contains: review and modification of urban planning rules for optimizing energy consumption of fossil fuels, by notification and coercion new guidelines for the use of solar energy in the residential areas of Tehran. Culture -building and development of incentive schemes for the prosperity of the production and use of solar energy by citizens, even in small quantities. Providing necessary infrastructure for utilizing solar energy in the household, public and commercial sectors of Tehran Manuscript profile

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43 - An analysis of the quality of urban neighborhoods with an emphasis on sustainable city amenities Case study: Housem neighborhood, Roudsar city
shirin zarbakhsh reza parvizi nader zali

The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the quality of the Housem neighborhood in Rudsar based on the components of the sustainable city. The first step of the method, after studying of theoretical foundations and research literature, indicators and indicators More

The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the quality of the Housem neighborhood in Rudsar based on the components of the sustainable city. The first step of the method, after studying of theoretical foundations and research literature, indicators and indicators that affect the utility of urban pedestrians have been identified. In the second stage, using these questionnaires and analytical hierarchy process, these indicators are weighted and prioritized. In the third stage, using field studies and completing a questionnaire from residents of Housem neighborhood, the status of the neighborhood is assessed in terms of the desired indicators (in the form of a questionnaire and Likert scale). The results of the evaluations carried out on the significance of the four dimensions of the study in the research showed that the social dimension with relative weight of 0/399 is more important than the other dimensions in the level of urban neighborhoods. The results of the research on the status of the neighborhood in terms of four social, physical, environmental and economic criteria indicate that the social standard with an average of 2/578 and a relative score of 0/263 are in the first place. But according to the Likert spectrum, the level of neighborhood sustainability is moderately low based on this indicator, which is the highest ranked indicator than the other indicators. It shows that the level of sustainability of the neighborhood is at a weak and very weak level. Manuscript profile

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44 - Investigating the Impact of Tourism in the Economic and Social Development of Rural Areas (Case Study: Villages in Talesh Township)
samira asghary

Abstract: Since the 1950s, attention has been paid to rural tourism, and the 1960s marked its economic aspect with respect to local communities and since the 1990s, new horizons have been created in the development of tourism and have been used as a tool for More

Abstract: Since the 1950s, attention has been paid to rural tourism, and the 1960s marked its economic aspect with respect to local communities and since the 1990s, new horizons have been created in the development of tourism and have been used as a tool for the development of rural communities. So, today the most important tool for sustainable rural development is the use of tourism capacities, especially natural and cultural. Tourism development in villages, increase of job opportunities, creation of additional income and decentralization in rural areas leads to a lot of environmental and cultural benefits. The purpose of this study was to investigate the economic and social impacts of tourism development in the cities of Talesh province. In this research, villages of over 200 households and sample villages of the province have been surveyed. The research method is descriptive-analytical. The research data were obtained through library and information documents through a questionnaire and statistical documentation and field surveys. Due to the lack of reliable statistics about the number of tourists entering the area, 383 questionnaires were used using The Cochran formula was obtained during the springtime and spring seasonal periods.. The result of the research shows that in the above-mentioned sections, there is a meaningful relationship between the arrival of tourists and the creation of employment and income of rural communities. Due to the existence of unique natural attractions such as Gisum beaches, Alalan Khalifabad, taki tazeh abad,ghorough, Hawigh , Chubar and the beautiful road of Asalem to Khalkhal, , talesh to Marian, Lisar to Sutaban, and talesh to Sharsul, Investment and the creation of tourism infrastructure will have a major impact on the region's further development and sustainable employment. Manuscript profile

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45 - analysis of effective variables in the process of policy- making for environmental(physical) development of sari

The urban land management is a quintessential part of the urban management. In some countries such as Iran, there is no integrated urban land management and providing municipal services is assigned to nationwide organisations. This means urban management is offered by t More

The urban land management is a quintessential part of the urban management. In some countries such as Iran, there is no integrated urban land management and providing municipal services is assigned to nationwide organisations. This means urban management is offered by the municipality or subsidiaries of the aforementioned organisations. The rapid growth of urbanisation, migration to cities particularly to megacities, and the limited amount of land available for residential housing caused an increase in the demand for residential lands which resulted in its unavailability. In many countries, governments and their administrators attempt to enable various sections of the society, especially, deprived people to have access to the land market through setting policies. Although various countries face similar issues in providing housing and land to the people, there are some subtle differences. These differences are rooted in legislative, historical, political, economic, social, cultural matters and their natural boundariesInvestigating the relationship between decision making model of urban land policies and physical development of Sari city and the relationship between physical development model of Sari city and national politics and role of actors in urban land. To do so, it follows an applied analytical descriptive approach. To analyse the data, mathematical and statistical methods were applied using Excel and SPSS. Moreover, the GIS was used for visualisation and adaptive analysis. The study concluded that lack of clear visions and consequently uncoordinated organisations and their policies, isolated and vertical decision-making, and unmanaged intervention without the required organisational capacities are the critical reasons for inefficient urban land management. . Manuscript profile

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46 - Water Governance and Regional Development The Case of Karkheh Irrigation Area (Khuzestan, Iran)
ِAbaas Saidi Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Javad Etaat Kaveh Masoumi

Water and its ancient exploitation methods in Iran, which a large part of its territory is characterized as arid and semi-arid, has continuously played a determinant role in establishment of cultural landscapes and as a whole, in its socio-economic developments. With More

Water and its ancient exploitation methods in Iran, which a large part of its territory is characterized as arid and semi-arid, has continuously played a determinant role in establishment of cultural landscapes and as a whole, in its socio-economic developments. With the beginning of modernization and turning to new planning methods, with introducing interim development plans (from 1948 onwards), along with the implementation of Land Reform Act (1962), and perhaps most importantly, the change in the state's basic incomes from taxes and duties (shareholdings) to oil, with growth of urbanization and expansion of industrial activities, the country witnessed unprecedented changes in large scale water management, with focusing a completely centralized framework and dominant role of state. . After the Islamic Revolution (1979), the process of increasing the country's capacity to exploit the water resources was expanding unprecedentedly. During the period, regional development programs, with emphasis on water resources, in new land areas, with comparative advantage, gave way to implementation of development plans throughout the country. Thus, the attitude toward water resource management and its governance has received somewhat new features. This article tries to study these processes and approaches to water governance and their role in balanced and sustainable development, and, as well as, their spatial implications as a case, in the Karkheh irrigation zone(Khuzestan). The study was conducted on the basis of a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) method, using structured questionnaires and interviews, group focused discussion sessions and non-cooperative observation and discussion. Efforts have been made to review the Karkheh Irrigation Development Plan, based on the points of views of all stakeholders at various national, regional and local levels (including managers and experts from different fields, such as university professors, experts in water, agriculture, environment, development planning, local community representatives and common beneficiaries of the project), by using the methods of individual and group interviews. Manuscript profile

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47 - Assessing Neighbourhood Sustainable Development; A Case Study of Khoramabad
Somaye Rahimi Yekta Asqar Shokrgozar Maryam Jafari Mehrabadi

Sustainability analysis and the status of sustainability indices in urban areas have always been one of the objectives of urban managers as a way to achieve urban sustainability. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the status of sustainable development More

Sustainability analysis and the status of sustainability indices in urban areas have always been one of the objectives of urban managers as a way to achieve urban sustainability. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the status of sustainable development of the neighborhood in the neighborhoods of Khorramabad city and in general, to understand the different situation between neighborhoods and to show different levels of neighborhoods in terms of indices of regional development. According to the results of Anova test, in all indicators of sustainable development of the neighborhood (socio-cultural, economic, environmental, physical), there are significant differences between the studied neighborhoods in terms of mean differences. In other words, Fisher's test for each of the four indicators is equal to 0/000 and the confidence level is 0.95% smaller than 0.05. Therefore, there is a significant difference between the groups in terms of average, and all the neighborhoods in terms of this index The situation is different. Also, in order to answer the research question and to determine the homogeneous levels of neighborhood development and ranking of neighborhoods in terms of the level of sustainable development indices, the cluster analysis and Tukey test have been used. The results of that neighborhood have a stable development of the high neighborhood in the 3rd level (sustainable), Khajavi coastal districts, Delphan, Shahid, Phazik, Alawi districts with medium-level neighborhood development at Level 2 (semi-sustainable ), Keghaneh neighborhood, Eastern spain, and white flowers have a low-lying neighborhood development at level 1 (unstable) within the study area. Manuscript profile

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48 - Investigating the position of the concept of urban livability in the urban development plan (case study: Master plan of Zanjan city
vahid yarigholi mohsen ahadnejhad roshti Jhila sajadi

Today, urban viability reflects a strong discourse on urban development and urban design, which has become prevalent in the history of urban planning. Implementation of urban development plans is one of the basic measures in urban planning and management for the city to More

Today, urban viability reflects a strong discourse on urban development and urban design, which has become prevalent in the history of urban planning. Implementation of urban development plans is one of the basic measures in urban planning and management for the city to be inhabitants of the city and guaranteeing the continued existence of the city for a long time. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of Zanjan city in terms of livability indicators and how urban development plans can be implemented livability in Zanjan city. The research method of this research is descriptive-analytical and applied in terms of purpose. The results of this study indicate that the findings of the analysis of the mental indices based on the distribution of the questionnaire among the statistical population showed that the Objective and subjective indicators conditions are not nearly consistent. According to the results of regression analysis, the rate of communication and correlation of livability with urban development plans is 0.622. Considering the significant level of 0.000 and its low, it is rejected from the 0.05P <zero hypothesis. It can be said that the relationship between the two variables of livability with the urban development plans is significant. In other words, the implementation of urban development plans accounts for 37% of the Zanjan city's livability. In addition, the highest correlation between the implementation of urban development plans with the social index is 0.369 and the smallest amount is also economic-related with 0.167. Manuscript profile

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49 - Explaining the entrepreneurship capabilitiea in rural areas

Abstract The purpose of this research is to explain the entrepreneurial capabilities in the rural area of Sabalan. In this regard, we study the dimensions and characteristics of sustainable development of rural areas, entrepreneurship and its principles and methods in More

Abstract The purpose of this research is to explain the entrepreneurial capabilities in the rural area of Sabalan. In this regard, we study the dimensions and characteristics of sustainable development of rural areas, entrepreneurship and its principles and methods in the villages of the region. Finally, considering the capabilities Creating employment and entrepreneurship in the Sabalan region offers optimal solutions for entrepreneurship in the region, economic development and sustainable development. This research is in terms of its purpose and is descriptive-analytic in terms of its method. Data collection was done using library and field methods (questionnaire). Finally, raw data was analyzed by one-way ANOVA, Spearman correlation coefficient and univariate regression analysis using SPSS22 software. The results of the research indicate that Sabalan rural areas have several entrepreneurial capabilities that include tourism capabilities in the field of ecotourism, religious tourism and sports tourism; the medical geology capabilities of medicinal plants, therapeutic honey and hydrotherapy; mineral resources Such as metal minerals, non-metallic materials and construction materials. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, Rural Areas Manuscript profile

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50 - The trend of urban development with geographical foothold (Case Study: Municipality, District13)
Somayeh Sadat Sajjadi abbas arghan Zaenab karkah Abadi

This study examines two important geographic footprint in layer management and sustainable urban development and urban planning.Methods of collecting and gathering information from the library, field work and questionnaires were used. This descriptive study, explain and More

This study examines two important geographic footprint in layer management and sustainable urban development and urban planning.Methods of collecting and gathering information from the library, field work and questionnaires were used. This descriptive study, explain and through the geography footprint (ecological) for determining the safety of the urban population ) District 13 ( . The results show that the ecological footprint area of 1.913 hectares per person per year, This means that this area 1.376 times more than their share of ecologically sustainable capacity allocated The results of this study corroborates the notion that their needs for sustainable security in the region 13 to meet the needs of other regions is Tehran And the other regional development patterns, according to calculations by Gini coefficients of inequality and relative entropy and Shannon somewhat scattered and uneven distribution of population in urban areas it is evident. Manuscript profile

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51 - Analyze and evaluate the Dehyari's performance in Achieve the target of rural Hadi plan (case study: Zanjan county)
mohamad taghi heydari

Dehyary as a public institution or non-governmental, independent legal entity at the request of Rural and license the country Ministry in each village is formed. And aims to improve the development of social, economic, political, cultural and physical environments is. O More

Dehyary as a public institution or non-governmental, independent legal entity at the request of Rural and license the country Ministry in each village is formed. And aims to improve the development of social, economic, political, cultural and physical environments is. One of the functions of Dehyari, cooperation with the Housing Foundation in the preparation, adoption and implementation of the rural Hadi plan. This article with descriptive-analytic method to analyze the performance of Dehyar on how to preparation and implementation of Hadi plan and supervising the construction after the implementation of Hadi plan focused . The Statistical population, Using Morgan table, 373subjects were selected. For data analysis from goodness of fit test, regression analysis, and factor analysis with SPSS was used. according to goodness of fit of the model, Dehyari performance in plan Hadi is'n desirable. According to Poisson, performance Dehyari the growing and developing. In Regression analysis of correlation between Dehyari performance in development and promotion of Hadi Plan, is0.429, the factor analysis, indicator "Dehyar performance in monitoring the construction implementation after Hadi Plan" with amount(0.25) in explaining the Dehyar performance to advance the objectives of rural Hadi plan. In results, Dehyari's in Hadi plan goals have been moderate performance and acceptable. For improve the performance of Dhyari, Dhyari's established independent, local employment and educated Dehyar, effective collaborationof institutions with Dehyar, and training Dhyari's, seems essential. Manuscript profile

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52 - Gender Drivers Effective on Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Areas (Case study: Papi section of Khorramabad city)
zahra hejazizadeh mehrshad toulabi nejad

Developing entrepreneurship while generating employment and creating incomes can lead to lower unemployment among the villagers. However, in almost the entire world, the factors and drivers that affect entrepreneurship activities vary between men and women, especially i More

Developing entrepreneurship while generating employment and creating incomes can lead to lower unemployment among the villagers. However, in almost the entire world, the factors and drivers that affect entrepreneurship activities vary between men and women, especially in rural areas. The aim of the present study, functional and the method is descriptive-analytic. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire and interviews. The statistical population of rural women and men is the Papi section of Khorramabad city (N = 8775). 330 samples (172 males and 158 females) were selected using the Cochran formula. To achieve the research questions, variance analysis, post hoc tests, and binary logistic regression (LM-Newton-Mar card-Raphson method) were used.The results of the research show that there is a significant difference between the factors and factors affecting entrepreneurship development of rural women and men. The entrepreneurship development drivers for rural men (in addition to the economic factor that has been the most important driver of entrepreneurship among women and men) is influenced by infrastructure and institutional factors, while important family and socio-cultural factors The most important drivers of rural women entrepreneurship development. Regarding the results, it is necessary to pay attention to the entrepreneur's gender factor and in order to eliminate the entrepreneurial barriers, taking into account the gender of the entrepreneurs of the strategy and the proportional model, in order to develop entrepreneurship, and especially in rural areas. Manuscript profile

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53 - Investigation of challenges and strategies of rural urban1 spatial development (Case study: East and west Bandpey district of Babol town)
Dr saadi Mohammadi elham davari chnoor mohammadi

Abstract Problem Scheme: Urbanization and increase of population, and consequently development of small and large towns are among today's trends. The sustainable development of the mentioned items is bound to having an efficient urban management and planning. Urban m More

Abstract Problem Scheme: Urbanization and increase of population, and consequently development of small and large towns are among today's trends. The sustainable development of the mentioned items is bound to having an efficient urban management and planning. Urban management focuses highly on the issues of metropolises, large cities and sometimes mid-sized ones, and it gives much less attention to the managerial issues in rural urban areas. However, if rural urban areas can be economically independent, they can play a significant role in flourishing and booming their surrounding environment through holding a major share of production, investment and human resources. Objective: Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the challenges and strategies of rural urban areas which have recently turned into towns. Method: This is a descriptive-analytical research which collected its data through the documentation and field techniques. The population included households residing in East and west Bandpey district of Babol town, among which two hundred households were randomly selected as sample using the Cochran's method. Results: Finally, after information collection and analysis, it was concluded that such rural urban areas are facing fundamental issues and obstacles such as waste disposal and separation, poor performance of urban bodies, low engagement of citizens in urban projects, etc. which can be resolved through adopting strategies such as reinforcement of urban organizations, development and expansion of services and urban facilities, utilization of local potentials, etc. Innovation: Considering that village-cities as a city-village link play an important role in regional equilibrium, the study of the challenges and challenges of the future and the determination of the spatial development strategies of these settlements is an innovation of this research Manuscript profile

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54 - Influence of Information and Communication Technology(ICT) in the Psychological Empowerment of Rural Farmers Case Study: Villages in the Central District of Koohdasht
Bahram imani masume abdullahi

The research is done to study the influence of information and communication technology on psychological empowerment of farmers in rural areas. This research is practical in its target and descriptive-analytical in nature. The statistical society of rural farmers is the More

The research is done to study the influence of information and communication technology on psychological empowerment of farmers in rural areas. This research is practical in its target and descriptive-analytical in nature. The statistical society of rural farmers is the central district of koohdasht city that 27 villages and 380 people were selected as samples between them. To collect data library and field methods were used. In order to analyze the subject, a framework of eight indicators of information and communication technology and psychological empowerment in the form of 59 items were selected. The results of research findings indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between information and communication technology and psychological empowerment. Also the results of multivariate regression showed that the components of information and communication technology explain 0/491 of the changes in psychological empowerment. Also, based on the results of single-sample t test we can say the indicators of psychological empowerment are at the desirable level. Manuscript profile

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55 - Geopolitical Analysis of Spatial Planinng View in Afghanistan and Providing Strategic Model
Atiqullah Ghamari Qiuomars Yazdanpanah Dero Zahra Pishgahi fard Hossein Hataminejad

In the structure of the political economy of the world, some countries are developed and some are developing. Some countries are not only not being developed due to geopolitical fragility and threats and internal crises and the external environment, but also on the pat More

In the structure of the political economy of the world, some countries are developed and some are developing. Some countries are not only not being developed due to geopolitical fragility and threats and internal crises and the external environment, but also on the path to development. Afghanistan is now considered to be one of the world's worst-hit and underdeveloped countries, with no clear prospects for development, nor at the level of the basic development theorem, nor with clear, coherent development strategies, nor with any operational guarantee document. These problems in Afghanistan are rooted in internal and external issues of geography, culture, politics and security. Therefore, planning for the country's territorial development depends on solving these problems. Strategic planning with a framework and political and security considerations can reduce security threats and political challenges and, as a result, territorial development. Therefore, this article attempts to analyze the internal and external factors affecting territorial integration in Afghanistan from a geopolitical point of view. In this regard, there are two questions to be asked: 1) What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and geopolitical threats of Afghanistan in its spatial planinng? 2) How can the landscape of the land in Afghanistan be mapped based on internal and external geopolitical factors? This paper has been written in a descriptive-analytical manner, and the required data is also compiled in a library, documentary and bases and websites. Manuscript profile

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56 - The pathology of rural production cooperative in the process of rural development sustainable Case Study : rural production cooperative in Saveh city*
gity salahiesfahani

This article is the result of field research done with the aim of pathology rural cooperatives in the process of rural development sustainable Saveh city. As well as economic and social aspect since to achieve development requires economic development which depends More

This article is the result of field research done with the aim of pathology rural cooperatives in the process of rural development sustainable Saveh city. As well as economic and social aspect since to achieve development requires economic development which depends on the development in industry services and agriculture the agric cultural prod unction cooperatives in rural are lever for economic and social development production cooperative can be optimum effective in living conditions, work ,and production and promote effective income and social status. Of course the dynamics and the changes are necessary in the production cooperative when it is efficient and effective for targeted , systematic, planned which is based on sustainability considerations in all aspects of economic social and environmental in this context rural production cooperatives faced obstacles as one of the problems for pertain. This article attempts to calibrate methods and Workshops (PRA) Questionnaires (based on theoretical models and literature) Inter View Was Conducted. Interviews Was Done After Collection Data Through The Software SPSS . Out Put and the Data. statistical research Members Of The Cooperative Based In The SAVEH City Of Rural With A Sample Of 110People .And Was Mad Multi-Stage Random Sampling .According To The Study .The Results Indicate Serious Damages threading Production Cooperatives In Saveh City .In Viewpoint Of Economic And Social Indicators ,In Clueing Farmers’ Income Improver Production Knowledge And Social Trust Maximum Average (3’44.9) And The Minimum Average (2’0967 ) Rerates To The Economic Aspect And Social Dimension. It Is Suggested That Grants Facilities And Equipment Participation Awareness And Empowerment Production Be On The Agenda Manuscript profile

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57 - Evaluation and analysis of viability in 22 districts of Tehran Metropolis
jamal mohammadi

Urbanization and human populations tend to urban environments, the substrate with the importance of the concept of urban livability has provided more than before. One of the basic principles of sustainable urban development and urban livability, such as a coin has two More

Urbanization and human populations tend to urban environments, the substrate with the importance of the concept of urban livability has provided more than before. One of the basic principles of sustainable urban development and urban livability, such as a coin has two sides. It is a living on it, and the second is ecological sustainability. This study aims to evaluate and analyze biological markers in 22 regions of metropolitan Tehran. The research, analytical and survey and our objective is applied. Data collection tools as a library survey and questionnaire made; 385 citizens in metropolitan Tehran to probability sampling evaluated and the information gathered by the analysis of T test samples, analysis of variance and path analysis software SPSS software was used for statistical analysis. The results indicate that among the components of habitability in Tehran, Physical parameters of the statistic t, 0.378 weaker economic indicators calculated by 1.775 is in a better position than other indices. After that indicators of social and environmental statistics with statistics 440/0 481/0 next in rank rather been. After that indices of social with statistics 0.440 and environmental statistics 0.481 Next in rank are lodged. The results also showed a significant difference in viability between regions in Tehran have seen a significant difference. In the meantime, the economic indicator with the greatest amount of discrepancy is F 47.215. Manuscript profile

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58 - The role of tourism in rural development, Marivan city
saeed ahmadian Behnam Valizadeh

Overall goal of this research is the role of tourism in rural development, Marivan city. In order to achieve this objective, two methods have been used to document and track. Approach and an exploratory study - an analysis of this issue in the tourist, what role in rura More

Overall goal of this research is the role of tourism in rural development, Marivan city. In order to achieve this objective, two methods have been used to document and track. Approach and an exploratory study - an analysis of this issue in the tourist, what role in rural development, Marivan city, plays. The study population (15 villages studied), includes three groups of experts and staff (236 people), rural (8570) and tourists (1200) have been using formula and Morgan, respectively, 146 bachelors 291 out of 368 people, villagers and tourists as the sample size has been determined. How to choose the subjects and finally systematic random sampling is. In order to analyze the data, exploratory factor analysis, nonparametric Friedman test using SPSS software is used. The results show that the role of tourism in rural development Greatest impact on reducing rural exodus, and restoring social tourism in the local traditions andGreatest impact on the economic dimension of the rising cost of land and housing. Finally, according to achieved results and findings of the research Strategies for developing rural tourism activities is provided in the city of Marivan Manuscript profile

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59 - Investigating the geographic distribution of Iran’s nationalities and its rule on future changes

The Ideal thing to each national government is its nation enjoyment that is integrated among its members, significant differences linguistic, religious, ethnic and racial there and everyone belongs to a comprehensive national identity remember. Therefore, this study ai More

The Ideal thing to each national government is its nation enjoyment that is integrated among its members, significant differences linguistic, religious, ethnic and racial there and everyone belongs to a comprehensive national identity remember. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the geographical distribution Ethnicity of Iran and its role in the future development of the country that the descriptive - analytical and field studies in this area have been used. First the index of mining and adherence to their national unity and solidarity among nations of Iran border have been investigated which the index is used in the field of seven. The findings obtained from MADM methods and analytical models SAR shows that among people living in border Lor by a factor of 0.67, the highest level of commitment and people Kurdish and Baluchi coefficient of 1.240.6 and 1.25, respectively, with the lowest level of compliance in cross-border inter-ethnic unity and integrity are indicators. Some centrifugal forces on the border of Baluchistan and Kurdistan are existed that somehow and in some cases have been proposed as potential hotbeds of crisis. Kurds and the Baluch of Pakistan in Iraq can be considered as hotbeds of tension and crisis which caused the formation of future developments in the aforementioned boundaries. Manuscript profile

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60 - Capacities for Physico-Spatial Sustainable Development in Abhar Area (Zanjan Province, Iran)
ِAbaas Saidi Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli farhad azizpour

Spatial Activities and relationships, proportional with the related structures, underlie the dynamics of socio-economic changes. In other words, a set of structures, including environmental and socio-economic ones, realize the main pillars of development. The sustainabl More

Spatial Activities and relationships, proportional with the related structures, underlie the dynamics of socio-economic changes. In other words, a set of structures, including environmental and socio-economic ones, realize the main pillars of development. The sustainable physico-spatial development could be achieved, when the main targets are based on goal-oriented and in line with sustainable principles. In this connection, efforts have been made by studying the different aspects of structural and functional characteristics of Abhar area, this question to be answered that wether the existing physical-spatial system could be considered as a sufficient platform for dynamics and sustainability of the area, and when not, by which measures and what form this would be achieved. Manuscript profile

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61 - Electronics City the role in promoting of indicators of sustainable development with emphasis on electronic banking case study in Karaj
Alireza Estelaji Najmeh Shahtalebi

Issues and problems in the issue of air pollution, heavy traffic and wasting time on the streets, increasing the administrative and commercial activities of citizens in cities, increasing population and lack of fitness facilities and services, so that for various reason More

Issues and problems in the issue of air pollution, heavy traffic and wasting time on the streets, increasing the administrative and commercial activities of citizens in cities, increasing population and lack of fitness facilities and services, so that for various reasons has been formed in cities As well as citizens increasingly demand to provide satisfactory service and quality, and the municipal and state slogan and policy managers to focus on sustainable urban development, decision-making and planning based on technology and techniques the world's urban management is not only inevitable but also necessary and enter the world of electronic logical and convenient to the city is needed. One of the most widely used and most central urban needs of electronic services, electronic banking services, which with its activities is an important contribution to sustainable urban development. Therefore, this research was carried Metropolis research. The study was cross-sectional and library studies and field research was conducted using questionnaires. The results of the test the hypotheses using one sample T-test or One sample T test and Spearman correlation was also Shows that electronic banking will have an important role in the realization of sustainable urban development and in this regard citizens as key stakeholders have a direct influence on this issue and the possibility of achieving the desired goals is not possible without the participation of citizens. Manuscript profile

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62 - Evaluation and potential as Geomorphtourism Taloqan city after the construction of the dam and its role in sustainable development.
Mohammad

In recent decades, tourism has been growing rapidly, in the midst of nature due to concern for the greater human gripped the attention of tourists is located.Geomorphtourism as a branch of ecotourism field with an emphasis on landscape geomorphological to attract any mo More

In recent decades, tourism has been growing rapidly, in the midst of nature due to concern for the greater human gripped the attention of tourists is located.Geomorphtourism as a branch of ecotourism field with an emphasis on landscape geomorphological to attract any more tourists. Many countries have used the potential for income generation. Taleqan mountainous region with beautiful nature with Seat dam in the Valley steeped in the diverse landforms Beautiful with conditions and capacity in this area has created. This research area has been evaluated by Comanescu landforms, the results of this research show. Ebrahim Abad landforms pass with a score of 17.2 points was accounted for. The next stage of the region geomorphtourismy consistent with both the capability and capacity of the natural and human. The results showed that the average capacity of 6.5 is to show that the conditions for sustainable geomorosite is suitable climates, But on the other hand felt the need to plan everything in the area more. Manuscript profile

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63 - Investigating and Identifying the Causes of Rural Management Inefficiency from the Viewpoint of the Local Population of Saman County
Asghar Norouzi Heydarali Gholamian

Rural management can be considered planning for the village, organization, developmental action, and coordination and supervision of the work done. Also, the task of rural managers is to investigate the villagers’ needs, shortcomings, planning, and action to participate More

Rural management can be considered planning for the village, organization, developmental action, and coordination and supervision of the work done. Also, the task of rural managers is to investigate the villagers’ needs, shortcomings, planning, and action to participate in the affairs of social, economic, development, etc. Saman County that in spite of the extensive (natural and human) capabilities faced with several problems in connection with the lack of rural, and it may be found in the management style. Therefore, this study aims to investigate and identify the factors, influencing the inefficiency of rural management from the viewpoint of local people. This study is of applied type and its method is descriptive - analytical and based on surveying. The statistics population consisted of all villagers in Saman, and they were firstly selected from among five villages to determine the sample size first by cluster sampling method and then through using the Cochran’s formula, 368 people were chosen to complete questionnaires by random sampling. The collected data were analyzed using spss20 software. The results of the linear regression test showed that the economic factor alone explains 47 % of the rural management inefficiency. The results of the t-test also showed that the socio-cultural dimension (mean 3.21), economic dimension (mean 3.18), and physical-environmental dimension (mean 3.16) had a significant impact on the inefficiency of rural managers performance. In addition, the results showed that in the economic dimension, the budgeting problems in macro level; in the socio-cultural dimension, ethnicity factor and structural failures of the elections; and in environmental dimension, lack of attention to the environment and ignorance of related issues were the most important factors. The results were also showing the place differences in the studied dimensions Manuscript profile

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64 - Infill development: capacities and necessities of growth management and spatial rearrangement of Tehran

The lands in cities are areas for urban development and infill development is the process of optimization of land use. Planning and growth management by infill development policy, compare with other growth policies is closer and more consistent to sustainability. In thi More

The lands in cities are areas for urban development and infill development is the process of optimization of land use. Planning and growth management by infill development policy, compare with other growth policies is closer and more consistent to sustainability. In this paper, we are going to study capacities and necessities of infill development of Tehran, by means of descriptive analytic and by use of documentary data. Findings indicate Tehran has the capacity of development and subsequently ready to growth management and special rearrangement via infill development. More than 18000 hectares of lands with infill development capacities that occupied 30% of city areas and 52% of vacant spaces and areas with developmental goals and high availability along with distribution and increment process, from east to west and north to south, makes possible not only physical growth management, but also facilitate spatial rearrangement to balance of inequality among regions and city zones by means of the policy of infill development and topical and local capacities. Redevelopment of north ,east and south areas, new development of west area and revitalization of central area, are general strategies of infill development in Tehran. Manuscript profile

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65 - The evaluation of urban development consistent with social security strategy based on ecological footprint
Somayeh Sadat Sajjadi abbas arghan Zaenab karkah Abadi

This study examines the ecological footprint of human activity on two key issues of sustainable development layer Models with emphasis on documents and studies, geography and urban planning. To collect information about the literature of library and data gathering metho More

This study examines the ecological footprint of human activity on two key issues of sustainable development layer Models with emphasis on documents and studies, geography and urban planning. To collect information about the literature of library and data gathering methods to confirm or refute the hypothesis of the study questionnaire was used. This descriptive study, explain and geography footprint by model citizens was conducted to determine the required land.With geodetic survey can be concludedIs the ecological environment and biological systems able to meet the area and its residents are supported by all social and economic activities Do not just focus on economic issues and urban sustainability consumption of materials, energy and services? The results show that the ecological footprint of 1.93 hectares per person per year, This amount is distributed in five major groups including food, 1.3, 0.65, housing, transportation, consumer goods 0.26 and 0.55 is .08 Services The results of this study indicate that the region 13 to satisfy their biological needs and sustainability are not self-reliant Tehran and other areas is needed And the other regional development patterns, according to calculations by Gini coefficients and relative entropy Shannon somewhat scattered And the imbalance in the distribution of population in urban areas is evident. Figures obtained from the coefficients and Gary Moran also suggest that the growth pattern of the city Towards been scattered and random pattern closer. Manuscript profile

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66 - Obstacles of Integgrated Rural-Urban Development in Sarw-abad Area (Kordestan)
loghman zamani ِAbaas Saidi Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli

Integrated development, in the sense of comprehensive approach to the logical integrity of spatial-temporal connections between sectors in environmental, economic, social, and physical planning procedures, emphasizes in fect, on the active participation of the people an More

Integrated development, in the sense of comprehensive approach to the logical integrity of spatial-temporal connections between sectors in environmental, economic, social, and physical planning procedures, emphasizes in fect, on the active participation of the people and unified management of areas. In addition, it focuses on the effective interaction between rural and urban areas, as otherwise it would be neither in favor of rural centers nor supporting urban centers. So, despite its outstanding capabilities, the Sarwabad’s spatial system was unable to achieve the goals of a desirable and integrated rural-urban development, lacking unified structural-functional planning. This article deals with the Sarwabad Area (including two cities of Sarwabad and Oraman-Takht and villages of the area). With regard to the integrated approach to rural-urban development, based on a comprehensive empirical field research, the paper has pursued the analysis and definition of the constraints of rural-urban development. The results show that, although there is a direct and significant relation between socio-cultural and physical-spatial indices, the security, economic and physical-ecological variables have the lowest correlation and the spatial flows have a medium link with the characteristics of integrated development. Therefore, As a result, integrated rural-urban development, as expected, has not been materialized. Manuscript profile

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67 - The Water Crisis in the Central Plateau of Iran and the Necessity of Paying Attention to the Indigenous Knowledge of Qanat in Iran (Case study: Joupar’s GuharRiz Qanat)
Hadi Veicy

Abstract Most of Iran's land is located in a dry and semi-arid region in the desert belt area of the world. Accordingly, drought and dehydration are inherent in the central plateau of Iran, and access to sustainable water resources has been the most important challenge More

Abstract Most of Iran's land is located in a dry and semi-arid region in the desert belt area of the world. Accordingly, drought and dehydration are inherent in the central plateau of Iran, and access to sustainable water resources has been the most important challenge for the residents of this area. Ancient Persians, with the invention of Qanats, provided a good way of accessing water based on the principle of respect for the environment and adaptation to nature, which was the source of a magnificent civilization in the central plateau of Iran. What is called sustainable development today has been well adhered to in the structure and system of Qanats, and hence the Qanat has been in operation for over three thousand years. This research, in addition to studying the properties of the Qanat and its structure in the economic and social life of Iran, has paid attention to the indigenous knowledge of Qanat. By studying the case of GuharRiz Qanat of Joupar in southern Kerman, it has been concluded that the revival of Qanats and reliance on indigenous knowledge of water management It can be the source of many environmental and water crises in the central plateau of Iran. Manuscript profile

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68 - Future Studies on Human Resources Development in the Agricultural Sector in Rural Areas Case: Central part of Malayer township
alireza takaloo Ali Shamsoddini bijan rahmani majid shariat

Future Studies on Human Resources Development in the Agricultural Sector of Malayer County Many current problems of the agricultural sector of the rural areas are due to past planners' lack of foresight and since the development or non-development of agricultural secti More

Future Studies on Human Resources Development in the Agricultural Sector of Malayer County Many current problems of the agricultural sector of the rural areas are due to past planners' lack of foresight and since the development or non-development of agricultural section has affected other parts of the country's economy and development, it is necessary to care fully evaluate the effective factors in this section and identify and resolve its damages and problems. Most people who work in the agricultural sector gradually have faced with some problems due to being old and inadequate education, and they are not fit for a new knowledge-based economy. It is caused by the young and educated people leaving the villages and going to the cities. This research is looking forward to foresight to avoid any potential problems that may arise in this field. The current study was done in three steps. The first step which is relevant to the theoretical part of the research, has been investigated through the laboratory and documentary review method on foresight and human resource development. The second step in the data section was done by observation, interview and questiomaire. Then in the third step, Delphi and structural analysis techniques and the Mick Mac and Wizard soft wares were used. Based on this research 24 main factors in the human resources development were identified and the variables of integrated management of rural development sustainable employment, advanced technology, elimination of discrimination between urban and rural areas and the expansion of production cooperatives with the most direct impact as remarkable criteria in this regard were identified and three groups of scenarios was proposed for the future of human resources in the agricultural sector of rural areas. Manuscript profile

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69 - Measure of Rural Developmen with emphasis on FUZZY Logic Case Study: Rural district of the Boushehr Province
Alireza Estelaji

This study was conducted to assess rural development in the rural districts of the province, applied research is a method of utilizing Association with Fuzzy Multi Attribute Decision Making. Research Methodology descriptive and analytical and the data gathering method d More

This study was conducted to assess rural development in the rural districts of the province, applied research is a method of utilizing Association with Fuzzy Multi Attribute Decision Making. Research Methodology descriptive and analytical and the data gathering method documents and collect the purposes of the research data and information on population and housing census statistics tables and forms common(especially Statistical Yearbook 2011 Bushehr province). The study population was the whole Rural district of Bushehr Province, To assess the level of their development, with 84 components in the form of development indicators from official statistics Bushehr Province and examined using the technique of Fuzzy VIKOR. The findings of research analysis outlining a space for unequal region and unfair allocation of resources and rural services in rural areas of Bushehr Province, Showed that a total of indicators, Rural districts suburbs (county of Bushehr), Assaluyeh, Zyrrah, Poshtkuh, Has the highest rate development and rural districts Anarstan, Bordekhoon, Lyravy middle and Abdan have had the lowest rates of rural development. In the end to eliminate regional imbalances in Bushehr Province and social justice in rural areas of Counties of Bushehr Province, Was presented applied suggestions and determined development priorities to segregation rural district. Manuscript profile

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70 - Analysis and assessment of environmental quality Urban Tourist Destinations In line with sustainable development (Case study: Shushtar)
saeed amanpour saeed maleki Mohsen Ahadnejhad Roshti

Tourism development in urban areas of different components affected, including the environmental quality of these areas which is effective in the satisfaction of local residents and tourists. So check the environmental quality indicators Tourism can be Power, needs and More

Tourism development in urban areas of different components affected, including the environmental quality of these areas which is effective in the satisfaction of local residents and tourists. So check the environmental quality indicators Tourism can be Power, needs and weaknesses in these environments Based on satisfaction Or disturbing the urban environment And ensure the stability of these neighborhoods Because tourists, considering the nature of tour ism, Looking for fun And leisure are combined with pleasure. For this purpose, they are mostly looking for destinations have the highest level of environmental quality. The purpose of this research investigating the role of environmental quality in tourism in Shushtar. In terms of purpose, the type of applied research and the method is descriptive-analytic. In order to collect the required data two documentary and field methods (questionnaire tool) have been used. Also the tool is used in analyzing information, using descriptive and inferential statistical methods in the Excell environment and using the Spss software is used. The statistical population of the study is two groups of tourists and urban households in Shushtar. T test results show single sample which are some of the quality indicators of the city of Shushtar From the perspective of both sample societies Research is higher than average Meanwhile, the highest average was due to the functional-structural quality(3.562), Environmental quality(3.281), Tourist Attractions(3.191), And security and comfort(3.114), have been. Also, the results of Spearman's correlation test indicate this the highest correlation and positive and significant relation between sustainable development index and functional-structural quality with coefficient .0537 and with a confidence level .099 There is. In addition, Friedman's test showed Low level of environmental quality dimensions of the study area less than moderate in size, Tourist attractions, safety and comfort, social and visual environment And above average in terms of functional-structural quality And the quality of the environment. Manuscript profile

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71 - The role of urban management in the success of city development strategy (CDS) Case study: Qazvin city
Mohammad taghi Razavian Jhila sajadi

Strategic plans involve turning to collective wisdom, public participation, and democratic techniques. This approach calls for all stakeholders and development actors at the local and international levels for working together to raise a development strategy for a specif More

Strategic plans involve turning to collective wisdom, public participation, and democratic techniques. This approach calls for all stakeholders and development actors at the local and international levels for working together to raise a development strategy for a specific city or metropolis.The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of urban management in the success of the development strategy in Qazvin city. The research method in this study is based on a survey-quantity method and the gathering of required data was documentary and field-based. In the documentary methodology, the theoretical framework of urban management and planning, managerial dispersion factors and effective elements in the successful implementation of city development strategy are described, and ultimately, the role of urban management in the success of the city development strategy approach and through assay and assessment of the affective elements on inefficiency and failure of city development strategy has been analyzed. The research community is composed of citizens of Qazvin. The data collection method is based on a field survey, a questionnaire and a library. Data were analyzed by using SPSS software, using mean, variance, standard deviation and path analysis, data analysis and hypothesis / theory testing. The results of the research show that a total of 23 factors out of 29 factors influencing the inefficiency and failure of the city development strategy are more than 50 to 92 percent correlation and it obviously emphasizes that the urban management structure leads to the inefficiency and failure of the "city development strategy" approach. Manuscript profile

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72 - Assessment and evaluation of the differentiation Status and heterogeneity of spatial available in the urban area of Tehran using TOPSIS model
Zaenab karkah Abadi saeid kamyabi

Compared to the statistics of the past four decades, the population of Tehran has almost doubled, but the population of the Tehran urban area has more than nine times, the rapid expansion of the region without a specific pattern and program has exacerbated undesirable e More

Compared to the statistics of the past four decades, the population of Tehran has almost doubled, but the population of the Tehran urban area has more than nine times, the rapid expansion of the region without a specific pattern and program has exacerbated undesirable effects, including has been increased regional differentiation and Spatial heterogeneity. The purpose of this research is to attempt to expand spatial justice in Tehran's urban area by reducing the differentiation and interstial Spatial heterogeneity. The present study paid to assessment of the degree of development in district settle ment by reviewing the 7 main criteria including31 indicators .In data analysis in addition to using statistical methods and TOPSIS, it was used Shannon Entropy method to weighing the indexes and The Arc.GIS software prepare maps. The results of the research show that the city of Tehran was in the first cluster alone and in the integrated measure, the degree of development and with the score 0.782 is about3 times the settlements of the second cluster, Thats mean, Islamshahr, Shahre Qads and Karaj, was15 times the settlements of the fourth cluster ,Pishva, Firoozkooh and Baharestan, on the last.This topic indicates a very high concentration of developmental criteria in Tehran and proves the existence of inequality and extreme spatial heterogeneity between city Tehran and other settlements located in Tehran's urban area. It seems that adopting policies derived from the multi-centered development model and attempting to promote the developmental indicators of the peripheral settlements in Tehran can led to reduce the differentiation and spatial heterogeneity and expand spatial justice in the region Manuscript profile

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73 - The Role of the partnership program in green city with a view to the city of Shemshak as the first candidate in Iran's green city
Alireza Estelaji rahim sarvar

Today, environmental problems are one of the most important urban issues and conflicts with the natural environment. Because urban development has to be controlled by the building industry and transportation, and economic activity on natural spaces, this dominance is do More

Today, environmental problems are one of the most important urban issues and conflicts with the natural environment. Because urban development has to be controlled by the building industry and transportation, and economic activity on natural spaces, this dominance is dominated by the language in the from of dominance of the city over the nature of the city. The fact is that the root of contemporary environmental crises should beviewed in the view and interpretation of the environment of natural search . In other words the main problem is the knowledge and the world of the nose. Green city is a new approach to making solutions to change destructive behavior and to encourage positive environmental behavior. The use of energy in home, use of insecticides, disposal of waste materials in non-sanitary manner non-segregation of waste for recycling, and that is not the result of a partnership program. The city of Shemshak is the first candidate for the green city, due to its environmental ability and tourist attractions to implement green indicators and become a high-quality model and model for other cities in the province of Tehran and the country. In this context using the SWOT technique (analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) to identify the effective internal and external factors in this context. It deals with the plan to realize the effectiveness of green indicators in this city. Manuscript profile

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74 - Analysis of status of the urban areas of Ahwaz from the facilities of developing and presenting a combined model

Knowing differences between different areas in the city basis of severity of the enjoyment of the different indicators, to determine the levels of development or deprivation, reduce regional disparities and programs tailored to the conditions and features of each region More

Knowing differences between different areas in the city basis of severity of the enjoyment of the different indicators, to determine the levels of development or deprivation, reduce regional disparities and programs tailored to the conditions and features of each region, necessity is inevitable. Therefore, the present study is a descriptive - analytical sought to achieve three aims: 1. determine the status of Ahvaz in terms of development in urban areas having different indices and the compilation model of Vikor, Topsis and Saw, 2. Offering a clear result and overall enjoyment of the situation according to results of the three models based on the techniques Kaplan, and 3. Comparing the model and also determine the a Proper Model to determine the enjoyment. The study population included 7 urban districts of Ahvaz. Data and information you need, including a 21 variable, by referring to municipal and metropolitan statistical yearbook Ahvaz is collected (about 94 years); To explain the situation to a better development of the regions of the facilities, required by GIS map is drawn. The results show that no area in the city of Ahvaz enjoys high status there, 25/57 % Regions of the two regions 4 and 1, is relatively high and the majority of the 5 regional areas, 2, 3, 8, 6, and 7 (71/43% of areas) in the state of being average and being developed. Topsis method also showed that equation changes dramatically better than other models (Vikor and Saw) for measure the status Regions have been Because the results of the model has changed drastically percent less. Manuscript profile

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75 - Sustainable development of small bio-complexes in aspect of passive defense (A case study on Buin Zahra City)

Cities are one of the most important and densely populated human habitats and require the physical safety and security of the infrastructure as well as sustainability and resistance in counter with natural disasters and enemies threats. Passive defense subject is one of More

Cities are one of the most important and densely populated human habitats and require the physical safety and security of the infrastructure as well as sustainability and resistance in counter with natural disasters and enemies threats. Passive defense subject is one of the issues that has been considered by planners and Iranian cities planners in recent years. Urban planning has a variety of dimensions, which, considered with regard to their protection and sustainability therefore will be a great benefit in critical situations, The present research conducts to use the inactive principles of urban planning, with emphasis on residential and critical uses in small-scale cities and protecting urban spaces by providing them by defensive role also, how to protect and defend people and their places of life by enforcing the rules and considerations of passive defense in present and future. In addition, it provides grounds for the better security and stability of the city with the least possible damage during the time of the foreign invasion and even terrorist operations. In the present research, analysis have been done using GIS tools on distribution strategic locations of Buin Zahra city as a small town scale where is located in the vicinity of the Iran capital and as result and central areas of the city and Southwest margins were detected as unsafe and critical areas threats. Manuscript profile

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76 - The Role of Tourism in Rural Employment )A Case Study of Firoozkooh City(
saeed ahmadian

is seeking to investigate the role of tourism on employment in the studied villages. In order to accurately describe the issue, 8 villages of Firoozkooh city were selected purposefully. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, documentary and field methods is More

is seeking to investigate the role of tourism on employment in the studied villages. In order to accurately describe the issue, 8 villages of Firoozkooh city were selected purposefully. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, documentary and field methods is used. Therefore, after designing the theoretical framework of the research for collecting data, field operations were completed by completing the local community and experts' questionnaires. For analyzing data using software SPSS and performing t-test, Levene's test, ANOVA and Walsh, we compared the research variables in all the studied villages. In calculating the reliability of the measurement instrument the Cronbach's alpha method has been used and the obtained coefficient of reliability is 0.9. Validity of the questionnaires is based on previous studies and experts' opinions. The results of research show that tourism in Jalizjand, Badrood, Khamdeh and Mozdaran villages can have an important role in increasing employment and in Harandeh, Lazor, Tares,and Simindasht villages, tourism has not had an effective role in increasing employment. Also, the highest rate of employment is in Khamdeh village and the lowest employment rate is in the village of Simindasht. In the Khamdeh village, which has the highest employment rates, the job creations were the field of supply and sale of crops and gardens, rental of houses, villas or suites, tourist’s services, livestock products supply and sale, and finally, the sale of handicrafts. In addition, according to more than 60% of the local community, jobs have been created in the areas mentioned for indigenous people. Manuscript profile

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77 - Analyzing the Performance of Female Dehyars in the Process of Rural Development (Case Study: Central Part of Rasht)

If today we consider rural development as a strategy, which is implemented to improve the economic, social, environmental life and also the life of a particular group of people, then there is a significant relationship between the duties of Dehyars and rural development More

If today we consider rural development as a strategy, which is implemented to improve the economic, social, environmental life and also the life of a particular group of people, then there is a significant relationship between the duties of Dehyars and rural development. This research tries to study the goals that rural development are looking them in female Dehyars’ performance. Therefore the purpose of present study is evaluating and analyzing the performance of female Dehyars in comparison with male ones, which has been assessed and evaluated in the environmental, socio-economic, and physical aspects of the rural development process. It is a descriptive-analytic study and its necessary data has been collected through both documentary and survey methods. The statistical universe is the villages in central part of Rasht. In order to evaluate the performance of women, 12 villages in the central part of the city which had a female Dehyar and 12 villages with male Dehyar were selected and 370 questionnaires were distributed by random sampling among villagers. The research findings indicate that women in different parts of rural development have different performance and their highest performance based on John Friedman's survey and statistical test is in the physical and economic fields of the village, which totally female Dehyars in many cases and issues are better than male Dehyars and also villagers’ satisfaction toward them is high. Manuscript profile

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78 - Explaining Efficient Urban Management by Presenting the Model of Professional Development of Managers (A Study on Tehran Municipality)
mohsen tabatabaei

In order to realize efficient urban management, systemic and comprehensive approach should be applied to urban management and systematic communication to urban development factors. One of these factors is the managers of the municipal services themselves. Professional d More

In order to realize efficient urban management, systemic and comprehensive approach should be applied to urban management and systematic communication to urban development factors. One of these factors is the managers of the municipal services themselves. Professional development of managers is an action that improves managerial performance by improving manager's knowledge or skills and changing his/her attitude. In this regard, the present study uses a qualitative research approach to study the factors affecting the professional development of Tehran municipality managers in order to provide sustainable urban development with the development of urban managers. For this purpose, deep interviews were conducted with 23 top officials and senior managers of Tehran municipality. Interpretative analysis was used to analyze data from interviews. The validity of the research findings was verified by the members (interviewees). To determine the reliability or compatibility of the coding, the retest reliability method and the agreement method between the two coders (intra-subject agreement) were used. The results of interviews showed that professional development of managers includes development in both individual and organizational dimensions. In the dimension of individual development, there are three levels of development of psychological characteristics, the development of specialized knowledge and management and moral development. In the area of organizational development, the development of structural and organizational features must take place. In the area of development of psychological characteristics, factors such as critical thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, risk taking and self-development of managers must be developed. In the field of professional and managerial knowledge, the needs of professional development of municipal managers include the ability to use technology, mastery of decision making principles and problem solving, stress management, team building capabilities, management of organizational conflicts, the ability to communicate effectively, and the principles and techniques of negotiation. For professional development of managers, organizational structural development including attention to talent management, organizational support, performance management, learner organization, organizational climate, career path and networking and in the area of developing educational processes of the organization, such as coaching, practical learning, successor and organizational learning should be considered and developed. Manuscript profile

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79 - Evaluation of Urban Smart Growth Indicators Using Factor Analysis Model (Case Study: District 1, Shiraz, Iran)
Mohammad

The Smart Growth Strategy is one of the new approaches to sustainable development. The present study is based on a descriptive-analytic method using a questionnaire, where the reliability of the research tool was obtained based on the Cronbach's alpha coefficient as 0.8 More

The Smart Growth Strategy is one of the new approaches to sustainable development. The present study is based on a descriptive-analytic method using a questionnaire, where the reliability of the research tool was obtained based on the Cronbach's alpha coefficient as 0.82. The statistical sample involved 321 citizens of District 1 of Shiraz. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. To achieve the research objective (determining the status of Smart growth indicators in District 1 of Shiraz(, a factor analysis test was used. The results of Bartlett's test of sphericity showed that there was a significant relationship between the urban Smart growth indexes studied in the study (with 0.000Sig), in fact, there was a significant correlation between variables. in the Criterion of the four factors density, "net residential density" with the factor load of 0.760, "public transport access or walking to work" with factor load of 0.820 and " using public transportation or walking to access the CBD” with: 0.790 were identified as the most important factors. Moreover, in the factor accessibility criteria, "rate of apartment living" with the factor load of 0.821, "ease of access to public transportation" with factor load of 0.570 and "rate of using public transport or walking for access to CBD", 0.539 were identified as the most important factors. Finally, in the field of mixed land use, “percentage of households in residential units”, "walking or public transportation access rate to recreational facilities" and "ease of access to public transportation" were identified as the most important factors. Manuscript profile

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80 - Assessment of Correlation between Social Capital and Sustainable Development of Neighborhoods in Ahwaz (A Case Study: Neighborhoods of Kianpars and Lashkar-abad)
naser eghbali

Social Capital as one of the most prominent factors and executive agents of any country, plays a crucial part in a sustainable development of every region. Thus, addressing various aspects of social capital have proved significantly important in urban development studie More

Social Capital as one of the most prominent factors and executive agents of any country, plays a crucial part in a sustainable development of every region. Thus, addressing various aspects of social capital have proved significantly important in urban development studies. Social Capital is the way people interact with each other, their participation in civil affairs, their common beliefs and values which can decrease time, economic and social expenditures. Hense the concept of Social capital (with natural capital, economic capital and human capital) is presented which is composed of organizations, relationships, attitudes and values that leads to interaction of people. These human interactions encounter challenges in regions where there are racial and ideological differences and Ahwaz city is not an exception to this rule. This study is assessing the correlation between Social capital and sustainable development in two neighborhoods of Lashkar-abad and Kianpars. The current research is a case study which is conducted in the descriptive, analytical and correlational approach by using questionnaire. The results of this study show that the quantity of Pearson in this correlation in 0.891 and the direction of the correlation is positive, the amount of Sig in this correlation is 0.00 which is less than 0.1, so the statistical relationships of these two variables with the accuracy is meaningfully 99%. Manuscript profile

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81 - The strategy of protecting and sustainable development of Tehran's frontage, with emphasis on assessing its social and cultural impact

Tehran's territory is about 23 cities, 237 villages and hundreds of activities, covering a total of about 2 million people, which, along with national conditions, continues to attract immigrants, population growth and sustainability. Spread of official and informal sett More

Tehran's territory is about 23 cities, 237 villages and hundreds of activities, covering a total of about 2 million people, which, along with national conditions, continues to attract immigrants, population growth and sustainability. Spread of official and informal settlements if we ignore the harassment of the northern part of Tehran, the southern zone is the focus of the poor and dense lives that seems to be the mechanism of civil disarmament of urban and regional development programs, Acceptance of this type of residence has made. In this article, referring to the studies and the secondary data collected in the field of social and cultural issues of the Tehran metropolitan area (especially the social and cultural impact assessment of the comprehensive plan of privacy) and SWOT analysis of about 30 experts in this area, summing up Challenges and socio-cultural issues of Tehran metropolitan area, the strategies of macroeconomic stability and sustainable development are based on the assessment of the socio-cultural impact of privacy in Tehran. Manuscript profile

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82 - Spatial Analysis of Development in Rural Areas of Semnan Province Case study: Damghan city
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli farhad azizpour

Achieving the balance and reducing the inequality in rural settlements requires studying and identifying the resources and facilities of these settlements. Indeed, spatial analysis of development identifies the inequality and deprivation of different areas and prioritiz More

Achieving the balance and reducing the inequality in rural settlements requires studying and identifying the resources and facilities of these settlements. Indeed, spatial analysis of development identifies the inequality and deprivation of different areas and prioritizes actions to improve the quality of life. The present study is based on the purpose, applied and research method of descriptive-analytic. The required data are obtained using 29 indicators in various dimensions and by documentary method. The study area is Damghan and the statistical population of the study is all the inhabited villages of Damghan. The research indicators weighted using F'ANP model and data analyzed using VIKOR multivariable decision making method. Cluster analysis used in order to classify the studied villages, from the aspect of developmental levels and analysis of their inequalities, and linear regression used to analysis the effectiveness of the components (emphasized in the conceptual model) on the final index of development in the area of the study. The results of the study indicate that the development in rural areas of the study has not been uniformly and fairly. The spatial pattern of this situation has become unbalanced. In this pattern, population and facilities in some villages are overprovision and in the others are under provision. This has caused immigration, in particular among young people, and thereby eliminating the age and gender balance, undermining the economic foundations and raising unemployment rates. Also, this developmental inequality in the rural districts of Damghan city was most affected by two factors: "access to welfare services and the level of economic participation". Manuscript profile

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83 - Analizing quality of life compelitivens of Tehran in the Global area

Tehran's territory is about 23 cities, 237 villages and hundreds of activities, covering a total of about 2 million people, which, along with national conditions, continues to attract immigrants, population growth and sustainability. Spread of official and informal sett More

Tehran's territory is about 23 cities, 237 villages and hundreds of activities, covering a total of about 2 million people, which, along with national conditions, continues to attract immigrants, population growth and sustainability. Spread of official and informal settlements if we ignore the harassment of the northern part of Tehran, the southern zone is the focus of the poor and dense lives that seems to be the mechanism of civil disarmament of urban and regional development programs, Acceptance of this type of residence has made. In this article, referring to the studies and the secondary data collected in the field of social and cultural issues of the Tehran metropolitan area (especially the social and cultural impact assessment of the comprehensive plan of privacy) and SWOT analysis of about 30 experts in this area, summing up Challenges and socio-cultural issues of Tehran metropolitan area, the strategies of macroeconomic stability and sustainable development are based on the assessment of the socio-cultural impact of privacy in Tehran. Manuscript profile

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84 - Functional features and limitations of urban-rural constellations as functional regions The Case of Zia-abad (Qazwin))
seyedeh Kinaz Mahmoodi Abbas Saidi Hasan Afrakhteh Farhad Azizpour

One of the serious issues of spatial planning is to determine planning regions at different levels and on different scales. Hence, in most cases, the boundaries of administrative units or even their composition are the basis for measures. It can be argued that the funda More

One of the serious issues of spatial planning is to determine planning regions at different levels and on different scales. Hence, in most cases, the boundaries of administrative units or even their composition are the basis for measures. It can be argued that the fundamental problem arises when the question of planning is raised at the micro and lower levels of the provinces and districts, in the formal sub-regions and areas. The concept of the "constellation" has emerged in recent years as an alternative to these small levels of spatial planning, which represents the "district" unit. The key question in this regard is to what extent does the delimitation of the administrative divisions, which are often based on political considerations, conform to the requirements of planning? And can these units be considered as "functional regions"? In this context, this paper attempts to study these issues by considering the District Zia-Abad of Qazvin as a case study, while investigating these problems, using qualitative methods of discussion and relying on the “structural-functional dynamics” approach, to identify the opportunities and barriers to the formation of functional regions at the micro level, and the effectiveness of this level of space arena in the form of such administrative subdivisions. The results of the study show that the efficiency of constellations as functional regions depends not only on the deliberation of subdivisions, but also on the modification of infrastructure, the associated investments and effective support in the allocation of facilities and credits, the proper condition for the interaction and the functionality of existing settlements at the constellation level Manuscript profile

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85 - Investigating the Role of Cooperative Dehirians in the Physical-Spatial Development of Rural Areas (Case Study of Villages in the Central District of Gorgan)
Safieh Bahmani Bahman Sahneh Ali Akbar Najafi Kani

One of the basic prerequisites for living in rural communities is the availability of minimum facilities and welfare services. Various measures have been taken by related organizations in order to provide villagers with welfare and physical services. In order to establi More

One of the basic prerequisites for living in rural communities is the availability of minimum facilities and welfare services. Various measures have been taken by related organizations in order to provide villagers with welfare and physical services. In order to establish a comprehensive correlation between rural development services and the creation of a support institution for rural managers, a co-opment of the diner with the aim of intellectual and financial support from the Dehairan was formed in 2009. The formation of cooperatives in rural areas can contribute to the comprehensive development of villages and accelerate them more rapidly. The formation phase of cooperatives, income generation, self-sufficiency, and lowering the cost of production and increasing the quality of the project and, in general, participation in the development and services sectors. The main objective of this research is to investigate the role of cooperatives in the development of spatial physical services in rural areas of central part of Gorgan city. This research was done in the field of field studies and applied in practice. The community of this research includes rural diners and rural influences. The main instrument of the research is self-made questionnaire by the researcher. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by experts and through the Cronbach alpha coefficient (alpha = 0.82). Correlation and meaningful correlations such as Friedman, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney were used to assess the public satisfaction of the spatial physical services of the cooperative. The results of the findings showed that the cooperatives in the areas of infrastructure and welfare services have managed to achieve success, but in the areas of space and rural development, they have not achieved much success, on the other hand, the lack of the enumeration of councils and cooperative members of the dormitories It is for such cooperatives to be one of the most important problems in relation to their duties. Manuscript profile

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86 - Measurment and analysis the effects of Conducting Hadi Projects on the Physical development of city Periphery Villages (Case Study:villages around Marivan city)
Dr saadi Mohammadi

Abstract The physical collapse of city peripheral villages for physical undirected growth faced these villages with numerous challenges in economic and social fields. Therefore, conducting local projects in the country such as Hadi Projects is essential to reform the e More

Abstract The physical collapse of city peripheral villages for physical undirected growth faced these villages with numerous challenges in economic and social fields. Therefore, conducting local projects in the country such as Hadi Projects is essential to reform the existing conditions and physical development of these villages. This study aimed to assess the practical impact of physical development projects on the Marivan peripheral villages by means of a descriptive - analytical method and data collection through library studies and field surveys based on stratified random distribution questionnaire among 250 households of the villages and 13 regional's rural development experts. Seeking to identify the current status of the villages, and solutions for their optimal physical development. Determining the sample size using the Cochran formula from among 1122 households in the sample villages and determining the share of each village from the total number of questionnaires by stratified method. The analysis of collected data by using descriptive, average index(One sample chi do and T inferential statistics) and weighting of Indices with Delphi method in EXPERT CHOICE software And prioritize them with the VIKOR technique show the Hadi projects have resulted in the physical development of villages, According to the average calculated sum of 3.50, the satisfactory level causes the physical development of the studied villages. In this case, the quality dimension of the passages with the average calculated 3.62 has the highest improvement of the condition of conducting the designsand Ney village has had the highest level of influence and physical development. Manuscript profile

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87 - Explaining the SmartMobility in Shiraz Metropolis Based on Sustainable Development Theory
Elahe kavoosi Jamal mohammadi

Smart urban mobility has become increasingly controversial in recent years, not only in academic literature but also in urban policies and strategies. However, in many cities around the world and in our country, Iran, smart urban mobility and mobility have been associat More

Smart urban mobility has become increasingly controversial in recent years, not only in academic literature but also in urban policies and strategies. However, in many cities around the world and in our country, Iran, smart urban mobility and mobility have been associated with problems such as lack of citizen participation and inequality due to inefficient urban management. Therefore, in the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate and explain the indicators of mobility and mobility indicators (including transportation infrastructure, public transportation, sustainable transportation, information and communication technology) and the social dimensions of these infrastructures, including the level of citizen participation. Use of these infrastructures) and the relationship between these indicators and sustainable development of Shiraz city should be discussed. and analyze the framework of mobility and transportation of smart transportation for Shiraz. The results show that the mobility and displacement variables are in poor condition based on different dimensions of access, sustainable transport as well as ICT. Different indices of each of these dimensions point to the same issue, as its level of evaluation (significance level less than 0.05 and average lower than the criterion) points to their undesirability from the point of view citizens. The study of the impact of smart mobility indicators on sustainable development also shows that smart mobility indicators account for 26% of the total variance of sustainable development. On this basis, it should be noted that the mobility variable does not have an appropriate position in Shiraz, and this has not only affected its development process in recent decades, but also poses many challenges for its future development. The growing trend of the population and on the other hand the various social and cultural features as well as tourism are evolving in such a way that it requires a major focus on a systematic transportation based on smart city approach. Manuscript profile

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88 - Assessing changes in urban and rural links in the region's sustainable development system (a case study of the city of Rey and the sphere of influence)
hossein tavakoli kejani ALI Estelaji mohsen ranjbar

In recent decades, important developments have taken place in order to strengthen and improve the relationship between the city and the village and its connection as the most important development tool in the region's sustainable development system. And this connectio More

In recent decades, important developments have taken place in order to strengthen and improve the relationship between the city and the village and its connection as the most important development tool in the region's sustainable development system. And this connection and connection has been one of the most practical policies of promotion in various environmental, social, economic and residential hierarchical indicators and quantitative and qualitative changes in the context of urban and rural areas. However, Rey city as one of the old, historical, religious, tourism and special geographical conditions of these cities and these characteristics, cause the surrounding growth and transformation of five villages into cities in the last three decades, the background of various developments in the area and the metropolitan area of Tehran. Has been In this article, while evaluating the changes and examining the relations in the regional structure of Rey city and analyzing and analyzing data and field perceptions and using the results of development plans and documents of Tehran province and Rey city, as well as the territory of Tehran, we can The research findings showed that the difference between administrative, political, natural, economic, demographic, lifestyle and behavioral patterns of residents in demanding the type of facilities in rural areas has become obvious and there is no connection. And the same connection between the city and the village, and that we cannot provide the ground for the realization of the above-mentioned plans without looking closely at the surrounding environment. It is necessary to establish laws with a new goal approach in creating integrated management in such areas, which with special conditions, especially being located next to the capital, seems necessary to achieve sustainable development. Manuscript profile

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89 - Healthy City Planning with Sustainable Develop
behnam Moghani rahimi

The status of urban areas has a decisive role in the health of residents. In such circumstances, the adoption of environmental planning and design approaches is essential for promoting the health of citizens. The application of healthy city criteria with regard to susta More

The status of urban areas has a decisive role in the health of residents. In such circumstances, the adoption of environmental planning and design approaches is essential for promoting the health of citizens. The application of healthy city criteria with regard to sustainable development through designing and upgrading the quality of urban spaces and residential areas can lead to the general health of citizens. Many social, economic and environmental indicators such as safety and security, social participation, environmental quality and access to facilities and services can be factors that affect the health and quality of life of individuals. This is an applied research and the research method is descriptive-analytical and the library and field method is used for data collection and WASPAS model is used for data analysis. The statistical population of the study is all residents of Kerman. The sample size is 384 people by Morgan table. The results show that in all three dimensions of sustainable development and healthy city, Kerman is far from standards However, in terms of the current status of the indicators in the four regions of Kerman, Zone 2, there is a better situation than other regions. Although it is not in ideal conditions, it is in better condition than other areas and after that, the first, third and fourth regions were located in the next places. Of course, in most of the indicators, the first and third regions were very close to each other, but the fourth area is in the lowest level in all dimensions. Manuscript profile

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90 - Assessing the level of development of Iranian villages using Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)
Ali Hajizadeh Shima Dadfar mehrshad toulabi nejad

Various indicators are used to measure the level of development, changes and developments of the rural development process and with the aim of planning and evaluating rural development plans. One of the important indicators for measuring rural development programs is th More

Various indicators are used to measure the level of development, changes and developments of the rural development process and with the aim of planning and evaluating rural development plans. One of the important indicators for measuring rural development programs is the use of Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) indicators. This index is widely used to measure or compare the level of development between different regions due to its simplicity and usability. In this study, using the natural indicators of quality of life in Morris and Calpine, the level of rural development of the country has been studied. In this research, with a positivist and positivist approach that has a practical nature and emphasizes on quantitative methods, the aim of the research, which is to measure the level of rural development in Iran, was pursued. Research data were collected from sources such as the Statistics Center of Iran, data from the Ministry of Health and statistical yearbooks of the provinces. Were compared with each other. The results showed that the level of development of the country's villages are different in terms of natural indicators of quality of life. The central provinces of the country in terms of the coefficient of this index compared to other regions of the country are at an appropriate level of rural development. While the peripheral provinces of the country are at a moderate level of development, and Sistan and Baluchestan province, which is one of the underdeveloped provinces of the country, is at the lowest level of rural development. Manuscript profile

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91 - Analysis of indicators and feasibility of smart village development (Case study: Avargan village)
Asghar Norouzi

Despie declining rural populations, about 47% of the world's population still lives in rural areas. The villages that are generally in conditions of poverty and undevelopment. At the same time, villages have capabilities in various aspects that can play a key role in ac More

Despie declining rural populations, about 47% of the world's population still lives in rural areas. The villages that are generally in conditions of poverty and undevelopment. At the same time, villages have capabilities in various aspects that can play a key role in achieving national development. On the other hand, development ideas have shifted from the technology revolution and especially in the last decade to new and smart technologies And other traditional models will not be responsible for sustainable rural development. In fact, new conditions were created for the villages based on technology, which is called the smart village. In this research, which of applied-fundamental type and its method is descriptive-analytical and based on survey, An attempt was made to write the indicators of the smart village with library studies and to be feasible in a field method. The statistical population includes the residents of Avargan village and their number was 2041 people. Using Cochran formul and modifying it, 280 samples randomly questioned. The results showed that the most important indicators of smart village are such as agriculture, industry, services, education, health … . Also the results of the application of t-test showed the best conditions in the development of smart village are the "economic" dimension and the worst conditions are the "institutional" dimension. In the economic dimension, "services" (with an average of 3.48) and in the" institutional", "planning" (with an average of 2.11) have the best and worst conditions, respectively. Manuscript profile

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92 - Chinese Society of Homogeneity and Harmony: A Critical and Analytical Approach
حسین جمالی

China, experiencing fundamental changes and transformations, has attracted many attentions, today. One of the changes in the past decade was in its leaders’ orientations to constructing a homogeneous and harmonious society which entails solidarity among its human commun More

China, experiencing fundamental changes and transformations, has attracted many attentions, today. One of the changes in the past decade was in its leaders’ orientations to constructing a homogeneous and harmonious society which entails solidarity among its human communities, and its adaptability with nature. Studying such a society in the light of objectives of development, theories on transition to democracy, adaptability of socialism, modernism and tradition, ideological and utopian processes, and functions of political systems can to a greet effect make its complex aspects clear . The main idea of the present paper is that pragmatism has functioned more effectively in China’s progress towards a homogeneous and harmonious society than any other factors, very function of which can be evaluated just considering their interactions with pragmatism. Manuscript profile

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93 - Explanation of the ratio between social gap and national unity in Iran

Maintaining and strengthening national unity and integrity is one of the most important priorities of all political systems, because increasing the correlation coefficient can lead to reducing internal and external threats and providing good grounds for development and More

Maintaining and strengthening national unity and integrity is one of the most important priorities of all political systems, because increasing the correlation coefficient can lead to reducing internal and external threats and providing good grounds for development and progress of the country. Iran is one of the countries that by relying on its historical background and civilization can overcome on the divergence challenges, throughout centuries. So despite, the occupation of this country and abstraction of some parts of vast territory by aliens at some historical sections, in recent decades,it continued to be a powerful and independent political unit with pervasive sovereignty. National unity and solidarity have been more exposed to domestic challenges and external threats and among them, the most important domestic challenge is the activation of some social gaps at some profiles of time. This article inevitably focuses on the role of external threats in weakening national unity on domestic factors and tries to investigate the ratio of four major social gap in Iran (generation gap, gender, ethnic and religious gap)with different dimensions of national unity ( religious, territorial, political, cultural, social dimensions). The used method in this article is secondary analysis method of research findings and studied period is between 2001-2011. The obtained results show that in this time period, there is no serious disagreement between two ends of spectrums oriented to social gaps about the various aspects of national unity and national convergence in Iran has benefited from a good level. Manuscript profile

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94 - The investigation of social capital concept in triple paradigms of development (modernization, dependence, global system)
Saeed Attar

this paper tries to answer this question that in which of the main development paradigms (modernization, dependence, global system), the concept of social capital and its constituents have been given attention? For answering this question, first of all, the comprehensiv More

this paper tries to answer this question that in which of the main development paradigms (modernization, dependence, global system), the concept of social capital and its constituents have been given attention? For answering this question, first of all, the comprehensive definition of social capital is presented. then considering this definition and through definition and analytic method, and via the data gathering instruments in existing librarian sources ,the writings of most prominent intellectuals of these paradigms are studied. The findings of the research shows that the social capital in recent tendencies of modernization paradigm, because of the attitude toward faculties and internal factors(introspection) and emphasizing social and cultural variables in the development procedure of countries, has been focused to some extent. The relative commitment of modernization paradigm toward social capital, can be considered as its forte (strong point) and make its endurance possible in golden age of social capital Manuscript profile

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95 - Civil Relation and Empowerment: Comparative Study of Hannah Arendt and Amartya Sen
attaallah karimzadeh A m

Hannah Ardent as a political philosopher, offering the concept of “civic virtue” and criticizing Liberal democracy, tried to constitute a way of good life in her time. In her version of civic virtue, human as a citizen should be able to secure his/her liberty and equali More

Hannah Ardent as a political philosopher, offering the concept of “civic virtue” and criticizing Liberal democracy, tried to constitute a way of good life in her time. In her version of civic virtue, human as a citizen should be able to secure his/her liberty and equality, in a context of dialogue and interaction. On the other hand, Amartya Sen in his human development approach, tried to moralize economy in context of Political thought by taking a critical view toward the concept of modernization and economic development. Sen, with the concept of Empowerment, introduced development as freedom, and considered Empowerment as a road to freedom. This notion takes place in an equal and moral context in which each entity of humankind, besides being an agent and capable toward others, has the possibility of dialogue and discussion in democratic situation. In this article, we propose that how the concept of civic virtue in Hannah Ardent has related to human development approach in Amartya Sen, considering human agency in the context. Based on the mentioned question, we assume that the human development approach is in line with civic virtue; which in both the essential priority is human agency. We show that from a civic viewpoint, Empowerment in the context of understanding and interaction has common conceptual and practical grounds with civic virtue as citizenship responsibility in context of dialogue and interaction. Manuscript profile

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96 - Barriers to Humanities Development from a Critical Rationalist Perspective: With Looking at Iran
Leila Sangi Mohammadmahdi mojahedi Abdolamir nabavi Elahe Hejazi

Different societies need to provide growth and development opportunities in order to improve their social and economic conditions. One of the factors affecting the growth and development in any society is the transformation of the country's scientific structures and the More

Different societies need to provide growth and development opportunities in order to improve their social and economic conditions. One of the factors affecting the growth and development in any society is the transformation of the country's scientific structures and the spread of knowledge, and in particular, the human sciences. The Islamic Republic of Iran is no exception to this rule. In order to achieve development and improvement of its social and economic conditions, Iran needs to develop science, especially in the field of human sciences, as the basis of society's transformation. The question that is posed here is how do cognitive factors play a role in the lack of development of the humanities in Iran? The main hypothesis in answering this question is that the weakness of rational political structures based on collective wisdom is one of the most important obstacles to the development of science in Iran in the field of humanities. We used from the New Institutionalism framework to analyze this article, which is a social and political theory. Besides this theory, for the epistemological aspect of analysis, the theory of critical rationalism of Popper will be used. Manuscript profile

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97 - Citizenship as the Normative Implication of Phronetic Development
عباس منوچهری saeed nariman

The relationship between political philosophy and development, as the creation of conditions that would lead to "life betterment", was marginalized in the beginnings of the development of modern political thought. Due to the influence of ideas such as utilitarianism and More

The relationship between political philosophy and development, as the creation of conditions that would lead to "life betterment", was marginalized in the beginnings of the development of modern political thought. Due to the influence of ideas such as utilitarianism and the market economy, the twentieth century witnessed the re-emergence of the concept of development as growth. The mentioned concept claimed what civic/political knowledge sought from the beginning, namely "Good living". This paper is an attempt to rebalance this situation by developing a theory of phronetic development based on the Aristotelian concept of phronesis. Using an implicative approach, the paper argues for using the concept of citizenship as the normative implication of phronetic development. In order to do so, the paper deconstructs economic growth theory, exposes its reductionist conception of development, and reestablishes the link between moral philosophy, economy, politics, and development. In this conception, democracy as public reasoning, participation as empowering citizens' phronesis, and freedom are the main constitutive elements of phronetic development. Therefore, appropriate policies and measures should be put in place to promote citizenship that induces phronetic development. Manuscript profile

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98 - The Right to Human Development
Abbas Manouchehri Mohammad Dashti

Upcoming doubts and challenges of 'growth theory' for development, and its uncertain pathway over the recent decades, have led to the consideration of the theory of 'human development', with guarantees and provisions such as ' development ethics' and 'the right to dev More

Upcoming doubts and challenges of 'growth theory' for development, and its uncertain pathway over the recent decades, have led to the consideration of the theory of 'human development', with guarantees and provisions such as ' development ethics' and 'the right to development', for realizing the advancement that its object is 'humans' and people. Nevertheless, since these pre-mentioned provisions from Amartya Sen’s standpoint ultimately require an understanding and interpretation of the "human" identity, and in the theory of "human development" this argument does not have the necessary theoretical adequacy, this article has attempted to be an intellectual aide by "existential anthropology" and “the human existential right" in the theory of human development. Manuscript profile

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99 - Principles and strategies for designing infill structures as driving development of historic fabrics
Maryam Anjoman Shoae Piroz Hanachi Elham Andarodi

The Historic fabrics of cities have particular importance with evidences of the life style of people and cultural and social values. Exhaustion and destruction caused by natural and human factors leads to the creation of empty fields in historical fabrics. In fact, with More

The Historic fabrics of cities have particular importance with evidences of the life style of people and cultural and social values. Exhaustion and destruction caused by natural and human factors leads to the creation of empty fields in historical fabrics. In fact, with the exhaustion of historical textures and lack of living needs, the original inhabitants of these tissues are forced to migrate and provide further damage. This necessitates the design of a new structure in these fields in order to restore their formal and functional character. Undoubtedly, the construction of new buildings is one of the essential factors for meeting the needs of residents and improving their living standards. They can include new necessary modern functions or infrastructures to support the life of inhabitants of historic quarters. But if the appropriate approach is not adopted in this field, irreparable damage will be inflicted on the body of the historical texture and historical image of the city. Therefore, designing and constructing new buildings, in the light of the design principles, can contribute preserve the values of the historic urban areas. It can be an opportunity for development and physical and functional revitalization of historical texture. New buildings constructed in historical fabrics, are called ‘Infill’ and in this sense that they are constructed within the existing fabric and emerge in empty fields, certain principles must be respected in the design to avoid damages to fabric authenticity and values of adjacent buildings. Design new collections with a view to driving the development of these contexts will help to restore their social and economic dynamics. These complexes are called driver development buildings. This paper aims to propose and principles and strategies which leads to models of design of new buildings in the historical fabrics so that the buildings can contribute to a more dynamic historical context, causing their physical and functional renewal and are actually driving development. Of course, these instructions are not constant in all cases, but they are comprehensive and can be adapted to the specifics of the field and can be used in a variety of situations. The purpose is to explore how good design in historic fabric is achieved. There is not one correct answer or approach of course, but there are ways of thinking and working which increase the likelihood of success. In this regard, firstly, the definitions related to the topic, and ways to encourage development are expressed and then, with the introduction of general methods and rules for infill design, guidelines for designing a new structure and driving the development of historical fabric are expressed and finally factors that need to be considered in order to achieve this goal are presented in the diagram. The desired outcome is the high quality design of new buildings and spaces in historic fabrics by considering these guidelines. Manuscript profile

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100 - Oil Industry Research Institute, sixty years of experience and knowledge on the path to effectiveness in the oil industry
jafar tofighi Ahmad Ruzbehani Ali Khanagha

With more than 60 years of experience, the Petroleum Industry Research Institute is the oldest and largest applied research and technology institute in Iran. This research institute is one of the several government research and technology institutes in Iran, which is un More

With more than 60 years of experience, the Petroleum Industry Research Institute is the oldest and largest applied research and technology institute in Iran. This research institute is one of the several government research and technology institutes in Iran, which is under the Ministry of Oil and its activities focus on the oil and gas industry. This article is a brief overview of the major achievements of the research institute in the last 42 months that have influenced the development of Iran's oil and gas industry. After a brief introduction of the research institute, some major achievements are presented in 3 sections: "Exploration and Production", "Downstream Industries" and "Energy and Environment". The article then goes on to describe other research activities such as the commercialization of research and development results as well as social responsibilities. The ultimate goal of this paper is to show the impact of investment from public sources on research and development and its impact on the country's oil and gas industry; Which has led to the creation of significant amounts of added value and self-sufficiency of the country in some strategic products. Manuscript profile

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101 - The role and position of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund in the development of the knowledge-based economy
Siyavash Malekifar

The foundations of a knowledge-based economy are innovation, technology research and development, which is a costly and risky activity. Given the high cost and risk of technology development, the private sector alone can not do this, and therefore, governments in differ More

The foundations of a knowledge-based economy are innovation, technology research and development, which is a costly and risky activity. Given the high cost and risk of technology development, the private sector alone can not do this, and therefore, governments in different countries have developed various institutions and mechanisms to finance innovation. In Iran, about 10 years ago, the discussion of the formation and development of the knowledge-based economy began with the adoption of the "Law on Protection of Companies and Knowledge-Based Institutions and Commercialization of Innovations and Inventions" and an Innovation and Prosperity Fund was set up to finance these companies. In this article, we take a look at the legal basis for the formation of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund and the various approaches and services of this fund in order to support innovation and technology development and thus the realization of the knowledge-based economy in the country. Manuscript profile

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102 - Spatial study and analysis of digital divide and levels of development (Case study: Khuzestan province)
saeed amanpour sara Amouzegar moslem arefi

Today, ICT is considered as one of the most important indicators of development and plays a key role in the transformation of societies. Therefore, spatial analysis of this index is one of the basic necessities to understand the geographical changes of societies that mu More

Today, ICT is considered as one of the most important indicators of development and plays a key role in the transformation of societies. Therefore, spatial analysis of this index is one of the basic necessities to understand the geographical changes of societies that must be carefully examined. The purpose of this article, which is applied in terms of research, is to investigate the use of ICT indicators in the cities of Khuzestan province according to the extent to which they have development indicators. The technique of collecting statistics and information in this article is using documentary and library methods and studying the official publications of the country. The statistical population of the study is 24 cities of Khuzestan province and the indicators studied in this research are 18 information technology indicators and also 31 indicators to determine the levels of their development. In this study, due to development inequalities between the cities of the province, first the cities were divided into three groups based on the indicators of development: privileged, semi-privileged and deprived. To determine the amount of digital divide between cities in each group based on the degree of ICT indicators, the PROMTEHEE technique was used. The AHP method was used to weight the indicators used in the grading. The research results show that Ahvaz and Haftkol counties have the highest and lowest levels of development indicators, respectively, and Izeh, Shadegan and Indika counties have the highest counties and Abadan, Ramhormoz and Bavi counties are the most deprived in terms of ICT indicators among other counties. Manuscript profile

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103 - Automatic Construction of Domain Ontology Using Wikipedia and Enhancing it by Google Search Engine
Sedigheh Khalatbari

10.7508/jist.2015.04.006

The foundation of the Semantic Web are ontologies. Ontologies play the main role in the exchange of information and development of the Lexical Web to the Semantic Web. Manual construction of ontologies is time-consuming, expensive, and dependent on the knowledge of doma More

The foundation of the Semantic Web are ontologies. Ontologies play the main role in the exchange of information and development of the Lexical Web to the Semantic Web. Manual construction of ontologies is time-consuming, expensive, and dependent on the knowledge of domain engineers. Also, Ontologies that have been extracted automatically from corpus on the Web might have incomplete information. The main objective of this study is describing a method to improve and expand the information of the ontologies. Therefore, this study first discusses the automatic construction of prototype ontology in animals’ domain from Wikipedia and then a method is presented to improve the built ontology. The proposed method of improving ontology expands ontology concepts through Bootstrapping methods using a set of concepts and relations in initial ontology and with the help of the Google search engine. A confidence measure was considered to choose the best option from the returned results by Google. Finally, the experiments showed the information that was obtained using the proposed method is twice more than the information that was obtained at the stage of automatic construction of ontology from Wikipedia. Manuscript profile

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104 - amount analysis of making influence of globalization processes on villagers life quality
Hamdollah Sojasi elham ashouri ramezan fakhraee مجید جویانی آبی بیگلو

10.29252/.1.4.20

It seems that globalization have brought hope and fear.at this juncture ,globalization effects on villagers have more depth and complexity.research method is analytic-descriptive with field measurement between 10 rural areas with 118 persons sample volumes.datum gatheri More

It seems that globalization have brought hope and fear.at this juncture ,globalization effects on villagers have more depth and complexity.research method is analytic-descriptive with field measurement between 10 rural areas with 118 persons sample volumes.datum gathering are from questionnaire means in 42 indicators framework in three dimentions of economic,social,physical-environmental between Kabood Gonbad rural district of Kalat township.gained results show that villages of Kabood Gonbad rural district have affected from globalization processes unequally in a case that Gherou village have given first rank more than other villages from universal processes effects.output properties of Iran villages show that because of social,economic,political and cultural limitations magistrating on rural society and global experiences from globalization,coming threats of villages are more than their future opportunities. Manuscript profile

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105 - The investigation of the educational training application of the verse in the holg Quran

Creator of the universe ، infinite rays of the essence and Jamil their names through the mirror verses traits and legislation development in the field of souls ، made manifest and people always comment that I hesitate to see hundreds of thousands had been the hundreds o More

Creator of the universe ، infinite rays of the essence and Jamil their names through the mirror verses traits and legislation development in the field of souls ، made manifest and people always comment that I hesitate to see hundreds of thousands had been the hundreds of thousands effects ، in this paper an attempt has been made to the divine revelations of academic perspectives ، philosophical، spiritual ، artistic ، educational ، and desired to be considered and the results of each of these attitudes ، to be presented before the Lord of wisdom Manuscript profile

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106 - Comparative Comparative Study of Women's Development in Iran's Developed Countries and Its Ethical Consequences in Society
Shahrbanoo chatri

The report of the United Nation’s human development published annually on the basis of political, social and economic information is a useful source to get familiar with the pros and cons of countries in taking proper policies to more growth and development. Since the e More

The report of the United Nation’s human development published annually on the basis of political, social and economic information is a useful source to get familiar with the pros and cons of countries in taking proper policies to more growth and development. Since the early 1970s, considering the role of woman in development of societies and empowering women at various stages of development and the problem of solving social, political and cultural drawbacks were accepted globally as a priority. Several studies indicate that today, women have a dual position in Iran. Based on the findings related to educational and health indices and determining political participation, Iranian women are placed in a better situation than the majority of Islamic and regional developing countries. However, the fact is that Iranian women still have a long way to achieve their actual position. Therefore, the present research aimed at comparing the statue of Iranian women with high- developed countries on the basis of UNESCO human development indices. Regarding method, it is descriptive- analytic and has compared the human development index of Iran with that of high- developed countries in a 10- year period referring to valid documents and human development reports of the United Nations. This included the rank of each country and the rate of each main index to calculate the human development index in each country. Sampling was done purposefully. In fact, a number of countries chose having a much higher human development index than Iran. The findings displayed that there is a significant difference between literacy, life expectancy and annual income of Iranian women and that of developed countries. The results of this study showed that the status of Iranian women is weak compared to women of highly- developed countries which in turn require precise planning improving human development index among Iranian women. Manuscript profile

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107 - history and development of the students word in the iranian educational ethics system
Ardeshir Asadbighi Mahyar Shariat Panahi Mohammad Reza Kazemi

Man at all stages of life, from childhood to adolescence and puberty, and even in the ages of the ages, constantly affects the thoughts and behavior of others. It affects the environment and affects the environment. What makes human culture a set of these influences. Th More

Man at all stages of life, from childhood to adolescence and puberty, and even in the ages of the ages, constantly affects the thoughts and behavior of others. It affects the environment and affects the environment. What makes human culture a set of these influences. That change of behavior is the result of deliberate and accountable efforts in the form of an official or traditional educational system, or as a form of influence of the environment, to shape the characteristics of the individual and society. However, the transformation of society from the influence of traditional factors and the deliberate efforts of the formal educational system Are caused. The initial pattern of this educational system in Iran's history before Islam and Iran after Islam was at least contemporary in a term called student, in order to exploit the human capital of the country along its political and self-governing political thinking and in the times of need. This research seeks to ascertain how to change the student's word and transform it into a student ...... The other words and all the peripheral causes and factors of this subject will be discussed in the course of our study even until the present period until the final conclusion of the paper. It seems that the role of governments, especially the influence of the community's scholars and educators in the body of unaffected governance in alternatives Yo is not a student's term in Iran's traditional and traditional education system, and it is also likely to be in line with the education and training policies of overseas societies in changing the word of the student. This research is a historical method and method of collecting materials in a library And documentary and comparative. Manuscript profile

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108 - Investigating the role of university-industry cooperation in the development of countries with a look at global policies and trade
masoud shafiee hajar safaheih

Scientific, industrial, economic and social growth and development has always been considered as the most important concern of policy makers in all societies and in the present era, achieving this development is one of the major goals of any country. One of the most wel More

Scientific, industrial, economic and social growth and development has always been considered as the most important concern of policy makers in all societies and in the present era, achieving this development is one of the major goals of any country. One of the most well-known factors influencing societies in achieving promotion and development is the bilateral cooperation between universities and industries, so that without a proper link between these institutions, the desired development of a society far from imaginable will be. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of this type of cooperation in the development of countries and also to identify and compare the policies, strategies and global experiences of a number of leading countries such as the United States, Britain, Japan and Turkey in this regard. This research was conducted using the library method and content analysis approach, and at the end, solutions for fruitful models to promote university-industry cooperation in the country are presented. Manuscript profile

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109 - The effect of prototyping on the success of new product success with moderator role of customer involvement and Speed of information dissemination (case study: companies located in Khorasan Razavi Science and Technology Park)
Morteza Rojuee Morteza Ghayour Ehsan Sobhani

One of the effective factors on the success of a new product is the concept of prototyping and customer involvement that has gained importance in marketing literature in recent years. Currently, capability in the success of a new product is among the advantageous capabi More

One of the effective factors on the success of a new product is the concept of prototyping and customer involvement that has gained importance in marketing literature in recent years. Currently, capability in the success of a new product is among the advantageous capabilities and the focal point of the competitiveness of most knowledge-based companies. Moreover, newer products make the continuation of growth and profit making in today's competitive markets possible and bring about competitive advantage for companies. The success of a new product is considered as the ultimate factor for the success of the companies and even their survival. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of prototyping and customer involvement on the success of a new product in knowledge-based companies based in Science and Technology Park of Khorasan Razavi. The study was applied in terms of purpose and the research method was descriptive-correlational where the population was 250 managers of companies in Science and Technology Park of Khorasan Razavi; and according to Morgan formula, the sample was determined to be 150 subjects. A researcher-made 33-question questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated using structural validation method by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha. Hypothesis testing was performed using regression method and Lisrel. The results showed that prototyping has a significant impact on the success of a new product, and the moderating role of customer involvement in the relationship between prototyping and the success of a new product was confirmed Manuscript profile

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110 - Basic parameters of selecting urban forest park location based on sustainable development components
MAHNAZ BEIGI mehrdad khanmohammadi Mahmood Hashemi

Determining suitable land uses in order to make optimal use of the land and prevent the destruction of resources is an effective step in the sustainable development strategy. On the other hand, ecotourism is considered as a tool to improve the social and economic level More

Determining suitable land uses in order to make optimal use of the land and prevent the destruction of resources is an effective step in the sustainable development strategy. On the other hand, ecotourism is considered as a tool to improve the social and economic levels of indigenous peoples and one of the most important positive effects of tourism in nature can be considered the protection of natural resources in the region. Accordingly, in this study, the introduction of global criteria for selecting the geographical location of forest parks to develop the tourism industry in the watershed or wider for ecotourism was examined. Due to the lack of comprehensive planning at the national level, urban service uses, including urban forest parks, face problems such as inadequate distribution and location, lack of such spaces in cities, and a per capita shortage of green space. Green space in urban areas is considered as a tool to reduce the stress of everyday life and is of great importance and attention. Due to this issue, it is necessary to construct urban green spaces, including urban forest parks, and select new locations with detailed studies and principled methods in cities. Choosing the right place is very important in reducing costs in setting up various activities. For this reason, it is one of the most important and effective steps in the implementation of projects. In this article, after stating the preliminary definitions of urban forest parks, the criteria and standards used worldwide in locating urban forest parks are discussed. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the location criteria of urban forest parks. The results indicate the importance of land use criteria, accessibility, topography, landscape, proximity to water resources, vegetation and so on. Manuscript profile

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111 - Pharmaceutical Industry’s R&D in Developing Countries Case Study: India
Seyede Sedighe Jalalpour Faranak Nadi

10.7508/jstpi.2015.02.005

Research and Development plays a key role in creating knowledge and technology, hence planning and investment in this area is too important for countries to keep their permanency of competitive advantages. For the time beingdeveloping countries from one side, aretypical More

Research and Development plays a key role in creating knowledge and technology, hence planning and investment in this area is too important for countries to keep their permanency of competitive advantages. For the time beingdeveloping countries from one side, aretypicallyimportinghigh technologyfromdeveloped countries, and from the other sidein recent years supply of domestic healthcareneeds faced with new barriers such as high costof drugs and the emergence of new international. Consequently the situation leads to formation and enabling of domestic R&D in Pharmaceutical industry. this paper have considered the situation of Pharmaceutical industry’s R&D in developing countries and then examined the related theories, Having in mind the India’s achievements in Pharmaceutical industry through adoption and implementation of appropriate R&D policies,. India's experiences in Pharmaceutical industry especially in bio technology looked over and finally the pass through manner of India from 1947 till now is presented in a suitable framework. The framework’s features consist of types of R&D, forms of innovation (product or process) and the time with in each period. It may used as guidance for R&D activities in Pharmaceutical industry in other developing countries. Manuscript profile

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112 - The Role of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the Development of Economic Activities in Malaysia
Saeed KiyanPour Roya Tolaei

In The world's most developed countries, policies to support small and medium enterprises in order to increase growth, income generating employment and reducing poverty in the forefront of economic or social - are governments’ important priorities. Essential characteris More

In The world's most developed countries, policies to support small and medium enterprises in order to increase growth, income generating employment and reducing poverty in the forefront of economic or social - are governments’ important priorities. Essential characteristics of small and medium enterprises, including flexibility in face with market changes, rapid attainment of the activities, initiatives and high motivation of staffs and limited initial capital requirements, have caused growth, innovation and economic dynamism in transition economies of the firms. This study aimed to identify small and medium sized manufacturing firms with rapid growth, and determine their contribution to the Malaysian economy. Malaysia's Vision 2020 has planned development policies through enterprise and small business enhancement. These companies play a significant role in the economic breakthrough of Malaysia. These companies have allocated 93.8% of the operating companies in the industrial sector, 27.3% of total manufacturing production, 25.8% of value-added in production, 27.6% of the fixed assets and 38.9% of the employees of the country. Evidences suggest that these companies have major contribution in national economic development in Malaysia. Manuscript profile

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113 - Enhancing Transfer Capacity and Capability of Commercializing Technological Achievements of Research and Technology Organizations by Establishing Business Development Centers
Reza Bandarian

The goal of conducting researches in Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) is for technological innovation to create new business opportunities, renovation or revolutionizing existing businesses. To do this, RTOs put the technological ideas in the path of technol More

The goal of conducting researches in Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) is for technological innovation to create new business opportunities, renovation or revolutionizing existing businesses. To do this, RTOs put the technological ideas in the path of technology development and commercialization. To move in this way successfully, the balanced and consistent "scientific-technical" as well as "commercial movement of technological ideas is required. One of the best patterns to balance the commercial evolution with the "scientific-technical" path, which are seen in successful and leading RTOs around the world is establishing "technological business development center". The mission of business development centers in RTOs is to implement the commercialization requirements in the process of technology development and provide consultancy and technical, economic and commercial assistance, regarding their technological achievements to those currently entering the commercialization phase. These services include the fundamental principles of business development based on their technological achievements of their organization and for their potential and current customers. This article first points out the necessity and importance of the technological business development center in RTOs and then presents the definition and functions of those centers in RTOs. Finally ends with conclusion Manuscript profile

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114 - Proposing Conceptual Framework for Measuring Structural Capital in University
Alireza Ghezel Majid Ramezan Mohammad reza Zahedi

In a knowledge-based economy, products and companies live and die on information and the most successful companies are the ones who use their intangible assets better and faster. Organizations are aware that knowledge is their most valuable and strategic resource in the More

In a knowledge-based economy, products and companies live and die on information and the most successful companies are the ones who use their intangible assets better and faster. Organizations are aware that knowledge is their most valuable and strategic resource in the present business environment. Knowledge management and intellectual capital approaches have become critical for universities, mainly due to the fact that universities’ main goals are the production and knowledge dissemination. Managers know they have to manage the process of learning and measure its outcomes and knowledge-based organizational resources, if they want to be competitive. Intellectual capital (IC) is a new approach which helps us face with barriers and problems of higher education system. It is the key successful element for knowledge-based organizations such as universities-. The managers of universities have to identify their IC, measure and manipulate it effectively. However, in the past few years, the problem of quantifying and accounting the value and explaining the components of the organization’s intellectual capital it has been questioned. Thus, this research tries to present indicators to measure structural capital (as one of the main parts of intellectual capital) by reviewing different frameworks in this field. At the end, we identified three Dimensions including Infrastructural Capital, Research and Development Capital, Knowledge Infrastructural Capital, using eight components and 50 indicators to measure these parameters. Manuscript profile

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115 - Investigation Effects of Science and Technology Park on Economic Development
Ramezanali Shourmij Mahsa Asadi

Different researches have emphasized the role of science and Technology Parks in regional development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of scientific and technological town on local economic development. The paradigm of this research is quantitative a More

Different researches have emphasized the role of science and Technology Parks in regional development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of scientific and technological town on local economic development. The paradigm of this research is quantitative and our objective is practical implemented by correlation method. Statistical population of survey contains all companies in Isfahan STP and 75 companies were estimated as the sample size using Cochran formula and the samples were selected randomly. The main tool of research was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and reliability of research confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.85). The results showed that the most important the effect of STP on local economic development is the development of marketing services and improving economic situation of the company, the increased level of service is another effect. The exploratory factor analysis was utilized in the classification of effects and the results showed that five factors are accounted for 58/37%of features and the effects of STP. These effects include the production-market (31/02%), capital investments (7/49%), service (7/29%), education-counseling (7/11%), and communication (5/35%). Manuscript profile

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116 - Comparative Study of the Effect of Innovation on Income Inequality
Abolfazll Shahabadi Sara Sarygol

In recent decades, the reduction of income inequality should be considered as the strategy of the major objectives of economic and social development and even the government. Therefore, analysis of income distribution and distributional effects of policies in order to i More

In recent decades, the reduction of income inequality should be considered as the strategy of the major objectives of economic and social development and even the government. Therefore, analysis of income distribution and distributional effects of policies in order to increase economic growth has gained importance. On the other hand, the ability to achieve creative innovation using human resources as the first step is to convert knowledge into wealth. So, considering the critical importance of innovation in modern economies, the present study investigated the role of innovation on income inequality of OPEC countries and selected the OECD developed countries during the period 1995-2009. The results suggest that the status of OPEC countries compared to OECD countries in both the Gini index as well as innovation is weak and undesirable, due to the lack of coordination between macro-economic policies from one side and research and educational policies form other side. Also based on the results, most countries with better support for innovative activities have shown better income distribution. Thus, the movement of countries with economy and capital resources oriention towards knowledge-based economy, innovative activities support and reduce income inequality are essential orientations for macro-economic policies along with research and educational policies. Manuscript profile

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117 - Iran in Comparison with other Outlook Countries in the Field of Entrepreneurial Growth
Saeed KiyanPour

Entrepreneurship is one of the most important and necessary strategies in developing and developed countries. But, the truth is that one of the fundamental steps for the development of entrepreneurship is its assessment. Entrepreneurship evaluation should be done based More

Entrepreneurship is one of the most important and necessary strategies in developing and developed countries. But, the truth is that one of the fundamental steps for the development of entrepreneurship is its assessment. Entrepreneurship evaluation should be done based on indexes and global standards so that not only provides a clear picture to the status of entrepreneurship at the national level, But also, provides the possibility of measuring and comparing to the other countries in the field of entrepreneurship development. More than 95percent of the world GDP formed by the Members of GEM. GEM Programs are evaluated based on three indicators: "perceptions and entrepreneurial tendencies," "entrepreneurial activities" and "entrepreneurial passion". Among the 67 countries, Iran is ranked 30th based on Toddler entrepreneurs’ index equals to 11 percent. This index has increasing trend in the past five years, and its value is much greater than the other countries in Middle East. Also the Index of Entrepreneurial Intent in Iran equals to 28/22%, and our country is in 35th place among 67 countries. The Opportunity-oriented entrepreneurship index has grown among other entrepreneurial activity index, (from 5.67% in 1390 to 6.24% in 1391). This means that mandatory Entrepreneurship has decreased. Also the understanding of entrepreneurial opportunities index has increased from 32% in 1390 to 39/2% in 1391. Finally, for fear index of failure, Iran is in 39th place among 67 countries that shows the Iranian low-risk tendency for starting a business. Manuscript profile

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118 - Comparative Analogy about the Scale of Using of Effective Elements in Technology Transfer with the MCDM Procedure (Case Study: Steel Industry Corporations)
Sedigh Reisi Mahmood Mahdizadeh Hadi Heydari Ghare Bagh Mojtaba Pirhadi

Nowadays, Technology management is one of the most important tools to improve and develope production of goods and services. In recent years due to the accelerating in scientific progresses, many countries adopted technology transferring. This research comparatively st More

Nowadays, Technology management is one of the most important tools to improve and develope production of goods and services. In recent years due to the accelerating in scientific progresses, many countries adopted technology transferring. This research comparatively studies the usage of effective factors affecting technology transfer. Considering the results of key factors identified by technology transferr process and using the effective factors for the Iranian steel industry a model was proposed to evaluate the technology transfer process in the above mentioned industry.. This paper is conducted to determine the extension of technology transfer matching with the effective factors. Considering successful experiences in implementation of multi criteria decision making (MCDM) methods to analyse the technology transfer projects, this method was used to rank and find the priority of each of the identified effective factors. For the purpose of this study, questionniers where developed to collect the required information. Moreover, the stability of questionnaire was determined by a Cronbach's alpha of 0.95 that can be considered well acceptable. To do the statistical analysis we applied statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software to perform descriptive methods, one sample student’s t-test, two sample student’s t-test, and mean comparison tests. Finally, some advices have been presented to improve chance of success and effectiveness of technology transfer projects in Iran based on the proposed model and the results of evaluations and analysis. Manuscript profile

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119 - Science and Technology Parks and Incubators with a Global Perspective
Majid Soleymani

Scientific researches considered as one of the main and the most important ways in finding the obscure and hidden facts about the universe as well as discovering new resources and strategies for problems and necessities of human being and the society. in line with reach More

Scientific researches considered as one of the main and the most important ways in finding the obscure and hidden facts about the universe as well as discovering new resources and strategies for problems and necessities of human being and the society. in line with reaching the country's development objectives, the role of universities and research centers in establishing social institutions and foundations which are in deal with such centers, is highly effective. Comprehensive and expanded protection of policymakers and officials from science and technology development centers and parks in addition to adopting new managing methods, would lay the necessary grounds for achieving the associated objectives. It is obvious that filling the existing gap between universities and other sectors such as industry, agriculture, health, etc, As well as transfer of knowledge and technology through such centers would be facilitated. That is, the science and technology parks accelerate the economic knowledge-based growth and development. Science and technology parks as research and development units can solve lots of existing problems and improve the situation and condition. With a glance to some of the units' activities it can be grasped that they have not been fully utilized yet. From many important factors, the lack of sound resource and facilitates distribution based on priorities, and lack of required decision adoption by innovation and technology policy makers and planners, different communication, law, and regulation problems lead to lack of suitable utilization. One of the patterns which presented for solving such a problem is the utilization of intermediary organizations and institutions in the cycle of the research to the market which could be realigned through establishing science and technology parks. Science and technology parks play essential role in creating and developing technology institution and professional research centers. Farther more, such R&D units would facilitate the aggregation and technical cooperation with its complimentary units such as engineering services companies, engineering and designing institutes, and professional research centers. Also, it provides suitable connection for funding and addressing the groups adjusted with R&D activities. This article by mentioning the establishment and characteristics of Iranian science and technology parks, explains the general situation of such centers are explained based on geographical conditions and establishing bodies as well as the numerous of center categorized based on dependence type and their different activities and international organization. Manuscript profile

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120 - Effective Methods of Technology Transfer
Amir Hosein Amir khani Mohammad Javad Esfandiari

Today transfer of the new and superior technology As one of the Method of maintaining competitive advantage. Technology Transfer be a shortcut of accessing new technology for developing countries (like ours), and to reach this goal, technology transfer process should co More

Today transfer of the new and superior technology As one of the Method of maintaining competitive advantage. Technology Transfer be a shortcut of accessing new technology for developing countries (like ours), and to reach this goal, technology transfer process should completely considered. Getting familiar with preventive and movement factors of technology, will help to reduce the failure rate of technology tranfer. Upon providing a multi-aspect definition of technology, this paper intends to define two methods of accessing technology, one is transferring from other countries and the other is self accessing technologies. There are three major parts in technology transfer process: - Selection & obtaining of technology - Compliance, application and absorption of technology - Promotion & Distribution of technology It is tried to explain technology transfer process, effective factors, its obstacles, necessities and any effects of which in economic development. Lack of localization is one of the major reasons of failure in technology transferm which is considered by explaining the most important reasons which causes research & development institutes fail on localization process of imported technologies. Furthermore in order to find required success in technology transfer, it is a need of receiving companies of technology to manage finding tacit knowledge of it as well. Finally it is explained the importance of tacit knowledge and required fields for any transfer of knowledge. Manuscript profile

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121 - Comparative Analytic Approach to Research & Development in Iran and Some Developed Countries
Morteza Jamali Paghalue Ehsan Shafiezadeh

The importance of investment on Research and Development (R&D) has been assumed as a clear and obvious matter in advanced industrial countries, and today it is the R&D that will determine how to allocate the budget and financial issues. Now, investment in R&D units is c More

The importance of investment on Research and Development (R&D) has been assumed as a clear and obvious matter in advanced industrial countries, and today it is the R&D that will determine how to allocate the budget and financial issues. Now, investment in R&D units is considered as a competitive advantage. Nowadays, only those countries are able to participate and survive on competitive challenges at the international levels which are determined consistently to employ the latest technologies and it cannot be obtained unless they possess dynamic and globally-adjusted R&D centers. In this paper, overviewing the literature of this regard, we go through the analysis and description of R&D success factors and its position in Iran and some developed countries such as Japan, USA, and China. Following an adaptive comparison, some solutions are portrayed to improve the place of research in Iran. In the first step, is the government via providing financial support, facilities, and encouraging and promising environment for the researchers, and in the second step, researchers should engage in innovation and service to our country via strengthening national loyalty and learning about the latest scientific methods in the world,. Especially universities -as thinker entities and society’s great scientific and cultural sources- must establish science-based approach as the dominant thought and endeavor toward applying the researches in the country. This will obtain through constant and proper communication between institutions and academic research centers, and spreading the culture of science and research among the public. Manuscript profile

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122 - Corporate Entrepreneurship; a Solution for Commercialization of Technological Research Findings in Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs)
Reza Bandarian

RTOs' missions are for technology development and carry out complicated commercialization processes. Commercialization of technological research findings is so costly for RTOs that they can not carry out commercialization process by themselves. In the other hand, indust More

RTOs' missions are for technology development and carry out complicated commercialization processes. Commercialization of technological research findings is so costly for RTOs that they can not carry out commercialization process by themselves. In the other hand, industries which are in competitive environment, for sustainable growth require superior new products and technologies which enable them in competitive scope. Industries often have frequent financial and human resources and this leads to their advantage to commercialization process, because those assets provide possibility for adapting huge risk. The lost ring in this chain is the link between RTOs as the developer of technology and industries as the adapter of technology. Entrepreneurship could solve this problem by providing this lost ring and linking RTOs and industries. Corporate entrepreneurship is one of the entrepreneurship types and is defined as some entrepreneurship among the available corporate companies. Entrepreneurship looks for introducing new products and organizational systems in the scope of corporate. Entrepreneurship has five different kinds and each of them carries out entrepreneurship in its own style. Among these, Acquisitive and Opportunistic entrepreneurship have the highest fitness to enrich and enhance coexisting relation between industries and RTOs to commercialize technological findings. Manuscript profile

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123 - Policy Making for R&D Centers According to Idea to Market Process; Case Study Iran Petroleum Industry
Seyed mahameddin Tabatabaei

Nowadays, R&D is becoming one of the most important pillars of corporations. But there are several different and diverse approaches regarding the structure and position of R&D department in corporations. Most of the large companies have in-house R&D department. Except More

Nowadays, R&D is becoming one of the most important pillars of corporations. But there are several different and diverse approaches regarding the structure and position of R&D department in corporations. Most of the large companies have in-house R&D department. Except corporate R&D, also independent research and development organizations has been established in many countries to promote scientific and technological capabilities. Each of these two types of research and development organizations has a special mission then policy making for them requires a particular process. The aim of this paper is to policy making for research and development organizations according to idea to market process. For this purpose, first, the elements of idea to market process and then the types of research and development organizations, including corporate and non corporate were described. Then different types of structures of corporate R&D ( in large organization ) will be defined and policies for the duties and nature of their activities in centralized and decentralized sectors of corporate R&D (in hybrid R&D structures) based on the elements of the idea to market process are discussed. Next, the proposed principles for the oil industry as the country's largest industry, which has several research and development departments as a case study, have been applied and finally suggestions for improving research and development in the petroleum industry are presented. Manuscript profile

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124 - Looking at Science and Technology through the lens of Human development: Relationship between innovation and inequality
Parisa Riyahi Mohammad Amin Ghanee Rad

Policy decisions are shaped by policy makers’ conceptualization of development. Development is a value based and normative concept, and accordingly, there are various approaches to it. Science is the key to the creation of wealth in a "national economic development appr More

Policy decisions are shaped by policy makers’ conceptualization of development. Development is a value based and normative concept, and accordingly, there are various approaches to it. Science is the key to the creation of wealth in a "national economic development approach". Therefore, policy makers invest on human and social capital as valuable assets. Firms are important because they could cause growth and wealth. According to the literature in this field, there is a positive correlation between innovation and inequality. It means that inequality will increase by increasing innovation. But the wealth derived from innovation can later be used to reduce that inequality. In contrast, the concern for "human development approach" is improving human quality of life, and speaks about Pro-poor, Para-poor, and Per-poor innovations. Some economists argue about development as freedom and improvement of people capabilities. The concern for "capability approach" is improving human opportunities, eliminating inequalities, and achieving justice. Freedom and capability are prerequisites for people creativity. Because of the paradoxes in different development approaches mentioned above, in this article the relationship between innovation and inequality is examined and a negative correlation is found. Less social and human capabilities has resulted in less innovation and more inequalities in various dimensions. Therefore, a greater emphasis on enhancing human capabilities is recommended in policy making efforts. Manuscript profile

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125 - Reviewing Challenges of New Product Development Process in Small-Medium Enterprises Case study:Select Food and Drink Industries of Fars province
Reza Talei Far Seyed Hosein Hatami nasab

Success in new product development (NPD) projects is a crucial challenge for the past and present managers. Actually researchers have still problems finding the reason for the high rate of failure in such projects. Failure of these projects in small and medium enterpris More

Success in new product development (NPD) projects is a crucial challenge for the past and present managers. Actually researchers have still problems finding the reason for the high rate of failure in such projects. Failure of these projects in small and medium enterprises is a bigger problem compared to large companies. So some of these failures may endanger life of these units and result in the closure of these units. Therefore, in this research the challenges of product development in these companies have been surveyed in particular. For this purpose, opinions of experts and managers of firms in small and medium-size food industries of Fars province have been surveyed and then practical solutions and suggestions have been mentioned. In this study after extensive reviewing of research literature, a series of identified effective challenges and with considering the opinions of managers, significant challenges with degree of their importance within the firms have been mentioned. The results explain that from view of managers of under study, the units in connection with the effective challenges on new product development between the current status and the ideal situation there are significant gaps such as: estimating incorrect suitable market, lack of adequate research and development issues, lack of appropriate and sufficient distribution channels and lack of appropriate advertising for offering new products to the market have been discussed as the challenges. Manuscript profile

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126 - Contrastive Analysis of Approaches and Frameworks in Evaluating Innovation
Seyed Nooroddin Daronkolaei Hoseynreza Alizadeh Vlokolaei

The literature existing in innovation evaluation can be studied in two ways: 1) innovation evaluation at company level 2) innovation evaluation at national level. Innovation evaluation at company level is useful to make decisions in allocation of resources for innovatio More

The literature existing in innovation evaluation can be studied in two ways: 1) innovation evaluation at company level 2) innovation evaluation at national level. Innovation evaluation at company level is useful to make decisions in allocation of resources for innovation activities, to choose the fields in which innovation is expected to produce high economical return, and also to manage innovation strategies inside the enterprises. At national level policymakers need the information acquired from innovation evaluation in studying the existing situation, future developments trend, getting feedback from positive and negative effects of the existing policies, and making appropriate policies. According to the literature related to the title of the study, we have tried to mention the similarities and differences of the studies done in innovation evaluation by contrastive analysis of them. In similarity section, innovation process and technological changes measurement are mentioned. Also in differences section the level of analysis and providing indicators for measuring all three fields of systematic process of innovation are mentioned. Manuscript profile

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127 - A Review of Technology Status in Iran's Development Plans
Behrooz Arbab Shirani Hasan KIhakbaz

In recent years, there is an increasing trend in paying attention to knowledge-based development in both developed and developing countries. Since education, research and technology are key components of this development, it is necessary to have comprehensive plans in v More

In recent years, there is an increasing trend in paying attention to knowledge-based development in both developed and developing countries. Since education, research and technology are key components of this development, it is necessary to have comprehensive plans in various areas of science, research and technology. Fortunately, this movement has been considered by policymakers and planners in Iran in recent years. Based on Iran's 20-Year Development Vision Plan (2005-2025) which is the most important plan of the country, Iran will move toward becoming a developed country that has the first position in the region in terms of economy, science and technology. To achieve this vision, four 5-year plans have been defined, the first of which is the fourth development plan (2005-2009). One chapter of Iran's fourth development plan is dedicated to knowledge-based development which clearly points to science and technology issues. By the same token, the fifth development plan bill was sent to the parliament by the government and also part of this plan is dedicated to science and technology. But the main orientation of these programs is not accurate strategies for technology development. Science would be useful if it can be converted to wealth. Therefore, conducting applied research and technology development is very important. Throughout the full- paper we explain the importance of country's development plans in the field of science, research and technology and discuss the status of technology in Iran's third, fourth and fifth development plans. Finally, after analyzing the current situation, we express some key strategies to increase the effectiveness of development plans in Iran. Manuscript profile

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128 - Technology Commercialization as the Effective Function in Technology and Economy Development
Reza Radfar Abbas Khamseh Hesameddin Madani

Nowadays, research has been received a great attention due to innovation and also the innovation is being observed because of economic wealth. In present world, the concept of research has lost its meaning from the cultural point of view, while its and economical functi More

Nowadays, research has been received a great attention due to innovation and also the innovation is being observed because of economic wealth. In present world, the concept of research has lost its meaning from the cultural point of view, while its and economical function has been greatly magnified. Commercialization is the important part of innovation process and no technology and product would come into market successfully without it. Producing contexts for knowledge and technology, can create noticeable economical values for organizations, and also leads to economical and technological growth of the society. In this paper, we try to introduce the technology commercialization and its process, and also reviewing the importance of technology commercialization and its role in development of new technologies. Along with it, the important functions which are effective in technology commercialization and its success, classification, and technology commercialization risks will be reviewed. Manuscript profile

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129 - Intellectual Property Management: The Case of Research Institute of Petroleum Industry
Seyed Kamran Bagheri Sasan Sadraei

The emergence of petroleum industry in Iran dates back to more than a century ago and the industry has played a major role in the countrys economy from the very beginning. However, when it comes to the required technologies, the industrys dependency on foreign companies More

The emergence of petroleum industry in Iran dates back to more than a century ago and the industry has played a major role in the countrys economy from the very beginning. However, when it comes to the required technologies, the industrys dependency on foreign companies is evident. Independent technology development, on the other hand, is not an easy task since it requires a tight interconnection with Intellectual Property (IP) management. The industrys failure in independently developing its technological needs, can hence be partially attributed to mismanagement of IP. This paper investigates the role of IP and its management in an industrial context, focusing on industries actively pursuing high technological capabilities. Afterward, the petroleum industry and the role of IP management therein are reviewed. Finally the achievements of Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) in managing its IP portfolio are introduced. Manuscript profile

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130 - : Launching New Technology to Existing Industries; A Solution for Facilitating Commercialization
Ahmad Mosaei

Research results without commercialization could not be sources of public welfare and national wealth. Undoubtedly, commercialization and transferring research findings to the industry and market area is one of the complicated stages of innovation process. One of the wa More

Research results without commercialization could not be sources of public welfare and national wealth. Undoubtedly, commercialization and transferring research findings to the industry and market area is one of the complicated stages of innovation process. One of the ways to overcome this challenge is benefiting from existing industries or plants which has required equipments for industrialization of technology and also has free capacity. In this paper, at first the benefits of utilizing existing industries for commercialization some of new technologies are described. Then a scientific methodology introduced to explain and implement the ability to launch of new technologies into existing plant in Research institute for Petroleum Industry (RIPI). This methodology benefits from principles of modular design and robust design. After introducing the methodology, a case study is presented which has been carried out by this methodology to launch a new technology in one of the existing plants. Manuscript profile

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131 - The Necessity of Considering the Development of New Products and the Role of Innovation, Technology and R&D in it
Abass Khamse Reza Radfar Ali Sarafrazz Davood Sarafrazz

In todays world of economy, many of organizations are looking for elements of creating competetive advantages. The process of developing new products for different kinds of product/service organizations, is considered as competetive advantage. Development of New product More

In todays world of economy, many of organizations are looking for elements of creating competetive advantages. The process of developing new products for different kinds of product/service organizations, is considered as competetive advantage. Development of New products will help organizations to keep their competetive and monopolistic positions in competetive market. In this paper we try to introduce development of new product, directions, patterns and its process, and also consider the goals and reasons of the imporance of development of new products. So, we will consider the role of innovation, R&D, technology and management in new product development process. We would also investigate the important factors which are seems to be important in fail and success of the new product development. Manuscript profile

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132 - Consequences of Globalization of Research and Development on the Economic Development of Countries
Laleh Haghighat

Research and development have come to a global shape with developing information technology and communicating networks. Also advancing the science and especially engineering is going to be practical that leads cooperation among industries, researchers, and organizations More

Research and development have come to a global shape with developing information technology and communicating networks. Also advancing the science and especially engineering is going to be practical that leads cooperation among industries, researchers, and organizations. Since accessing to the new technology and economics development in developing countries leads to large investments and development in the area of research, so these countries must try to obtain major technologies using foreign investments and then try to develop them using their own innovation. Therefore, globalization of research and development by ultra-national organization and decentralization of research and development units will result in the economic development. It seems that globalization can be a solution to the most of the economic problems. Nowadays, global economy is organized based on the information process management and networks, so that a new version of international economy in different theories can be imagined. Economy is a scientific network organized by information control paradigm and assessed by different variables. This method provides effective management mechanisms for the formation of a new version of different economies. In this way, the economic processes will be modified and a new version of economic relations would emerge. Meanwhile using information technology will lead to business development, facilitating economic relationships and providing the possibility of different activities for the organization. There is also a meaningful a correlation between the highly developed countries and the countries with large investments in research and development. So the importance of developing research and development is highlighted for the developing countries. This article will discuss the consequences of globalization of research and development on the economic development of countries, as well as the obstacles and opportunities resulted from that; like better production, job opportunities and higher income in developing countries. It also reviews the important factors which can lead to the development of economic network. Manuscript profile

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133 - Transfer of Technology by Clean Development Mechanism
Seyed Ghasem Noori najafi Amir abbas Sedighi

Although the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) does not have an explicit technology transfer mandate, it may contribute to technology transfer by financing emission reduction projects using technologies currently not available in the host countries. This paper analyzes More

Although the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) does not have an explicit technology transfer mandate, it may contribute to technology transfer by financing emission reduction projects using technologies currently not available in the host countries. This paper analyzes the claims of technology transfer made by project participants in the project design documents for 3296 registered and proposed CDM projects. Roughly 36% of the projects accounting for 59% of the annual emission reductions claim to involve technology transfer. Technology transfer is more common for larger projects and projects with foreign participants. Technology transfer is very heterogeneous across project types and usually involves both knowledge and equipment. The technology originates mostly from Japan, Germany, the USA, France, and Great Britain. The rate of technology transfer is significantly higher than the average for several host countries, including Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam and significantly lower than average for Brazil, China, and India. As the number of projects increases, technology transfer occurs beyond the individual projects. This is observed for several project types in China and Brazil. For most project types, project developers appear to have a choice among a number of domestic and/or foreign technology suppliers. Manuscript profile

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134 - The role of research and development in economic development of the countries
Mahnaz Rabiei

The cost of research and development and technology improvement result in cost decrease, productivity improvement and export growth. New Technologies cause enhancement in production factors and create further variations in productions. Furthermore, technologies create c More

The cost of research and development and technology improvement result in cost decrease, productivity improvement and export growth. New Technologies cause enhancement in production factors and create further variations in productions. Furthermore, technologies create changes in comparative cost of production, and increase the comparative advantages in corporations and ultimately in the countries. Research, development and innovation costs, and new technologies allow corporations to improve their production abilities; thus resulting in capacity growth, cost reduction, quality improvement, and timely delivery. Unique characteristics of Innovation and new ideas are not challengeable. For example, achievements in a new method, will give others easier access, without causing interruptions to the previous users. Therefore, such products are produced once and can be mass-produced then after. In this article, the importance of research and development in the growth of value added through an endogenous growth is explained. While revising Romer's endogenous model of growth, a mathematic model for Iran's economic growth was made and the effects of R&D, spillovers resulted from R&D, labor force, physical capital and human resource based on OLS was evaluated. While considering the effects of innovation management in R&D improvement, other effects of innovation management were also analyzed. This article intends to analyze the effects of R&D throughout the country and innovation management within corporations to obtain economic growth Manuscript profile

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135 - Explanation of Research and Developments Networking Effect in the Valus Improvement of SMEs
Abass Khamse Reza Radfar

In the recent years, importance and the role of small and medium enterprises was on the increase in industrial and developing countries. With the appearance of modern technology in the production and communications, some transitions have been created in the ways of prod More

In the recent years, importance and the role of small and medium enterprises was on the increase in industrial and developing countries. With the appearance of modern technology in the production and communications, some transitions have been created in the ways of production, distribution and organizational structure of agencies, and in this regard the importance of small and medium units has been found an upward movement. Developed countries and recently developed ones, have always applied special policies and strategies for improvement of small and medium industries and facilitating of enterprises entrance in the economical arena. They have applied those strategies for the competitions guarantee in the free market and restraint of big companies monopolization. Networking is referred to groups of enterprises which have cooperation in the special project with each other, and are using their own specialties for overcoming the usual and common difficulties, and gaining access to better efficiency. Networks are propounded in the universal trading subjects as a strong situation and condition, and have considered in the modern trading realm since 90s. Its importance as assistance in the creation of innovations in small and medium enterprises has been considered increasingly. Because small and medium enterprises have similar bonds, difficulties and opportunities, so they are providing the same networking policy strategy, the suitable networking facilities that are proportional with necessities and requirements of small and medium enterprises. Furthermore, clustering and networking of small and medium enterprises are considered as an important informational source and ideas creation for the process and productions innovations. On the other hand, the related small and medium enterprises can have the continual research and development, in which total sum of expenses is less than the research and developments expenses of each one solitarily and separately. In addition, products development, processs recovery, common consultation and coordination in the processs recovery of small and medium enterprises, which have been located in the networking discipline, are more fruitful than the processing and consultation of the distinct small and medium enterprises.Adoption of standard certificates and their related codes for the networking organizations is more accessible and cheaper. Also the instructional networks are providing this possibility, for accessing to the continual educational sources, for all small and medium enterprises in the networks. And finally advantages which obtained from the formation of small and medium enterprises networks can fulfill their needs in relation to their entrance to the universal competition arena. In this essay it was tried to consider the role of research and development networking among the small and medium enterprises and study the opportunities and problems which obtained from that. Furthermore, we will discuss the advantages and benefits of clustering and networking among the small and medium enterprises. The creation of values which obtained from research and development networking in the success and development of small and medium enterprises in the competition market will be analyzed too. Manuscript profile

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136 - The Role of R&D on Job Creation and Value Added of Small and Medium Enterprises
Bita Faramarzpour Darzini Nasrin Khandan

The organization economic co-operation and development (O.E.C.D) gives the definition of R&D as a creative work which is done based on systematic structure in order to find new usage out of technical and scientific resulted knowledge. Before the second world war, only a More

The organization economic co-operation and development (O.E.C.D) gives the definition of R&D as a creative work which is done based on systematic structure in order to find new usage out of technical and scientific resulted knowledge. Before the second world war, only a few non-governmental institutions did research about industries. But at the time of the war, the R&D works developed quickly and the complexity of R&D works increased, so that resulted in improvement of new products. R&D importance and governments support and R&D proportion of GDP shows countries development ratio. In the present article, in order to have a better survey of R&Ds position and its network coincreasing ratio in Iran; at first librarian studies were done and some developed countries supporting samples were reviewed. All of them showed that relationship and network creation between R&D units in governmental and nongovernmental sectors in our country, accompanied with the relationship between industry and university. This, can be practical in the best way in form of reinforcing of technology and science parks model. Then the R&D position is studied in Kerman industries. According to managers opinions, many of them emphasized R&D and started to build R&D units and they believed, it is so effective in profitability and value creation. But the important point is the supporting role of the government and the better effort to make the result of the researches applicable and the works of R&D in form of network. Manuscript profile

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137 - Policies and Programs for Development of Science and Technology in Todays China
Fereydoon Verdi nejad

There is a great and considerable distance between todays china and the past china. From the first of 1978 up to now, the promotion of economic reform, and sustainable open door policies, was the main movement of changes in the chinas economy structure. Based on the gov More

There is a great and considerable distance between todays china and the past china. From the first of 1978 up to now, the promotion of economic reform, and sustainable open door policies, was the main movement of changes in the chinas economy structure. Based on the government strategies, the Chinese economy had a good and controlled acceleration and improvement. After two decades of reform, in spite of important plans and policies in developing private sector, there is still some monopoly applied by the commonest party, and the education, Research and development plans still are under government control. China government has succeeded in absorbing huge amount of investment with the help of high technologies, foreign management, adjusting laws and regulations, applying incentive policies, using know-how and offering special facilities. From a pragmatic point of view, to achieve these goals in china, some projects and plans has been done such as special economic zones, developing science and technology parks and special training and research projects. In this paper we investigate the fact that how can we customize these experiences and ideas in economic development in Iran. Manuscript profile

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138 - Modeling an Urban Incubator for Tehran City
Mehdi Kanuani

One of the major priorities of each big citys developing plan is to support & promote SMEs through Incubators. This policy has played a key role in innovation, entrepreneurship & economical growth. Entrepreneurs play as a growth motor for the economics of the cities. So More

One of the major priorities of each big citys developing plan is to support & promote SMEs through Incubators. This policy has played a key role in innovation, entrepreneurship & economical growth. Entrepreneurs play as a growth motor for the economics of the cities. So in most countries, various laws & facilities have been developed for supporting them. In our country, the capital city “Tehran” is the largest city in the country and developing an Urban Incubator in Tehran will play the role of a pilot plan for the other cities. Then this article by analyzing available trends and models in other cities, intends to make a model for supporting SMEs in Tehran city by Urban Incubators and its infrastructure and sub-structures. Manuscript profile

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139 - A Development Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises in Iran (SME bank of IRAN)
Mohammad reza Edraki

Financial supports just include a part of SMEs essential needs which will be performed through Banking institutions, Development Financial Institutions (DFIs), Leasing and Factoring Companies, Venture Capital Companies (VCs) to support and assist these Enterprises. But More

Financial supports just include a part of SMEs essential needs which will be performed through Banking institutions, Development Financial Institutions (DFIs), Leasing and Factoring Companies, Venture Capital Companies (VCs) to support and assist these Enterprises. But development and formation new technical institutions in financial and advisory services lines from SMEs still seems to be necessary. SME Bank of Iran is one of these new and necessary institutes which can be effective as a Development Financial Institution to initiate SMEs businesses, and responding to their special necessity. This Bank as a financial institute and through related financial and advisory proceses can help for financial supports and necessary supplement helps of SMEs. Advisory services in SME Bank of Iran, absolutely, must be presented in an integrated form for financial supports and venture creation. Manuscript profile

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140 - The Role of Government and Public Sector on Local Development of Innovation
Feredric Bogren Alireza Ayatollahi

In scientific environment, technology is the primover of local development, and innovation is the essence of economic growth. Technological development in regions, cities and rural regions is as total and integrated development. This paper, first discusses about technol More

In scientific environment, technology is the primover of local development, and innovation is the essence of economic growth. Technological development in regions, cities and rural regions is as total and integrated development. This paper, first discusses about technological innovation and effect of geographic proximity of industries and research centers at national, regional and urban levels. In other words this paper focuses on this question that “Does this proximity helps the growth of innovation and technology. There are many questions about national development. For example Does geographic proximity of industries help innovation and technology growth?, Does this matter accelerate national development or vice versa? will ICT, telecommunication and transportation decrease the cost and problem of industries and their expertise? Or is it cause of centralization in policy and reduction of country and urban logistic effects? This paper also discusses about technology incubators in central region of France and technology transfer between them and a science and research network in order to facilitate technology transfer. Manuscript profile

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141 - Determining the Priorities in Science Parks by Using Fuzzy DEMATEL Case Study of Sheikh-Bahai Science and Technology Park
mohammad ebrahim sadeghi asghat saud abadi saeed mirza mohammadi Mohammad mahdavi

10.7508/jstpi.2015.01.006

Science parks are known tools for incubation of knowledge-based firms. Recently, policy makers of science and technology of our country has paid attention to these institutions. The topic of this research was investigating the impact of these institutions on the develop More

Science parks are known tools for incubation of knowledge-based firms. Recently, policy makers of science and technology of our country has paid attention to these institutions. The topic of this research was investigating the impact of these institutions on the development of knowledge-based companies and identifying the key factors resulting in earning competitive advantages by located firms. After reviewing many researches in this field of study, key effective factors were identified and by using the experts, these factors were revised according to the circumstance of our country and placed in a proper framework. The framework consists of four aspects including: “human resource”, “R&D and technology transfer”, “facilities” and “market development” and twelve factors. The framework applied in Sheikh Bahai Science and Technology Park and the results obtained showed that in this park, facilities aspect needs special attention. This aspect had the highest significance in quadruple aspects and was the only aspect affecting Sheikh Bahai Science and Technology Park. Other aspects such as, “human resource”, “R&D and technology transfer”, and “market development” were effects of the aspects. The results of this research show that the development of knowledge based firms located in this park depends on facilities such as financial resources and primary physical infrastructure than human resource, research activities and marketing services. We suggest using this framework to find the aspects and factors influential the creation of competitive advantages and determining the action and planning priorities for other science and technology parks in Iran. Manuscript profile

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142 - Identifying Priorities for Acquisition of Technology in an Industrial Organization Case Study of Middle-Class Vessels
Hosein Esbati Seyed Habibollah Tabatabaeiyan

10.7508/jstpi.2015.02.001

3000 km of coastline, access to the sea on the north and south of the country, access to the open water (Indian Ocean), are the advantages of the geographical area of marine and maritime industries that made a special place in the economy of the country. Transit maritim More

3000 km of coastline, access to the sea on the north and south of the country, access to the open water (Indian Ocean), are the advantages of the geographical area of marine and maritime industries that made a special place in the economy of the country. Transit maritime economy and maximum utilization of sea resources has confirmed the need to replacement of worn out vessels with Landing Crafts. For that matter, the most important goals of this R&D are sea freight, transition and achieving the capacity of producing landing craft vessel. Investors and suppliers to meet the needs of customers in a competitive environment must decide: 1) domestic production, 2) transfer of technology, and 3) a combination of both. This paper has initially studied definitions of technology and technology transfer and different aspects of technology acquisition process, the identification, selection, transfer, exploitation and dissemination. The decision models presented by little and Ford have been studied, based on the data, a model for the study was provided. In the first phase, the project was developed Executive structure of acquisition and division of Duties. The second step is the most important activities, assessment capabilities and industry suppliers that are identified and assessed. Data were analyzed by Ford Models. These results, created clear images for useful decision-making executives, Acquisition of the landing Craft boats were through a joint partnership action. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of access, internal development and transfer, has been studied. Manuscript profile

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143 - Functional Analysis of Technological Innovation System in the new Generation of Digital Communication
Shara Aghajanian

10.7508/jstpi.2016.01.007

Digital communication industries with high growth rates in innovation have globally advanced and rapidly expanded. The industry has been extensively changing in the worldwide. Hence, it significantly changes the business models according to the technology of new generat More

Digital communication industries with high growth rates in innovation have globally advanced and rapidly expanded. The industry has been extensively changing in the worldwide. Hence, it significantly changes the business models according to the technology of new generation in digital communication. New generation technology with the emergence of creative destruction context, left the organizations by two compulsory alternatives, compliance with new system and success or destruction of the systems will be the result. Unlike many articles that considered the structural and functional analysis individually to assess the technological innovation system, the integrated process by considering structural analysis as a prerequisite of functional analysis have been applied. Literature review and industry related analysis is applied to gather eight functional factors, and also a questionnaire is designed. After data gathering, the phase of technological development analysis as a tools for prioritizing and analyzing the dependencies between the blocking functions are deployed that was rarely used in the literature. Therefore, the blocking and deriving factors are analysed and appropriate policies are made. Results show that the studied process is an appropriate framework for functional analysis and by the number of policies represented at the end, further researches are suggested. Manuscript profile

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144 - The Index of Research and Development Capabilities in the BRICS Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, china, the South Africa)
Sina Laleh

10.7508/jstpi.2016.03.006

Today, research and development and related activities in order to access the modern technology is major industrial activity in the world. Despite the increasing importance of research and development activities in developed countries in the last thirty years, developin More

Today, research and development and related activities in order to access the modern technology is major industrial activity in the world. Despite the increasing importance of research and development activities in developed countries in the last thirty years, developing countries have recently realized its integral importance. Actually, technology is an output of the research and development factory.The research and development units are infrastructure of technology and the greatest source of innovation. There are Various procedure to achive technology that reverse engineering is one of the most important. (especially in developing countries) In this essay, addition to review the literature of "research and development" and the factors affecting its capabilities, experiences of leading countries in this field (BRICS) will be checked in order to design a conceptual model to assess the research and development capabilities. In the end, we present some pieces of advice to reduce the problems and increase the quality and quantity level of R&D. Manuscript profile

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145 - Smart Clothing; from Problem-Solving to Knowledge Generation
Morteza PourMohammadi Azam Neumati

10.7508/jstpi.2016.03.008

As a paradigm, design thinking has not accurate definition yet and could make sense during practical design activities. In addition, Sophisticated technology-driven products with high volume of unknowns, which considered as “wicked problems” have proposed to be solved b More

As a paradigm, design thinking has not accurate definition yet and could make sense during practical design activities. In addition, Sophisticated technology-driven products with high volume of unknowns, which considered as “wicked problems” have proposed to be solved by applying Design Thinking. Main purpose of this research is to investigate the design thinking role in such projects from problem-solving to knowlegde generation. At first, the opportunities and challenges in the design development process of smart clothing design project-as a wicked problem- surveyd through a descriptive-analytical method. Then as a case study, a practical smart clothing design project and his design thinkig dimentions discussed in detail. The findings of this article suggest design thinking as a systematic, creative and human-centered thinking beside treating as core research and managing design activities, could be the source of knowledge generation. The genarated knowlegde here includes redefining and shaping the problem, determine the level of technology integration, design issues, user requirements models and workflow; which in addition to facilitating the design solving process and reduce design errores, can be a true example of generalized problem solving And decision making pattern. Such approach to design thinking for wicked problems- Research through Design- pointed out the general knowledge of design activities(including the problem, methods and processes) is unknown at first phases, and the Generative nature of design thinking undertake this task, in other words design problem or brief will complete in parallel with solution. Manuscript profile

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146 - Analysis of the factors affecting R & D management and rank the factors with ANP techniques in the automotive industry (Case Study: Pars Khodro Company)
Abass Khamse shohreh ghanbariha fereydon ohadi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.02.006

This study developed in 8 of the R & D management model to analyze the factors affecting the Pars Khodro Company will pay R & D management. And determines the performance of the company. . -Pymayshy Descriptive research and data gathering instrument was a questionnaire More

This study developed in 8 of the R & D management model to analyze the factors affecting the Pars Khodro Company will pay R & D management. And determines the performance of the company. . -Pymayshy Descriptive research and data gathering instrument was a questionnaire which its validity with the judgment of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and SPSS software. Due to the limited population of the study, the total number method is used to rank the factors affecting the management of research and development in Pars Khodro Company of paired comparisons with ANP techniques using software is used SUPER DECISIONS. The results obtained from the software indicates that financial factors were ranked first and managerial factors responsible for learning and innovation, technological platforms, operating commercial, technical factors, the operating system have won the next rank. Manuscript profile

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147 - Move Towards a Knowledge-based Economy by Examining the Interconnectedness of Input and Output Dimension in Global Indicators of Innovation
reza salami hossien mirzaee atiyeh safardoust

10.7508/jstpi.2017.03.003

In the current decade, knowledge based economy is a popular term in the scientific circles of the country. This word has attracted the attention of many scholars and experts. The global index of knowledge based economy has four foundations, and innovation is one of thes More

In the current decade, knowledge based economy is a popular term in the scientific circles of the country. This word has attracted the attention of many scholars and experts. The global index of knowledge based economy has four foundations, and innovation is one of these bases. In the area of innovation, Iran has less privilege than the global average. In order to promote the level of innovation and, consequently, the level of knowledge-based economy, using the global statistics in the field of knowledge based economy and innovation, in this paper first of all, we recognize the important input factors influencing the innovation and then we compare the status of these inputs with the global average. After identifying the weaknesses in the inputs, the status of these measures is reviewed in the Sixth Development Plan document. According to the findings, it was found that in the sixth program of development, only gross domestic product (GDP) per unit of energy consumption was pointed out, and no direct reference was made to other measures. Comparison of measures with the global average showed that in order to improve the output of innovation, the country needs to improve the level of research and development, knowledge workers, ICT and the political environment. Manuscript profile

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148 - The Model of Search Engine Project Impacts on Sustainable Development
Mohammad Azadnia Shamsossadat Zahedi Abdorreza Majjeddin Mohammadreza Pourabedi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.04.003

The concept of sustainable development has been introduced for the first time by the United Nations. In one of the UN meeting in 1972, emphasized on the fundamental human right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life in a healthy environment that allowed hi More

The concept of sustainable development has been introduced for the first time by the United Nations. In one of the UN meeting in 1972, emphasized on the fundamental human right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life in a healthy environment that allowed him to have a dignified and prosperous grant live. A set of tools has been developed in Search Engine project. These tools intended to provide a variety of services "such as Retrieving text, image, and map, Translation, Q&A, Social Network and so on", to attract more users and influence them in their lives and through their interaction with the cyber space, earn high incomes and provide a change in their lifestyle. This research is to study the effects of implementing search projects on the different aspects of sustainable development and presenting a conceptual model of this impact is another purpose. Manuscript profile

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149 - The role of market and entrepreneurship orientation on the successof new product development
zeinab esfandyari mohammad javad naeiji

10.7508/jstpi.2017.04.001

This article examines the relationship between company orientation(entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation), internal control systems and new product development. Different researches results provide valuable insights on the role of the company orientation More

This article examines the relationship between company orientation(entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation), internal control systems and new product development. Different researches results provide valuable insights on the role of the company orientation in New Product development. Entrepreneurial orientation helps the companies to have personal control in order to have great improvement in new product development activities .on the other hand market orientation emphasis more in output control than personal control in new product development. Manages in firms that emphasize output controls are evaluated and rewarded on the basis of objective financial criteria. Personal control on the other hand, focuses on long-term performance rather than short term financial targets. Generally personal control requires more time and has a higher coordination cost than output control. In recent decades, companies consider new product as a source of competitive advantage and means of anticipating the competitors. Some marketing research have found the relationship between market orientation and new product development. The goal of market orientation is to satisfy current market needs, rather than to develop new products targeted at emerging new needs. Some researchers criticize market orientation ,They suggest that entrepreneurship orientation must replace with market orientation. Some researches focus on one of the orientation , on the other hand they ignore the role of internal control systems as a mediating variable . Therefore we survey this subject completely. This study in terms of methodology is descriptive correlation. Manuscript profile

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150 - Identify the Technological Risks of the New Product Development Process and Prioritize by the Analytical Network Process (ANP)
Abolfazl mirzaramazani Sayed Mahdi Golestan Hashemi Seyed Mohammad Massoud naserian

10.7508/jstpi.2018.01.003

Nowadays, Organizational survival depends on the tendency toward new products and the use of new ways to create them. Developing new product is a process through which a new product or a service is offered to the customers. More precisely, the new product development pr More

Nowadays, Organizational survival depends on the tendency toward new products and the use of new ways to create them. Developing new product is a process through which a new product or a service is offered to the customers. More precisely, the new product development process involves using resources and capabilities to create a new product or improve an existing product. Given the shorter life cycle of products and technology developments, new product development process in the growth, survival, and competitiveness of the utmost importance. There are several risks during new product development process; that in general, are divided into three major categories: technological risks, organizational risks, and marketing risks. According to studies, the technological risks are one of the most important risks. Perceived technological risk refers to a firm’s inability to completely understand or accurately predict some aspects of the technological environment as it relates to NPD projects. Hence identifying and reducing these risks helps to increase the success rate of the new product development process. In this research, by reviewing the literature on the areas of the new product development process, risk and risk management, 20 types of common technological risks in new product development process are extracted from the literature and using a number of experts from Malek Ashtar University of Isfahan who are specialized in this field, they are prioritized by the Analytical Network Process (ANP). Manuscript profile

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151 - Investigation of Factors Affecting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development in Agricultural Knowledge-Based business (Case Study: Tabarestan Technology Incubator)
mohammad mehdi mardanshahi

10.7508/jstpi.2017.04.004

Today, in many of developed and developing countries, the agricultural sector plays an important role in food production, employment and trade. Furthermore knowledge- based companies are as a key option to produce wealth in developing countries and the effective role of More

Today, in many of developed and developing countries, the agricultural sector plays an important role in food production, employment and trade. Furthermore knowledge- based companies are as a key option to produce wealth in developing countries and the effective role of information and communication technology in business development has become more evident. Therefore the purpose of this study was to Investigation of Factors Affecting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development in Agricultural Knowledge-Based business.This research is descriptive-survey based on the method of doing and in terms of target, is functional. The research instrument used was a questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and also its reliability was reported 0/793 (the Cronbach's alpha). The population of this study included 24 managers of Agricultural Knowledge-Based business, based at Tabarestan Technology Incubator. They were selected by Census method. Data analysis was carried out in two parts: a description and analysis was performed using the SPSS21 software. The results showed that Infrastructure factor is the most important component in the development of Information and Communication Technology. The Computers and Internet are the most important of Infrastructure factor and they have a fundamental role in developing business, especially agricultural knowledge-based businesses. Manuscript profile

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152 - Providing a Conceptual Framework for Product Co-Development in Knowledge Based Organizations Based on Open Innovation and Environmental Dynamics
Neda Jafari Pastaki Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary Mohsen Akbari

10.7508/jstpi.2018.01.002

Today, knowledge based organization are identified as economic development tools and given that, in current market, firms face turbulent operational environment, this will force firm to think about new product development. Knowledge based organization required to receiv More

Today, knowledge based organization are identified as economic development tools and given that, in current market, firms face turbulent operational environment, this will force firm to think about new product development. Knowledge based organization required to receive new idea and knowledge to produce product and service according to market, because their nature based of innovation and knowledge. So this firms rely to open innovation and building collaboration network with external partners in order to access new knowledge and technologies. One possible way to obtaining new knowledge in R&D activities, is open relationship and establish collaboration. Collaboration help to access external complementary resource, reduce innovation costs and risk, adapt to dynamic environment and generate higher revenues. One of factor that can be effective in co-development to obtain complementary idea and knowledge, is open innovation in the organization, which, by creating external technology acquisition and exploitation capabilities, help to developing and innovation products. Open innovation and co-development are two important concepts in management and knowledge based organizations literature and environmental dynamism can be perform important role in relationship between them. Thus, knowledge based organization that rely on knowledge, innovation and commercialization them, respect to open innovation and moderating environmental dynamism, can be consider to co-development. So, this paper based on previous studies and focusing on knowledge-intensive organization, to analysis of relationship open innovation on co-development with moderating role of environmental dynamism has been performed. Manuscript profile

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153 - The Conceptual Model of the Development of Broadband Technology Aimed at Reducing Dependence on Oil in Resistance Economy Based on International Experiences
ali estaji mahdi roayaei Ahmad mohammadi

10.52547/jstpi.20597.17.66.63

Today, the importance of communication and especially the use of cyberspace, is so high that it is considered as one of the development strategies. In fact, Broadband Technology as a platform for Internet services is among the knowledge-based economy. according to the f More

Today, the importance of communication and especially the use of cyberspace, is so high that it is considered as one of the development strategies. In fact, Broadband Technology as a platform for Internet services is among the knowledge-based economy. according to the features such as the development of entrepreneurship and productivity growth, Broadband Technology has the ability to decrease the government reliance on oil revenues. The impact of technology on social and economic development of communities is undeniable, and based on the view of some experts, this technology is an important component in development of current economies. Broadband through the creation of market, new jobs, and infrastructure, and also by changing the economic system, will help economic and social development. Therefore, considering the position of broadband technology and the necessity to use it in the country in order to achieve the goals of the 20-year perspective, the institutionalization of the development and production of science and research, the increase of the share of gross national product in scientific production, the development and strengthening of the software movement, in this article the native development model Broadband technology is provided. To achieve this, two fundamental points are strict: First, take advantage of the experience of the leading countries in Broadband Technology. Second, considering the appropriateness native of our country. Considering these two principles, the national broadband development model has been clarified and the necessary requirements and measures to achieve those, expressed under the following topics: Prepare of supply and demand sides and the necessity of providing broadband infrastructure by government. Manuscript profile

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154 - Identify and Analyze the Relationship of Success Criteria in the Technology Development; Approach of Studying the Plan, Project and Portfolio
Reza Ehteshamrasi MohammadSadeq Behrouz Hamed Sufi

10.7508/jstpi.2018.03.001

The technology development project is a type of investment project, and it is therefore important to identify the performance indicators for the correct investment. The purpose of this research is to develop the criteria for success in the development of technology and More

The technology development project is a type of investment project, and it is therefore important to identify the performance indicators for the correct investment. The purpose of this research is to develop the criteria for success in the development of technology and to obtain a thorough analysis of the effects of the criteria on each other in order to make the right decisions on the investment path. In this research, the criteria for success in technology development are identified and categorized by a new approach from the point of view of project, plan, and portfolio differentiation. For this purpose, after identification of the criteria, their significance was measured by Likert scale questionnaire and various statistical tests such as t-test. Finally, according to the main objective of this research in relation to examining the association between success factors in each level of the project, plan and portfolio, the internal connection of the criteria was analyzed using DEMATEL method. From the results of this research, it is possible to identify and categorize the success criteria in the projects, plan and portfolios of technology development, and to identify the most influential and most important criteria in each of the project groups, plan and portfolio. Also, how to measure the impact and relevance of success metrics with each other is provided through "Network Mapping" diagrams. Manuscript profile

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155 - The Impact of Open Government Data and Data Innovation on Life Insurance Industry Business Development
Saeid Taheri Saeed Shavalpour

10.7508/jstpi.2018.03.007

The emergence of information and communication technology has enabled organizations to use this technology to generate data in their own business. In addition, organizations need to open their industry-related data, which is generally government-owned, as well as data i More

The emergence of information and communication technology has enabled organizations to use this technology to generate data in their own business. In addition, organizations need to open their industry-related data, which is generally government-owned, as well as data innovation, in order to develop their business. Today we are seeing a huge storm of data that is due to the actions of individuals, businesses and the state. It is essential to acquire the valuable information through the use and reuse of production data by opening up a large amount of data. In this way, the potential of the mass data of every sector of industry and business can effectively be used to plan, decide, and ultimately business development. Figures show the potential of open data in three areas: banking, insurance, and real estate. To add value, these data should be processed, combined or visualized. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between open government data and data innovation and business development in the life insurance industry of insurance companies. A questionnaire was used to collect data and a random sampling method was used. In this research, 127 employees of life insurers' life insurance companies were selected as the sample for answering the questionnaire. A questionnaire was distributed among different levels of insurance life insurance companies and finally 98 people participated in the completion of the questionnaire. The findings, based on the results of the hypothesis test, indicate that open government data is effective on business development, and the variable of data innovation has a mediating role.. Manuscript profile

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156 - Requirment of Native Inclusive Social Networks Development
Sahar Kousari ali sharifi Alireza Yari

10.52547/jstpi.20675.15.59.44

Social networks with more than a decade of experience in providing services and attracting countless user globally have reached a significant economic profitability. Entrance into the social networking market requires creating an innovative, entrepreneurial and secure e More

Social networks with more than a decade of experience in providing services and attracting countless user globally have reached a significant economic profitability. Entrance into the social networking market requires creating an innovative, entrepreneurial and secure environment for business. From the viewpoint of native social networking, in addition to the above requirements, this requires financial and infrastructures support as well as a comprehensive strategy. In Iran, along with the global trend of technology, numerous communication and social networks have been launched, which in most cases, their experience has not been successful. In this paper, by studying successful experiences in this field, the existential and obligatory requirements of the coverage of these networks in the country are determined and successful factors of the social network identified. Finally, based on the results obtained and modeling the successful factors of social networks from the perspective of business and users, the vast challenges of native social networks have been extracted and policies and solutions proposed for each of challenges. Attention to the needs of young people, using existing on-line social network analysis, transparency of related lows and regulations, providing incentive and infrastructure supports, considering criteria and cultural and social norms, innovating in business models and creating free-to-access; are suggested strategies for developing native social networks. Manuscript profile

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157 - A Method for Identifying and Ranking the Risks of the New Product Development Process in the Iranian Automotive Industry Using the Method Combined ANP-DEMATEL
seyed ghasem salimi zavieh roksana fekri

10.52547/jstpi.20684.15.59.9

The rapid growth of technology, increased risk-taking in global markets and the ever-increasing changes in customer needs have put pressure on new product development teams.There are many risks in the process of developing new products in all industries intrinsically. T More

The rapid growth of technology, increased risk-taking in global markets and the ever-increasing changes in customer needs have put pressure on new product development teams.There are many risks in the process of developing new products in all industries intrinsically. Therefore, understanding, identifying and ranking the risks is of strategic importance for companies. The purpose of this study is identifying and ranking the risks in the process of developing a new product in Iran's automotive industry, based on the literature of research and specialized interviews conducted with experts, the main indicators have been identified. The main risk indicators in the new product development process are organizational, managerial, financial, manufacturing, marketing, and technical. Moreover, they are related to the phases of new product development. Therefore, these indicators will be ranked in this study. Regarding the relationship between the criteria and the sub-criteria, the DEMETL technique will be used to identify the relationship model, and based on the network of identified relationships, the network analysis process (ANP) technique has been used for ranking the criteria and Sub-criteria with Super Decision software. The result of these techniques suggests that organizational risk is the most important parameter in risk management of the new product development process and the technical risk is the least important. On the other hand, sub-criterion of incorrect planning of resources has the highest importance and sub-criterion of lack of sufficient communications is the least important in the automotive industry in Iran. Manuscript profile

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158 - A Pattern for Promotion of the New Product Development Success Based on Customer Involvement Capability, Customer Knowledge Absorption and Resources Slack
sadaf Veshkaeinezhad Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary Mohammad Doustar

10.7508/jstpi.2019.02.005

Todays, product development has faced the dramatically growth, due to the rapid changes in customers’ demands, needs and the competitiveness of the market. Success in new product development requires a deep understanding of our customers. And this necessitates an intera More

Todays, product development has faced the dramatically growth, due to the rapid changes in customers’ demands, needs and the competitiveness of the market. Success in new product development requires a deep understanding of our customers. And this necessitates an interactive and active interaction with them. New product development is a way to listen to what customers want and also, to response their needs. Creating customer participation capability causes innovative and practical ideas and enhances firms’ competitive environment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is investigating the effect of customer involvement capability on the success of the new product development. Also, this research attempts to develop previous researches by considering the effect of customer knowledge assimilation as a mediating variable and the moderating role of resources slack of company. This article is practical in term of purpose and descriptive in term of method. Questionnaire is used to collect the data. And 30 knowledge-based companies in Rasht city participated in this research. In order to test the hypotheses, the Structural Equation Modeling approach has been used. The research findings show that the customer participation capability directly and indirectly through the absorption of customer knowledge affects the success of the new product development; however, the role of resources slack as a moderated variable is not confirmed by the relation between customer knowledge assimilation and the success of new product development. Hence, knowledge-based companies need to pay particular attention to knowledge assimilation and customer involvement capability in order to succeed in new product development. As a result, they can possess an appropriate competitive position in the marketplace. Manuscript profile

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159 - The Study of the Relationship between Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Economic Growth
Mohsen Mohammadi Khyareh Nasrin Rostami

10.7508/jstpi.2019.01.002

Entrepreneurship is one of the main factors of competition and innovation among firms, as well as on the national and international scene of economics. In order to create an enabling environment for entrepreneurship, it has to be able to interact between the elements of More

Entrepreneurship is one of the main factors of competition and innovation among firms, as well as on the national and international scene of economics. In order to create an enabling environment for entrepreneurship, it has to be able to interact between the elements of competitiveness and entrepreneurship, and to use symmetric and proportionate entrepreneurial conditions to improve production and employment, and thus increase economic growth. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to examine the interaction effects of competitiveness and entrepreneurship, which ultimately lead to economic growth. In this paper, through collecting library resources and with a descriptive approach, the interrelations between different components of competitiveness and entrepreneurship, as well as their effects on economic growth, are discussed. According to the results of this research, competitiveness can be an important factor in the development of entrepreneurship activities within the country and is one of the factors of economic growth. From the social aspect, this study can also help governments to familiar with aspects of politics that favor entrepreneurial opportunities, and which factors encourage entrepreneurs to grow in a single economy. This study is also important for entrepreneurs, since it shows what aspects of the economy are important and should focus on which of the deficiencies in the economic dimension and the pillars of competitiveness. Manuscript profile

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160 - Entrepreneurial University; Higher Education Sustainable and Consistent, Leverage on the Path to Sustainable Development
HOSSEIN Samadi-Miarkolaei hamzeh Samadi-Miarkolaei

10.52547/jstpi.20851.17.65.12

Nowadays, the sustainable development has become an ideal and great challenge. The universities are obligated to realize this ideal in higher education, and undoubtedly, the role of universities in sustainable development is undeniable. In the meantime, the appearance o More

Nowadays, the sustainable development has become an ideal and great challenge. The universities are obligated to realize this ideal in higher education, and undoubtedly, the role of universities in sustainable development is undeniable. In the meantime, the appearance of entrepreneurial university is a response to increasingly importance of knowledge in the national and regional innovation system and new understanding of university; i.e. the institution which is counted as a factor for development, knowledge and technology transfer, and the source of creative inventions, and is good and thrifty economically. Therefore, present research is conducted to explain and investigate the entrepreneurial university model toward achievement of sustainable development in Mazandaran universities. This research, in terms of purpose, is an applied research, and in terms of data gathering, is a descriptive research. First, by means of literature review and interview with experts, the primiarly questionnaire is designed and the principal indices of entrepreneurial university model are extracted. Then, the FDEMATEL is used to explore the causal relations between variables, and finally, the (FDISM) is used to design the structural model. Results showed, among explored indices, five variables play a causal role and five variables play an effectual role. Results of fuzzy weighting technique showed, among explored indices, the indices of vision, mission, and strategy in university possess the most weight and importance. Also, FDISM approach showed the variables have been categorized into seven levels, and the variables of vision, mission, and strategy in university, leadership in university, and organizational structure and design in university are more influential as infrastructural factors. Manuscript profile

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161 - Investigating the Role of Computer-based Design Technologies in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Architectural Design Related Activities (Case Study: Using Building Information Modeling (BIM))
Mohammadhossein Azizibabani afsaneh zarkesh Mohammadreza Bemanian

10.52547/jstpi.20874.17.65.56

Environmental problems with economic and social inequalities caused by the industrial revolution led to intensifying the rise of movements and ideas in the second half of the 20th century to achieve a balanced development in different fields, which can be referred to as More

Environmental problems with economic and social inequalities caused by the industrial revolution led to intensifying the rise of movements and ideas in the second half of the 20th century to achieve a balanced development in different fields, which can be referred to as sustainable development theory. Achieving the goals of sustainable development in the field of architecture requires attention to all environmental, economic, and social aspects. Studies have shown that sustainable architecture, especially later-related movements, which utilize modern technologies in design and construction fields, are more suited to such goals. In this regard, computer-based design technologies, as effective instruments, played a significant role in achieving sustainability goals. This research investigates the amount of the effects of building information modeling (BIM) applications in different stages of the design process on achieving sustainability goals. The research method is descriptive-analytic. So indicators related to the use of BIM in sustainability achievement were collected through the library sources and case studies that contain sustainable buildings, which were designed using BIM applications. Then, by performing a hierarchical analysis based on the criteria derived from theoretical foundations, the authors concluded that the major BIM effects in achieving sustainability are due to the possibility of using dynamic analysis in the early stages of the design process, particularly the conceptual design stage as well as the establishment of effective interactions between engineers and other stakeholders. Manuscript profile

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162 - A Comparative Study of Approaches and Implementation of Knowledge-Based Economy and Providing Suggestions for Iran
Kiarash Fartash Mohammad Reza Attarpour Amirhadi Azizi Ali Asghar Sadabadi

10.52547/jstpi.20924.17.67.10

In this paper, a comparative study of the history and different approaches of knowledge based economy as an influential concept in promoting national resilience and sustainable development in Iran and several selected countries (from developed and developing countries) More

In this paper, a comparative study of the history and different approaches of knowledge based economy as an influential concept in promoting national resilience and sustainable development in Iran and several selected countries (from developed and developing countries) is discussed. In this regard, while comparing policy making in different countries to establish a knowledge-based economy, we offer lessons learned for Iran to achieve a knowledge-based economy. One of the most important points drawn from the study of countries as joint focus points is the specific and sometimes unique nature of knowledge-based economy development policies in each country with regard to the industrial and technological context of each country. Accordingly, policies that have led to the development of a knowledge-based economy in a developing or developed country do not necessarily lead to similar results in other developing or developed countries, and may even have devastating economic consequences. It should be note that knowledge-based economics is not limited to advanced technologies. The main factor in achieving knowledge-based economics, in addition to advanced technologies, is focusing on innovation as the axis of enhancing productivity of economic activities and competitiveness that can span a range of activities. Include low and medium technology additionally, coordination and integration between players, especially policymakers and government players (institutions and organizations) at the highest levels is an essential requirement for the realization of a knowledge-based economy at national level. Manuscript profile

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163 - Identification of the Challenges of Technology Development of Network Contexts in University of Tehran Incubators
Mahdi Rezvanitabar Siamak Eslami

10.52547/jstpi.20940.16.64.14

Technology development is one of the ways to develop countries and one of the categories of knowledge-based economy. It is one of the major topics in incubators. The dominant view of incubators is more related to the business growth and at a higher level, it is the acce More

Technology development is one of the ways to develop countries and one of the categories of knowledge-based economy. It is one of the major topics in incubators. The dominant view of incubators is more related to the business growth and at a higher level, it is the acceleration of business for a permanent presence in the market. Fewer research can be found addressing incubators in technology development. This research identified the challenges of technology development of university incubators. This survey was applicable, and in terms of controlling variables, indirect, random and descriptive in matter exploration of library and filed in data collection, and in terms of nature, descriptive. In terms of data type, it was a qualitative type of exploration and in terms of how to collect data was field research and library research. Books, publications, internet resources, and valid databases using library studies, documentary studies, interviews and field research were used for collecting data. The result of this section was to identify the dimensions of the challenges of technology development in the university incubators. In this research, a semi-structured interview with experts is presented to identify the issues. Qualitative data analyzing has been done using (Atlas-ti®) software. All interviews are recorded, transcript-ed to word software and assigned in Atlas-ti® software. The result of coding and categorizing, including 4 categories and 16 main codes, states technology development challenges related to networking contexts. Manuscript profile

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164 - South Korea as a suitable model for national planning in the development of blockchain technology ecosystem
Mohammad Kazem Sayadi Atefe Farazmand

10.52547/jstpi.20958.17.68.62

Blockchain is a distributed and intact database technology that can be used to store any data, including financial transactions, and has the ability to build trust in an unreliable environment. In the blockchain, trust is transferred from centralized intermediaries to t More

Blockchain is a distributed and intact database technology that can be used to store any data, including financial transactions, and has the ability to build trust in an unreliable environment. In the blockchain, trust is transferred from centralized intermediaries to technical infrastructure developers, leading to reliable transactions between nodes that are not necessarily trustworthy. Blockchain as a disruptive technology will affect the economy and governance in societies. Different blockchains run different governance mechanisms. All blockchains fall into a range that ranges from completely public and unlicensed blockchains such as Bitcoin to completely private and licensed blockchains. Blockchain, which is the basic technology of cryptocurrencies, will establish a new economic system by making deep changes in our communication methods over the Internet. This technology will change information security, transparency and governance. Due to the emphasis of this technology on security, trust and transparency, different sectors and different vertical businesses tend to use this technology. With the expansion of the use of this technology in different companies and countries, it is necessary to determine the country's plan to manage this technology. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the requirements for the development of the blockchain ecosystem in the country. In this article, we review the plan and strategy of South Korea as a model for the development of this technology in our country. Then, using the program of this country, we will present the requirements for developing the blockchain ecosystem in our country. Manuscript profile

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165 - Technology standardization; An opportunity or a threat to technological innovation
mohamadreza salemi najafabadi javad fahim sohrab abdolahzadeh

10.52547/jstpi.20962.17.68.1

The history of the 21st century will be marked by technology and innovation. Technology is the new wealth of nations. Standardization plays an important role in the development of technology because these standards of technology determine the development path of that te More

The history of the 21st century will be marked by technology and innovation. Technology is the new wealth of nations. Standardization plays an important role in the development of technology because these standards of technology determine the development path of that technology. In other words, in order to develop technology, in addition to innovation, it is necessary to define standards beyond the present and in proportion to the innovations, and the success of companies depends on the fact that the intended innovations can become a standard for that technology. In other words, in addition, need innovation to develop technology, it is necessary to define standards beyond the present and in proportion to the innovations, and the success of companies depends on the fact that the intended innovations can become a standard for that technology. In this research, a descriptive-survey study, by using correlation analysis of variables and multiple regression relationships, we try to investigate the relationship between standardization and innovation in some of the country's automotive industries and determine how and what standardization affects innovation. The results of this study show that standardization generally has a positive and significant correlation with different types of innovation, which is weak in fundamental innovations compared to gradual innovations. According to the results, the automotive industry was suggested to establish standards development units in research and development departments in order to prevent the inhibitory effects of standardization on fundamental innovations in addition to increasing, reducing research and development costs, and reducing technology risk. Manuscript profile

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166 - The model of the network of technology development in Web 5 based on the principles of soft technology development
Sasan Azimi

10.52547/jstpi.20983.17.68.42

A couple of technologies are growing extraordinarily and pervasive much faster and more widely than usual. Investigate their trend of development shows that their growth path is not only linear, but these technologies, years after their invention and birth, have a littl More

A couple of technologies are growing extraordinarily and pervasive much faster and more widely than usual. Investigate their trend of development shows that their growth path is not only linear, but these technologies, years after their invention and birth, have a little story and limited success, but suddenly jump and advance on a global scale. Examining the main reasons and bases of this growth shows that there are general rules in development while applying in the case of technology, lead to rapid development. This paper briefly discusses such technologies. The generations Web as a comprehensive and close case to the subject of this article - the network of technology development - are discussed. Understanding the pillar foundations of this launchpad and modeling it for the technology development network, provides the infrastructure for systematic acceleration in technology development. In this paper, the definition of each of these basic concepts is presented in accordance with the technology development network, and the implementation manner is mentioned. Manuscript profile

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167 - Effect of Value co- Creation on the New Services Development: The Mediator Role of Intra-Organizational Coordination and Moderating Role of Technological Experience
masoud parsa Mostafa Ebrahim pour Azbary Mohammad Rahim Ramzanian

10.61186/jstpi.21035.19.73.45

Globalization and high-tech processes, through information technology, have doubled the pressure on service organizations in the private and public sectors to compete in new services. In developed economies, the service sector is responsible for most employment and valu More

Globalization and high-tech processes, through information technology, have doubled the pressure on service organizations in the private and public sectors to compete in new services. In developed economies, the service sector is responsible for most employment and value-added growth. As a result, more extensive studies on the development of new services and the factors influencing it are becoming more important. On the other hand, value creation is a new concept in business, marketing and innovation of organizations that has been considered with the aim of creating a competitive advantage to maintain the survival of organizations. Sharing value creation is actually the process of creating value through the interactions of organizations with other organizations, employees, customers and other partners in the market and today is the focus of managers of service organizations including the banking and insurance industry, which are central pillars of economies. The present study seeks to provide a model to investigate the impact of shared value creation directly and indirectly on the development of new services, the impact of internal coordination as a mediating factor between the two variables of value creation and new service development as well as technology experience variable as moderator of internal coordination in 41 branches. It has been done from the central branches of banks and insurance companies of Boroujerd city. This research is of an applied type with a survey strategy. Data were collected through a questionnaire and also structural equation method was used to analyze the data. The results show that the creation of shared value has both a direct and indirect positive and significant effect on the development of new services. Also, the mediating role of intra-organizational coordination and moderation of technology experience was confirmed. Manuscript profile

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168 - The Necessity of Recognition and Support of Children Right to Happiness in Domestic and International Legal System
Reza Fanazad Ramin Poursaeid

The increased human beings experiences and improvements have direct effect on social and legal developments. As a sample, the classic rights such as the right to life and the right to body immunity are counted as obvious and normal rights. The less-known rights have bee More

The increased human beings experiences and improvements have direct effect on social and legal developments. As a sample, the classic rights such as the right to life and the right to body immunity are counted as obvious and normal rights. The less-known rights have been appeared in both internal and international law. The right to happiness with emphasis on child happiness is one of these new phenomenons. This right obtains its situation as a new generation of developing factors by some countries. The authors search and explain by library-based studying method on the concept of happiness in philosophy, theosophy, morality, literature and religious jurisprudence. Then, (facts) and (norms) about joining of children happiness and legal system are discovered. The results show us non-governmental organizations and governmental ones such as teaching and cultivation ministry or Institute for the intellectual development of children and young adults in spite of their advantageous services are far from their real missions. It may because of no priority of happiness for politicians, absence of consistency between policy and relative administrators, some cultural and economic challenges, etc. This article has submitted some suggestion to solve the obstacles in accordance with available circumstances. Manuscript profile

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169 - Development of an International Scale of Religiosity: A Cross Cultural Approach
Mohammad Khodayarifard

The objective of this study was to prepare religiosity scale based on commonalities of Abrahamic religions (Judaism, .Christianity, and Islam) in order to provide a instrument for intercultural studies

The objective of this study was to prepare religiosity scale based on commonalities of Abrahamic religions (Judaism, .Christianity, and Islam) in order to provide a instrument for intercultural studies Manuscript profile

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170 - Functional Structure and Presentation Model for the Positive Youth Development in Iranian Adolescents
Mahmood Ghasemi Mohammad Taghi Farahani Mohammad Hossein Abdolahi

The purpose of this research was identification of constituents and factor structure of Positive youth development. The research community includes the professors and practitioners of this field, PhD students and high school students. The sample consists of 15 professor More

The purpose of this research was identification of constituents and factor structure of Positive youth development. The research community includes the professors and practitioners of this field, PhD students and high school students. The sample consists of 15 professors and experts who were chosen in a targeted manner and according to specialty. Also 25 PhD students from different universities participated in a accessible form. Finally, a sample of students includes 1200 students (600 girls and 600 boys) were selected through randomized cluster method. Given the nature of the subject and research objectives; in the first step, the contributing factors of "positive youth development" collected and analyzed based on three sources: studies and theoretical texts, practical plans, and measurements; and with emphasis on qualitative method of categorization. Then, measurement and structural models of positive young development extracted using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The final model of research includes four factors; competency factors (11 items), communication (14 items), agency (13 items) and positive thinking (7 items). The presented model has similarities to existing models, but it has its own form of loading. Manuscript profile

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171 - The Features of Emerging Adulthood Developmental Stage in Iranian University Students: Culture and Gender
Mohamad-Ali Naghizade Narjes Lari Elahe Hejazi Keyvan Salehi

The purpose of this study was to identify the features of emerging adulthood developmental stage (from 18 to 29 years old) in Iranian university students and investigate the role of gender in perception of these features. By employing criterion sampling, 15 persons (M=2 More

The purpose of this study was to identify the features of emerging adulthood developmental stage (from 18 to 29 years old) in Iranian university students and investigate the role of gender in perception of these features. By employing criterion sampling, 15 persons (M=23.26, 8 males and 7 females) were selected from 18-29-year-old university students/graduates who were living in Tehran in 2017. All participants were subjected to a semi-structured interview. Analyzing the data by employing the phenomenological method and Colaizzi’s seven-step strategy indicated seven features, including Agency formation, Identity formation, Confusion, Optimism, Feeling in-between, Instability, and the need for intimacy. Results also showed that there were some differences between males and females in Agency formation, Confusion, Instability, and the need for intimacy. The results of this study emphasize the need to review the knowledge of the young age period in Iranian culture and provides hints in this regard. Manuscript profile

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172 - Cognitive Development Theories of Children as Viewed by Four Iranian Philosophers (Farabi, Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi, and Mulla Sadra)
Nawab Moqarrabi

In dealing with the philosophers of any school of thought we should not contend ourselves with explaining and unraveling their views and teachings only. Rather, we proceed to ask ourselves that had they been alive today how could they look at our present problems with t More

In dealing with the philosophers of any school of thought we should not contend ourselves with explaining and unraveling their views and teachings only. Rather, we proceed to ask ourselves that had they been alive today how could they look at our present problems with their own philosophical and epistemological spectacles? How this world and its problems would loom up before them and which solutions they would sort out as the way out. Hence, the present paper is an attempt to explore various cognitive development theories of children based on the foregoing viewpoint on philosophy and philosophers. To do so, four major Iranian philosophers have been selected in this study and their views on cognitive development theory have been assessed. As a matter of fact, early Iranian philosophers had no specific view or independent work on cognitive development, but if it is supposed to explore their views on this issue we should first of all try to deal with their epistemology, which in the tradition of Iranian philosophy is called “self-knowledge”. Following the introduction of “Philosophy and Children” to Iranians, most of the respective people hastily sought to hold workshops and communities of inquiry in schools and research centers in order to analyze it statistically and descriptively without assessing critically its foundations, principles, and background, most of which seemed to be inconsistent with our culture and Iranian philosophy. Seemingly, both proponents and opponents of “Philosophy and Children” are unaware of its theoretical principles. In this paper, for the first time, cognitive development theories of children will be studied critically in the context of Iranian philosophy with reference to the views of four great Iranian philosophers such as Farabi, Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi, and Mulla Sadra. It is impossible and illogical to lay the foundation of any new philosophical system without tracing its background and foundations to its culture, for acquiring any knowledge based on which the end of any action is attainable is possible only through a previous knowledge. Manuscript profile

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173 - Knowledge Based City As an Interdisciplinary Concept

The emergence of interdisciplinary approach, caused very diverse and wide composing and commingling of different areas. One of the phenomena that it’s interdisciplinary nature is clear, is phenomenon of the city. The concept of "knowledge based city" is very broad and m More

The emergence of interdisciplinary approach, caused very diverse and wide composing and commingling of different areas. One of the phenomena that it’s interdisciplinary nature is clear, is phenomenon of the city. The concept of "knowledge based city" is very broad and may include all aspects of social, economic and cultural dimensions. knowledge based city with the aim of developing based on knowledge, by creating continuous encouragement, sharing, evaluating, modernization and update knowledge. knowledge based city involved diffrent range of sciences such as economy, geography and urban planning and social sciences and many other areas of expertise. knowledge based city is depend on knowledge based development to create continuous encouragement, sharing, evaluating, modernization and update knowledge. This can be achieved through continuous interaction between citizens and at the same time take place between them and citizens of other cities. The method of this article is documentary and library research related method with aims to explore and analyze the concept of knowledge based city. The findings of this research with study few internal And external studies resources, resulting in the presentation of dimensions, elements and indicators category that related to knowledge based city and in other words, identify collaborative and interdisciplinary dimensions of "knowledge based city" concept. In terms of this paper, dimensions of knowledge based city was place economy, sustainable urban design (physical), the development of knowledge based (social) and components and indicators that have been associated with each other. This means that the economic location; components of access to skilled and diverse labor, access to developed infrastructure and location direct costs, appropriate urban design (physical), component of access to scientific and academic environment and the existence of local consumer market and ultimately the development of knowledge based (social) components of culture, have been covered sharing of the knowledge Manuscript profile

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174 - Analyzing the Strategies for Business Growth and Development in the Field of Industries and Mines (Case Study: South Khorasan Province)

Today, developing and industrial emerging countries attempt to apply effective policies in industrialization process using comparative and competitive advantages in each field of activity. Improvement index of business space is one of the most important indexes, which d More

Today, developing and industrial emerging countries attempt to apply effective policies in industrialization process using comparative and competitive advantages in each field of activity. Improvement index of business space is one of the most important indexes, which draws the status of micro-economy activity space. This study is aimed to investigate the factors affecting business growth and development in South Khorasan industries and Mines. By literature review and experts monitoring, 5factors (financial and capital factor, human factor, raw materials factor, production technology factor, sales market factor) and 20 components were identified. Then, using simple random sampling method, 125 managers of industries and Mines sphere were selected and study questionnaire was distributed among them. After data analysis using single-sample t tests and Friedman test, the results showed that external exchange, available capital and product sales market are the most important components in business development is South Khorasan Manuscript profile

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175 - Investigating Economic Sectors Comparative Advantage of Oil Rich Areas Using Regional Input-Output Table: A Case Study of West Karun Region
Mohammadreza Lotfalipour Malihe Ashena Farhad Tarahomi

In recent years there has been a significant challenge to the development of oil rich areas, regarding the oil industry's activity in these areas and the expectations of people, as well as the impacts of the economic and oil sectors. Specifying the key economic sectors More

In recent years there has been a significant challenge to the development of oil rich areas, regarding the oil industry's activity in these areas and the expectations of people, as well as the impacts of the economic and oil sectors. Specifying the key economic sectors in Khuzestan's oil-rich areas and identifying investment priorities will encourage the region's economic development goals. Therefore, in this study, using regional input- output table, priority activities of studied area are identified based on the comparative advantage. Based on the results, agriculture and industry are the leading sectors with the most forward and backward links with other economic sectors. Whereas according to the comparative advantage index, the agricultural sector and some subdivisions of the service sector have comparative advantage. As the private sector is more focused on fast return activities, its fields of activity is more directed to agricultural and service activities. In the short run, therefore, the economic benefits of the area can be maintained by the completion of agricultural infrastructure and the development of related industries, and the development of public and social services infrastructure; So, economic development and employment can be increased. Also, in the long run where it is possible to invest, the industry sector can be considered as an important part of the economic development of the area. Manuscript profile

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176 - Evaluating of Economic Sustainability Indicators in District 15 of Tehran(
batoul hoseinpour hoshang zahiri

Currently, the spatial distribution of services and economic indicators is one of the problems of urban management in responding to citizens. the aim of this project is to evaluate and analyze the levels of neighborhoods in District 15 in terms of having economic indica More

Currently, the spatial distribution of services and economic indicators is one of the problems of urban management in responding to citizens. the aim of this project is to evaluate and analyze the levels of neighborhoods in District 15 in terms of having economic indicators and determining the ranking of neighborhoods.The present study is in the field of applied research in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection in the field of survey research. In the present study, a semi-structured questionnaire and interview were used to collect data.The ANP network analysis method was used for data analysis and the Typsis method was used for ranking the neighborhoods.The findings indicate that among the economic indicators, the ability to pay living expenses with a weight of 0.154 ranks first, the amount of monthly savings with a weight of 0.153 ranks second and the ability to provide housing with a weight of 0.131 ranks third. It has gained economic stability among the indicators.The Taipei Method ranked the 15th District and found that Abuzar District 2 ranked first, South Afsaria District 5 ranked second, and District 4 Moshiria ranked third, according to economic criteria.Dimensions of Economic Sustainability Considering that economic development is the process of total growth on income, this is the first step and shows that economy is the main key for developing.Economic policies should be such that a kind of balance and coherence is established in different parts of Tehran.Therefore, the three main components of economic infrastructure, economic activity and economic facilities have been selected. Manuscript profile

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177 - Analysis of crisis theory in the process of political development based on Lucien Pie theory
Maasoud Akhavan Kazemi Omid Shokraneh Arzanaghi

The issue of crisis and political development is one of the main concerns of human society that are mutually related. Political development, according to its importance and function, is related to various fields and issues such as economy, national security, culture, le More

The issue of crisis and political development is one of the main concerns of human society that are mutually related. Political development, according to its importance and function, is related to various fields and issues such as economy, national security, culture, legitimacy, globalization and other issues, each of which can provide problems for a government. In fact, the discussion of political development and the need to resolve the crises in its path is one of the topics that has occupied the minds of government men and scholars of social and political sciences. Among these theorists is Lucien Pie, who discusses the five crises in the political development of societies, which is also the basis of the present study. The present study seeks to find out how the five crises over political development have arisen and the achievement of this process face challenges. The research method is descriptive-analytical and causal research. The method of data collection in this research is library and documentary. Manuscript profile

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178 - Designing An Interpretive Structural Model for Sustainable Development of Rural Entrepreneurship (Case study: Golestan Province)
hamid rezaei seyed mehdi khakzadian mahsa zamani

The aim of this study was to design an interpretive structural model for the sustainable development of rural entrepreneurship in Golestan province. Therefore, this research is based on the purpose of development-applied type and based on the method, descriptive-correla More

The aim of this study was to design an interpretive structural model for the sustainable development of rural entrepreneurship in Golestan province. Therefore, this research is based on the purpose of development-applied type and based on the method, descriptive-correlation. For this purpose, in the first step, the elements of the model of sustainable development of rural entrepreneurship were identified from the theoretical literature (by systematic review method) and interviews with experts (content analysis). The output of this step was to identify 29 components in the form of four main dimensions. In the next step, in order to establish the relationship and sequence between the dimensions and present their structural model, the interpretive structural modeling method was used. In this method, based on the opinions of experts and analyzes, the model of sustainable rural entrepreneurship development was calculated. The results indicate that social and environmental dimensions were in the first level and economic and institutional in the second level. Manuscript profile

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179 - Comparative Analysis of Basic Needs Approach and Human Development Approach
Mohammad تیو Vahid Mahmoudi

It has been almost 3 decades since human development approach has established itself as an alternative to orthodox approach of development. This has shifted our interpretation of development and well-being from a traditional focus on income and comsumption toward enhanc More

It has been almost 3 decades since human development approach has established itself as an alternative to orthodox approach of development. This has shifted our interpretation of development and well-being from a traditional focus on income and comsumption toward enhancing human freedoms and capabilities. Since in development as an interdisciplinary filed of knowledge, informed understanding of different approaches is necessary, such an understanding is conceptual framework of this article. In this framework, two particular approaches of Basic Needs and Human Development approvhes are compared. First of all, through a comprehensive literature review, the background and the processes of institutionalization of these two approaches are investigated. Then, by using comparative method, differences and similarities between them are indicated. Finally, Based on the similarities it is asserted that basic needs approach is the conceptual predecessor of human development approach. However the gap between theory and practice in basic needs approach has resulted in the substitution of human development approach for that. Manuscript profile

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180 - Identifying organizational strategies for entrepreneurial human capital development based on a Meta-analysis approach
Beitollah Akbari Moghadam mahdie soheili far Mohammad dostdar

Capital in any organization can have positive effects on activities and it is human capital that causes the goals to move properly toward organizational development. The purpose of this paper is identifying the organizational strategies for entrepreneurial human capital More

Capital in any organization can have positive effects on activities and it is human capital that causes the goals to move properly toward organizational development. The purpose of this paper is identifying the organizational strategies for entrepreneurial human capital development by the Meta-analysis method of Sandelowski & Barroso model. For this purpose, after searching in reputable databases based on the set criteria, finally 25 articles selected and by analyzing their content, the relevant concepts and codes extracted. Based on the research findings, organizational strategies for entrepreneurial human capital development include seven concepts of implementing entrepreneurial culture in the organization, defining employees training programs in the organization, implementing job shadow courses for employees, managing talent management programs in the organization, defining employee skills development programs, organizational mentoring programs, and coaching programs in the organization. Manuscript profile

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181 - Liberal rationality and the Formation of environmental crises (with emphasis on the Rio+20 document)
osman hedayat asrin faizi

From the early decades of the twentieth century, the pressures of industrial and agricultural development visibly threatened the environment and environmental issues were rethought simultaneously with development issues. The history of development issues as a specific s More

From the early decades of the twentieth century, the pressures of industrial and agricultural development visibly threatened the environment and environmental issues were rethought simultaneously with development issues. The history of development issues as a specific subject dates back to the after of World War II, and development theories in this period have emerged in the form of economic development and modernization. This issue is derived from Western modernity and its dominant ideology i.e. liberalism, tends to move toward the unification of humanity based on liberal values and the elimination of diversity in the world by claiming the universality of their values. The basic hypothesis of this study revolves around this idea that with the advent of Western modernity and capitalism and their dominant ideology i.e. liberalism, changes have taken place both in this school and in the developmental discourses that were born and emerged of liberal rationality over development of the environment. Presumably, we have shown that this has been achieved through the self-examination and rethinking of liberalism itself. Using the analysis of Laclau and Mouffe discourse and development theories in the field of environment, ie theories - production treadmill, metabolic theory and degradation treadmill theory - to a reading of sustainable development and its manifestation, the Rio+20 document as a buoyancy sign that in that discourse of liberalism, there is a crisis and a break, we have dealt. The results show that liberalism as a rationality that has sought to formulate environmental, economic and social crises in the dimension of sustainable development, has failed and this has caused the environmental crisis. Manuscript profile

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182 - Informal employment and its relationship with work life development indicators
Majid Mohammad shafiee Maryam Zamani Samani

One of the key pillars in the development of any country is the employment issue and its related challenges that developing strategies in this field and its diagnosis is not hidden from anyone. The aim of this study was to explain informal employment in Iran according t More

One of the key pillars in the development of any country is the employment issue and its related challenges that developing strategies in this field and its diagnosis is not hidden from anyone. The aim of this study was to explain informal employment in Iran according to its increasing statistics and to examine its relationship with the most important indicators of work life development including job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, job attitude, and quality of work life. The statistical population of the study consists of formal and informal workers in small and medium workshops in selected cities of Iran. Due to the large size of the statistical population and the difficulty of access to all workers, 980 of them were sampled. Finally, 887 acceptable questionnaires were collected, of which 489 were related to informal workers and 398 were related to formal workers. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results show that the indicators of job satisfaction, job attitude, and quality of work life are significantly lower for employees who have informal employment. Moreover, informal employment statistics in the surveyed cities, on average, is about 55%, which due to its increase compared to previous years and its negative consequences, especially in business development, recommendations were provided to solve this problem. Manuscript profile

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183 - Historical Development and Pre-Suppositions of the Theory of the Principiality of Existence in Tusi’s Analysis
Hashem Ghorbani

The theory of the principiality of existence or quiddity lacks a systematic model in pre-Sadrian thoughts; however, it is based on certain presuppositions the discovery of which can illuminate Muslim thinkers’ approach to this problem. Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi has expl More

The theory of the principiality of existence or quiddity lacks a systematic model in pre-Sadrian thoughts; however, it is based on certain presuppositions the discovery of which can illuminate Muslim thinkers’ approach to this problem. Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi has explained his epistemological ideas regarding these presuppositions. This paper deals with some of the presuppositions underlying the principiality of existence or quiddity as presented by Tusi. Some of them are as follows: 1) the problem of the addition of existence and quiddity and its quality; 2) detecting the relationship between existence and quiddity; 3) the mind or the outside as the place of the realization of this relationship, and 4) evaluating the referents of the mentioned analysis and the realization of quiddity and existence in the outside or emphasizing the exclusive realization of one of them. Through his analyses of each of these presuppositions, Tusi adopts an approach which can represent his agreement or disagreement with the principiality of existence. Accordingly, although the theory of the principiality of existence did not occupy his mind as a problem, his epistemological presuppositions regarding existence and quiddity are consistent with it. The development of the relationship between the ideas of Tusi and Mulla Sadra can be analyzed through explaining the former’s standpoints regarding the above-mentioned presuppositions and his influence over Mulla Sadra. Manuscript profile

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184 - Anthropological Principles of Hobbes and Spinoza on Government (A Historical Overview)
Bayan Karimy Seyyed Mustafa Shahraeini

Hobbes and Spinoza are among the philosophers who believe in the necessity of dealing with political philosophy. They maintain that their political philosophies are systematically related to metaphysics and the anthropology that originates in it. In this regard, their v More

Hobbes and Spinoza are among the philosophers who believe in the necessity of dealing with political philosophy. They maintain that their political philosophies are systematically related to metaphysics and the anthropology that originates in it. In this regard, their views are clearly different from those of their predecessors and even from those of Descartes, who is almost contemporary with them. Spinoza has been influenced by Hobbes in some respects; however, because of the differences between the logic and general philosophy of each of them, there are some noteworthy differences between these two philosophers’ anthropological interpretations and the functions of their political philosophy. The main purpose of the present paper is to highlight the historical background of political philosophy in ancient Greece, particularly during the Middle Ages. While challenging this historical background, it also aims to discover the explicit and implicit metaphysical and anthropological principles and assumptions underlying the views of Hobbes and Spinoza regarding a desirable government and report the differences and similarities between them. The authors intend to demonstrate that Spinoza’s political philosophy is based on ethics and reason. The distinctive feature of his philosophy is its love of human beings and reason. On the other hand, Hobbes’ political philosophy is based on the senses, and its distinctive feature is having a pessimistic view of human beings and presenting a material interpretation of their nature. Accordingly, the principle of preserving the essence in Hobbes’ view is limited to preserving the body, and a superior government means absolute monarchy, the sole purpose of which is protecting the lives of its citizens and establishing security in society. Nevertheless, in Spinoza’s view, protecting the essence is beyond the protection of the body and extends to reason, perhaps even more than the body, because human essence mainly depends on their reason rather than their body. Hence a superior government in Spinoza’s view is of a democratic nature. He also emphasizes the role of government in promoting the human culture and the necessity of educational and ethical policy-making. Manuscript profile

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185 - A Comparative Study of Ibn Sina’s and Mulla Sadra’s Philosophical Principles of Intermediary Development Based on Religious Texts
Seyyed Sadra al-Din Taheri امينه احمدي

In religious sources, based on the logic of revelation, the development of the soul in the intermediate world is certain and impeccable. However, the quality of intermediary development and its probable inconsistency certain philosophical principles, such as the necessi More

In religious sources, based on the logic of revelation, the development of the soul in the intermediate world is certain and impeccable. However, the quality of intermediary development and its probable inconsistency certain philosophical principles, such as the necessity for any kind of development to be preceded by potency and motion and allocating them to matter, makes it necessary for this kind of development to be only possible based on religious (Shar‘i) principles. In other words, philosophers might not be able to demonstrate the possibility of the souls’ intermediary development on the basis of rational principles. In this paper, the writers initially examine the traditional proofs for intermediary development based on religious texts and then investigate it in the light of the fundamental principles proposed by two prominent Islamic philosophers, Ibn Sina and Mulla Sadra. After a comparative study of their views, the writers conclude that intermediary development is impossible based on both philosophers’ principles regarding motion. However, they also argue that, given Mulla Sadra’s view of the Ideal immateriality of the soul and his belief in the Ideal Otherworldly body, there is a more appropriate, but not sufficient, context for the posthumous development of the body. Manuscript profile

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186 - Implementation of Green Library Component in Iranian academic libraries
Fatemeh Rezaeimanesh mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini Amir Reza Asnafi

The purpose of this study was to identify the status of green library components in the central libraries of the target community, clarify the role of libraries in implementing the culture of a green community and provide solutions and strategies to fill existing gaps More

The purpose of this study was to identify the status of green library components in the central libraries of the target community, clarify the role of libraries in implementing the culture of a green community and provide solutions and strategies to fill existing gaps and implement a green library. The research method is survey-descriptive. The statistical population includes the libraries of level one universities of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education in terms of space, equipment and manpower. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. Then the data obtained were analyzed at the level of descriptive statistics with SPSS software and by calculating the mean, standard deviation, absolute frequency and frequency percentage. The research findings showed that the central library of level one university of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education are not in a good condition due to the green components and the standard lead. To have a green academic library, one should start by promoting green thinking and culture in the society, because many of our problems in this field are rooted in culture and misuse of natural and non-renewable resources. The results of the present study can inform libraries about their current situation that how they are far from the ideal situation and use the strategies presented in this study to implement a green library to have a green academic library. We do not necessarily have to start with a green building, these libraries have green missions and they can be known as the green library by implementing several green components in their library. Manuscript profile

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187 - Investigating the role of Guide Plans in rural development from a physical perspective with emphasis on identifying the space
mohammad ali rahimipour sheikhani nejad habib mahmoodi chenari Seyyedeh Fatemeh Emami farzaneh nasiri jan agha

Eliminate deprivation and rural development, one of the programs on the agenda is the implementation of the rural master plan to provide equitable facilities through physical transformation of the village, creating facilities it has been social-productive, providing pub More

Eliminate deprivation and rural development, one of the programs on the agenda is the implementation of the rural master plan to provide equitable facilities through physical transformation of the village, creating facilities it has been social-productive, providing public services and improving the housing of the villagers. The effects of conductor designs are limited to changes in physical texture and less attention is paid to the economic factor in its implementation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of pilot projects in the development of physical development and identification of living space from the perspective of residents. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of descriptive-analytical approach, which has been done with a sample of 250 people from rural areas in Rasht. Data collection tools in this study included: library studies to collect information related to research literature and then field research through observation and questionnaires. The statistical population of the study is the villagers living in the villages of Rasht city. In this study, the correlation method by Kiiging method has been used for physical identity. In other words, the data analysis method is based on spatial statistics. The results indicate that the pattern of spatial distribution of physical identity variables in the villages of Rasht city is linear (north-south), which means that the villages located in the south, center and north are in a more favorable situation. Manuscript profile

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188 - To survey the combined application of QFD and VA in product design to achieve the superior competitive position (Case Study: SAIPA company)
حسن فارسیجانی سمیه کشاورز دستک

Successful companies in todays competitive economy are those which are capable to design efficiently, develop and to produce products which are preferrable by customers. This idea shows that there is a need to draw a plan which can meet the needs of the customers and al More

Successful companies in todays competitive economy are those which are capable to design efficiently, develop and to produce products which are preferrable by customers. This idea shows that there is a need to draw a plan which can meet the needs of the customers and also the plan should be capable to be produced with a competitive cost and quality. Saypa company as one of the greatest car making companies must try hard to produce competitive products and by improving the design of the cars should struggle to reach the best position in the competition. So in order to reach the above-mentioned aims, in this research a merger of the tools for expanding quality proceeds(QFD) and value analysis has been used. Therefore the main goal is to use both QFD and VA theoretically and occasionally. ‘Pride’ as a car with quality problems was chosen and the combined process of QFDVA has been used for designing the outward appearance of this car. Finally, at the end of this research project, one main hypothesis and three subordinate hypotheses has been analyzed . For analyzing the hypotheses the researcher has used a questionnaire among a sample group. For statistical analyses, SPSS software has been used. One of the main problems of QFD is not having the ability to identify the needs of the customers, and that was solved by combining the use of VA technique. Also by using this technique, we can evaluate the value of product designing and we can take action in allocating the resources to identified operations and investments. Manuscript profile

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189 - Developing the Roadmap of Succession Planning in the Organization (Case study: Iranian Gas Transmission Company, district 3)
Mostafa Najafi Sharafeddin Mohammad arazi Aliakbar Hasani

Developing a roadmap for an organization creates a clear path to a series of goals and visions for the future. Organizations use roadmap as a tool for variety of strategic objectives and the reason of this, is the diversity of approaches and techniques in this field. Ro More

Developing a roadmap for an organization creates a clear path to a series of goals and visions for the future. Organizations use roadmap as a tool for variety of strategic objectives and the reason of this, is the diversity of approaches and techniques in this field. Roadmap helps companies, industries and organizations to map what they need to do to succeed in the future. Planning for supply appropriate human resources for the organization's future is one of the key and strategic decisions making for the organizations. In general, the purpose of succession planning is the preparation of talented individuals within the organization, to fill key, delicate and strategic jobs. Therefore, planning to build an integrated model to replace the old forces in any organization is inevitable. Therefore, in this paper we have tried to draw a comprehensive roadmap for the implementation of the succession planning as a roadmap for the survival of the organization, as well. A case study in this paper is the Iranian Gas Transmission Company, district 3 and with respect to the company's strategic importance to the country from different aspects affecting the sustainable growth, the development of roadmap for the future of this organization has been on the agenda. Data collection based on experts' comments and by using the Delphi process was conducted. The findings show that the roadmap developed according to the validation conducted by experts, has been well managed the visible and invisible Gas company needs to provide succession of forces according to the goals. Manuscript profile

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190 - Technology Supply Chain Design in a Corporation Using Product Architecture Technique (The case of automotive industry in Iran)
Ahmad

Abstract Technology Supply Chain plays an important role in identification and supplying of product and process technologies in a corporation. So, during the formation of decisions for product, processes and supply chain technologies architectures have be made simultan More

Abstract Technology Supply Chain plays an important role in identification and supplying of product and process technologies in a corporation. So, during the formation of decisions for product, processes and supply chain technologies architectures have be made simultaneously. This article presents a new model to architecture and design for technology supply chain by using Product architecture technique in the corporation. The approach of this research is qualitative. We have gathered primary data by doing deep interview with experts of Iranian automotive companies. We have analyzed data by content and thematic analysis methods. Then, in the base of analytical data, we designed of final model. The designed model is verified and validated by the several focus groups and descriptive case study research methods. Manuscript profile

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191 - An appropriate model for knowledge management to enhance a R&D department in a manufacturing industry
Masoud Latifian Reza Tavakoli Moghadam Taghi Torabi

In this paper, the subject of knowledge management and research & development (R&D) is discussed a little in manufacturing and industrial companies; therefore, more studies in this field are needed. It is the first time that such study is carried out in Iran. At first, More

In this paper, the subject of knowledge management and research & development (R&D) is discussed a little in manufacturing and industrial companies; therefore, more studies in this field are needed. It is the first time that such study is carried out in Iran. At first, the literature of the relevant subject and different models of knowledge management and R&D is considered and then two models out of the existing models after consulting with experts, university professors and examining the specifications of the company are selected. Additionally, two questionnaires (general& specialized) are designed by the some experts and academic professors. The goal of the general questionnaire is to consider the effect of elements of knowledge management on the R&D department. At first, the research hypotheses are examined and then an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method is utilized to prioritize the elements and technologies of the R&D department. The obtained results show that creation formation and educational technology have the highest effect, respectively. Manuscript profile

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192 - Specifying the Human Resource Development Model with Improving Organizational Culture Approach (Case Study: Ministry of Justice)
saeed askari masouleh saeid Askari Masule mahmood mohammadian

Human resource is the most valuable production factor for progressive a country. Basically, every country without efficient human force can't reach to its goals even if it has rich natural resources. This paper aims to specify the human resource development model with i More

Human resource is the most valuable production factor for progressive a country. Basically, every country without efficient human force can't reach to its goals even if it has rich natural resources. This paper aims to specify the human resource development model with improving organizational culture.This paper was used mixed research method to analyze data and data was gathered by structured and semi-structured interview. So, the interviewing forms were investigated after interviewing, then 59 open codes and 8 selective codes were classified. 8 selective codes included management factors, personal factors, employee engagement, path career, independence of staff in doing their duties, the software condition of work environment, values and organizational behavior, faith-based, organizational justice, perfectionism and content factors. A hypothesis was defined in the framework of 8 selective codes in quantitative aspect, next it was tested and confirmed by inferential statistics and all codes were confirmed. Manuscript profile

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193 - Explaining the Patterns of Excellence in Excellence for Activist Organizations
Maryam Gholizadeh

Despite the vast application of excellence models in modern organizations, it is not clear that which one is more appropriate. This paper is aimed to choose the most proper Excellence patterns to be employed to realize the excellence goals in progressive organizations. More

Despite the vast application of excellence models in modern organizations, it is not clear that which one is more appropriate. This paper is aimed to choose the most proper Excellence patterns to be employed to realize the excellence goals in progressive organizations. For this study, not only we studied the literature of research, but also we employed Fuzzy Delphi technique to filter and select superior excellence patterns. The conducted idea analysis was filtered during two steps using Cheng & Lin approach. The study population was comprised of 30 industry experts and university faculties. In order to study and analyze, 12 excellence patterns were selected from different fields including human resources, training, ethics, and knowledge management from which 5 excellence models were chosen after filtering experts' opinions. It is considered that through this process, the excellence path for organizations will be defined and will make them capable to take actions in order to realize the excellence goals in much shorter period of time Manuscript profile

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194 - Designing the Policy Intelligence Model for Implementing E-Government

Abstract: This article presents the concept of Policy Intelligence and the way of designing it in order to implementing E-Government. Policy Intelligence is referred to a kind of information system which collects data and information from different social fields and af More

Abstract: This article presents the concept of Policy Intelligence and the way of designing it in order to implementing E-Government. Policy Intelligence is referred to a kind of information system which collects data and information from different social fields and after processing these materials, present them to policy makers in form of appropriate decision making packages. This article at first reviews E-Government and its place in our era. Then by pointing that implementing E-Government paradigm needs to using modern instruments and models, we will present Policy Intelligence model by considering the major fields of Iran's public administration. Finally, the implications of Policy Intelligence, which are monitoring and governance of society, will be articulated. Manuscript profile

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195 - Exploring driver's refueling behaviors and tendencies in order to design the hydrogen fueling stations infrastructure (Case Study: Mashhad city
Ehsan Lotfi Reza Sheikh Bozorgmehr Ashrafi

The aim of this paper is to present an optimization model in order to make a strategic plan to develop hydrogen refueling stations in a city when Origin–Destination (OD) data are not available. This model assumes two objectives: maximizing the traffic covered by the sel More

The aim of this paper is to present an optimization model in order to make a strategic plan to develop hydrogen refueling stations in a city when Origin–Destination (OD) data are not available. This model assumes two objectives: maximizing the traffic covered by the selected hydrogen refueling stations and minimizing the average distance of the city’s inhabitants to the nearest hydrogen refueling station. As OD data are considered to be unavailable, positioning the stations in the highest traffic zones is avoided by a new constraint that takes into account information on the distribution of existing conventional refueling stations. This model is applied to Mashhad of about 3 thousand square with a population of around 3 million. This application had used the results of a survey on more than 200 drivers on their current refueling preferences, their willingness to use alternative fuel vehicles and their minimum requirements (regarding maximum distance to be traveled to refuel and number of stations in the city) when establishing a network of alternative refueling stations Manuscript profile

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196 - Explanation of Human Resource Development Model Based on Islamic-Iranian Model
vahid nasehi far saeid Askari Masule

This study seeks to explain human resource development models based on Islamic-Iranian model of progress in line with a generalized model in the selective ministries of Iran. The research method is descriptive-survey and is based on cross-sectional data. The questions a More

This study seeks to explain human resource development models based on Islamic-Iranian model of progress in line with a generalized model in the selective ministries of Iran. The research method is descriptive-survey and is based on cross-sectional data. The questions are descriptive and hypotheses are relational. The main question of the research involves how the integrated model of development of human resources based on Islamic-Iranian model of progress in the ministries of Iran is. The population mean test was used to test the hypotheses and Friedman test was used to prioritize variables. Thirteen hypotheses were defined based on the models of previous studies. The population of the study includes all vice presidents and directors of human resources development who are at service for the year ended in 1395 in the selected governmental ministries. The findings of the hypotheses testing indicate the confirmation of all the variables influencing the research model. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, from the organizational perspective factors like organizational justice, cross-organizational factors, training, hardware factors of the working environment, indigenousness of the model, knowledge management, national factors and software factors of the working environment and from individual perspective factors like faith-centeredness and engagement of the employees are effective on the development of human resources based on Islamic-Iranian approach of progress. Finally, the final version of the research model extracted by using confirmatory factor analysis and its fitting was approved. Manuscript profile

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197 - The evolution of incumbents’ role during new nanotechnology based firms’ collaboration within new product development
Mohammad Ali Bahreini Zarj Ali Mobini Dehkordi Nima Heirati Mohammad Reza Meigounpoory

How incumbents benefit from advanced technologies has played an important role in the management literature. Industrial companies, in spite of certain advantages in the resources, experience and market knowledge, need to use advanced technology to increase their competi More

How incumbents benefit from advanced technologies has played an important role in the management literature. Industrial companies, in spite of certain advantages in the resources, experience and market knowledge, need to use advanced technology to increase their competitive advantages. Yet very little research has explained how incumbents collaborate with new nanotechnology based firms in order to develop new nano products. The study focuses on longitudinal six-year case studies of five collaborations between incumbents and new nanotechnology based firms. The contribution of this research is available in three parts. First, the benefit of incumbents from the nanotechnology requires a long-term extensive and interactive process, based on the synergy of technological capabilities of the new nanotechnology firms and the incumbents’ resources and capabilities. Second, the incumbents must have flexibility in their structures and collaboration’s strategies. Third, the role of the incumbents changes from a "technology taker" at the start of the collaboration to "new product development mentor" and then becomes a high-tech product / service buyer after clarifying the dimensions of technology and product innovation. This study provides a worthy illustration of these collaborations for researchers, managers and policymakers. Manuscript profile

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198 - Strategic Planning of Knowledge-Based Companies on the Basis of SWOT Model for South Khorasan Province of Iran
Seyed Ali Reza Mohamadzadeh Mahdi faghani

The aim of this study is strategic planning of knowledge-based companies on the basis of SWOT Model. The present study is conducted with an applied purpose and with descriptive-analytical method. It is a field study when data collection is considered. The data has been More

The aim of this study is strategic planning of knowledge-based companies on the basis of SWOT Model. The present study is conducted with an applied purpose and with descriptive-analytical method. It is a field study when data collection is considered. The data has been collected through a questionnaire made by the researcher. The study sample consisted of 228 cooperatives of South Khorasan province of Iran. The data has been extracted using SPSS software and analyzed using SWOT model. The results of the present study indicate that the companies in the cooperative sector of South Khorasan province are in a low level in respect of becoming knowledge-based. Therefore, in the current circumstances, the matching power with indices of becoming knowledge-based for the current status of the surveyed companies is less than 30 percent. Therefore, it seems that educational assessment and planning is needed to promote the knowledge-based indices in cooperative sector of South Khorasan province. It can ensure a promising future for these cooperatives in Iran's 20-year vision plan, resistive economy, knowledge-based products, self-sufficiency, employment, and entrepreneurship. Finally, some suggestions for the cooperatives of South Khorasan province have been presented with regard to the four strategies of SWOT model. Manuscript profile

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199 - Identify the appropriate approach to strategic planning in knowledge-based companies: Multiple case study
Bahman Hajipour Hamid Reza Yazdani Mohammad Asarian

In market turbulent conditions, classic approach on strategy is too simplistic. Based on their context, companies need a different approach. Not only organizations should adopt a proper approach to strategy implementation or use a right combination of different approach More

In market turbulent conditions, classic approach on strategy is too simplistic. Based on their context, companies need a different approach. Not only organizations should adopt a proper approach to strategy implementation or use a right combination of different approaches, but also they should reform such combination consistent with environmental changes. In the present study, Analyzes proper approach on strategy development in knowledge-based companies in Qom Province based on their context. This research is a mixed method and used a multiple case study methodology whit 12 samples. In the present study, Use depth interviews with semi-structured questions for data collection as well as the observations and documents has also been used. Determine each step of strategy Development including survival, uncertainty, network and learning approaches. Then, Determine overall approach on strategy Development by Shannon entropy weighting and TOPSIS techniques. The findings indicate that any company may use different or both approaches simultaneously in different steps of strategy development and Finally, The overall approach in the all of companies is learning approach, which indicates that this category of companies to interact among the members to formulate its strategy drastically need. Manuscript profile

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200 - Ranking and leveling the progress and development of the provinces of the country by territorial justice approach in the fields of the "social, cultural and political", "economic and productive" and "infrastructure and technical"

The different rate of having in factors, including natural, economic, social and political factors, causes or increases regional inequality. Attention to balanced and all-embracing development approach in the provinces, reducing inhomogeneity and inequality, and creatin More

The different rate of having in factors, including natural, economic, social and political factors, causes or increases regional inequality. Attention to balanced and all-embracing development approach in the provinces, reducing inhomogeneity and inequality, and creating territorial justice, policy and planning for the realization of goals that vary with regard to the structural features, facilities and constraints of each province, requires studying and recognizing the characteristics of each province according to its position in the whole country. In this research, the status of different provinces of the country in the fileds of "social, cultural and economic", "economic and productive" and "infrastructure and technology" were reviewed and compared, in terms of development and progress, by K-means as one of the Clustering Analysis methods. The results of the ranking of the province indicate different positions of the provinces. By determining the level of progress of the province at the five levels, the priorities of the provinces are determined. For example, while the province of Isfahan is classified as a developd province for its infrastructure, it is a developing province in the economic and social indicators. Or Tehran province, while it is a developed province in the infrastructural and economic indicators, it is an undeveloped province, in the social indicators, at the same time. Manuscript profile

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201 - A model for evaluation of human resource development policies of government employees
کامبیز حمیدی Sayyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi Karam. A Daneshfard Asghar Seyf

The main objective of this research was to identify the dimensions and components and provide a model for assessing the implementation of human resources development policies of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.The research was descriptive in terms of the More

The main objective of this research was to identify the dimensions and components and provide a model for assessing the implementation of human resources development policies of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.The research was descriptive in terms of the type of hybrid, and in terms of approach, it was inductive. The research data included documents, documents and the results of interviews with 12 people, and a questionnaire was presented in three stages using Delphi's ethodology. A total of 20 academic and executive experts were selected through purposeful sampling. Qualitative data collection was used to examine relevant documents and literature, and a deep semi-structured interview tool. The research questions were analyzed using Attride and Sterling theme analysis technique Based on this, four main themes (15 themes) were arranged (later) from 89 themes (components) related to the model for evaluating the implementation of human resources development policies of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. To validate the extraction factors Of the three stages of Delphi, 76 of the components were confirmed and 13 of them were rejected Two cases were added to the experts' opinion. The model was evaluated using SmartPLS2 software and after correction and removal of 14 other questions, the model was fitted and confirmed. In this model, it has been attempted to address most of the existing factors in evaluating human resource development policies. Manuscript profile

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202 - Proposing a model for low cost carriers market in Iran
Mohammadreza Mahmodieh Asef Karimi

Low cost carriers are great revolutions in the air transportation industry in the last three decades. In fact, low cost model in the airlines has been indicated as a successful and innovative model. Low cost model is a strategy, focusing on the primary needs of passeng More

Low cost carriers are great revolutions in the air transportation industry in the last three decades. In fact, low cost model in the airlines has been indicated as a successful and innovative model. Low cost model is a strategy, focusing on the primary needs of passengers and increaring productivity, that provides lowest prices in internal and international air transportation of passenger. In this study, it has been tried to propose a model of developing low cost carriers market. Population is experts in airline of Aseman, Iran Air Tour, and Kish Air. Samples were collected by targeted judgemental approach for qualitative interviews. Instrument was structured interviews. To analyze data, grounded theory was utilized. 33 interviews with experts of airlines help to gather the required data. Finally, 15 major concepts were extracted including liberalization and withdrawal from the state structure, internal and external tourismism, efficient human factor, security and timely order, regulatory interaction versus relation orientation, customer trust, structural modifications costs, infrastructure and airport management, reconciliation with aeronautical knowledge, customer service, optimal aircraft and flight network, governance mandate structure, optimal sales service management, lack of sanction pressure and society cultural development. Finally, these concepts shaped the paradigmatic pattern of the development of the market for low cost carriers. Manuscript profile

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203 - A framework for organizational social capital development based on the organizational emotional capital
Seyyed Mohammad Toghra hasan Zaree matin Seyyed Hosein Akhavan Alavi Hamid Reza Yazdani

Social capital development is one of the most important challenges of the managers in the today organizations. Decrease of social capital index as level is in Iran proves the necessity of research in this field. Emotional behaviors is an important aspect of interpersona More

Social capital development is one of the most important challenges of the managers in the today organizations. Decrease of social capital index as level is in Iran proves the necessity of research in this field. Emotional behaviors is an important aspect of interpersonal communication. This research tries to develop a framework for social capital development based on the organizational emotional capital. This is a qualitative research and uses grounded theory method with emerging approach. Data collection in this research is done using a semi-structured interview. Interviewees where selected from managers in public sector and NGOs of Markazi and Qom provinces. Theoretical saturation after 16 interviews. Final framework of this research consists of two schemas, first one diagnosis social capital and the second one emotional based development of social capital. Under diagnosis schema there are three main categories causes of social capital weakness symptoms of emotional capital weakness and consequences of social capital weakness. And under the second schema there are four main categories reinforcing phenomenon, central phenomenon (emotional social capital), strategies and outcomes. Manuscript profile

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204 - Factors Affecting Customer Participation in the New Product Development Process: Case study of food industry of Mazandaran province
khorshid forughinia ali akbar Jowkar Mohammad Mahmoudi Maymand mirza hassan hosseini

Constant changes in the business environment compel companies to think about new product development. In order to meet customer needs, active engagement with the customer and, more specifically, customer involvement in the process of developing new product is essential. More

Constant changes in the business environment compel companies to think about new product development. In order to meet customer needs, active engagement with the customer and, more specifically, customer involvement in the process of developing new product is essential. The purpose of the present research is to identify the effective factors on customer involvement in the process of new product development in the food industry of Mazandaran province. Six effective variables include organizational strategy, new product features, external environment, organizational features, customer attributes, and relationships. The purpose of this research, in the form of applied research and in terms of the implementation of research, is descriptive-causal research. The statistical population of the research is the managers of different parts of the food industry of Mazandaran province, including production, product, marketing, brand, and other parts of the organization. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. In this research, structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analyze data and examine the hypothesis. The results showed that the organizational strategy variables, organizational characteristics, customer characteristics and relational factors have a positive and significant effect on customer involvement in the process of new product development. While the two variables of product and environment characteristics have no significant effect on customer involvement. Therefore, according to the results, food industry companies should pay particular attention to strengthening these factors in order to attract more customers to develop new products. Manuscript profile

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205 - Ranking of Growth, Development and Progress of the Provinces of the Country in Different Areas

Considering the balanced and comprehensive development of the provinces of the country, reducing heterogeneity and inequality, policy making and planning to achieve goals that vary according to the structural characteristics, facilities and constraints of each province, More

Considering the balanced and comprehensive development of the provinces of the country, reducing heterogeneity and inequality, policy making and planning to achieve goals that vary according to the structural characteristics, facilities and constraints of each province, requires the study and recognition of the characteristics of each province according to its location in the whole system of the country. In this research, different provinces of the country have been ranked by the TOPSIS and SAW methods in the fileds of "social, cultural and political", "economic and production" and "infrastructure and technical". The results of the ranking of the provinces, indicate that the provinces have different positions. For example, the provinces of Semnan, Ilam and South Khorasan ranked first to third in the fileds of social, cultural and political issues, but the provinces of Fars, Mazandaran and Khorasan Razavi were top ranked in the fileds of economy and production, and the provinces of Isfahan, Mazandaran and Qom ranked first to third in terms of infrastructure and technical indicators. Manuscript profile

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206 - A model of Human Resource Development in the public organizations of Iran by new public services approach (Case study: Ministry of Energy)
Seyed Saeed Hosseini

Recognizing the dimensions of human resource development and providing logical solutions for their empowerment and development, considering the requirements of the new public services approach, is one of the most important tasks of the managers of governmental organizat More

Recognizing the dimensions of human resource development and providing logical solutions for their empowerment and development, considering the requirements of the new public services approach, is one of the most important tasks of the managers of governmental organizations. The purpose of this study is to design a human resources development model in governmental agencies with a new public services approach. The statistical population of this research is qualitative research including heads of departments and senior experts of the headquarters of the Ministry of Energy in Tehran, in addition to, professors and experts in human resource management at universities. The sample needed for structured interviews to theoretical saturation and through targeted trial sampling was compiled. A total of 16 data were collected. In order to analyze the qualitative data, the grounded theory was used. Out of 267 subcategories extracted from verbal propositions, 43 categories were considered, which formed the paradigmic model of human resource development with the new public services approach. In this way, 20 subcategories, 4 categories of causal conditions, 30 subcategories, 5 categories of field conditions, 33 subcategories, 8 interfering factors, 24 subcategories, 4 categories of phenomena, 102 subcategories, 17 categories The core of the strategies, and 58 subcategories, comprised four core categories of HR outcomes with the new public services approach. It was found that the development of human resources with a new public service approach consists of four key components of human resource participation in organizational decision-making, the development of human resource competencies, human resource training, and human resource empowerment. Manuscript profile

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207 - Modeling of Foresight for Sustainable Development Using Scenario Planning and System dynamics Approach (case study: Yazd Province)
حمید بابایی میبدی Gholamreza Godarzi Adel Azar Firozeh Azizi

Nowadays, the wide changes in various dimensions put managers in serious challenges. This issues cause the current plans will no longer be able to response, therefore it is necessary to use new approaches such as foresighting. Meanwhile, one of the main concerns of mana More

Nowadays, the wide changes in various dimensions put managers in serious challenges. This issues cause the current plans will no longer be able to response, therefore it is necessary to use new approaches such as foresighting. Meanwhile, one of the main concerns of managers is the effect of their decisions on the key variables. This study using a foresight and systematic approaches and design the dynamic sustainable development model to seeks an answer to this important management issue. First we presented a framework for sustainable development and then, using the “Mic Mac” method identified the key drivers of sustainable development. In the next step, by designing a scenario portfolio, future possible scenarios for sustainable development were determined. Finally, by designing a regional sustainable development model, it is possible to simulate scenarios and decisions, and determine the appropriate scenarios from the possible multi-dimensional scenarios Manuscript profile

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208 - Analysis of the relation of investment criteria in the development of technology based on plan, project and portfolio Using ISM and DEMATEL
mohamadali afsharkazemi hamed soufi

Today, technology development success is a multi-dimensional concept that is linked to the dynamics and complexity of the environment. Hence, identifying fundamental performance indicators for investing in technology development is important. The purpose of this study i More

Today, technology development success is a multi-dimensional concept that is linked to the dynamics and complexity of the environment. Hence, identifying fundamental performance indicators for investing in technology development is important. The purpose of this study is to achieve quantitative and qualitative analysis of key indicators together in the correct decision-making path for investment in technology development. In this research, the criteria for success with the new approach in terms of plan, project and portfolio differences are identified, categorized and their significance is measured by a questionnaire. In the following, the relationships between the criteria with two qualitative and quantitative approaches were determined and analyzed using interpretive structural modeling and DEMATEL technique using the opinions of industrial and academic experts in two separate groups. By comparing the results of the two groups, the difference Opinions in the judgments of academic and industrial experts are characterized by two quantitative and qualitative approaches. Achieving an analytical qualitative model of how the indicators interact, as well as determining the magnitude of the impact intensity and impact and the importance of each of them based on the level of interactions, the academic and industrial viewpoints, and the determination of the suitability of the judgments of the two groups, one of the research achievements. Correct analysis based on qualitative and quantitative results of research can be a basis for decision makers to develop different scenarios in the direction of making investments Successful in the field of technology development. Manuscript profile

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209 - Identify the critical factors for sustainable banking success with a mixed approach
Alireza Aliahmadi Mir Hamid Taghavi Ali Bonyadi Naeini

A new concept in the area of achieving sustainable development goals is sustainable banking which is of particular importance in developing countries. To succeed in achieving sustainable banking goals, it is necessary to identify and conceptualize the underlying factors More

A new concept in the area of achieving sustainable development goals is sustainable banking which is of particular importance in developing countries. To succeed in achieving sustainable banking goals, it is necessary to identify and conceptualize the underlying factors. This paper aims to identify the critical factors for sustainable banking success. This paper is an applied research in terms of purpose and has been done with a cross-sectional survey approach. Semi-structured interviews and expert questionnaire were used for data collection. The statistical population of the study consists of managers and experts of the central bank selected by purposeful sampling from among these experts. The research methodology is a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) approach. In the qualitative phase, the thematic analysis method is used to identify the critical factors for sustainable banking success. Then, at the quantitative stage, the identified factors are screened and prioritized based on the Fuzzy Delphi and SWARA method. The results show that the critical success factors of sustainable banking can be categorized into three factors: input factors, process factors and output factors. Support entrepreneurs, marketing management, clear regulation and process evaluation are of the utmost importance in the field of sustainable banking. Manuscript profile

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210 - The general model for lifecycle of R&D projects in research organizations with systems engineering approach
Mohammad forozandeh abbas tahmasebi taha hossein mortagi

Developing a life cycle model of R&D projects is one of the key factors for the success of research organizations. Using a standardized model leads to the creation of a common language between the organization and external providers of products, services and processes. More

Developing a life cycle model of R&D projects is one of the key factors for the success of research organizations. Using a standardized model leads to the creation of a common language between the organization and external providers of products, services and processes. The purpose of this paper is to present a general life cycle model for research and development in research organizations that is approved by various executives, supervisors and auditors. The model presented in this study provides a basis for evaluating the activities of executors and facilitates the evaluation and audit of research and development activities. The model has 4 dimensions, 17 components, 3 key decision points and 156 indicators. Model dimensions include need assessment processes, sample design and construction, manufacturing engineering and production management, and operation and support. The validity of the researcher-made questionnaire was evaluated by 9 experts and 3 questions were omitted. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.982 was also used to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire. These results support all the research hypotheses and the rank of the components in each dimension is also determined. According to the results, the need assessment dimension is more important in the life cycle of research and development of research organizations. Using this research model enables research organizations to effectively implement the processes needed for research and development and assists managers and stakeholders in decision making and decision making. Manuscript profile

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211 - Identifying future trends and charting the ideal status of vocational technical education from the experts' point of view
sorur sefidgar sefidgar Hosein Aliahmadi Jeshfaghani Ali Reza Ali Ahmadi

According to the objectives, this research is an applied-developmental research. From a data gathering perspective, it is integrated. Interaction analysis method was used to collect, analyze and combine quantitative and qualitative data. The analytical research method w More

According to the objectives, this research is an applied-developmental research. From a data gathering perspective, it is integrated. Interaction analysis method was used to collect, analyze and combine quantitative and qualitative data. The analytical research method was identified by analyzing the research literature related to the global trends of technical education development. From the point of view of educational experts, a group of 30 experts and experts in formal technical and vocational education, with a forward-looking and strategic perspective, with judicious and purposeful sampling, the most important global trends in technical and professional education development. Summarized and summarized the opinions, 22 trends were finalized. Then, the interaction effects, the effectiveness and impact of these trends were estimated. Findings show that variables such as "network community", "national competency framework", "orbital competence approach" and "population" are the most important factors influencing future educational attainment. Manuscript profile

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212 - A Systematic Approach to Designing a Project oriented Organization Business Development Model
Azim Zarei Reza Behboud Adel Azar

On the macro level, organizations are divided into project-based and non-project-based categories according to the nature and type of work. Project-based businesses have a specific start and end point and end up delivering the project to the owners. Therefore, marketing More

On the macro level, organizations are divided into project-based and non-project-based categories according to the nature and type of work. Project-based businesses have a specific start and end point and end up delivering the project to the owners. Therefore, marketing in these kinds of organizations is very important in order to continue the life of the organization by searching for new projects to produce a product or service. But marketing in project-oriented organizations is highly sensitive with considering the high cost of bidding, the intense competitive environment, the complex and varied technical knowledge and technology. This paper studies the marketing process in the project-oriented organization of industrial projects management of Iran and due to the complexity of this issue and the presence of multiple stakeholders in designing a marketing model for the organization; a soft systems methodology approach has been used. Seven steps of model design using this approach was mentioned, internal and external factors influencing the marketing process by the role of each was introduced, and finally the needed changes such as revising the organization's statute, attempting to obtain the contracting rank in others industrial areas, preparing and approval of a acquisition plan, setting up an independent R&D department, and developing partnerships with technology companies were offered to stackholders to improve system performance and enhance the effectiveness of the marketing process. Manuscript profile

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213 - Examining solutions to deal with the shortage of cyberspace security experts in the country
Mohammad fathian Mehdi Abolhamid mohammadreza rafeei

Expert workforce is one of the most important IT security assets that private and public sectors around the world are currently competing for. According to specialists, Iran is also facing the shortage of cyber security experts, which can lead to potentially serious pro More

Expert workforce is one of the most important IT security assets that private and public sectors around the world are currently competing for. According to specialists, Iran is also facing the shortage of cyber security experts, which can lead to potentially serious problem. This study presents some solutions for this problem in Iran. In order to identify the solutions, literature was reviewed and semi-structured interviews were conducted through related various experts and specialists. Finally, strategies were prioritized by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and solutions are investigated by importance-performance analysis. According to the results, specialists believe that workforce maintaining and training improvement are more important than other strategies. Training-recruitment plans, aptitude assessment plans, cyber security events and challenges, schools student targeted plans and improving policies and rules have been considered as more important solutions. Manuscript profile

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214 - Designing a strategic model of industrial sustainable development in Yazd province
حسام الدین جعفری ندوشن Seyed Haidar Mirfakhradini Seyed Mahmood Zanjirchi

To reach sustainable development, economical, social, and environmental elements need to be taken into account. Industrial activities as activities which has distinctive impacts on all parts of development need to be studied more than before. The aim of this study was More

To reach sustainable development, economical, social, and environmental elements need to be taken into account. Industrial activities as activities which has distinctive impacts on all parts of development need to be studied more than before. The aim of this study was to present a strategic model of sustainable industrial development in Yazd province. In order to achieve the objectives of the research by using two methods of Unplanned targeted sampling and snowball sampling, the opinions of 15 managers and organizational policymakers of Yazd Industrial Towns (Industrial Experts) were used. The process of conducting this research includes three steps: a) Identifying sustainable industrial development strategies in Yazd province through in-depth interviews with experts; b) Screening identified strategies using fuzzy Delphi technique. C) Presenting a strategic model of sustainable industrial development in Yazd province, using the DEMATEL-ISM method. The results showed that the model of sustainable development strategy in Yazd province has 4 different levels with "studying to recognize global markets for Yazd's goods and services and providing countries guide leaflets" as the highest level which is the underlying element of the model. So, sustainable development in Yazd needs to set out using the mention strategy so that it lays the groundwork for implementing the fifteen higher-order strategies. Manuscript profile

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215 - Content analysis of ICT documents in order to deduce the policies of the Seventh Development Plan (approvals from 1998 to 2017)
Sahar Kousari Fatemeh Saghafi

Five- year national development plans have a key role in achieving the goals of the vision document. There are two categories for development plan writing policies: diffusion-oriented and mission-oriented. So, prioritization in using an effective combination of the them More

Five- year national development plans have a key role in achieving the goals of the vision document. There are two categories for development plan writing policies: diffusion-oriented and mission-oriented. So, prioritization in using an effective combination of the them is necessary. The purpose of this study is to determine the gap of upstream documents and propose policies to develop the seventh plan of ICT-sector. This research is descriptive-analytical in nature and it uses content analysis and documentary review. The population of resaerch are 67 meta-documents that have been selected as a purposeful and accessible sample for study. Analytical-descriptive method has been used to interpret and analyze the data. Based on the research findings, main policies were examined with a two-dimensional framework: 1) technological issues, which used the OECD classification, and 2) functional innovations, which presented in the 7-scale Hekkert classification. Then, the xial coding of each category was done in three levels of government, legislative and executive, and finally, based on the SWOT analysis of existing documents and its compliance with the claimed performance, principles were presented to develop the seventh ICT development plan. Accordingly, the program will have the necessary credibility if the central policies and principles proposed in the Seventh Development Plan of the ICT Sector will be valid. Manuscript profile

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216 - Cuncurent engineering for mass production of products from Research and Development projects
Mohammad forozandeh

One of the issues and problems facing the research cycle is the integration of design and production. Research institutes design products that are made without the cooperation of the construction engineering firm. The manufacturing institution does not have a common lan More

One of the issues and problems facing the research cycle is the integration of design and production. Research institutes design products that are made without the cooperation of the construction engineering firm. The manufacturing institution does not have a common language in the production of the designed product and therefore no production takes place. Design without considering production and supply considerations seems beautiful only for the designer, but in some cases, the production organization is either not able to produce it or has problems in supplying some parts. This research deals with the issue of coordination of design, production and supply, which by examining the literature, its key indicators at the level of research projects and industrial development were extracted and finally ranked with decision models. For the first time, this research examines concurrent engineering in the defense industry and provides a model for the integration of design, production and supply. The indicators of this issue are divided into 4 criteria of product structure and architecture, management, quality and organizational cooperation. The criteria of product structure and architecture are the most important. Manuscript profile

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217 - Acquisition of urban lands in urban development projects with a social justice approach
Azam Afsharnia Esfandiar zebardast Morteza Talachian

Acquisition of urban lands with a social justice approach is one of the issues that has been neglected in many urban development projects. In this study, after examining land ownership rights, some important rules related to land ownership in different Western and Islam More

Acquisition of urban lands with a social justice approach is one of the issues that has been neglected in many urban development projects. In this study, after examining land ownership rights, some important rules related to land ownership in different Western and Islamic perspectives are presented and suggestions are made to increase social justice in the realization of urban property rights. In the present study, due to the nature of the subject, the secondary analysis method and content analysis technique have been used. The findings of the study suggest that in the Western view, liberalism imposes restrictions on the government’s power to expropriate individuals, and argues that expropriation laws are only permissible if they serve the public interest. Results of the analysis of private property laws based on the indicators of justice and property rights in Iran by examining property laws in the relevant documents, in the form of 9 principles, including the participation of stakeholders in the implementation of urban projects in financing public spending, transfer of rights Development to the people, the legality of private expropriation if the public interest takes precedence over private-individual interests, and so on. Among the problems of land expropriation in urban development projects are the weakness of laws in proving the loss of existing owners or comparing the loss of owner and citizens and lack of explanation of the rights of the owner of each plot of land in relation to rules and regulations on how to use and use that property. Manuscript profile

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218 - Development of a Secure Web Service Using RUPSec
S. M. Hosseininezhad G. Elahi P. Jaferian

Security issues are considered as major hurdles in extensive utilization of web services in enterprise. There has been work on standards, protocols, and technologies to answer some of these concerns. Nevertheless, problems arise and the issues remain. One needs to reco More

Security issues are considered as major hurdles in extensive utilization of web services in enterprise. There has been work on standards, protocols, and technologies to answer some of these concerns. Nevertheless, problems arise and the issues remain. One needs to recognize security needs before he can tackle the task of selecting the right standard and mechanism to provide a secure system. In this paper, a case study is followed and thru that an approach for utilizing RUPSec for development of a secure web service is offered. The major objective has been to provide a way to discover and extract security needs of web services based on threats against them. Furthermore, RUPSec’s strength in pinpointing threats and security requirements is tested. Manuscript profile

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219 - A Distance-Based Method for Inconsistency Resolution of Models
R. Gorgan Mohammadi Ahmad Abdollahzadeh Barforoush

Model driven approach to software engineering has been taken into consideration due to its impact on reducing complexities and improving the productivity in software development. Inconsistencies are considered as an important challenge in applying models. An inconsisten More

Model driven approach to software engineering has been taken into consideration due to its impact on reducing complexities and improving the productivity in software development. Inconsistencies are considered as an important challenge in applying models. An inconsistency is occurred due to an undesired structural pattern in a model. The main drawback of current approaches to inconsistency resolution is not considering the difference between the repair and the spoiled model. This work presents a distance-based method for finding closest repair for the spoiled model. For this aim, models and metamodels are represented using directed graphs and graph transformation rules are employed for inconsistency resolution. A distance metric is defined based on the amount of changes in the graph corresponding to the model. Application of the proposed method to a set of BPMN models shows the improvement of the results. Manuscript profile

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220 - Studying Management Support Status of Training and Development in Tehran’s Municipality
mahmood abolghasemi

The fundamental aim of this study is investigating level of managers’ support from employees training and development in the municipality of Tehran. The study employed a mixed method research in which qualitative and quantitative data were collected using interview and More

The fundamental aim of this study is investigating level of managers’ support from employees training and development in the municipality of Tehran. The study employed a mixed method research in which qualitative and quantitative data were collected using interview and questionnaire. In this study, interview was conducted, by using purposive sampling, 8 training managers and questionnaires conducted by using stratified random sampling, 61 managers and 315 employees were selected. The qualitative data were analyzed using the descriptive, analytical and interpretive method. To analyze quantitative data, one-sample T test, independent T test and MANOVA was used. The research findings show that the most areas of supporting are: the resource allocation (time and proper equipment) for using learning content in workplace. The most important supporting level from the perspectives views of employees and managers are: to help to increasing the level of interest and motivation of employees to training and the opportunity use of training benefits (financial benefits, certification. Also the research findings showed that from the perspective of managers and employees, the most important barriers of managers’ support were high workload. For motivating employees to attend in training courses and sufficient support of training by managers also suggested that senior manager play as a template Manuscript profile

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221 - Identifying and Prioritizing the Factors Affecting the Faculty Development in the University of Tehran
داود قرونه Seyyed Mohammadi Mirkamali عباس بازرگان سیدکمال خرازی

This study intends to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the faculty development (FD) in the University of Tehran. An exploratory mixed method study was conducted in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase, the factors affecting the More

This study intends to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the faculty development (FD) in the University of Tehran. An exploratory mixed method study was conducted in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase, the factors affecting the development of faculty members were identified and categorized through semi-structured interviews with 15 experts who were selected by purposive sampling. In the quantitative phase, the viewpoints of 282 persons of faculty members of Tehran University who were selected by stratified relative sampling procedure were collected in the form of descriptive research method and the measurement tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. Two general categories of factors were identified as a result of qualitative phase, through open and axial coding method: 1. Personal factors and 2.Organizational factors. Then, in quantitative phase, data were analyzed by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, and also factors affecting the FD were prioritized. The results indicate that among personal factors, the personality characteristics of faculty members with the relative weight of 0.302 has the greatest impact on FD and then motivation, academic background, professional commitments, and responsibility are respectively with the relative weight of 0.251, 0.194, 0.135, and 0.118. The highest priority among organizational factors is organizational culture and climate with the relative weight of 0.277 and then factors such as career promotion system, management, development opportunities, and also structural factors and economic factors are in the relative ratios of 0.216, 0.18, 0.138, 0.104, and 0.85. Manuscript profile

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222 - Study and Present a Proper Framework for Standardizing Human Resource Development in Education Systems
رمضان جهانیان

The purpose of the current study is to provide a framework for standardizing human resource development in educational systems. The descriptive survey method was conducted. The population consists of all professors and teachers in the field of educational sciences in Is More

The purpose of the current study is to provide a framework for standardizing human resource development in educational systems. The descriptive survey method was conducted. The population consists of all professors and teachers in the field of educational sciences in Islamic Azad University in region 12 of Iran who were 255 persons. The sample is also equal to population that were selected using census sampling and also the census methods used. Data was collected via a researcher made questionnaire. The results show that, the framework for standardizing human resource development have four dimensions and twenty-three components, which are as follows: component of commitment including explicit commitment to the development of people in all levels, all staff awareness of the vision and main objectives, comprehensive business plan, designing the training and development needs of staff, all staff awareness of their role in the organizational success, relationship within managers and employee representatives. Dimensions of planning includes as follows: developing the necessary resources for training and development, assessing the training needs and development according to the goals, designing the process of development and training need analysis, determining the responsibilities of individuals throughout the organization, competency of managers for staff development, appropriateness of goals and development standards and also joining learning goals with international standards. Dimensions of action Includes as follows: introducing new staff and identifying their training and development needs, developing of employee skills according to the goals, informing staff from development opportunities, encouraging staff to determine the training needs and the way of providing them, effective proceeding for goal achievement of education, and the development and effective proceeding for achieving training and development goals. Dimensions of evaluation includes: evaluating the role of staff development for achieving goals, evaluating the results of training and development for the individual, group, organizational levels and senior management knowledge from the costs and benefits of individuals development. Manuscript profile

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223 - Strategies for Training and Development of Social Entrepreneurs in Iran
farnosh allami hamid rahimian

The purpose of this study is to present strategies for training and development of social entrepreneurs in Iran. A mixed method study was conducted in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase twelve social entrepreneurs were interviewed in-dept More

The purpose of this study is to present strategies for training and development of social entrepreneurs in Iran. A mixed method study was conducted in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative phase twelve social entrepreneurs were interviewed in-depth. The interviews were conducted based on the theatrical saturation and purposeful sampling. Then “Grounded Theory” and “Narrative Method” used for analysis. Five general categories of factors were identified as a result of qualitative phase in order to expand training and development of social entrepreneurs: public awareness and culture building, comparing study and benchmarking, more effective strategies of political and social institutions, developing entrepreneurs’ activities with training of social entrepreneurs, and initializing entrepreneurship in educational systems. In quantitative phase, 5 hypotheses were formulated based on obtained qualitative results in order to verify and generalize them. The sample size for quantitative phase of this study contains 58 CEOs or founders of NGOs using convenience sampling method. Then the data were analyzed using one sample t-test and Friedman. All components were verified except two sub-components. Manuscript profile

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224 - Designing a Business Management Competency Model for Managerial Jobs of Ansar Bank
حسین زاهدی

This study aims to design a causal business management competency model for managerial jobs of Ansar Bank. This study uses a descriptive-survey method in which 150 Ansar Bank managers were sampled by purposive sampling and then studied in 2012. Data collection was made More

This study aims to design a causal business management competency model for managerial jobs of Ansar Bank. This study uses a descriptive-survey method in which 150 Ansar Bank managers were sampled by purposive sampling and then studied in 2012. Data collection was made by a researcher-made questionnaire. The instrument validity was assessed and verified based on the comments of university professors who were dealing with the subject of this study, while taking advantage of principal component analysis method and latent variables measurement fitting using confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability was measured by Cronbach’s alpha which revealed a reliability of (R=864%), and as it can be claimed the instrument enjoys a good reliability. To test the hypotheses of this research, structural equation modeling was used. The results verify all primary and secondary hypotheses of this study and reveal the effectiveness of competencies included in Business Management Competency Model for Managerial Jobs of Ansar Bank.The variable of customer-orientation enjoys the highest level of effectiveness. In other words, it enjoys the most significant relationship with business management and afterwards the variables of communications, modifications, resource management come respectively. Manuscript profile

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225 - Identification of the Principal Components of Distance Education and Human Resource Development in Payame Noor University and Presenting a Model
مهران فرج‌اللهی

The purpose of the present research was to identify the role of distance education system in human resource development in Payame Noor University (PNU) as the pioneer university in Iran and presenting a model using descriptive survey method. . Statistical population co More

The purpose of the present research was to identify the role of distance education system in human resource development in Payame Noor University (PNU) as the pioneer university in Iran and presenting a model using descriptive survey method. . Statistical population consists of all Ph.D. students of PNU in 1390-1391 who were 1082 people, so 321 people were chosen among them using stratified random sampling. The main instrument of the research was two researcher-made questionnaires which were designed based on the theoretical and literature review of distance education and human resource development. Validity of the questionnaires were verified by experts and its reliability by using Cronbach’s alpha was 0.898 for distance education and 0.872 for human resource development. In this survey, the findings show that distance education had three main components (i.e. technology, interaction, and facilities) and human resource development had four main components (i.e. knowledge, attitude, skill, and behavior). By ranking the components and indices of distance education and human resource development using LISREL 8.53, a theoretical model was proposed which suggests that, if administered properly, distance education can lead to development of human resources and its components, i.e. knowledge, attitude, skill, and behavior. Manuscript profile

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226 - The Effect of Vocational Training on the Human Development Indexes
رمضان جهانیان

The primary aim of this study was to identify the impact of vocational training on human development index in Alborz Province free institutions. The study was quasi-experimental, single-group using pre-test and post-test and population of this study formed on 30 frees v More

The primary aim of this study was to identify the impact of vocational training on human development index in Alborz Province free institutions. The study was quasi-experimental, single-group using pre-test and post-test and population of this study formed on 30 frees vocational Institute with 3,800 students in these schools that have registered in the last course of 1391. According to Morgan’s table of selecting sample, 246 samples (numbers of males and females are equal) were selected by a cluster random sampling technique. The research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of questionnaire was examined using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient test. (0.85). the results showed that vocational training has an impact on reducing unemployment and poverty. It also increases hope to the life and improves enabling and mental health of individuals who have been trained. This study shows that, there is a significant difference between the average impacts of vocational training on components of the human development index with different gender. The results obtained in this study indicate that the vocational trainings have impact on components of the Human Development Index as follows: reduce the unemployment and poverty, increase hope to the life and living conditions, also increase enabling and psychological health. Thus all research hypothesis were approved with 99% confidence level using appropriate statistical significance 0.001 (T-dependent) and analysis of variance. Manuscript profile

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227 - Evaluating Talent- based Development in Saipa Automobile Manufacturing Company
Khodayar Abili سارا رحمتی

The aim of this study was to determine the status of talent- based development process in the human resources department of Saipa automobile manufacturing company. In terms of purpose this study is an applied research, and research evaluation for data collection. Statis More

The aim of this study was to determine the status of talent- based development process in the human resources department of Saipa automobile manufacturing company. In terms of purpose this study is an applied research, and research evaluation for data collection. Statistical society was staff of Saipa Company’s human resources department to 260 people using the random sampling method, 155 of them were selected and questioned. A researcher-made questionnaire consisted of 20 closed questions was used to collect data. The validity of this was reviewed and approved by using view point of university professors and its reliability was calculated 94/5% by using Cronbach's alpha. After gathering and summarizing data, were used descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze and interpret the research questions. The results showed that from the organization's employees point of views the situation of talent based development process is in a favorable level. Moreover, the results indicate a significant gap between the current situation and the desired situation in all components of talent based development process. Solutions for lowering this gap were suggested. Manuscript profile

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228 - The Effects of Social Capital on Human Resource Development
مصطفی عسکریان منصور دهقان نجم‌آبادی mohamad ali borjikhani avanaki

The current research aimed at studying the effects of social capital components (according to Ghoshal and Nahapyt) on human resources development elements in Saipa companies using training experts’ viewpoints in that company. This is an applied research in which descrip More

The current research aimed at studying the effects of social capital components (according to Ghoshal and Nahapyt) on human resources development elements in Saipa companies using training experts’ viewpoints in that company. This is an applied research in which descriptive survey was used as the data collecting method. The statistical population consists of training experts in Saipa companies and 104 persons of them were selected as a sample for this research by ratio cluster and table sampling in Krejcie- Morgan method. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The validity and reliability of questionnaire were confirmed by academicians and the Cronbach’s Alpha, respectively. The result of this research shows that social capital components has effect on human resources development in SAIPA Companies using training experts of viewpoint in that companies, so that by increasing and preserving social capital, human resources develop more efficiently. Manuscript profile

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229 - Impact of Training for Authentic Leadership Behaviors on Enhancement of Employees’ Performance
Nasrin Arshadi Mohammad فروهر

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of training for positive leadership behaviors of managers on job performance of employees. The experimental research design was through pre-test and post-test with control group. The participants were 42 man More

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of training for positive leadership behaviors of managers on job performance of employees. The experimental research design was through pre-test and post-test with control group. The participants were 42 managers in NIPC who were selected by random sampling method and then divided randomly in experimental and control groups (each 21 employees). Furthermore in order to evaluate the impact of educational programs, 2 to 3 employees per manager were randomly selected then a pre-test was tested on control groups. After 3 days (20 hours training) educational interventions related to the main treatment were performed on managers and after 6 months the experimental test have been done on control groups. Data has been collected by using from two questioners: authentic leadership questionnaire (by Walumbwa and et al, 2008) and job performance questionnaire (by Heilman and et al, 2000(. Data analysis with ANCOVA indicated that the training of positive leadership behaviors of managers increases employees’ job performance. Manuscript profile

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230 - The Effect of Vocational Training on the Human Development Indexes
رمضان جهانیان

The primary aim of this study was to identify the impact of vocational training on human development index in Alborz Province free institutions. The study was quasi-experimental, single-group using pre-test and post-test and population of this study formed on 30 frees v More

The primary aim of this study was to identify the impact of vocational training on human development index in Alborz Province free institutions. The study was quasi-experimental, single-group using pre-test and post-test and population of this study formed on 30 frees vocational Institute with 3,800 students in these schools that have registered in the last course of 1391. According to Morgan’s table of selecting sample, 246 samples (numbers of males and females are equal) were selected by a cluster random sampling technique. The research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of questionnaire was examined using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient test. (0.85). the results showed that vocational training has an impact on reducing unemployment and poverty. It also increases hope to the life and improves enabling and mental health of individuals who have been trained. This study shows that, there is a significant difference between the average impacts of vocational training on components of the human development index with different gender. The results obtained in this study indicate that the vocational trainings have impact on components of the Human Development Index as follows: reduce the unemployment and poverty, increase hope to the life and living conditions, also increase enabling and psychological health. Thus all research hypothesis were approved with 99% confidence level using appropriate statistical significance 0.001 (T-dependent) and analysis of variance. Manuscript profile

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231 - Identifying Talent Development Mechanisms in Iranian Electric Industry

The current study aimed to identify talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry applying a mixed method approach. In qualitative phase, statistical population included academic informants and electric industry’s human resource managers and talents from wh More

The current study aimed to identify talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry applying a mixed method approach. In qualitative phase, statistical population included academic informants and electric industry’s human resource managers and talents from whom 19 people were purposefully selected and profoundly interviewed. The collected qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis technique and its validity was confirmed applying member checking, data source triangulation and peer debriefing techniques. In quantitative phase, statistical population consisted of 279 talents from which 134 people were selected randomly as a sample using levy and lemeshaw (1981) formula. Data was collected applying researched- administered questionnaire which contain 56 questions. Structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS) approach was used to analyses the collected data. So, in order to do second order confirmatory factor analysis, Smart-PLS3 was utilized. Finally, findings obtained from thematic analysis showed that the main talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry were categorized into Internal/external organizational sessions, vertical career path, horizontal career path, self- development, coaching, succession planning, training, performance management, job design techniques, team working, learning by doing, knowledge sharing, and networking. Results of one sample t- test indicated that all identified mechanisms were evaluated adequately by electric industry’s talents. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis’ results showed that all observable and latent variables’ factor loading were above 0.70 and were confirmed at 0.01 levels. In other words, the 13 mechanisms identified in qualitative phase can be considered as the fundamental factors of talent development and it can be predicted applying them Manuscript profile

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232 - Identifying Talent Development Mechanisms in Iranian Electric Industry
Khodayar Abili

The current study aimed to identify talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry applying a mixed method approach. In qualitative phase, statistical population included academic informants and electric industry’s human resource managers and talents from wh More

The current study aimed to identify talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry applying a mixed method approach. In qualitative phase, statistical population included academic informants and electric industry’s human resource managers and talents from whom 19 people were purposefully selected and profoundly interviewed. The collected qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis technique and its validity was confirmed applying member checking, data source triangulation and peer debriefing techniques. In quantitative phase, statistical population consisted of 279 talents from which 134 people were selected randomly as a sample using levy and lemeshaw (1981) formula. Data was collected applying researched- administered questionnaire which contain 56 questions. Structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS) approach was used to analyses the collected data. So, in order to do second order confirmatory factor analysis, Smart-PLS3 was utilized. Finally, findings obtained from thematic analysis showed that the main talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry were categorized into Internal/external organizational sessions, vertical career path, horizontal career path, self- development, coaching, succession planning, training, performance management, job design techniques, team working, learning by doing, knowledge sharing, and networking. Results of one sample t- test indicated that all identified mechanisms were evaluated adequately by electric industry’s talents. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis’ results showed that all observable and latent variables’ factor loading were above 0.70 and were confirmed at 0.01 levels. In other words, the 13 mechanisms identified in qualitative phase can be considered as the fundamental factors of talent development and it can be predicted applying them Manuscript profile

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233 - Identifying Talent Development Mechanisms in Iranian Electric Industry
Khodayar Abili Aryan gholipour

The current study aimed to identify talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry applying a mixed method approach. In qualitative phase, statistical population included academic informants and electric industry’s human resource managers and talents from wh More

The current study aimed to identify talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry applying a mixed method approach. In qualitative phase, statistical population included academic informants and electric industry’s human resource managers and talents from whom 19 people were purposefully selected and profoundly interviewed. The collected qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis technique and its validity was confirmed applying member checking, data source triangulation and peer debriefing techniques. In quantitative phase, statistical population consisted of 279 talents from which 134 people were selected randomly as a sample using levy and lemeshaw (1981) formula. Data was collected applying researched- administered questionnaire which contain 56 questions. Structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS) approach was used to analyses the collected data. So, in order to do second order confirmatory factor analysis, Smart-PLS3 was utilized. Finally, findings obtained from thematic analysis showed that the main talent development mechanisms in Iranian electric industry were categorized into Internal/external organizational sessions, vertical career path, horizontal career path, self- development, coaching, succession planning, training, performance management, job design techniques, team working, learning by doing, knowledge sharing, and networking. Results of one sample t- test indicated that all identified mechanisms were evaluated adequately by electric industry’s talents. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis’ results showed that all observable and latent variables’ factor loading were above 0.70 and were confirmed at 0.01 levels. In other words, the 13 mechanisms identified in qualitative phase can be considered as the fundamental factors of talent development and it can be predicted applying them Manuscript profile

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234 - ICT Integration in Teacher Education with Meta-Synthesis Approach
داود معصومی روح اله مهدیون بتول معصومی

This article looks at the integration of ICT in teacher education in the wider perspective of school development, which puts on focus both in-service and pre-service teacher education. To prepare teacher-education students for work in a rapidly changing, information ric More

This article looks at the integration of ICT in teacher education in the wider perspective of school development, which puts on focus both in-service and pre-service teacher education. To prepare teacher-education students for work in a rapidly changing, information rich and technology based society, the key strategies in integration of ICT in teacher education programs and provides implications and directions for future analyses of ICT integration efforts are analyzed. A meta-synthesis exercise was undertaken, to analyze and synthesize the studies and examples of best practice to integrate ICT in education particularly in teacher education. The results were provided into two main parts including: - ICT in in-service teacher education; - ICT in pre-service teacher education. Discussing the examples of practices and strategies, it is argued that addressed strategies are complementary, thus a combination of the given strategies may be more efficient way in integrating ICT in teacher education programs Manuscript profile

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235 - Studying the Challenges of Training and Development of Human Resources Based on Three Branches Model
gholamreza shams mourkani علی فاطمی صفت

This study aimed at identifying and ranking human resource deficiencies in training and development activities at Fajr Electronic Industries, based on three branches model (process, structure and environment dimensions). Concerning methodology, it has been adapted the c More

This study aimed at identifying and ranking human resource deficiencies in training and development activities at Fajr Electronic Industries, based on three branches model (process, structure and environment dimensions). Concerning methodology, it has been adapted the complex method which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In qualitative phase, according to information-rich sampling method, all related documents and researches were reviewed and interview framework was developed after categorizing the identified deficiencies based on three branches model,. According to purposeful sampling method, 10people were selected to be interviewed in order to identify more deficiencies. In quantitative part, the questionnaire was developed through converting identified deficiencies to questionnaire items and then distributed among 126 of employees. They were selected from all employees (including managers) of Fajr Electronic Industries (N=250) based on stratified random sampling method. Since the content of questionnaire was based on the results of reviewing documents and interviews, its content related validity is admitted. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods (including one sample t-test, two independent sample t-test, estimation of mean, and Friedman test) were used to analyze the quantitative data. Results indicated that education office of Fajr Electronic Industries - in all studied dimensions- is at quiet defected or almost defected statues Manuscript profile

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236 - Studying the Challenges of Training and Development of Human Resources Based on Three Branches Model
gholamreza shams mourkani

This study aimed at identifying and ranking human resource deficiencies in training and development activities at Fajr Electronic Industries, based on three branches model (process, structure and environment dimensions). Concerning methodology, it has been adapted the c More

This study aimed at identifying and ranking human resource deficiencies in training and development activities at Fajr Electronic Industries, based on three branches model (process, structure and environment dimensions). Concerning methodology, it has been adapted the complex method which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In qualitative phase, according to information-rich sampling method, all related documents and researches were reviewed and interview framework was developed after categorizing the identified deficiencies based on three branches model,. According to purposeful sampling method, 10people were selected to be interviewed in order to identify more deficiencies. In quantitative part, the questionnaire was developed through converting identified deficiencies to questionnaire items and then distributed among 126 of employees. They were selected from all employees (including managers) of Fajr Electronic Industries (N=250) based on stratified random sampling method. Since the content of questionnaire was based on the results of reviewing documents and interviews, its content related validity is admitted. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods (including one sample t-test, two independent sample t-test, estimation of mean, and Friedman test) were used to analyze the quantitative data. Results indicated that education office of Fajr Electronic Industries - in all studied dimensions- is at quiet defected or almost defected statues Manuscript profile

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237 - Studying the Challenges of Training and Development of Human Resources Based on Three Branches Model
gholamreza shams mourkani علی فاطمی صفت

This study aimed at identifying and ranking human resource deficiencies in training and development activities at Fajr Electronic Industries, based on three branches model (process, structure and environment dimensions). Concerning methodology, it has been adapted the c More

This study aimed at identifying and ranking human resource deficiencies in training and development activities at Fajr Electronic Industries, based on three branches model (process, structure and environment dimensions). Concerning methodology, it has been adapted the complex method which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In qualitative phase, according to information-rich sampling method, all related documents and researches were reviewed and interview framework was developed after categorizing the identified deficiencies based on three branches model,. According to purposeful sampling method, 10people were selected to be interviewed in order to identify more deficiencies. In quantitative part, the questionnaire was developed through converting identified deficiencies to questionnaire items and then distributed among 126 of employees. They were selected from all employees (including managers) of Fajr Electronic Industries (N=250) based on stratified random sampling method. Since the content of questionnaire was based on the results of reviewing documents and interviews, its content related validity is admitted. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods (including one sample t-test, two independent sample t-test, estimation of mean, and Friedman test) were used to analyze the quantitative data. Results indicated that education office of Fajr Electronic Industries - in all studied dimensions- is at quiet defected or almost defected statues Manuscript profile

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238 - The Role of Knowledge Management in Human Resource Development in Tehran Municipality, Region 4
Shahram Khalil Nezhad

This study investigated the effect of knowledge management on human resource development in Tehran Municipality Region 4 to provide practical suggestions for increasing the capabilities of human capital in the organization through knowledge management. The literature re More

This study investigated the effect of knowledge management on human resource development in Tehran Municipality Region 4 to provide practical suggestions for increasing the capabilities of human capital in the organization through knowledge management. The literature review identified four components consisting of identifying, acquiring, developing and sharing for knowledge management concept and four components consisting of attitude, knowledge, behavior and skill for human resource development concept. Following the positivism philosophy, deductive (quantitative) approach, and the survey method, a questionnaire (consisting of 45 questions) was used to collect field data. Face and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed through selecting a standard questionnaire and submitting it to the experts, construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis and reliability through Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.91). The number of population including undergraduate, graduate and managers of the organization, was 1,100 and the sample volume of 285 randomly selected. Data normality through the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and relationships between variables and conceptual models through Pearson correlation and structural equation model approved. It turned out that knowledge management plays a significant role in the development of human resources (The correlation coefficient: 0.875; load factor: 0.81). It also became clear that identifying, acquiring, developing and sharing knowledge have impact on the development of knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills of human capital. As a result, one of the expected outcomes of knowledge management system can be development of human capital in all dimensions. Also, it can be concluded that one of the tools of human resource development is the establishment of a knowledge management system. Manuscript profile

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239 - Promoting Quality of Human Resources Training in Higher Education with Emphasis on Social Capital Development
ebrahim salehi omran

Development of social capital as a macro-policy in higher education may result from high quality human resource training. Educational systems can provide quality training opportunities, laying the groundwork for people to get involved in social events. In this respect, More

Development of social capital as a macro-policy in higher education may result from high quality human resource training. Educational systems can provide quality training opportunities, laying the groundwork for people to get involved in social events. In this respect, various theoretical conceptions of training qualification should be, however, taken into consideration. In recent decades, the relevance and development of quality training or social capital development has been a theoretical conception influencing Human Resource training quality. Thus, the present paper explores this idea, using a descriptive, analytical, qualitative approach. Analysis of social capital and its relation to the quality of educational skills, which is required for human resources, can be regarded as a genuine policy in promoting higher education quality. Finally, it can be claimed that wise policies in higher education is a prerequisite for offsetting cultural and economic aspects. Manuscript profile

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240 - Validation for Faculty Member Development Model in Universities of Tehran
yousef mohebzadegan Mohammad

To modernize any society, in particular in developing countries it is necessary to focus and to be concerned with educational institutions. The quality of these institutions and their anticipation to fulfill the present and future needs of the society throughout Educati More

To modernize any society, in particular in developing countries it is necessary to focus and to be concerned with educational institutions. The quality of these institutions and their anticipation to fulfill the present and future needs of the society throughout Education, Research and Proficiency Services are important. Faculty Development is an organized, goal-directed process to achieve progression and growth of skills that enable one to contribute in a meaningful way to the advancement of the field of interest, whether educational, operational, or scientific. This Research relied on mixed method Research and has been done based on Grounded Theory approach. research participants include 17 higher education Experts including full time faculty members and granted PhD students for qualitative part and 307 faculty members in Tehran universities for quantitative part. In this research type of data generated throughout semi structured interview and questionnaire. In validating the gathered data used two methods including member checking and external audit for Qualitative part and Alpha Cronbach for quantitative part. Data Analysis: The Gathered data were analyzed using the content analysis approach using by LISREL and SPSS software. The results Indicate that 13 General Categories Paradigm Model, Including Causal Conditions, Core phenomena (Participation in Decision Making), Contextual Conditions, the Intervening Conditions, Strategies for Faculty Development (Academic Freedom, Set up the Faculty Development Center) and Outcomes Obtained that Factors Affecting the Faculty Development Process. Manuscript profile

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241 - Recognizing the Effective Factors Affecting Human Resource Development (Case study: A Single Provincial Agency SID)

With the emergence of the knowledge economy, human capabilities known as the Attitude change and variety of insight may enhance or reduce development of human resource in organization. Thus it needs rethinking how to provide human resource development. The aim of curren More

With the emergence of the knowledge economy, human capabilities known as the Attitude change and variety of insight may enhance or reduce development of human resource in organization. Thus it needs rethinking how to provide human resource development. The aim of current paper is to reorganize effective mental factors and patterns or to explain the dominant mental paradigm for human resource development. The statistical society is experts of SID Organization in a province of Iran. According to the aim of study Q methodology was used and its performance of steps presented 7 effective factors. Based on the results of factor analysis, statistical or new roles for community research unit or experts are provided. Weaknesses that leads to a decrease in human resource development, has also been explained. Manuscript profile

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242 - Studying the Effect of Training on Human Resources Strategies with Emphasis on Intermediary Role of Professional Development and Knowledge Sharing

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of education on human resources strategies with emphasis on the intermediary role of professional development and knowledge sharing by structural equations. To do this, 230 employees and managers of district 7 of Gas transm More

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of education on human resources strategies with emphasis on the intermediary role of professional development and knowledge sharing by structural equations. To do this, 230 employees and managers of district 7 of Gas transmission operation in Iran were participated in the present study. They responded questionnaires of education, professional development, knowledge sharing and human resources strategies. For data analysis, structural equations model with LISREL software was applied. The results showed that learning-oriented training has positive and significant direct effect on knowledge sharing, professional development and human resources strategies. There is a positive and significant direct effect of knowledge sharing on professional development and human resources strategies. There is an indirect, positive and significant effect of learning-oriented training on human resources strategies via professional development and knowledge sharing. Findings emphasized the role of education, knowledge sharing and professional development on human resources strategies. Manuscript profile

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243 - Developing Professional Development Programs for Managers and Staff in the Branch of Monetary and Banking
hasan asheghi Mohammad

The objective of this research was to train and develop from a professional perspective. Qualitative research and focus group techniques were applied in order to achieve this. Indeed, the first step was to study the literature on professional development by researching More

The objective of this research was to train and develop from a professional perspective. Qualitative research and focus group techniques were applied in order to achieve this. Indeed, the first step was to study the literature on professional development by researching databases, library resources, high-level documents, and domestic reports. Afterwards, by holding focus group interviews and consulting with the participants who were experts, a professional education and development plan was designed. The research statistical population (both of academy and bank) included 12 experts who were well acquainted with Human Resource Development in banking industry. Data collection instruments involved interview protocols and questionnaires which were analyzed by the application of a content analysis method. Research findings included identification of job competencies at the level of branch, i.e. bank manager, deputy, chief officer, bank-teller, and caretaker, by applying a model which included both the individual and the organization and aspects of personality, viewpoint, knowledge, and skill. Through application of this two-dimensional model and four-field approach, educational modular courses were developed for each job in accordance with the level of competency required, perceptional, human, or technical. The findings of this research indicated that in order to develop branch managers and staff professionally in monetary and banking fields, competency-based training programs focusing on required skills for each position should be developed. For instance, in modular courses to be attended by the managers and deputies, management and perceptional skills should be highlighted; whereas in case of bank-tellers a more emphasis was put on job competencies and technical skills. Manuscript profile

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244 - Identifying and Ranking Teachers' Barriers in a Virtual Human Resource Development Environment
Zohreh Jaafari far Abasalt Khorasani Morteza Rezaeizadeh

E-learning is one of the appropriate tools to train employees in the organization due to some advantages such as flexibility of time and place. However, realizing these benefits and removing the barriers are in need of optimal use of e-learning. Thus the current study t More

E-learning is one of the appropriate tools to train employees in the organization due to some advantages such as flexibility of time and place. However, realizing these benefits and removing the barriers are in need of optimal use of e-learning. Thus the current study tried to identify and rank the barriers of teachers in virtual training and development of organizations. Therefore, this study was conducted in a sample of 115 of Shahid Beheshti University staff in Tehran who attended in e-learning courses through the last year. In order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. Reliability of the questionnaire was 95% based on Cronbach’s alpha and its validity was confirmed by scholars and experts of virtual education. The Results of this study identified and ranked barriers of e-learning as follows: Educational, Infrastructural, moral and Cultural barriers. The implications of the current study on how virtual education can be properly used in HRD is also discussed and outlined in the paper. Manuscript profile

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245 - Studying and Prioritizing Effective Factors on Succession Planning Success in Banking Industry Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods (Case Study: Refah Bank)
Behrooz Ghlichlee Shahram Mashoufi Saeed Ghahremani

The purpose of this research is to study and prioritize factors which are effective on succession planning success in banking industry. This is an applied and descriptive research. Statistical sample of research is 15 persons including Refah Bank managers and experts. D More

The purpose of this research is to study and prioritize factors which are effective on succession planning success in banking industry. This is an applied and descriptive research. Statistical sample of research is 15 persons including Refah Bank managers and experts. Data gathering was done by Delphi method, asking experts’ opinions. Opinions were gathered by a researcher-made questionnaire including factors affecting the success of succession planning. After that, data were analyzed using Spss and Excel software and also fuzzy TOPSIS method for prioritizing factors, which is one of the multi-criteria decision making methods. Results showed that “support and participation of senior managers” and “justice” are the most important factors in the success of succession planning with the approach of assessment and development center. Manuscript profile

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246 - Identifying the Model and Designing the Competencies of the Faculty Members of Universities and Higher Education Institutions of Iran: A Qualitative Study
Hedieh Mohabbat Kurosh Fathi Vajargah Parivash Jaafari

faculty members are considered as key factors in universities and higher education institutions. Future developments of universities also depend on the competencies, innovations and professional development programs of faculty members. The present study aims to investig More

faculty members are considered as key factors in universities and higher education institutions. Future developments of universities also depend on the competencies, innovations and professional development programs of faculty members. The present study aims to investigate the model and competencies of faculty members in the framework of qualitative approach and content analysis. The research population is composed of all the professors and higher education students in Iran’s universities. Sampling, similar to most sampling types in qualitative studies, is a purposive one, through a criterion and network sampling strategies. The number of informants, based on the principle of saturation in qualitative studies, is 23 who come from diverse universities and institutes. Semi- structured interviews were employed to gather the data, which subsequently were analyzed in several stages using the thematic analysis method. The validity of the analyses was ensured by peer audit and peer debriefing. Results indicated that the competencies of faculty members in six dimensions of educational, research, organizational, ethical, individual and professional competencies and 44 subspecialties were classified. Manuscript profile

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247 - Determining the Management Development Dimensions in Supplying Automotive Parts Company (SAPCO)
Mahshid Firouz Abadi Marjan Fayazi Mehrdad Estiri

The purpose of this study is to recognize the dimensions affecting the management development in SAPCO. This study is an applied research, and was carried out through a survey. The data used in this survey is a combination of qualitative and quantitative data gathered f More

The purpose of this study is to recognize the dimensions affecting the management development in SAPCO. This study is an applied research, and was carried out through a survey. The data used in this survey is a combination of qualitative and quantitative data gathered from the managers and the top-level supervisors in this company. Qualitative analysis was performed using content analysis and for quantitative analysis t-test was used. Sample group at the first stage (qualitative phase) consisted of 10 managers at supervisor level in SAPCO (saturation level) and at the second stage (qualitative phase) consisted of 53 participants who were asked to fill out a questionnaire. The results indicated that training, performance appraisal, succession planning, top manager’s support, and strategic orientation is recognized as the effective factors on the management development. Manuscript profile

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248 - Identifying and Explaining the Dimensions, Components and Indicators in Competency Development for Banking Industry Managers
hasan asheghi Mohammad Nadergholi GHourchian

The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the dimensions, components and indicators in competency development for bank managers. To achieve this goal, the qualitative research approach and semi-structured interview method have been used. To formulate the res More

The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the dimensions, components and indicators in competency development for bank managers. To achieve this goal, the qualitative research approach and semi-structured interview method have been used. To formulate the research framework, literature and the history of managerial development were developed with emphasis on study management competencies and frameworks and interview questions. The interviews were conducted in the statistical society of the managing of the tose,e taavan Bank and implemented through a targeted sampling method. The study population was bank managers and statistical sample of 21 people. The data collection tools were interview forms and analytical method, content analysis. Findings of the research showed that for the development of managers' competency, five dimensions, twenty components and one hundred and thirty-two indicators should be considered by educational planners. The five dimensions are: 1) mental -value dimension, 2) communication dimension, 3) technical - specialized dimension, 4) managerial dimension and 5) ability dimension. Twenty components include public values, organizational values, insights and attitudes, personal characteristics, individual communication, interpersonal communication, banking communication, leadership, professionalism, financial-banking knowledge, technology knowledge, educational-research skills, self-management, management of others, business management, emotional ability, mental ability, experiential ability, academic ability and physical ability. The one hundred and thirty-two indices are presented in the final model. The results of this research indicate that for competency development of managers in the field of money and banking, a model consisting of a central core should include the elements that form the competencies of management and the community supporting the development of managers, the second layer affects the managers' developmental plans, and the five dimensions, twenty components, and one hundred and thirty-two Indicators. Manuscript profile

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249 - Structural Modeling of the Impact of Organizational Factors on the Human Resource Development with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Management Process and Transfer of Training
Kolsoom Nami mir mohmmad seyed abbaszadeh Mohammad Hassani Abbas Bazargan

The aim of the present study determines the relationship between organizational factors and human resources development with the mediating role of knowledge management process and transfer of training in the Islamic Azad Universities of Hormozgan. This study was a corre More

The aim of the present study determines the relationship between organizational factors and human resources development with the mediating role of knowledge management process and transfer of training in the Islamic Azad Universities of Hormozgan. This study was a correlational research using methods of structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all employees of Islamic Azad University of Hormozgan province, which includes 560 employees that 228 people were selected as statistical sample of the research. To collect data from questionnaires of Shekarzade knowledge management process (2012), Halton, Bates & Rona Transfer of Training (2002), Manus Organizational Factors (2004), Najafi human resource development (2012) were used, Structural validity through confirmatory factor analysis confirmed. Reliability of questionnaires was reported using Cronbach's alpha coefficient as 0.93, 0.89, 0.89 and 0.91, respectively. The results showed that organizational factors have a direct impact on the knowledge management process. Transfer of Training has a direct impact on the development of human resources. knowledge management process has a direct impact on the human resource development. The process of knowledge management has an indirect impact on the human resource development of employees through transfer of training. organizational factors have an indirect and significant impact on the human resource development through the process of knowledge management and the transfer of training. Manuscript profile

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250 - Designing a Performance Management Model with a Human Resources Development Approach in the Public Sector
Mohammad mohammadi

Over the past few decades, the implementation and application of performance management methods to improve service provision and the acquisition of key impacts have been key elements in the development of human resources development in governments. Considering the state More

Over the past few decades, the implementation and application of performance management methods to improve service provision and the acquisition of key impacts have been key elements in the development of human resources development in governments. Considering the state of the country's administrative system regarding performance management for the development of human resources and considering that the model being implemented today does not have the ability to properly assess employees, the main objective of this research is to design a model of performance management with the approach of HR development in the administrative sector was considered. This research has been implemented with qualitative content analysis method in the field of model extraction and based on a field survey to evaluate it, which led to the design of performance management model for human resource development in government agencies. The main dimensions of this model include the impact of human capital strategy on organizational strategy and reference laws; the coordination of accountability process; the relationship of responsibility and authority with employee performance appraisal; the impact of evaluation strategies on the process of employee performance evaluation; the existence of a significant relationship between the individual characteristics of employees and their evaluation process; Finally, the effect of the relationship of labor relations on employee performance management. Manuscript profile

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251 - Designing a National Human Resource Development Model Using System-Dynamic Approach
Rahmatollah Pakdel Aryan gholipour Syed Hosain Hosseini

Redesigning the systems and processes associated with each of them can have a significant effect on the guidance and management of the human resources of the country towards the goals and aspirations of the country's development and also prevent parallel and non-systemi More

Redesigning the systems and processes associated with each of them can have a significant effect on the guidance and management of the human resources of the country towards the goals and aspirations of the country's development and also prevent parallel and non-systemic actions & activities. This article designed with the purpose of providing a model for explaining the components and the way in which communication and interaction between policies, strategies, plans along with actions of each of these organizations and relevant ministries in the development of human resources. Based on the exploratory method, the required qualitative data for analysis is extracted for analysis based on the systemic approach, the interactions between national human resources components & subsystems and also system variables. The results of this study indicated that the National Human Resources Development System (NHRDS) has the main sub-systems of training and supply of human resources and labor market. These two subsystems are subordinated to HRM and Economic Development. In other words, the HR policies of the country act as inputs for the supply and labor market subsystem. Also, the causal circles derived from the six subsystems of this model, trace the effective variables and how to interact with each other and propose it as a basis for the solution presentation. Manuscript profile

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252 - Studying the Effect of E-Learning Courses of Universities and Non-profit Institute on Knowledge Development
alireza jazini

Nowadays, virtual learning as a new approach is in the development stage and studies on this related learning and also result of them can increase the quality of learning and teaching in the universities. This study is done with the reach of the impact the education of More

Nowadays, virtual learning as a new approach is in the development stage and studies on this related learning and also result of them can increase the quality of learning and teaching in the universities. This study is done with the reach of the impact the education of courses on the virtual universities and nonprofit institutes. This research is in the Descriptive survey group and in terms of goals it is functional. The method of the procedure is survey and, questionnaire is used for data collection. The population of this study is 4000 students who studied in the Shahab Danesh institute. 351 students were selected randomly by Morgan table. The employed method is stratified random sample. The data analyzed by statistical software Spss and for proving the hypotheses independent T test were used. The results of tests confirmed at a significance level of 0.05 from basic hypotheses and it was found that virtual education courses effect on the development of knowledge in universities and nonprofits and also for-profit universities and institutes of learning in content, organizing course material, flexibility, workload and evaluation methods, elements of teaching and learning, presented feedback, helping and motivating students. The results proved that the use of information technology and the development of virtual education in universities and higher education institutions, especially the Institute of that we study, affects in teaching and learning of students Manuscript profile

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253 - The Role of Blended Learning in Human Resource Development: A Case of Payam Noor University
hossien najafi

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of blended learning on human resource development in Payam Noor University (PNU). This study used a descriptive survey design. The population consisted of 3700 PNU faculty members in 2017-2018. Using stratified sampli More

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of blended learning on human resource development in Payam Noor University (PNU). This study used a descriptive survey design. The population consisted of 3700 PNU faculty members in 2017-2018. Using stratified sampling and based on Krejcie and Morgan’s table, 302 faculty members were selected as the sample. The data were collected using two questionnaires: the Blended Learning Questionnaire with five subscales (i.e., pedagogy, methodology, technology, learning styles, and organizational strategy), 40 items, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.903; the Human Resource Development Questionnaire with five subscales (i.e., knowledge, attitude, skill, critical thinking, and job satisfaction), 39 items, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.893. The hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation modeling were used by SPSS 21 to analyze the data. The results showed that blended learning has a significant effect on all the dimensions of human resource development at the 0.05 significance level: knowledge (0.573), attitude (0.510), job satisfaction (0.362), critical thinking (0.351), and skill (0.241). Several fitness indicators suggested that the model fit the data well (𝜒2/𝑑𝑓 = 1.05; GFI = 0.97; AGFI = 0.93; RMSEA = 0.0029; critical value = 0.38321). Thus, there was a causal relationship between blended learning and human resource development. Manuscript profile

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254 - Professional development model of faculty member’s online learning: qualitative research
javad Poorkarimi Ensieh Ramezanpour

Professional development of faculty members is considered as a key component of the quality of teaching and learning process improvement. The present study was aimed at designing a model for professional development of e-learning instructors. The methodology of the rese More

Professional development of faculty members is considered as a key component of the quality of teaching and learning process improvement. The present study was aimed at designing a model for professional development of e-learning instructors. The methodology of the research was applied to the purpose and the method of data collection was of a qualitative type which was performed using the data approach of the foundation with a Emergence approach (Glaser approach). The tool used was semi-structured interview and the statistical population of the faculty members was in the field of e-learning. Using a targeted sampling method, 22 of them were sampled and the data were saturated. Findings The study eventually comprised 659 open codes, 57 primary and 15 secondary categories. The results showed that for the development of faculty members, e-learning should focus on five main dimensions: the dimension of knowledge development (with 4 dimensions), skill development (with 3 dimensions), ability development (with 2 dimensions), development of attitude (with 3 dimensions) and development Features (with 3 dimensions). Manuscript profile

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255 - BOM Model; Designing and Presenting Learning Services based on Cloud Computing by Learning Service Providers
Dr Firouz Nouri Kalkhoran Kurosh Fathi Vajargah Abasalt Khorasani Amir reza Asnafi

Cloud computing and cloud services, as a technological solution to the development of educational services, can be very useful in accelerating and expanding services for this type of activities. This study aims to provide a coherent model for the design and delivery of More

Cloud computing and cloud services, as a technological solution to the development of educational services, can be very useful in accelerating and expanding services for this type of activities. This study aims to provide a coherent model for the design and delivery of services provided by Learning Service Providers (LSPs) based on the capabilities of cloud computing for human resources training and learning. To achieve this, a mixed approach and the theoretical research method were adopted. To identify the elements of the model for designing and delivering cloud-based learning services, we organized semi-structured interviews with specialists in organizational learning and business education. The participants in the interview process were selected using the theoretical sampling method. The interviews were organized using the open coding method. The test-retest reliability method was used in this study to measure the reliability of the coding process used in the specialized interviews. The consistency level (PAQ) was equal to 0.83, indicating a high level of internal consistency. In the second phase, the structure and method of Interactive Management (IM) and the Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) software were used for integrating the data and determining the relationship between the elements of the model. In the third section, related to the quantitative part of the research, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Expert Choice software were used to weigh the model design and cloud computing-based learning service delivery elements. Then, a comprehensive model called BOM was presented for the delivery of cloud computing-based learning services. The main elements of the model in the order of weight and level of importance in the model include the tools and mechanisms of technological learning (0.215), establishment of a curriculum planning system (0.208), design of learning services (0.151), learning support services (0.105), learning system performance evaluation (0.074), incentive mechanisms and tools for the use of cloud space for learning (0.068), legal dimensions of the use of cloud space (0.046), learning services business management (0.040), curriculum assessment (0.038), and marketing , advertising and sales of learning services (0.033). Manuscript profile

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256 - Examining the Effect of Unlearning in the Organization on Human Resource Development
Fahimeh Doosthosseini ***** ***** mehdie Safi

In today's world, organizations always face different environmental and technical changes; in order to adapt to these changes, they need to learn and apply new knowledge and technology, but they must consciously acquire knowledge that is obsolete and obsolete for any re More

In today's world, organizations always face different environmental and technical changes; in order to adapt to these changes, they need to learn and apply new knowledge and technology, but they must consciously acquire knowledge that is obsolete and obsolete for any reason. Identify and take proper measures to cut or end the degree of dependence on it. The main purpose of the research is the effect of learning dehumanization on the development of employees of the organization of work and social welfare of Alborz province. Learning outcomes include awareness, stopping the development of obsolete knowledge, leaving, isolating, integrating, and encouraging the use of new knowledge. In this study, the impact of these components on the development and development of employees has been addressed. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and based on nature and method of descriptive - correlation. The statistical population of the research includes supervisors, managers and employees in the Labor and Social Security Organization of the Alborz Province in 1230 people. Morgan table was used to decide the sample size. Based on the amount of statistical population, the sample size is estimated to be 293 people based on the Morgan table. The instrument of gathering in this research is a researcher made questionnaire. To analyze the collected data, the emulsion structural equation modeling software (Amos) was used. The results of the research showed that learning depletion and its dimensions have a positive and significant effect on employee development. Manuscript profile

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257 - Formulating the Pattern of Individual Development Plan for Human Resource Managers in Banking Industry
Arian Gholipour abolhassan faghihi MOHAMMAD ALI SHAHHOSSEINI baharak sefidgaran

managers, especially human resource managers, are recognized as the most important guides in development programs and they can do this in a desirable way if they, themselves have the learning spirit and have a documentary individual planning for development and excellen More

managers, especially human resource managers, are recognized as the most important guides in development programs and they can do this in a desirable way if they, themselves have the learning spirit and have a documentary individual planning for development and excellence. In our country, despite the attention to the development of managers in different fields, the approach of determining how to implement this development is not very relevant in terms of the specific competencies associated with the organizational domain and business environment and this issue has also been neglected in the banking system. The purpose of this research was to provide a pattern of the individual development plan for HR managers of the banking industry and to explain the components of the development plan and the relationships between them. To provide this framework, the literature and background, models, views and research on the individual development plan were widely studied and the primary pattern was designed, using the results of this step. Then, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 senior HR managers in the banking system, and the data were analyzed by using the software analysis (QSR Nvivo). In the following, A group interview was conducted in the form of a focus group with six human resource specialists in the banking industry and professors in this field to validate the proposed framework. Finally, in order to validate and prioritize these components, distribution of the questionnaire has been considered among 32 high-ranking HR managers of the banking system as another step of research. In the presented pattern in this study, the influential factors (strategy, culture and organizational texture), success factors (organizational requirements, design requirements and individual requirements), and Results (cognitive, attitude, skill and performance) are as the components of the individual development planning. Also, expected competencies and competency-based dimensions and how implementation of development measures for the HR managers of the banking industry are identified. Manuscript profile

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258 - Studying the Challenges of Faculty Development Programs at Shahid Beheshti University
Bahar Bandali Mahmood Abolghasemi MohammadHassan Pardakhtchi Morteza Rezaeizadeh

Paying attention to faculty development programs is one of the strategies to enhance the quality of universities. For this reason, universities try to offer various faculty development programs. Faculty members, however, have not welcomed such programs, as expected. Thu More

Paying attention to faculty development programs is one of the strategies to enhance the quality of universities. For this reason, universities try to offer various faculty development programs. Faculty members, however, have not welcomed such programs, as expected. Thus, finding the reasons needs researches and studies. Therefore, the current study seeks to identify the weaknesses of faculty development programs from academic staffs’ viewpoints. Using a phenomenological and qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 lecturers at Shahid Beheshti University. The transcribed interviews were coded in 3 stages using the Strauss and Corbin framework. As a result of this study, 14 weaknesses in the current FD programs were identified, as follows: “negligence in different dimensions of faculty development”, “lack of needs assessment”, “negligence in intrinsic motivators”, “negligence in individual differences”, “low frequency and quantity of programs”, “inflexible schedules”, “weak promotion and dissemination of programs”, “disorganized programs”, “irrelevant subjects”, “irrelevant content”, “ineffective teaching-learning methods”, “low interaction and participation of faculty members”, “lack of effectiveness for evaluation mechanisms”, and “weaknesses in feedback channels”. In order to get a comprehensive view of faculty development programs, the identified weaknesses were categorized and discussed in accordance with the different curriculum components. In General, based on the findings, it can be said that faculty development programs at this university call for a major revision in the four following components: Goal, Content, Teaching-Learning method, and Assessment methods. Manuscript profile

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259 - The Study of Effective Development Factors on Establishment of Organizational Quality Management System in Universities (with Emphasizing the Development of Human Resources)
azam molamohamadi koroush fathi vajargah maghsood farasatkhah

This research aimed at the study of effective developmental factors on establishment of organizational quality management system in universities with emphasizing the development of human resources using grounded theory (GT) as a qualitative approach. Accordingly, to col More

This research aimed at the study of effective developmental factors on establishment of organizational quality management system in universities with emphasizing the development of human resources using grounded theory (GT) as a qualitative approach. Accordingly, to collect data 27 experts from this field were interviewed with purposive sampling method using in depth – semi- structured in three groups: professors, decision makers and key informants in the field of academic quality. Data analysis was performed during open coding stages, orientation and selection by MAXQUDA 12 software. In order to validate the data, collaborative research technique, member checking, and researcher review and reliability index between two coders (Inter-rater reliability) were used. According to the findings of the research, the effective factors on the establishment of the quality management system of the university can be described in the form of 9 main categories and 35 sub categories, as follows:(1) Expected outcomes from higher education (3 sub categories), (2) University education (3 sub categories), (3) Resources and facilities (3 sub categories), (4) University Assessment System (3 sub categories), (5) University management ( 4 sub categories), (6) Great Leadership in higher education (5 sub categories), (7) Internationalization of university (6 sub categories), (8) Conditions governing society (4 sub categories), (9) Interrelation between industry and university (4 sub categories). Manuscript profile

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260 - Designing an Individual Human Resources Development Plan and Elaboration of its Role in the Organizational Performance (Case Study: Social Security Organization, Tehran Branch)
Naeimeh Tazakori Mohammad Feizi Mohammad Rouhi Eisalou Eshagh Rasouli

The study is of the basic-applied research type that uses a combined exploratory research method. The study population is comprised of 16 human resources development experts and social security organization’s managers in the qualitative section and 351 staff members wor More

The study is of the basic-applied research type that uses a combined exploratory research method. The study population is comprised of 16 human resources development experts and social security organization’s managers in the qualitative section and 351 staff members working in social security organization as the study sample volume in the quantitative section. Purposive sampling was the method of choice in the qualitative section and simple randomized sampling was utilized in the quantitative part. The data collection instrument was semi-structured interviews in the qualitative section and Heresy and Goldsmith’s organizational performance questionnaire and a researcher-constructed human resources development questionnaire in the quantitative section. To analyze the data in the qualitative section, use was made of NVivo11 in the qualitative section and SPSS19 was employed in the quantitative section. The data analysis method included a qualitative grounded theory method (open, pivotal and selective coding) and Pearson correlation and simultaneous regression in the quantitative section. The study results resulted in the formation of an individual HR development pattern in the qualitative section for Tehran’s social security organization; in the quantitative section, the effect of the pattern on the organizational performance was investigated and the results signified the positive effect of the individual HR development on the organizational performance. The present study’s findings can offer applied and operational implications in line with individual HR development and organizational performance improvement in social security organization. Manuscript profile

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261 - Human Resources Training and Development as an Academic Discipline: Experiences and Perspectives
Davood Ghorooneh Fateme Sanaeipour Kobra Emami

Human resource training and development (HRD) has become an interdisciplinary field of study as an important academic discipline. But the literature review shows that there is no consensus on components of this field. This research was conducted with the aim of studying More

Human resource training and development (HRD) has become an interdisciplinary field of study as an important academic discipline. But the literature review shows that there is no consensus on components of this field. This research was conducted with the aim of studying the existing situation and determining the scope of HRD, using qualitative research approach and case study method. The population in this study was all resources related to the subject, curriculum of the top universities in this field, as well as specialists of HRD. Therefore, after studying theoretical fundamentals, the curriculum of the top 10 universities was studied. Also, with seven experienced professors interviewed, and four group interviews with employers and proctors of HRD were conducted through the focus group. The interviewees were selected in a purposeful way and systematic coding was used to analyze the data. The results of these three stages of research have shown that the most important areas of study in HRD are: training design, HRD strategies, application of modern learning technologies in HRD, managing learning programs, evaluating learning effectiveness, talent management, coaching and mentoring, knowledge management, change and innovation management, and performance improvement management. Also, competencies such as leadership development, strategic human resource management, business intelligence, organizational behavior analysis, communication skills, and benchmarking of HRD have been identified as core topics in this field. Manuscript profile

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262 - The Study of Challenges in Higher Education System performance with an Emphasis on Human Resource Development
Negin Falah Haghighi Maryam Mahmoudi

This study aimed to identify and investigate the weaknesses of higher education system performance in the field of human resource development in Yazd province using the qualitative paradigm and grounded theory principles and proposes solutions for eliminating the identi More

This study aimed to identify and investigate the weaknesses of higher education system performance in the field of human resource development in Yazd province using the qualitative paradigm and grounded theory principles and proposes solutions for eliminating the identified weaknesses. This research is an applied research in terms of the purpose and a descriptive and non-experimental research in terms of data collecting. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews with 45 elites, scholars, policymakers, planners and provincial administrators, and experts involved in the process of human resource development of Yazd province via purposive sampling method. Data analysis was carried out using coding and continuous comparison inspired by Strauss and Corbin. Based on the findings of this research, inadequate resources and poor educational performance of higher education institutions of the province, inappropriate policies of knowledge and technology development and inadequate attention to higher education spatial planning were identified as the main weaknesses of higher education system performance in the field of human resources development in Yazd province. Establishment of mechanisms to connect universities and province economic sectors, implementation of land use planning studies in higher education and reconsideration the educational methods have been proposed for reducing the identified weaknesses. Manuscript profile

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263 - A Comparative Study on the Missions and Methods of Training in Professional Development Centers in the World Top Universities.
بتول جمالی زواره Ahmadreza Nasr Esfahani Mohammad reza Nili

Purpose of this article was comparative study the missions, goals and methods of training the faculty professional development centers in the world top universities. The 15 world top universities, based on the Shanghai ranking, was selected by targeted sampling method f More

Purpose of this article was comparative study the missions, goals and methods of training the faculty professional development centers in the world top universities. The 15 world top universities, based on the Shanghai ranking, was selected by targeted sampling method from 5 continents of the world, and studied the missions, goals and methods of training in professional development centers. The Bereday model used in this comparative study, in this method, the needed information for the research is collected by using existing documents and then, they were categorized into separate categories and analyzed and compared. The results showed that promoting the quality of teaching and learning, promoting university researches in teaching and learning and using new technologies in teaching and learning were three main goals of the establishment of learning and teaching centers in these universities. The most important training methods was workshops, conferences, seminars and counseling, mentoring and training courses. Manuscript profile

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264 - Calculating the Training Return on Investment (ROI) In Pars Oil & Gas Company (P.O.G.C)
Frouz Nouri Saeid Safaee Movahed Hamideh Bafandeh

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Training and development advisors and experts are working hard today to gain a position for training procedures as equal as other organizational procedures. This effort has turned into a huge challenge for such practitioners. Under such circumstances, return-of-investme More

Training and development advisors and experts are working hard today to gain a position for training procedures as equal as other organizational procedures. This effort has turned into a huge challenge for such practitioners. Under such circumstances, return-of-investment can be deemed both as an opportunity (if carried out properly) and a threat (if implemented improperly). Some believe that such an approach can help us integrate training into other mainstream procedures. Anyway, it is believed that formulating and conceptualizing such a strategy is a brave enterprise which needs to be managed reasonably.This paper aims at estimating the return-of-investment rate for project management training programs at Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC). To analyze data, AHP strategy is used through Expert Choice software. The final rate was calculated as %59976. The calculated ROI sounds logically reasonable and indicates that the training program has been effective in essence. Manuscript profile

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265 - Professional Identity of Human Resource Training and Development of Graduate Students at Tabriz University: A Phenomenological Study
Ali Imanzadeh vahideh jafariyan

This research aims to study professional identity in the mutual experiences of human resources training and development of graduate students at Tabriz University. In this research, a qualitative approach with a phenomenological method was used. The population of the stu More

This research aims to study professional identity in the mutual experiences of human resources training and development of graduate students at Tabriz University. In this research, a qualitative approach with a phenomenological method was used. The population of the study consisted of all human resources training and development students studying at Tabriz University who are familiar with the field of education and human resource development. So based on purposeful sampling, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 students and to ensure the reliability, accuracy, and correctness of the data, the interview questions reviewed and approved by the experts and repeated study, compare continuous data, summarize and categorize information methods was used. Data were analyzed by the Smith method proposed. Results include five main themes of the role of discipline, reasons of choosing discipline, nature of discipline, limitations of discipline, promotion the status of the discipline was obtained that each main themes also has several sub- themes. Results showed that introduction of discipline, reinforcing its position, providing the necessary and related professional resources and determination of the boundaries of disciplines can be useful steps in achieving professional identity of human resources training and development graduate students. Manuscript profile

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266 - The Role of Continuing E-Learning on Professional Development: A Case Study of the Telecom Industry
Farnoush Aalami Reza Sajady Mohammad Khalajghasemabadi

Learning is the only source of sustainable strategic advantage for companies. New technologies, including e-learning, have created a variety of training opportunities for corporate employees. But the continuity of these courses is of great importance. The main purpose o More

Learning is the only source of sustainable strategic advantage for companies. New technologies, including e-learning, have created a variety of training opportunities for corporate employees. But the continuity of these courses is of great importance. The main purpose of this research is the effect of continuing e-learning on the professional development of employees. The research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this research was 924 employees of Communication Services Company, 272 people were selected by random sampling and completed 260 standard electronic questionnaires. To analyze the data, independent t-test, ANOVA, correlation coefficient, and linear regression were used. The mean score of e-learning and professional development of the staff of Communication Services Company is higher than the average. The interest in the continuity of e-learning (4.61) shows that perceived applicability and integrity have the highest score and perceived merit lower score. Also, e-learning in the three subscales of user satisfaction, perceived intimacy, and interest in continuing learning has had the most significant impact on the increase of professional development of employees. The continuity of e-learning in communication services company has relatively high effectiveness. Perceived communication component, usability, internal motivation, interest in perceived self-retention e-learning, user satisfaction, information quality, and perceived competence have the highest mean. Manuscript profile

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267 - A Model of Talent Search for Faculty Members in Comprehensive Universities with Regional Performance Level based on Human Resources Development Strategies (A Case Study: Lorestan University)
unes romiani Khodayar abili javad porkarimi saeid frahbakhsh

Talent management is one of approaches that could assure the universities that competent and talented individuals could receive appropriate job positions and focuses on the significance of managing people and situations at different organizational levels. The current re More

Talent management is one of approaches that could assure the universities that competent and talented individuals could receive appropriate job positions and focuses on the significance of managing people and situations at different organizational levels. The current research was conducted with the aim of designing a model of talent search for academic staff members in comprehensive universities with regional performance level based on the principles of human resources development. The research method of this study was applied in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of data collection. In the qualitative phase, the statistical population consisted of academic and executive experts, 19 of whom were purposefully selected and interviewed in a semi-structured manner. In the quantitative part, the statistical population included all the academic staff members of Lorestan University, (n=307) and 110 individuals were selected as a sample using stratified random sampling. The tool of data collection in the qualitative part was semi-structured interviews and in the quantitative part two researcher-made questionnaires used for the purpose of accreditation and validation of the exploratory model. The results showed that the educational component (scientific mastery, effective teaching, learning), the research component (application of knowledge, research ability, scientific writing and publication, analysis), and the consulting component (consulting business environments, consulting students and advice to the community) constitute the main dimensions of the model, in addition, the results of the t-test in the validation section of the model indicated that all components have sufficient validity to be included in the final model. Furthermore, the findings of the research revealed that all observable and immediate variables had a factor load higher than 0.70 on their current variable; therefore, it was significant at the 0.01 level. Manuscript profile

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268 - Identifying Challenges to Development of Distance Education from the Perspective of Payame Noor University Professors
Manijeh Ahmadi

The purpose of the research is to identify the challenges of distance education development from the perspective of professors of Payame Noor University. The research method is qualitative in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection. In this research, after purp More

The purpose of the research is to identify the challenges of distance education development from the perspective of professors of Payame Noor University. The research method is qualitative in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection. In this research, after purposeful sampling and reviewing documents and research, the process of interviewing key and informed experts continued until the full identification, description, and characterization of the dimensions, components and indices and theoretical saturation were achieved. In order to determine the logical framework of the collected data, the steps of identifying, taking notes and classifying the concepts were performed. To this end, the collected information and texts were reviewed and categorized into major categories. Finally, the categories were reviewed and the duplicates removed, similar and smaller mergers and dimensions of the specific topic were categorized within the obtained components and indices. Based on the results, two-dimensional extraction model, 7 components, and 45 indices were extracted for university e-learning challenges. After finalizing the data analysis and extracting the conceptual model, the validity of the model was evaluated with 10 experts and university experts in a focus group on dimensions, components and indicators of agreement. Manuscript profile

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269 - Integrative Review of HRD Theory Building Literature: Thinking Proceedings and Applied Learnings
Rasool Rasayi Fard

This article aims to conduct an integrative review of the theory building literature of human resource development in order to identify thinking Proceedings and applied learnings in the 28-year history of theory building. Literature Thematic analyze based on Creswell (2 More

This article aims to conduct an integrative review of the theory building literature of human resource development in order to identify thinking Proceedings and applied learnings in the 28-year history of theory building. Literature Thematic analyze based on Creswell (2008) procedure and Callahan (2010) method has used for getting research goal. Research data has been scientific work about Human Resource Development include scientific article, paper, book chapter and conferences paper that published from 1990 to 2018. Criteria for choosing data has been theory building research in Human Resource Development, role of other scientific disciplines in Human Resource Development and theory development in Human Resource Development. Research data has been searched and selected in scientific databases. Data has included 183 article, paper and book chapter. In the next round articles and book chapters has studied and themes has extracted. Entirely 341 themes has extracted. The next step has been Coding, analyzing and recognizing the communicational model among the codes. The criteria for themes analyze has been Toulmin Intellectual Evolution Theory of Scientific Community (for identifying thinking Proceedings), Christopher Mabey Model (for identifying expectations from theory) and First Four Steps of Dubin’s Theory Building Model (for identifying HRD Functional framework in practice). The results include thinking Proceedings of theory building in Human Resource Development (Creating and Keeping Productivity, Increasing Productivity, Progressive Human, Progressive Institute, Creating Social Content), Expectations from Human Resource Development Theory in Practice (Instituting Development Thinking, Being in Adaption with Predominant Rationality, Being in Adaption with Diversity, Being Purposefully Synergic, Being Operative, Ethical Agency) and Functional framework Human Resource Development in Practice (Development Foundation, Development Approach, Development Methodology, Development Plan). Manuscript profile

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270 - Identify the results and functions of Web 2.0 tools in staff development (Higher and Continuing Education)
Somaye Rahimi Abasalt Khorasani Morteza Rezaeizadeh

Today, organizations including academic centers face many changes and challenges. Among these changes is the emergence of emerging technologies. Thus, lack of awareness of the emergence and strategic application aspects of existing technologies can lead organizations to More

Today, organizations including academic centers face many changes and challenges. Among these changes is the emergence of emerging technologies. Thus, lack of awareness of the emergence and strategic application aspects of existing technologies can lead organizations to irreversible crises. Among these technologies are Web 2.0 tools that have been the focus of this research. The purpose of this study was to identify the functions of Web 2.0 tools in human resource professional development. Therefore, this study has reviewed 22 articles in a systematic review of the literature and qualitative content analysis technique among the sources collected from the Scopus Scientific Database. The findings suggest that Web 2.0 technology has four major functions: strategies change of human resources learning process, strategies change of human resource knowledge management, strategies change of human resource interactions and communications, and strategies change of HR development perspectives in organizations. Also service provider organizations including educational, medical, and librarians were leading in using such tools for their employees' professional development processes. Finally, a conceptual framework for the function of Web 2.0 tools in the professional development of human resources in organizations is presented. Finally, the present study emphasizes the interaction of researchers and human resource development experts in universities and organizations. Human resource development experts are aware of the existence such tools and technologies in the course of learning and professional development of human resources and take steps to apply them. Manuscript profile

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271 - Analysis of human resource management performance in identifying and meeting the needs of professional development of faculty members (case study: Shahid Beheshti University)
Farnoush Aalami Abasalt Khorasani Hamed Kamali Armita Shiroodi

by adopting a quantitative approach and using the survey method, the present study sought to analyze the performance of human resources management in identifying and addressing the needs of faculty members' professional development. finally, out of 850 faculty members More

by adopting a quantitative approach and using the survey method, the present study sought to analyze the performance of human resources management in identifying and addressing the needs of faculty members' professional development. finally, out of 850 faculty members of the Shahid Beheshti University, 270 members were selected as sample size and were sampled in a relative sampling process. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the experts and its reliability was calculated using Alpha coefficient of Kornbach .89. The data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the research indicated that the faculty members' knowledge of the needs for research, educational, personal, organizational and ethical development was reported to be high. However, HRM has only been reported to meet the needs of the training professional development and has been reported at a disadvantage in addressing other needs. Therefore, the fundamental gap between the needs of faculty members' professional development and the HRM function is evident in meeting these needs. Such a gap reflects the need to modify and modify HRM procedures in the needs assessment and planning of professional development of Such a gap reflects the need to modify and modify HRM procedures in the needs assessment and planning of professional development of faculty members.faculty members. Manuscript profile

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272 - Explanation of the Role of Gamification on Job Satisfaction and Employee Motivation (case study: cosmetic industry(
Shahin Rouhani Rad Mehdi Sabokrou Maasoumeh Mohammadi

The purpose of this study is the explanation of the role of gamification on job satisfaction and employee motivation in the cosmetic industry. This research is a positivist nature with a quantitative approach. Also, this research is descriptive and in the type of field More

The purpose of this study is the explanation of the role of gamification on job satisfaction and employee motivation in the cosmetic industry. This research is a positivist nature with a quantitative approach. Also, this research is descriptive and in the type of field studies, and in terms of research approach, is quantitative research. The target population of this study is all staff of marketing and sales units in the member of Iran cosmetic industries association whose scope of activity is in Tehran province. In this study for sampling, cluster sampling method has been used. Also, we used Krejcie and Morgan tables to determine the sample size, and 350 members of the target population have been investigated. In this research, two methods of library and field methods (a standard questionnaire consisting of 13 items) have been used for data collection. In order to assure the reliability of the measurement instruments, Cronbach's alpha was used. And for validation, content validity (content validity ratio and content validity index) was used. Also, in order to investigate the relationship between variables and data analysis, paired-samples T-test and SPSS software have been used. The results showed that gamification has an effect on job satisfaction and employee motivation Manuscript profile

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273 - The LRTCI Model: A Solution for Establishing Individual Development Program System in Organizations
Kurosh Fathi Vajargah Frouz Nouri

Individual development program is one of the key tools in directing human resources development and thus, is constantly an attractive field in human resources training and development. Developing models and operational paradigms in this area is a requirement for the man More

Individual development program is one of the key tools in directing human resources development and thus, is constantly an attractive field in human resources training and development. Developing models and operational paradigms in this area is a requirement for the management of human resources training and development. This study aims to propose a model for establishing and developing individual development program in pioneering organizations. The study adopted a qualitative approach using a theoretical study method. In order to identify the model elements, the authors employed expert interviews and afterwards, used nominal groups to establish the said elements. Finally, in order to integrate the data in a model and determine element relationships, the interpretative structural model (ISM) program was utilized. The interviewees were selected via theoretical sampling. The interviews were organized using open and axial coding and the data were classified using content analysis. Subsequently, the required contents and parameters were used as the input of interactive management sessions (based on nominal group approach) for the modeling process. According to the resulting consensual opinion and organizing, the model consists of five key components: institutional legitimization (L), financial, credential, and regulatory requirements and infrastructures (R), technical requirements and infrastructures (T), clinical information gathering for individual development program document (C), implementation and optimization of the individual development system (I). For easier naming of the model, the key words of each component were combined and the resulting LRTCI model was proposed as a comprehensive model and a solution for establishing individual development systems. Manuscript profile

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274 - Providing a Model to develop a model for school principals based on a competency-based approach (Case Study: Tehran Secondary School
Mozhgan Farhadfar abolghasem delkhosh kasmayi Mahmoud Safari

10.52547/istd.31103.8.30.73

The present study is the design of a model for the development of school principals based on a competency-based approach (Case study: secondary schools in Tehran). The method of this research is applied in terms of purpose and has been done by the exploratory method. Th More

The present study is the design of a model for the development of school principals based on a competency-based approach (Case study: secondary schools in Tehran). The method of this research is applied in terms of purpose and has been done by the exploratory method. The data collection method is mixed (quantitative and qualitative) and the data collection tool is interviews with experts by conducting specialized interviews using the Delphi method and a questionnaire. After executing the questionnaire, data analysis in the qualitative part by coding method (open, axial and selective) and in the quantitative part analyzed the collected data in two descriptive and inferential methods through SPSS 16 and Smart PLS software. In this study, descriptive statistics including frequency, frequency percentage, frequency distribution table, and graphs and also describing the characteristics of the respondents to the questionnaire were used to describe the data. In inferential analysis, data analysis was performed using factor analysis. The results showed components: interpersonal, personality traits, operational management, cognition of the environment, parental involvement, professional knowledge, human resource management, and finally general knowledge because none of the components had a factor load of less than 0.3. They were not removed from the process of factor analysis and finally, all 8 components, with their indicators, were accepted under the title of dimensions and components of the development model of school principals based on the competency-based approach in secondary schools in Tehran. Pattern fit indicators in factor analysis confirm pattern to fit. Manuscript profile

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275 - Presentation of Human Resource Development Model Based on the Transformational Approach (meta-synthesis study)
Hamid Zare Azadeh Rasouli porshokouh Hasan Zaree Matin Hamid Reza Yazdani

One of the important and main processes of human resource management is human resource development in the organization. Human resource development activities in organizations fall into three categories: transactional, traditional, and transformational. A transformationa More

One of the important and main processes of human resource management is human resource development in the organization. Human resource development activities in organizations fall into three categories: transactional, traditional, and transformational. A transformational approach focuses on result-oriented and performance-based strategies and helps the organization achieve business goals and strategies. While in the transactional and traditional approach, the basic processes of staff training and learning are discussed.Given the importance of human resource development measures in a transformational approach. This study seeks to answer a key question, presenting a model of human resource development based on transformational approach and four important and interrelated questions about what, why and how to develop human resources based on transformational approach as well as the inputs needed for this approach. the systematic review method has been used in collecting literature and qualitative interpretation meta-synthesis in composition and interpretation. In this study, 31 main articles, books and dissertations were analyzed during the search, composition and interpretation process Which eventually led to the answer to three important research sub-questions. On the other hand, by referring to the relevant literature on this approach and after answering the questions, an attempt was made to present a model for human resources development based on a transformational approach. Manuscript profile

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276 - Career Management Strategy in Human Resource Development
Amir Shahrabi Farahani Kaveh Teimoornejad

The purpose of this study is to present the job career management model of Tehran Municipality Organization as a strategy for human resource development. Research is qualitative in terms of inductive nature and qualitative in terms of method. The statistical population More

The purpose of this study is to present the job career management model of Tehran Municipality Organization as a strategy for human resource development. Research is qualitative in terms of inductive nature and qualitative in terms of method. The statistical population of the research is the experts of Tehran Municipality Organization. Using targeted snowballing technique, 11 people were selected by considering the theoretical saturation. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The approach used in the present study is the Granded Theory technique, which was presented after performing the three steps of open, central and selective coding of the initial model, and then using the Delphi technique and obtaining the opinion of experts, the final research model It was based on 6 dimensions of causal factors, pivotal category, strategy, bedrock factors, intervening factors and consequences. Then, causal factors were formulated in the form of individual and organizational factors. Bedding factors include; they were hardware and software capabilities. Environmental, behavioral, and structural barriers were identified as interfering factors in the model, and development strategies and current strategies were classified as model strategies. Also, the executive consequences of the model were categorized into three dimensions: the consequences of employees, the organization, and the citizens. Manuscript profile

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277 - identifying the critical success factors for coaching in organizations with a meta-synthesis approach: providing a model
Sajad Gharloghi Abasalt Khorasani Gholamreza Shams Moorkani Behrooz Ghelichlee

The purpose of this study is to identify the key factors of coaching success in the organization. This study also provides a comprehensive model for coaching success factors.This study was conducted in the framework of a qualitative approach meta-synthesis methode with More

The purpose of this study is to identify the key factors of coaching success in the organization. This study also provides a comprehensive model for coaching success factors.This study was conducted in the framework of a qualitative approach meta-synthesis methode with the seven-step approach of Sandolowski and Barso (2009). The study population of the present study includes all Persian and English researches and studies published in the field of coaching between 2000 and 2020. In this regard, keywords related to the purpose of the research were searched. Then, the obtained articles and documents were examined using purposive sampling method, according to the acceptance criteria. Finally, 25 articles that met the inclusion criteria were studied. They were analyzed using three-step coding method (open, axial, selective). The reliability of the codings was confirmed using the kappa agreement coefficient in SPSS software with a value of 0.75 and to evaluate the validity of the study, the findings were provided to two qualitative research experts. Based on the results of data analysis, 129 open codes were identified, which were classified into 6 categories and 23 sub-categories, which include professional coaching competency (perceptual skills, communication skills, technical skills, knowledge And experience, personality and moral characteristics, professional credibility), cochee conditions and characteristics (desire and motivation, personal characteristics, commitment and responsibility, cognitive skills, knowledge and competency, organizational position), Coaching process (planning and organizing, evaluation methods), relationship quality (relationship level, cooperation and agreement, mutual respect and trust, professional learning), organizational context (support of top managers, organizational culture, structural And strategic factors) and external context (cultural factors, environmental factors). Manuscript profile

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278 - The effect of organizational learning on organizational change with regard to the mediating role of staff professional development (Case study: Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran)
Manijeh Ahmadi Samad Barani

10.52547/istd.31217.8.28.26

Organizational learning is the most important asset to facilitate the professional development of employees as well as organizational transformation. Purpose of the research; Investigating the effect of organizational learning on organizational change with regard to the More

Organizational learning is the most important asset to facilitate the professional development of employees as well as organizational transformation. Purpose of the research; Investigating the effect of organizational learning on organizational change with regard to the mediating role of professional development of employees in the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The research method is descriptive-applied and structural equations. Statistical population of all managers and management experts of high levels of the Central Bank and its affiliated organizations (429 people) from which 203 people were selected by simple random sampling. The standard questionnaire of organizational learning (Azizi; 2014), organizational transformation (John Gutter and Peter Drucker; 2005) and staff professional development (Long et al., 2015) were used to collect data. Its validity was assessed through face validity and reliability by Cronbach's alpha (organizational learning: 0.95, organizational transformation: 0.92, staff professional development: 0.88). Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. The results showed that organizational learning has a direct effect on staff professional development and organizational change and staff professional development has a significant mediating role in the relationship between organizational learning and organizational change. Manuscript profile

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279 - Designing and explaining the professional development model of the departments chairs of the University of Tehran based on a Lean approach
mojtaba hajkhozeymh Khodayar Abili javad pourkarimi

10.52547/istd.31242.8.28.91

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to design and explain the professional development model of the departments chairs of the University of Tehran based on a Lean approach. Method: This research was carried out in two qualitative and quantitative stages, using More

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to design and explain the professional development model of the departments chairs of the University of Tehran based on a Lean approach. Method: This research was carried out in two qualitative and quantitative stages, using the mixed exploratory research method. The qualitative part of the research was done in two stages. In the first stage of the qualitative section, the existing research background related to the components of professional development of department heads based on a lean approach in Persian and English between 2000 and 2020 was reviewed. After searching, screening and qualitative evaluation of the studies, the final synthesis was performed on 72 studies. In the second stage of the qualitative section, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 experts and experts in the field of higher education who were purposefully selected to identify the appropriate pattern of the context of the University of Tehran. Qualitative data analysis was performed using open and axial coding (theme analysis) and its reliability and validity were evaluated. In the quantitative stage, the descriptive-analytical research method and the statistical population included all the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran with 252 people who using Cochran's sampling formula, 152 people were selected as the sample. Sampling method in this study was stratified random sampling method. In the quantitative part, the required data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. To evaluate the validity of the quantitative research instrument, content validity and construct validity were used and to evaluate the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach's alpha was used, which confirmed the appropriate reliability and validity of the research instrument. Results: The results showed that the professional development of the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran based on a lean approach has five main components (1. Lean leadership / management skills, 2. Lean student skills, 3. Lean research skills, 4. Lean behavioral skills and 5. Skills Lean individual) and 19 indicators. The results of the second-order confirmatory factor analysis showed that the five identified components have a sufficient factor load to predict the professional development of department heads of the University of Tehran based on a lean approach. The results of one-sample t-test showed that the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran evaluated the general situation of their professional development based on a lean approach at a moderate level. Conclusion:The five main components of this research can be an effective model for the professional development of department heads in university of Tehran and have beneficial results in promoting quality, efficiency, effectiveness and waste reduction in university of Tehran. Manuscript profile

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280 - Designing and explaining the professional development model of senior managers of Iran's telecommunications industry Case study: companies MCI, Irancell, Rightel
Saeed Hadavand Afsaneh Zamanimoghadam Ali Taghipoorzahir

10.52547/istd.31250.8.28.194

The aim of this study was to design and explain the model of promoting the professional development of senior managers in the Iranian telecommunications industry. For this purpose, the exploratory mixed research method was used. In the qualitative section, in order t More

The aim of this study was to design and explain the model of promoting the professional development of senior managers in the Iranian telecommunications industry. For this purpose, the exploratory mixed research method was used. In the qualitative section, in order to be aware of the main components of the research, semi-structured interviews with 17 senior managers of the telecommunications industry and faculty members of the university who potentially had more information about the professional development of managers. By analyzing the information through systematic coding method, the findings were identified as 5 main components including "individual maturity, organizational maturity, educational maturity, research maturity and professional maturity" and 25 sub-factors. In the quantitative part of the research and based on qualitative findings, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed and administered on a sample of 172 senior managers who were selected using the non-probability sampling method. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by four experts and its reliability was calculated by Chronbach’s alpha with a coefficient of / 876. Indicates the coherence of the questions and the significant lack of dispersion between them. Data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS software. The results confirmed the dimensions of the extracted model. Finally, the current situation of professional development of senior managers in each of the dimensions of the model was studied, which according to the results, it was found that there is a significant difference between all calculated means and the hypothetical average. Calculating the difference between the means also showed that research maturity and professional maturity have a negative difference and senior managers of Iran's telecommunications industry have a significantly lower-than average level of growth that should be in the program. Educational considerations to be considered. Manuscript profile

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281 - Analysis of human resource development process and development of appropriate model in higher education system
Masumeh Oladian Maryam Golipour Mahmoud Safari

The purpose of this study was to analyze the process of human resource development and to develop an appropriate model in the higher education system and its method in a mixed way (qualitative and quantitative). The research community in the qualitative part consisted o More

The purpose of this study was to analyze the process of human resource development and to develop an appropriate model in the higher education system and its method in a mixed way (qualitative and quantitative). The research community in the qualitative part consisted of professors, specialists and experts in this field and in the quantitative part consisted of professors, experts, experts and managers of the higher education system. In the qualitative section, which was purposefully selected, 12 professors, specialists and experts were selected, and in the quantitative section, 382 experts and managers of the higher education system were selected using the Cochran's formula. The research tools were semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire. Analysis of collected data, in the qualitative part by grounded theory method and through coding using MAXQDA software and in the quantitative part by descriptive and inferential methods using SPSS 16 software And Smart PLS was done. The results showed that twelve components are involved in explaining the human resource development process and developing an appropriate model in the higher education system, which are: Self-efficacy, self-esteem, motivation, empowerment, organizational learning, organizational culture, knowledge management, technology, job satisfaction, community development, facilitating networking, and ultimately human capital development. To check the fit of the model, check the X2, R and RS; It was discussed that the presence of low X2 and the ratio of chi-square to the degree of freedom less than three, as well as the coefficient of determination and the adjusted coefficient of determination were calculated; Indicates the proper fit of the model. Manuscript profile

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282 - Validation of the Cultural Security Model in Knowledge-Based Sustainable Development
Saeide Zare ramezan jahanian mahtab salimi

This research validates the model of cultural security in sustainable knowledge-based development. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method and mixed (quantitative-qualitative) in terms of the type of d More

This research validates the model of cultural security in sustainable knowledge-based development. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method and mixed (quantitative-qualitative) in terms of the type of data. The statistical population in the qualitative section (interview section) comprised 15 experts and specialists familiar with cultural and scientific issues in the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, who were selected by purposive sampling. The statistical population in the quantitative part included 551 experts and managers of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2019-20, from among whom, some 226 persons were selected by stratified random sampling. Both library research and field observation methods were employed for data collection. In the field observation method, in order to collect the qualitative part, interviews were conducted with a number of mangers enaged in cultural affairs, and in the quantitative part, the data was collected through a researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of this questionnaire was estimated based on 0.86 Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Confirmatory factor analysis was used in relation to the validity of the obtained indices and also a questionnaire was designed to assess the validity of the model, which measured the dimensions of the final model using a single sample t-test. The results showed that the model was valid and the model of cultural security in the knowledge-based sustainable development gained the required validity with cultural, economic, social, environmental, political as well as national and religious factors. Manuscript profile

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283 - Choosing the Most Desirable Manager Development Learning Methods Using TOPSIS Technique(Case study: National Iranian Oil Refining & Distribution Company (NIORDC)
Yasamin Javadi Mahdieh Asadi Hamidreza Yazdani

10.52547/istd.31359.8.30.359

The present research was conducted to select desirable learning methods for managerial development based on effective criteria and dimensions using TOPSIS technique. Given the purpose, an applied method of research is used. To collect data, a survey descrip More

The present research was conducted to select desirable learning methods for managerial development based on effective criteria and dimensions using TOPSIS technique. Given the purpose, an applied method of research is used. To collect data, a survey descriptive method of research is used. The National Iranian Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) was selected as the statistical population and 15 managers and experts in the field related to managers' learning and development were selected for interviews using purposive sampling. Data collection is performed using both library or documentary methods to review the literature and field study includes structured interviews, distribution and collection of the questioner. The validity of the questioner has been assessed and also approved by the experts due to its consistency with the literature. The reliability of the questioner has been approved by repeat testing. Best Worst method (BWM) as well as Expert choice software have been used for analyzing data and determining the coefficiency of influencing criteria of needs assessment methods and identification of their priorities. TOPSIS technique and Excel have been also used to determine Closeness Coefficient and the priority of each learning methods. Research Findings indicate that the game and simulation method is the most desirable learning method to implement the development programs of managers in the company. Manuscript profile

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284 - Reviewing a systematic of the concept and theories of critical human resource development
hamed dehghanan Mahya Mohammadi

10.52547/istd.31360.8.29.31

The purpose of this article is to study the existing literature in the field of critical human resource development, which leads to the creation of a framework including concepts and theories related to this field. For this purpose, this research is written based on a s More

The purpose of this article is to study the existing literature in the field of critical human resource development, which leads to the creation of a framework including concepts and theories related to this field. For this purpose, this research is written based on a systematic review method on existing research in this field. First, a large number of articles entitled Human Resource Development (HRD) were selected from reputable databases such as SAGE, Emerald Insight, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and then articles with the keyword critical or perspectives were selected and the rest were removed. After studying the remaining articles, 6 articles with richer literature were selected for review. The results showed that the critical human resource development approach means that learning and development activities are pursued with sufficient awareness of power relations, emotions and organizational policy in the form of the concept of critical learning. Also theories related to this approach include theories of self and work, learning at work, and emotion. Finally, in order to implement critical human resource development, organizational contexts, stakeholders, methods and processes in each of the four areas involved in critical human resource development, including relating, learning, changing and organizing, should be examined. Manuscript profile

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285 - Structural model of individual development of managers of Iran Telecommunication Company
Hassan Saddoghi Mahmood Abolghasemi Seyfollah Fazlollahi ghomshi

10.52547/istd.31367.8.29.175

This research is prepared to present a structural model for personal development in TCI. Personal development is an effective procedure in developing and empowering managers in a systematic way. Methods: The descriptive research method is correlational in which the co More

This research is prepared to present a structural model for personal development in TCI. Personal development is an effective procedure in developing and empowering managers in a systematic way. Methods: The descriptive research method is correlational in which the correlations between the components are examined. The research community consists of 220 TCI managers selected using random sampling and another 140 selected from Morgan Table. We collected the relevant data using a personal development questionnaire for managers with reliability of 0.96. Of the components, 16 in three dimensions of development is reviewed including “the effective factors in personal development” and “actions performed in personal development” and “managers’ individual competencies”. Conclusion: Results extracted from LISREL and “structural equations modeling analysis” demonstrated that structural model for development of managers consists of “three dimensions in personal development”, “the processes and actions in personal development” and “the managers’ individual competencies” in TCI. Each dimension has its set of components and the model has suitable fitness. Consequently, managers’ personal development was examined with a systematic structure. Additionally, the effective individual factors have an influence on process and actions with a path coefficient of 0.37. Process and actions have an influence on individual competencies with a path coefficient of 0.17. The relationship between the components is indicative of a clear process and a correlation so that factors effective in the process and actions will have an influence on individual competencies. The validity of model will be approved using structural equations and quantitative relationships between dimensions of model. Manuscript profile

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286 - In Search of an Effective Framework for the Professional Development of Primary School Principals
Esmat Elzami Abbas Abbaspour Ali Khorsandi Taskoh Javad Pourkarimi Hamid Rahimian

10.52547/istd.31395.8.30.109

The present study is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach that has been conducted to identify the dimensions and components of professional development of primary school principals and to develop its framework. The statistical population of the study wa More

The present study is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach that has been conducted to identify the dimensions and components of professional development of primary school principals and to develop its framework. The statistical population of the study was the principals of public primary schools in Tehran in the academic year of 2019-2020. In two stages of sampling, samples were selected by quota and then purposive sampling methods. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The interview continued until the data exploration and data collection process reached a theoretical saturation point after interviewing 14 people. Data were analyzed by open and axial coding steps. Two methods of verifying the interviewees and verifying an external expert were used to control the validity. Two methods of verifying the interviewees and verifying an external expert were used to control the validity. To determine the reliability, two methods of reviewing the writings and also the method of recoding were used. The agreement was calculated in the coding homogeneity and the agreement coefficient was 86%. Findings showed that the professional development framework for primary school principals has 3 dimensions, 14 components with 117 indicators which include: the content dimension of professional development (with components of general management knowledge, specialized management knowledge, interactive skills, resource management skills, professional skills, personal inclinations, managerial attitude, physical and mental ability and intellectual ability), the dimension of the professional development process (with the components of self-development actions and developer relations) and the dimension of organizational requirements (with the components of knowledge acquisition and acquisition of skills, modification of selection and appointment methods of managers, improvement of organizational structure and processes). Manuscript profile

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287 - Design and Validation of Strategic Training Model to develop Human Resources in the Automotive Industry (Case study: Saipa Automotive Group)
Mohamad ali Borjikhani avanaki Esmat Masoudy Nadoshan Zahara Taleb Naiereh Shahmohammady

10.52547/istd.31410.8.30.307

The present study was conducted to design a strategic training model and explain its role in human resource development. This research is applied research that has used the mixed exploratory method as the research method. The community of participants in the quality sec More

The present study was conducted to design a strategic training model and explain its role in human resource development. This research is applied research that has used the mixed exploratory method as the research method. The community of participants in the quality section of 27 people and a small number of 400 experts in the field of training and development of human resources and strategy of Saipa Automotive Group has been used as a participant. Purposeful sampling method was used in qualitative and stratified random section in the quantitative section. Data collection tools in the qualitative part included semi-structured interviews and in the quantitative part included a researcher-made questionnaire. Excel data were used for data analysis in the qualitative part and AMOS and 19SPSS software were used for the quantitative part. Data analysis method In the qualitative part, including the basic data method(Grounded Theory) (open, axial and selective coding) in the quantitative part, the method of path analysis, Pearson correlation and factor analysis have been used. The results of this research in the qualitative part led to the formation of a strategic training model to develop human resources in Saipa Automotive Group and in a quantitative part, the impact of the strategic training model in explaining human resource development was investigated. The results show that strategic training has a direct and significant effect on factors such as personal development and empowerment, knowledge sharing and improving individual performance and employee well-being. These results confirm the compliance of this study with previous research. The findings of this study can provide practical and operational tools for the development of human resources in the Saipa Automotive Group. Manuscript profile

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288 - Providing a Model of Workforce Development and Agility Using a Mixed Method of Meta-Analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL in Maskan Bank of Iran
Ali Aali Mohammad Zia Al Dini mostafa hadavinejad

10.52547/istd.31473.8.31.20

The aim of this research is to identify the antecedents and components of workforce development and agility and also to offer a mixed model of meta-analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL method in Maskan Bank. Workforce agility development antecedents of quantitative studies were e More

The aim of this research is to identify the antecedents and components of workforce development and agility and also to offer a mixed model of meta-analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL method in Maskan Bank. Workforce agility development antecedents of quantitative studies were extracted by Meta –Analysis. Then the effect size of antecedents (consequent of components) was calculated by CMA3 software. 3 out of 19 identified antecedents, were obtained with the effect size equal or greater than 0.5. The 3 antecedents include the intertwinement and the relationship between training and the system of recruitment and employment, the use of experts in training and development, and the pay and reward system. Afterwards the first questionnaire was given to experts for reviewing and screening the qualitative components as well as the components of interview. In the last phase acquired components of 3 antecedents with others acquired components of the first questionnaire were sent to experts via the second questionnaire. According to this, 4 components including "organizational intelligence", "low formalization," “perceptual skills” and "creative problem solving" had the most impact on other components. Components of “promptitude”, “organizational commitment”, “accountability” and “flexibility”, were the most influential components identified. In terms of the importance, “Adaptability” was identified as the most important component and “proactivity” was identified as the least important one. Manuscript profile

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289 - Identifying factors affecting the professional development of school principals based on futures study approach
هادي براتي

The purpose of this study was identifying factors affecting the professional development of school principal’s futures study approach. This research, based on the purpose, following the applied research and based on the nature of the research, is an explanation that has More

The purpose of this study was identifying factors affecting the professional development of school principal’s futures study approach. This research, based on the purpose, following the applied research and based on the nature of the research, is an explanation that has done by the combined method and sequential explanatory design. In this study using purposive sampling method (18 people) and were studied The views and perspectives of the managers of the education staff of South Khorasan province in relation to the factors affecting the future professional development of school managers. Then, for the confirmation of the dimensions specified in the research, a researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among 201 principals and deputies of secondary schools in South Khorasan province. The validity of the measurement tool has confirmed in the qualitative part using the coders' agreement method and in the quantitative part through convergent and divergent validity. In addition, the reliability of the researcher-made questionnaire has evaluated based on three criteria: factor load coefficients, Cronbach's alpha (0.81) and combined reliability (0.87) using PLS software. To test the research questions, MAXQDA10 software and PLS3 software were used. The results of the qualitative part of the research showed 39 basic themes, 6 organizing themes and 3 comprehensive themes. The results of the quantitative part of the research showed that the factors affecting the professional development of schools in the future could be classified form of three dimensions (individual, organizational and environmental) and 6 components (managerial, communication, behavioral, psychological, religious, environmental and contextual factors) and 39 indicators. The most important dimension came out to be organizational, which has a more effective role in explaining the professional development of secondary education managers in South Khorasan province. Therefore; based on the findings of this study, in order to planning for improving professional development of managers in the future, the first step; must consider the organizational components Manuscript profile

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290 - Designing a Marketing and Advertising Model of the Institute of Education and Human Resources Development
Ahmad Shanian Reza Shafei Tohfeh Ghobad Lamuki Behrooz Bayat Marzieh Bayat

10.52547/istd.31512.8.30.257

The present study was conducted using the qualitative approach and the grounded theory method to design the marketing model of the Institute of Education and Human Resources Development. The study population included the managers of educational institutions who were sel More

The present study was conducted using the qualitative approach and the grounded theory method to design the marketing model of the Institute of Education and Human Resources Development. The study population included the managers of educational institutions who were selected through purposive sampling. The data was collected through interviews. The findings showed that factors such as identifying large organizations and industries and knowing their issues and problems, skills of the staff of the educational institution, staffs’ motivation, strong databases, use of new educational technologies, proper packaging of educational services, attractive ancillary services in the institution, providing examples successful previous work, experienced instructors, having educational standards, appropriate training environment, customer satisfaction system, competitors, political, social and biological crises and prices affect marketing the Institute of Education and Human Resources Development. In the research model, increasing revenue, developing a brand, increasing power in developing instructors and educators, and developing national credibility were the consequences of the use of appropriate strategies for marketing the Institute of Education and Human Resources Development. Manuscript profile

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291 - Secondary School Principal Competency Model: A Mixed Study
ali Jafari Rad mostafa Azizi niloufar Moharami

This study was conducted to design and validate the conceptual model of competence of high school principals in Tehran. For this purpose, a qualitative and quantitative mixed method was used. In the qualitative section, a purposive sample of 17 faculty members, departme More

This study was conducted to design and validate the conceptual model of competence of high school principals in Tehran. For this purpose, a qualitative and quantitative mixed method was used. In the qualitative section, a purposive sample of 17 faculty members, department heads of the Ministry of Education, and some school principals who potentially had the most information about principals' competence were selected. Individuals' views were obtained through semi-structured interviews and open, axial and selective coding was used to analyze the data. The results of the analysis were extracted into 6 main categories including core phenomena, causal factors, contextual factors, interfering factors, strategies and outcomes, and 17 general categories that were addressed in the study. Based on the findings of the qualitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed and was conducted to a sample of 336 secondary school principals in Tehran. Results in quantitative section showed that impact factor values in manager competency measurement model, causal factors- core phenomena (0.137); contextual factors- core phenomena (0.818); interfering factors-core phenomena (0.162); core phenomena- strategies (0.877) and strategies-outcomes (0.896) are desirable. On the other hand, the value of t corresponding to each coefficient is greater than its critical value (1.96) at the significant level of 0.05. Finally, the competency model consisted of factors and components affecting the competence of secondary school principals as a framework and practice guide for education practitioners to select principals. Manuscript profile

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292 - Identifying the Factors Affecting the Development of Organizations talents: A Qualitative Study
Darush Mehri Mahmood abolghasemi Hassan mahjoub Ali farhadi

Today, Talents is recognized as an important factor in gaining sustainable competitive advantages and maximizing organizational performance. Regarding the scientific and technological goals in development documents, Iran has emphasized on the education and development o More

Today, Talents is recognized as an important factor in gaining sustainable competitive advantages and maximizing organizational performance. Regarding the scientific and technological goals in development documents, Iran has emphasized on the education and development of job talents in order to meet the needs of the society and achieve the level of knowledge and skills of the workforce in accordance with international standards. Thus, the present study aimed to identify the factors affecting the development of the talent of aerospace engineering personnel of an organizational university in the workplace with a qualitative approach. The research sample Consisted of 15 experts and were selected by snowball sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data which were later analyzed using the Thematic Analysis Strategy and MAXQDA software version 11. The validity and reliability of the data obtained from the interviews were re-coded and received feedback from the participants. Based on research findings, the factors influencing the development of Organizations talents were identified and categorized in three main component, including organizational, management and individual and 16 sub-components. The results of this research can be utilized as an effective model for the development of talent in organizations Manuscript profile

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293 - Redesigning Evaluation and Effectiveness in the Training and Development System of Private Banks: Proposing an Integrated Model
دکتر علی دانا Mohammadreza Nili Ahmadabadi Khadijeh Aliabadi Ali Delavar Mohammadali Dehghan Dehnavi

The purpose of this study was to study the evaluation and effectiveness system in private banks in order to propose an integrated model for evaluation and effectiveness in private banks. The present study was carried out mixed method. In the qualitative section, the ind More

The purpose of this study was to study the evaluation and effectiveness system in private banks in order to propose an integrated model for evaluation and effectiveness in private banks. The present study was carried out mixed method. In the qualitative section, the inductive content analysis method was used and a quantitative part of the survey design was used. The statistical population of this study was all employees of the Private Banking in Training and Development unit, and training and development experts who were selected randomly in a randomized, non-randomized, simple and descriptive manner. A semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire were used to collect data. Validity and reliability of the tools used in the research were confirmed. Also, for analyzing qualitative data, Graneheim and Lundman's method was used and for analyzing quantitative data one sample T test was used. The results showed that the evaluation and effectiveness system in private banks is not well-suited and it is not done in a coherent, organized and integrated way. The findings also showed that the components of the integrated evaluation and effectiveness model of training and development can be classified into 8 main categories. Finally, the results showed that the proposed model is valid from the perspective of experts. Manuscript profile

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294 - Policy research interaction; The missing link in the process of Iran's development planning system
mohammadali ahmadi shapourabadi leila motaghi

Despite the importance and position of scientific thinking and the prominent role of research in development policies, the reflection of the current situation and the pathology of the non-realization of documents and development plans of the country, due to some kind of More

Despite the importance and position of scientific thinking and the prominent role of research in development policies, the reflection of the current situation and the pathology of the non-realization of documents and development plans of the country, due to some kind of dysfunction or malfunction or non-application of findings and recommendations Policy in the process of development decision-making and development decision-making and lack of interaction and interaction of policy research at upstream (transcendental) levels indicate that often the policies are not effective in the development process. However, the present paper, which is based on the documentary method and based on the secondary analysis of qualitative data obtained from the meta-analytical study on the pathologies of development programs in Iran (2014) in order to identify injuries associated with lack of interaction. Policy research in Iran's development programs on the one hand and identifying shortcomings related to the multiplicity and parallelism of institutions and agencies with policy research centers and incoherence of documents and development programs on the other hand Is. The most important findings show that out of 99 injuries and problems studied in the meta-analytical study on the pathology of Iran's development programs (2014), 38 injuries and problems related to the study and research aspects and the type of research policy identification Took. In other words, 38.4% of the damages of development plans and non-realization of documents and development plans of the country are directed to the shortcomings of studies in the levels of preparation of development plans; Prior to planning, there is a content level, a process level, and an implementation level. In this regard, the most shortcomings and damages of studies and research policy related to the content level of planning with 69.2% and the lowest with 24% related to the level of planning prerequisites have been identified. In order to build capacity and groundwork and prevent duplication, upstream (multifaceted) engineering interaction policy and research monitoring in the country's development policies as the first step in reviewing the development planning system in Iran is essential by emphasizing the Seventh Development Plan. Manuscript profile

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295 - The explanation of effect of attending tech events on creation and development of startups in North Khorasan province
Arezou Haghshenas Sasan Rajablou Mehdi Haresabadi امیر امانی

10.52547/jstpi.31875.18.72.21

With increasing the attentions to knowledge-based economy, quality and quantity of different tech events, including Startup weekends, EleComps and Finups, has improved in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of attending such events in creation and More

With increasing the attentions to knowledge-based economy, quality and quantity of different tech events, including Startup weekends, EleComps and Finups, has improved in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of attending such events in creation and development of startups. To do so, performing a qualitative research and using semi-structured interviews on 8 companies which were based in science and technology park of North Khoarsan province, 5 major themes were obtained. The most important factors determining the efficacy of the events were found to be the quality of the event, follow ups by the organizers, motivation of the attendants, developmental communication and modifying the primary core. In conclusion this study showed that the quality tech events can help create and develop the startups. Manuscript profile

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296 - A Simulation Model of Growth of Teams and Startups in Academic Development Centers using the System Dynamics Approach
Mohammadreza Mohamadkhani Ruhollah Tavallaei Amirhossein Mohammadinia mahdi farmani Esmail laali

10.61186/jstpi.31970.19.74.1

The purpose of this study is to provide a rich insight into the factors affecting the growth of teams and startups in Academic Development Centers. In this study, the factors affecting the growth of teams and startups were investigated using the system dynamics approach More

The purpose of this study is to provide a rich insight into the factors affecting the growth of teams and startups in Academic Development Centers. In this study, the factors affecting the growth of teams and startups were investigated using the system dynamics approach. At first, after reviewing the theoretical literature and the experts’ opinions, Variables affecting the growth of teams and startups were indentified and causal relationships among these variables were depicted. Then, the mathematical relations among these variables were determined and, accordingly, the study system was simulated at growth centre of technician and knowledge based units at Imam Hussein comprehensive university during the period 2016 to 2066. After designing the cause and effect diagrams, six scenarios for the growth of teams and startups were defined, which are: The growth center's share of the profits of successful companies, The effect of interaction with successful companies in promoting the level of entrepreneurial culture, The effect of effective communication with successful companies in attracting financial support for technology units, The effect of changes in the number of clients to enter the center on the system, Admission control policy and The effect of legal protections of technology units on the system. Of the six simulated scenarios, the fifth scenario has the greatest impact on the growth of teams and startups in Academic Development Centers. Therefore, the policy of maintaining the quality of services through controlling the amount of technology units entering the growth centers can be considered an effective and important policy. Manuscript profile

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297 - Developmental Trajectories of Cognitive Intelligence in Iranian Preschoolers children
Mohsen Dadjoo Shahriar Gharibzadeh Mahta Vajedi Mojarad Elaheh Sobhani

The present study has aimed to investigate the developmental trajectories of cognitive intelligence in Iranian preschoolers to provide earlier prevention or intervention. The study sample was 433 healthy Iranian children (girl=47.8%) from Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Mashhad, More

The present study has aimed to investigate the developmental trajectories of cognitive intelligence in Iranian preschoolers to provide earlier prevention or intervention. The study sample was 433 healthy Iranian children (girl=47.8%) from Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Mashhad, Zarand, and Tabriz, who ranged from 48 to 78 months. The third Persian version of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence was used to assess cognitive intelligence. A positive moderate (.3<r<.7) significant Pearson correlation was observed among 22 cases out of 42 correlations. It indicates a high internal correlation of cognitive components. The results of ANOVA showed no significant difference among Verbal Intelligence, Performance Intelligence, and overall Intelligence, in boys and girls. Results of the Kruskal-Wallis test showed there were significant differences among developmental trajectories of Verbal Intelligence, Performance Intelligence, and overall Intelligence among the six-month age groups, which were followed up by the Games-Howell post-hoc test. Significant increase (p<.01) in cognitive intelligence at 48 to 78 months of age indicates that this age is one of the critical periods associated with the development of cognitive ability. Founded developmental trajectories in present study, can help administrators and professionals to cause better planning for early childhood. Manuscript profile

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298 - Presenting a model for attracting human resources with a human resources development approach in government organizations (Case study: Khorasan Razavi province)
Saeed Keramati Tavalllaei habibolah doaei Abolfazl Kazemi

This article aims to provide a model of human resource absorption with the development of human resources in government organizations. In terms of purpose, the present study is an applied-developmental research and in terms of data collection method, it is a cross-secti More

This article aims to provide a model of human resource absorption with the development of human resources in government organizations. In terms of purpose, the present study is an applied-developmental research and in terms of data collection method, it is a cross-sectional research. To achieve the research goal, a mixed exploratory design has been used. The statistical population in the qualitative section includes managers of government organizations in Khorasan Razavi province. Purposeful sampling was performed and 15 people achieved theoretical love. The statistical population also includes 6000 human resources of government organizations, which with the Cochran's formula is estimated at a sample size of 345 people. The required sample size was provided by stratigraphic sampling method in four regions of Khorasan Razavi province. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data. The basic categories of human resource development were identified by content analysis method and the final model was identified by validation equation modeling method. Qualitative data analysis was performed with Maxqda software and quantitative data with LISREL. The results of comprehensive categories are categorized in terms of technical, human and value factors. Organizing factors also include skill, knowledge, attitude, behavior, adherence to values, pragmatism, economic, technological, social, cultural, revolutionary, powerful. Technical factors consist of knowledge, skills, economic factors and technology. Human factors include attitudes, behaviors, social and cultural factors. Finally, value factors include adherence to values, pragmatism, revolutionary factors, and authority. Manuscript profile

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299 - perception of Parenting Styles and Thriving in Emerging Adulthood: The Mediating Role of Life- management strategies
reyhane eskandari Elahe Hejazi zahra naghsh

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perception of parenting styles and components of thriving with mediating role of life management strategies among emerging adulthood. A total of 487 Universities students 18-29 yerars old emerging adults More

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perception of parenting styles and components of thriving with mediating role of life management strategies among emerging adulthood. A total of 487 Universities students 18-29 yerars old emerging adults responding a survey included the Inventory of the The questionnaire of perceived parenting practices (Grolnick et al., 1997) , Life-management strategies questionnaire (Geldhof et al., 2015) and Positive Youth Development Inventory (Arnold et al., 2012) volunteerly. Data were analaysed with structural equation model method and the results show the Perception of Parenting styles and Life-management strategies have positive significance effect on thriving. Furthermore the indirect effect of Perception of Parenting styles via mediating role of life management strategies on thriving is significant. As results indicated the model of Perception of mother predict 40% variation of thriving and the model of Perception of father 45% variation of thriving. In general our findings suggest that Perception of Parenting styles alongside individual variable can affect on thriving in emerging adulthood. Manuscript profile

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300 - Needs assessment of human resources soft skills learning and development programs in public organizations
mina boustanirad سید مهدی الوانی Ali Hamidizadeh

Needs assessment is a first step in the process of human resources soft skills learning and development programs designing, and paying attention to it, will increase the effectiveness of them. this study addresses the need assessment for learning, and development progra More

Needs assessment is a first step in the process of human resources soft skills learning and development programs designing, and paying attention to it, will increase the effectiveness of them. this study addresses the need assessment for learning, and development programs of human resources soft skills in public organizations. Lack of attention to the essential differences between soft and hard skills in the needs assessment stage, will cause problems in the later stages of the personnel development process. Based on this, first the components of human resources soft skills were identified using the systematic review method; Then in order to identify other components of the needs assessment, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 experts in the field of human resources training and development, and content analysis was performed. Then, the findings validity of the content analysis, was calculated using the Delphi method, and descriptive statistics, and was confirmed by reaching the maximum consensus of the panelists participating in the study. Finally, soft skills were identified in two categories of individual, and social soft skills with 20 components, and needs assessment components with two main themes, four sub-themes and eight codes. Lack of proper attention to soft skills by public organizations indicates their need to designing these programs. It is also worthwhile to pay attention to the codification of soft skills in the jobs description in the needs assessment stage, and the necessary .classification between managerial and non-managerial jobs in terms of the type of their need for soft skills. Manuscript profile

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301 - Design a succession planning modelin the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization with the human resource development approach
saeed koozehgaran Malikeh Beheshtifar Mohammad Ziaaddini

The purpose of this study was to design a succession planning model with the human resource development approach in the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization using a meta-analysis. To do this, after studied the research literature and identifying the components of substituti More

The purpose of this study was to design a succession planning model with the human resource development approach in the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization using a meta-analysis. To do this, after studied the research literature and identifying the components of substitution breeding from its heart, they were classified and separated and the components were extracted. This research was based on the purpose of applied research and based on descriptive and exploratory nature. In terms of method, meta-analysis technique has been used to extract the results, which was a qualitative study. In the present study, articles published in domestic and Latin journals have been used. At the beginning of the study, in the first stage, 81 studies were collected. In the second stage, those articles that had p-value, t-value and other statistics were separated from each other. Of these, 43 accepted articles were used. Based on the findings of this study, Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization was prone to successful implementation of succession planning and The strategic improvement of human resources, and on the other hand, organizational commitment to succession planning, Senior management support in the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization. It is also possible to provide the necessary platform to improve the other components associated with this condition. Manuscript profile

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302 - The Course of Juvenile Court Proceedings in Iranian Criminal Law
Esmaeil Kashkoulian Masoud Heydari

Background and Aim: Fair trial is one of the most important issues that have always been considered by the legislator in the case of juvenile delinquents. Therefore, in this regard, there have always been several developments that the study of the course of these develo More

Background and Aim: Fair trial is one of the most important issues that have always been considered by the legislator in the case of juvenile delinquents. Therefore, in this regard, there have always been several developments that the study of the course of these developments can help the legislator in advancing the lofty goals of children's rights. The purpose of this study is to identify and explain the legislative and judicial developments that have taken place over the years in the field of juvenile justice and has brought it closer to a fair trial. Method: The method of this research is descriptive-analytical. Results: The findings indicate that dramatic changes have taken place in the field of juvenile justice, such as the establishment of a juvenile police force, the non-openness of the trial, the specialization of juvenile courts, the need for expert juvenile court judges, the establishment of a juvenile court and possibility of appeal on all the decisions issued by the courts. Conclusion: During several decades of legislation on children, the Iranian legislature has always tried to take an effective step in the field of juvenile justice. In addition to criminal law dimensions, criminological developments have taken place in this field and the legislature has changed its approach from crime focusing to criminal, so that juvenile delinquency is more just and fair. Manuscript profile

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303 - Presenting a model for human resource development in Shiraz Municipality using a mixed exploration plan
Masoud paydari

This article aims to provide a model for human resource development in Shiraz Municipality. In terms of purpose, it is an applied-developmental research and in terms of data collection method, a cross-sectional research. To achieve the research goal, a mixed exploratory More

This article aims to provide a model for human resource development in Shiraz Municipality. In terms of purpose, it is an applied-developmental research and in terms of data collection method, a cross-sectional research. To achieve the research goal, a mixed exploratory design has been used. The statistical population in the qualitative section includes human resources professors and managers with a history of Shiraz Municipality. Purposeful sampling was performed and 15 subjects achieved theoretical saturation. The statistical population of the quantitative section also includes 3400 employees of Shiraz Municipality, which with the Cochran's formula, the sample size was estimated at 345 people. The required sample size was provided by stratified sampling method in four regions of Shiraz. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data. The basic categories of human resource development were identified by content analysis method and the final model was validated by partial least squares method. Qualitative data analysis was performed with Maxqda software and quantitative data with Smart PLS. The results show that inclusive categories are categorized in terms of strategic, educational, and growth factors. Strategic marketing factors are organizational factors that form the underlying elements of the model. Organizational categories of strategic factors include human resource management strategy and employee performance management. Organizing categories of educational factors also include organizational needs assessment, human resource needs assessment, and human resource training. Organizational categories related to growth and development also include the development of staff careers and the perceptual development of staff and the improvement of human resources. Manuscript profile

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304 - Sustainable development of the neighborhood in the direction of social happiness and public happiness (Analysis of principles, dimensions and indicators)
Shiva Shokri Raheleh Rostami Fatemeh Mozaffari

Sustainable development is a potential solution to some important social challenges such as happiness, which is an ultimate goal for human beings and happiness is often seen as an individual trait for which each person is solely responsible. However, it is also a social More

Sustainable development is a potential solution to some important social challenges such as happiness, which is an ultimate goal for human beings and happiness is often seen as an individual trait for which each person is solely responsible. However, it is also a social trait that is influenced by external factors. The present article reviews the parameters and goals of sustainable development to achieve happiness, the most important quantitative and qualitative criteria in five areas of happiness and ecological, economic, social and cultural sustainability through them, one can evaluate and promote happiness in neighborhoods and a brief insight about the neighborhood development project . The tool can also be used in future sustainable neighborhoods for fun projects. Finally, he suggests that sustainable development should promote happiness while rebuilding local economies and ecosystems, strengthening social ties and revives or preserves desirable cultural traditions, as well as provides an alternative framework for sustainable social development that focuses on improving the opportunities for happiness and well-being of society. Manuscript profile

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305 - Designing a Curriculum Model for the Development of Elementary School Teachers of the Iran's Educational System
mohsen abdolahi Mahbubeh Arefi KOUROSH FATHI VAJARGAH Abasalt Khorasani

The main purpose of this study was to design a Curriculum Model for the Development of Elementary School Teachers of the Iran's Educational System. This study used a qualitative research approach and was conducted based on the classical grounded theory. The statistical More

The main purpose of this study was to design a Curriculum Model for the Development of Elementary School Teachers of the Iran's Educational System. This study used a qualitative research approach and was conducted based on the classical grounded theory. The statistical population consisted of Faculty members and experts in the field of Teachers development that was selected through snowball sampling. A total of 21 people, including 14 Faculty Members and 7 Teachers development specialists, were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The data from interviews were analyzed during three stages of open, selective and theoretical coding, and the conceptual model was formed based on the drawing of the ratio between the main categories or elements of the Teachers development curriculum. The conceptual model was formed as follows: causes and necessity (achieving the goals of the educational system, updating teacher skills, complex and flexible teacher role, reform, teacher growth and improving student learning), principles and conditions (teacher-centered, continuity and Sustainability, school-centered and job-oriented, content-oriented and based on student needs), components (content, context and process), correlated factors (personal, environmental, importance and priority, quantity, quality and time) and outcomes (teachers, Programs and students). To ensure validity and reliability, Guba and Lincoln approaches were used, including: acceptability, transferability, reliability and verifiability. Finally, based on the findings and results, guidelines for the implementation of the program are provided. Manuscript profile

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306 - Education and Social Attitudes Based On General Social Surveys
Fatemeh Javaheri

Since people's social attitudes are both representative and facilitator of socio-cultural changes on a more general scale, any factor that affects them is significant and can be studied. Accordingly, the study on the effect of education on people's social attitudes has More

Since people's social attitudes are both representative and facilitator of socio-cultural changes on a more general scale, any factor that affects them is significant and can be studied. Accordingly, the study on the effect of education on people's social attitudes has become the main focus point of the present paper. To analyze this issue, Inglehart's theory of human development and its role in attitudinal and value changes have been applied. Research information has been gathered through secondary analysis of various national survey data. Findings indicate that in parallel with increasing education, orientations of human actors in relation to family bounds, sense of belonging to the national community, media consumption pattern, political awareness, religious style, advocacy of women's rights and the environment and tendency to social tolerance becomes different. Research findings indicate the fact that increasing education can be a source of attitudinal and value changes. Finally, the socio-cultural implications of gradual changes in the attitudes and values of human actors that will occur in parallel with the increase in education are discussed. Manuscript profile

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307 - The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and urban sustainable development by using the pattern of entrepreneurial city
Babak Ziyae mehran rezvani Mohammad Eynolghozat

With the increase of urbanization, many economic and social problems have arisen, so the urban management system using various tools and policies to create sustainable development in metropolitan areas. One of these policies is the development of the entrepreneurial cit More

With the increase of urbanization, many economic and social problems have arisen, so the urban management system using various tools and policies to create sustainable development in metropolitan areas. One of these policies is the development of the entrepreneurial city. The aim of this study is to explain the role of corporate entrepreneurship in the process of forming an entrepreneurial city as a strategy for sustainable development. Also; the role of corporate entrepreneurship in creating the necessary infrastructure to create an entrepreneurial city has been contemplated. The research method is qualitative and grounded theory as an emergent method is used, so that first qualitative data were obtained by examining the research background and using the systematic review method and also using content analysis tools, collection and the basic structure of classification of variables. Then, according to the life experience of the authors of the research, each of whom has scientific and practical expertise in the field of this research, the main variables and components of the research were extracted and finally the conceptual model of the research was obtained. Findings showed that while classifying the components into three categories: 1- structural conditions 2- social interaction of agents and structure 3- outcomes; The entrepreneurial city is proposed as a new policy in the sustainable development of metropolises that the entrepreneurial city is a new policy in sustainable development of metropolises and one of the ways to create it is the development of corporate entrepreneurship so that corporate entrepreneurship and economic performance of metropolises have a positive and significant relationship with each other. Manuscript profile

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308 - Designing a professional development model for managers with a data-based approach: Qualitative research in education
younes sahranavard nashtifan Salahedin ebrahimi Bahman Gholami سیامند مولودی

The educational system is the basis for intellectual growth and development and the basis for the maturity and realization of human capacities, and education managers must be professionally developed to carry out this mission successfully, because a large part of the co More

The educational system is the basis for intellectual growth and development and the basis for the maturity and realization of human capacities, and education managers must be professionally developed to carry out this mission successfully, because a large part of the complexity and sensitivity of the educational system. It refers to the behavior of managers and the success of the organization in achieving organizational goals and missions depends on the existence of competent and competent managers; Therefore, the present study was designed to develop a model for the professional development of education managers. To conduct the research, a qualitative approach with grand theory method was used. The study population was all experts, professors and senior managers in the field of human resources in education who were interviewed using purposive sampling with 21 experts. The research tool was a semi-structured interview. Open, axial and selective coding methods were used to analyze the qualitative findings. The results showed that "Development of cognitive-leadership-management skills and development of professional ethics" as key categories, "Professional development planning, organizational talent, educational and learning opportunities and self-development "As causal conditions", "networking, guidance, facilities and resources and career path management" as strategies, categories of "organizational values and culture, group of managers and working conditions" as a platform, "organizational factors, Learning-Improvement-Development Atmosphere and Barriers and Involvement of Managers were introduced as intervening conditions and succession can have consequences for individual and organizational development in education and positive extra-organizational effects for society. Manuscript profile

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309 - Psychometric Properties of Electronic Teacher Form of Psychological Mental Health Problems Scale in High School Students: Item Analysis and Internal Structure
saeed akbari zardkhaneh Farnaz Mehdipour Maralani Nader Mansurkiaie Alimohammad Zanganeh Mohsen Jallalat-Danesh Siamak Tahmasebi Garmtani Masoud Zareiyan

Regarding the prevalence of mental disorders among students and the importance of screening devices in early identification and prevention of having disorders, the aim of present study was to develope an electronic device for screening mental health in high school stude More

Regarding the prevalence of mental disorders among students and the importance of screening devices in early identification and prevention of having disorders, the aim of present study was to develope an electronic device for screening mental health in high school students. The sample included 1346 high school teachers and students in Alborz, Kermanshah, Eastern Azerbaijan, Sistan & Baluchestan, Fars, and KhorasanRazavi Provinces. The teacher form consisted of 103 items. Items analysis based on 8 criteria showed that all the items except two of them were qualified. Principal component analysis using Varimax rotation showed that the most proper structure is 4-factor structure. But, according to confirmatory factor analysis, 8-Factor model was considered as the final model. Internal consistency of the device was sufficiently good, with coefficients ranging between 0.83 and 0.95. Correlation coefficients between items and subscales varied between 0.49 and 0.87 and correlation coefficients among factors ranged between 0.41 and 0.89. In general, psychometric properties of the Electronic Students Psychological Health Problem Scale (Teacher Form) indicated that it was suitable for screening and research. Manuscript profile

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310 - Explaining the Sustainability of the Urban Space System by Formulating, Determining and Prioritizing Urban Development Strategies; Case Study: Kashan
aboozar vafaei rasol heidary soreshjani

Today, cities encounter major urbanization and instability problems in innumerable dimensions, and traditional patterns in the form of urban development plans have not been able to lessen the disorder and instability of the urban space system. Thus, traditional approach More

Today, cities encounter major urbanization and instability problems in innumerable dimensions, and traditional patterns in the form of urban development plans have not been able to lessen the disorder and instability of the urban space system. Thus, traditional approaches failure to deal with urban problems has led to the formation of a strategic attitude. Regarding the issue, Kashan is one of the cities that has feasibly accompanied with many physical, economic, socio-cultural disturbances influenced by high physical growth and its incompatibility with the capacity of urban infrastructure and ultimately inefficiency of urban development plans that caused the development of the city towards imbalance and spatial stability. In line with the previous studies regarding the pattern of scattered urban growth and the inability of urban development plans to meet the needs and deal with the problems of Kashan, this research is to proceed with explaining the stability of Kashan spatial system by formulating, determining and prioritizing urban development strategies within the framework of a specific conceptual structure. In terms of purpose, the type of research is applied-developmental and concerning the method, is descriptive-analytic. The approach of the present study is also a strategic attitude based on a systemic approach. The results of the research show that the type of strategy applied to stabilize the space system of Kashan is a defensive strategy. While in the evaluation provided in prioritizing strategies using the VIKOR model and choosing the optimized strategy, showed that “Developing the economic development document of the city in accordance with the capabilities and comparative and competitive advantages, especially in the field of industry, tourism and agricultural products” should be considered a priority in urban development programs as a superior strategy by city officials and managers. Manuscript profile

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311 - Presenting a human resource development model focusing on productivity in the country's tax administration using the structural equation approach
Mansour Gholizadeh reshid Zolfaghari Zafarani Mohsen Mohammadian Saravi

Human resource development is an important part of human resource management and in fact a kind of complement to human resource management. Garavan believes that human resource development is considered very important because its scope is much wider than human resource More

Human resource development is an important part of human resource management and in fact a kind of complement to human resource management. Garavan believes that human resource development is considered very important because its scope is much wider than human resource management (Garavan et al., 2012). The first efforts to develop human resources began in the 18th century with the establishment of the first technical school (Al-Faki, 2015). Today, human resources are the main assets and capital of the organization and the main factor of competitive advantage of organizations and this source is the only capital and assets in the organization that can not be imitated and has a unique feature. In addition, this resource is one of the assets that can grow. And development, and this development can only be achieved through learning and knowledge, and human resource development emphasizes the leadership perspective on employees to gain knowledge, expertise, experience and efficient decision-making and problem-solving skills in the organization. In this study, with the aim of identifying the variables affecting human resource development with a focus on productivity in the country's tax affairs organization, the Delphi method has been performed by 15 experts. After collecting data and conducting interviews and Delphi method in 2 replications and confirmation of validity and reliability tests using CVR, Cronbach's reflectivity and alpha, the final model is calculated in 4 main components, 15 dimensions and 53 indicators. Among these, group dynamics and team spirit, motivations for success and talent assessment and completion of talent banks from employees, documentation and continuity in learning, motivation and success among employees with an average weight of 4.9 are the most important factors identified. Finally, the structural model by partial least squares method was approved by PLS software with a sample of 251 people with a GOF fit coefficient of 0.63. Manuscript profile

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312 - Investigating the effective factors on innovation and knowledge production in selected European countries to reform the policy making structure in Iran
َAsrin Rahmani Seyed Mohamad Bagher Najafi Mohamad Sharif Karimi

In the model of Knowledge-Based production, knowledge and innovation are the most important factors of production; therefore, knowledge and innovation are the main keys to economic growth and development. The process of production of knowledge and innovation require gro More

In the model of Knowledge-Based production, knowledge and innovation are the most important factors of production; therefore, knowledge and innovation are the main keys to economic growth and development. The process of production of knowledge and innovation require groundwork making; This paper examines the effect of three factors, research and development expenditures, and education expenditures also the infrastructure of information and communication technology, on the production of knowledge and innovation. The purpose is to identify the path to realization of the knowledge-based economy in order to policy making for its realization in the Iranian economy. The extent of patents is considered as an indicator for producing knowledge and innovation. The countries under this study are 23 OECD member selected countries. For modeling, panel data method in Eviews software is used. Finding a positive and meaningful relationship between the three variables of research and development expenditure, training and technology infrastructure with the amount of patents, is the result of this research. The results of the calculations show that these three factors are very important in the process of producing knowledge and innovation, such that the lack of attention to them will actually lead the production of knowledge and innovation to the serious obstacles. Also, the comparison between the descriptive charts of the data for these three variables for Iran and the selected countries suggests that it would not be desirable in Iran. Manuscript profile

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313 - Assessing the consequences of visa cancellation with the Republic of Azerbaijan on the sustainable development of the northwestern of Iran
Abolghasem mahmoodi afsaneh bashiri

Many countries around the world use the visa cancellation policy as a privilege to attract tourists and develop sustainable tourism. Since 2010, the world tourism organization has supported the growing trend of visa cancellation and tourist entry facilities. Iran is no More

Many countries around the world use the visa cancellation policy as a privilege to attract tourists and develop sustainable tourism. Since 2010, the world tourism organization has supported the growing trend of visa cancellation and tourist entry facilities. Iran is no exception to this rule and intends to benefit from the visa cancellation policy. Of course, the political benefits of a visa waiver for Iran is more important than tourism benefits. Northwestern region of Iran is important for the implementation of the visa cancellation policy due to special conditions; Proximity to 4 foreign countries, the existence of many tourist attractions and the need for further development. Among the four neighboring countries in the northwestern region of Iran, the Republic of Azerbaijan is very importance due to the same ethnicity, religion and culture, as well as some political issues. The visa cancellation with this country has had many positive and negative effects on the region tourism statistics, however, this trend has not had a positive impact on the sustainable development of tourism the study of these effects and providing a model for other regions of the country is one of the main objectives of this study which by combining quantitative and qualitative research methods, the result indicates that The visa cancellation with the Republic of Azerbaijan has been done with a political attitude and has not had significant positive effects on the indicators of sustainable tourism development in the northwestern region of Iran. Manuscript profile

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314 - Designing an expert system for risk assessment in exploration & development oil ‎and gas fields
Hamidreza Vazirigohar Javad Akhlaghi

In order to assess the risk of exploration and development of oil and gas fields, which is mentioned as one of the ‎most important determining parameters in the economic development of oil- countries, an expert system using ‎the inference fuzzy system approach was desig More

In order to assess the risk of exploration and development of oil and gas fields, which is mentioned as one of the ‎most important determining parameters in the economic development of oil- countries, an expert system using ‎the inference fuzzy system approach was designed. First, the system inputs, which are in fact the characteristics ‎of risk assessment for the exploration and development of oil and gas fields, were extracted. In continuation, ‎the knowledge base of the system, the most important part of which is considered to be in the form of if-then ‎rules and based on the opinions of experts in the upstream part of the oil industry. To do this, the degree of ‎system accuracy is measured in two stages based on expert comments. Based on the Likert scale and presenting ‎a questionnaire to the experts, Student's t-test was performed and out of 48 defined indicators, 42 indicators ‎were selected as the final index. In the next step, the data validation of an oil field in the south of the country ‎was provided to the oil industry experts and they were asked to evaluate the output of the system‏.‏‎ Finally, the ‎opinions of experts were compared with the output of the expert system and based on the criterion of mean ‎square error (MSE) and a small difference between the average opinion of experts and the output of the system, ‎it was determined that the designed expert system has sufficient accuracy and validity for future studies.‎ Manuscript profile

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315 - Islam views the economic performance of women and their role in the economic development of the Muslim community
Soheila Biria

By explaining the genuine status of women, Islam has considered many financial and economic rights for women; however, in Islamic financial law, women have no financial responsibility for providing the family means of livelihood for their household. Therefore, women hav More

By explaining the genuine status of women, Islam has considered many financial and economic rights for women; however, in Islamic financial law, women have no financial responsibility for providing the family means of livelihood for their household. Therefore, women have financial independence, and all rights such as inheritance, dowry, alimony, income from work belong to women based on the Islamic legal system. No one has the right to attack, demand, and seize this right. In addition, women are involved in the foundation of economic development and the creation of human capital. This paper explores the Islamic view of women's economic status. Then, the role of women in the economic development of Islamic society is evaluated, and suggestions are made to enhance women's empowerment. This article is descriptive and analytical. Manuscript profile

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316 - Toward Urban Good Governance: The necessities of the urban Building Management system in Iranian experts’ representations (Case study: Tehran)
Gholamreza Kazemian hossein aslipour Arash Taqipour

Urban growth is a vegetative process that crystallizes as an accumulative process, shaping the city spatial structure over decades. In this way, current activities are deposited on the urban fabric through Building, and improve and develop the urban form in response to More

Urban growth is a vegetative process that crystallizes as an accumulative process, shaping the city spatial structure over decades. In this way, current activities are deposited on the urban fabric through Building, and improve and develop the urban form in response to the changing needs of its time. Since the Building custodian at the Urban level is the Urban management; and governance is a central issue on the path to sustainable development; the research’s problem is "What are the necessities of [Tehran’s] urban building management system in Iranian researchers’ representations". In this regard, the scientific descriptions of Iranian experts on the realities and desirability of the urban Building management system are considered as a face of truth; and the researcher, in order to understand it, uses the thematic analysis strategy as one of the qualitative methods. In this regard, out of 789 sources updated in the Iranian scientific databases, 65 were systematic sampled. The results of this fundamental research showed that according to Iranian experts, the urban building management system of Tehran can be considered as "Tehran’s Building Governance", when it has a Reliable, Remarkable, and Respectable. In other words, by pursuing "fair, balanced and empowering growth", it has sought to "solve the physical and spatial problems of the city of Tehran" in order to achieve "sustainable and affordable product"; and follows this path by "relying on endogenous capacities based on local values" by a "cooperative, efficient and collectivist organization" and in "facing the legal-executive challenges of Tehran’s urban management". Manuscript profile

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317 - The Role of Religious tourism in The Planning System of Qom City
esmail aliakbari Seyed Mehdi Musa Kazemi ali nejat torkaman

Religious tourism is a type of tourism in which participants are motivated by religious reasons. The aim of the research is to investigate the role of religious tourism in the planning system of Qom city. This research has been developed in terms of practical purpose an More

Religious tourism is a type of tourism in which participants are motivated by religious reasons. The aim of the research is to investigate the role of religious tourism in the planning system of Qom city. This research has been developed in terms of practical purpose and in terms of descriptive-analytical method. The data obtained from the research was collected by documentary and field method based on the opinions of 35 experts and using a researcher-made questionnaire. The research findings showed; Religious tourism is not directly mentioned in any document or development plan until the fifth plan. The prioritization of the components showed that the shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh (PBUH), the Jamkaran Mosque and religious places are known as the most important components in the development of the landuses of Qom city, and the planners and officials of the regional levels and the national and local level planners have the lowest rank among the components according to the experts. Also, the results of the research showed that the planning system's attention to religious tourism in Qom city and the whole country is moderate to low. Concluding, as a social and cultural reality, religious tourism plays an essential role in the sustainable development of Qom and the country's tourism, and executives, planners and activists can provide reasons for the development of religious tourism in its various dimensions by preparing and implementing development plans. Manuscript profile

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318 - Investigating the effect of strategic intelligence on entrepreneurial behavior and organizational development in the university
nima ranji ali pourfalah

Entrepreneurial behavior and organizational development can provide the necessary capacity to respond effectively to environmental requirements and enable the university to be effective through purposeful development of capabilities and competencies of university mana More

Entrepreneurial behavior and organizational development can provide the necessary capacity to respond effectively to environmental requirements and enable the university to be effective through purposeful development of capabilities and competencies of university managers, technology development to achieve continuous technological innovation. In this study, the effect of strategic intelligence on entrepreneurial behavior and organizational development of the university has been investigated. This research is based on the type of applied goal. A questionnaire was used to collect information. The statistical population of this study was university administrators in Guilan province and a sample size of 204 people was obtained through Cochran's formula. The results show that out of 10 hypotheses presented in the research, 6 hypotheses were confirmed. Strategic intelligence and organizational development have a significant effect on the organizational development of Islamic Azad universities in Gilan province. Gender, age, educational experiences and educational levels moderate the relationship between strategic intelligence and organizational development of Islamic Azad universities in Gilan province. But gender, age, educational experiences and educational levels do not moderate the relationship between strategic intelligence and entrepreneurial behavior of Islamic Azad universities in Gilan province. Manuscript profile

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319 - Principles of Sensibility of Being in the Transcendent Philosophy and its Effects on the Sustainable Development of the Environment
Laela Nikooienejad Ahmad Shahgoli

The environmental crisis of the last two centuries is one of the most important problems threatening the human society and life. Accordingly, human beings should find a way to control the wrong and sometimes immoral acts that damage the environment. Mullā Ṣadrā believes More

The environmental crisis of the last two centuries is one of the most important problems threatening the human society and life. Accordingly, human beings should find a way to control the wrong and sometimes immoral acts that damage the environment. Mullā Ṣadrā believes that nature, objects, and inanimate bodies enjoy knowledge and intelligence; therefore, the Transcendent Philosophy follows a holy approach to nature. Accordingly, in this paper, the authors have tried to highlight the moral beliefs that could lead to sustainable development in the environment by emphasizing their divine-philosophical bases through resorting to firsthand sources by and on Mullā Ṣadrā and employing rational analysis and explanation. The findings of this study indicate that a scrutinizing rereading of the sources on the Transcendent Philosophy, which provides a comprehensive philosophical interpretation of various issues based on Qur’ānic verses and traditions, can contribute to protecting the environment. This is because, based on some principles such as the principiality of existence, gradedness of existence, commensurability of the cause and effect, and the nature’s being a manifestation of higher worlds, it is possible to regain the lost respect for nature and its dignity, which have been developed based on the holy perspective of religions and philosophical schools, and prevent the destruction of nature and, following it, the death of human life. Manuscript profile

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320 - Providing a model of indigenous R&D activities in new product development (Case Study:dairy industry)
seyed rohollah faraji hossein adab jalal haghighat monfared

10.52547/jstpi.34024.18.72.40

The present era is the era of knowledge and technology. In such circumstances, companies will be successful in using research and development activities in technical and economic fields and recognizing the existing local conditions to develop a strategy for the developm More

The present era is the era of knowledge and technology. In such circumstances, companies will be successful in using research and development activities in technical and economic fields and recognizing the existing local conditions to develop a strategy for the development and design of new products.The purpose of this research is to present a conceptual model of indigenous research and development activities in new product development in the dairy industry. This research is applied in terms of results and is an exploratory research in terms of purpose. The qualitative part approach is based on the Grand Theory strategy. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview with 18 managers and experts in the field of research and development in the dairy industry. Sampling was performed in a purposeful and judgmental manner. The results are about causal conditions, internal and external Organizational trends.The main phenomenon is the indigenous of research and development activities. Interfering factors included organizational capabilities, legal factors, management potential and attitudes, and changes in the public environment. Underlying factors are the structure of the idea and the product, the market structure of the industry, the consumer approach, the institutional basis of research and development. Strategies include research and development knowledge mechanisms, training and human resources,financial resources, risk management, competitive and strategic mechanisms, coping with institutional weakness and customer focus. Implications also include improving the company's financial indicators, offering new products and services, improving position and productivity,exporting and upgrading indigenous knowledge and skills. Manuscript profile

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321 - Assessing the degree of development of the cities of Gilan province in the agricultural sector
Soheila Dalvandi Maral Riahi Yousef Ghanbari

In societies like ours, before oil revenues came to power, the national economy was based on agriculture and was the only source of treasury and government spending. In the present era, despite the reduction of the role of this sector in the economy, the study of the fu More

In societies like ours, before oil revenues came to power, the national economy was based on agriculture and was the only source of treasury and government spending. In the present era, despite the reduction of the role of this sector in the economy, the study of the function of economic sectors in the framework of national macroeconomics still confirms the significant role of the agricultural sector in the country. Agriculture is the main pillar of livelihood and economy of the people of Gilan. But the issue that has received less attention is regional justice and balance in having agricultural facilities and services among the cities of Gilan province. In fact, the evidence suggests that some cities are at a higher level in terms of development, and in this regard, there is an imbalance between cities. The research method is descriptive-analytical. Gilan Agricultural Statistics (2014) was used for data collection. Shannon and TOPSIS entropy models were also used for data analysis. The results of TOPSIS model in the group of indicators "Agricultural Tools and Technologies" showed that Rasht counties , Someh Sara, Lahijan and Tavalesh are in the first level of development: Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, Rudsar, Bandar Anzali, Shaft and Fuman counties in the second level and Langarud, Amlash, Siahkal, Rudbar, Rezvanshahr and Masal and Astara counties in the third level Are located. Manuscript profile

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322 - Designing and presenting a model for human resource development with a succession approach in universities (Case study: Universities in Region 9 of the country)
hadi keikhosravi Farshad Faezi Razi Seyed Abdollah heydariyeh

Human resource development is one of the important tasks or in other words the most important task of human resource management in organizations, which plays a vital role in the survival of organizations by focusing on training and helping the development of employees. More

Human resource development is one of the important tasks or in other words the most important task of human resource management in organizations, which plays a vital role in the survival of organizations by focusing on training and helping the development of employees. One of the best ways to develop employees and the organization is to use the succession system in the career development of employees, which will have numerous benefits for both the employee and the organization. This research has been done with the aim of designing and presenting a model of human resource development with a succession approach in universities.The research is based on data theory and is descriptive and exploratory in nature and method, and data collection is qualitative and based. It is based on semi-structured and purposeful interviews. The data required for this study were obtained by interviewing 14 university administrators in the country who had experience or expertise in the field of human resource management. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and Atlas.ti software in three stages of open coding, axial coding and selective coding inspired by the systematic paradigm model of Strauss and Corbin and the validity and reliability of the data using participants' review methods. And review obtained by experts. The central phenomenon of the present study is the development of employees based on the system of succession planning "which according to the causal, contextual, intervening conditions and its consequences, strategies have been formulated and the final model has been presented. Manuscript profile

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323 - Investigating the Impact of Green Human Resources Development on Sustainable Production in Manufacturing Companies (Case Study: Shiraz Industrial Town)
Mohammad Saeed Mozafari Mehr

Green human resource development is a new approach to job design that is based on employee innovation and if it is done based on economic, social and environmental goals, it can ultimately lead to sustainable production. Due to the importance and scope of the subject More

Green human resource development is a new approach to job design that is based on employee innovation and if it is done based on economic, social and environmental goals, it can ultimately lead to sustainable production. Due to the importance and scope of the subject of this study, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of green human resource development on sustainable production in manufacturing companies. The present study is a cross-sectional research in terms of exploratory purpose and method and time period of data collection. The statistical population in the qualitative part includes 19 experts in the field of human resource development and active managers of Shiraz Industrial Park and in the quantitative part includes the staff of Shiraz Industrial Park. The sample size was estimated to be 212 people using Morgan table and sampling was done by simple random method. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview and a questionnaire that was validated by structural validity, convergent validity and divergent validity. Using Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability, the reliability of the questionnaire was as desirable. The partial least squares method and Smart PLS software were used to validate the green HR development model. Based on the results, it was found that the development of green human resources affects green self-efficacy, green behavior of employees and green citizenship behavior. Green behavior of employees as an important factor in this regard also affects green citizenship behavior and self-efficacy and affects sustainable production. Manuscript profile

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324 - Identifying problems of tourism development in rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad city
rahim javdankherad

The first step to achieve sustainable rural development is to identify its capabilities, barriers and challenges. One of the existing potentials at the local level in rural areas of the country is the capacity to develop tourism activities, which is of particular import More

The first step to achieve sustainable rural development is to identify its capabilities, barriers and challenges. One of the existing potentials at the local level in rural areas of the country is the capacity to develop tourism activities, which is of particular importance. Today, one of the ways to save villages from poverty, migration, social and economic problems is to develop tourism in areas prone to rural tourism. Currently, the tourism industry is one of the important sources of production, income, employment and infrastructure for achieving sustainable development. Rural tourism is a new trend in the tourism industry. The present article aims to identify the potentials and limitations of rural tourism development and strategies and strategies for tourism development in rural areas. Problems of tourism development in rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad city. The research method is descriptive-analytical of survey and library studies. The statistical population consists of villages with tourism potential of this city. Results and Findings The research shows that the ability to attract tourists to rural areas of the city is very high and requires the presentation of appropriate policies by implementing organizations to eliminate restrictions and use existing potentials and capabilities. Manuscript profile

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325 - Identifying problems of tourism development in rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad city
rahim javdankherad

The first step to achieve sustainable rural development is to identify its capabilities, barriers and challenges. One of the existing potentials at the local level in rural areas of the country is the capacity to develop tourism activities, which is of particular import More

The first step to achieve sustainable rural development is to identify its capabilities, barriers and challenges. One of the existing potentials at the local level in rural areas of the country is the capacity to develop tourism activities, which is of particular importance. Today, one of the ways to save villages from poverty, migration, social and economic problems is to develop tourism in areas prone to rural tourism. Currently, the tourism industry is one of the important sources of production, income, employment and infrastructure for achieving sustainable development. Rural tourism is a new trend in the tourism industry. The present article aims to identify the potentials and limitations of rural tourism development and strategies and strategies for tourism development in rural areas. Problems of tourism development in rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad city. The research method is descriptive-analytical of survey and library studies. The statistical population consists of villages with tourism potential of this city. Results and Findings The research shows that the ability to attract tourists to rural areas of the city is very high and requires the presentation of appropriate policies by implementing organizations to eliminate restrictions and use existing potentials and capabilities. Manuscript profile

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326 - Providing a World Class Model for National Iranian Oil Company Manager's Development
Sogol Ranvar Mohammad Ghahramani Abasalt Khorasani shahrokh ghasemi

Given (considering) the importance of human resource development, especially the development of managers as the key to the development of the country, the present study aims to provide a model for the development of managers of the National Iranian Oil Company. In the r More

Given (considering) the importance of human resource development, especially the development of managers as the key to the development of the country, the present study aims to provide a model for the development of managers of the National Iranian Oil Company. In the research, the mixed method has been used. In the qualitative section, using Delphi method and purposeful sampling, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 senior managers of national Iranian oil company in order make a questionnaire, which was thematically analyzed and coded in MAXQDA software. In the quantitative section after collecting information about 156 questionnaires from the spatial territory of all training and development units in the national Iranian Oil Company, to confirm and test the conceptional model, confirmatory factor analysis of the SPSS and LISREL software has been used. The results showed that among the dimensions of development of world-class managers, the individual dimension has the highest correlation with the latest variable and we do not see a significant difference with the desire level. After that, the group dimension is less different from the desired level, but in the organizational dimension with a global level, we see a significant difference. Given (considering) the importance of human resource development, especially the development of managers as the key to the development of the country, the present study aims to provide a model for the development of managers of the National Iranian Oil Company Manuscript profile

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327 - Comparative Analysis of Urban Contexts around Subway Stations Based on Indicators of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Case Study: Mirza Shirazi and Namazi Subway Stations
Ali Reza Sadeghi Seyedeh Tayebeh Hosseinipour masoud dadgar

Transportation issue has always been considered as one of the major urban problems. The rapid economic and demographic growth of cities, the increase of private car ownership, the limitation of urban transportation infrastructure, the increase of intra-city travel and t More

Transportation issue has always been considered as one of the major urban problems. The rapid economic and demographic growth of cities, the increase of private car ownership, the limitation of urban transportation infrastructure, the increase of intra-city travel and the disproportionate development of urban spaces will increase the traffic problems in cities. Today, to get rid of these problems and increase the quality of life in cities, urban spaces are developed based on the transit system. The benefits of TOD have been widely demonstrated, from reducing carbon emissions to achieving a range of other inherent socio-economic benefits in sustainable cities. The increase in car ownership in Shiraz, whose population has overgrown in the years after the revolution and the intensification of the use of private cars in this city, caused many problems such as heavy traffic, air pollution, and noise pollution. This revealed the necessity of attention to transit in this city, and as a result, the urban train was considered an efficient transit method. The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate and analyze the urban areas around the public transportation stations in Shiraz based on the TOD criteria. The case study is two selected stations from Shiraz metro, Mirzai Shirazi and Namazi stations. In this study, first, the principles of TOD have been identified. After that, the characteristics of the case study have been evaluated with the TOD criteria and the ITDP standards. Then, the stations were analyzed using SWOT. This study shows that Mirzai Shirazi station is in a bronze condition, but the Namazi station is not even in this condition. Access to local services, proper non-residential density, and transit options at the stations are the strengths of this approach. Housing density in stations is low and needs to be increased. The findings of this study can be used to assist planners in evaluating actions taken in intra-city rail development. Manuscript profile

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328 - An Analysis of the Effectiveness of National Measures Taken in the Field of University-Industry Cooperation; Identify, Prioritize and Provide Solutions for Excellence
Seyed Maseood Ghoreishi mehdi majidpour babak negahdari morteza mousakhani

In the upstream documents of the country, the issue of responding to scientific and research centers to the demand of industries and organizations has been emphasized; Therefore, the cooperation between the university and industry has become very important. Numerous nat More

In the upstream documents of the country, the issue of responding to scientific and research centers to the demand of industries and organizations has been emphasized; Therefore, the cooperation between the university and industry has become very important. Numerous national measures have been taken in cooperation with the university and industry, which need to be evaluated. Two main goals are pursued; One is to discover the extent to which the goals and functions of the actions taken in the field of university-industry relations have been achieved, and the other is to provide executive solutions to improve the current path and move towards the excellence of university-industry cooperation. In this research, using methods such as library studies, interviews with experts and the focus group, first the measures taken in the field of cooperation between the university and the statistics industry and then by surveying experts, the effectiveness of each measure in terms of each criterion and The rate of fulfillment of each criterion was calculated in terms of measures taken and analyzed using statistical mean method. It can be said that none of the measures that have been taken so far in the field of industry-university relationship have had the desired efficiency and also the efficiency criteria have not been met to an acceptable level in most of the executive measures. At the end, several proposals were presented, including the establishment of the executive headquarters of university-industry cooperation and the privatization of offices related to industry and university entrepreneurship Manuscript profile

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329 - Investigating the factors affecting the mental image of citizens of worn-out tissue and ways to improve it (a case study of worn-out tissue around the Qom Grand Mosque)
ashraf mandani

Dilapidated urban structures, regardless of their different species, are the product of some negligence of urban management, which over time has become an area of the city that lacks the necessary physical stability and strength, does not provide adequate access to th More

Dilapidated urban structures, regardless of their different species, are the product of some negligence of urban management, which over time has become an area of the city that lacks the necessary physical stability and strength, does not provide adequate access to their homes and lacks Severe service suffer. For this reason, due to the low quality of life in some parts of them, the housing of deprived and rural immigrants and some non-Iranians have become and finally have become unsafe places with many social anomalies at the lowest level of environmental quality. What has faced the problem of intervention, improvement and renovation of worn-out structures in our country is the lack of a clear strategy based on the identification of worn-out tissue species and the serious determination of urban management to renovate and improve them. In many areas, contextual improvement and micro-partnership with the people living in it, offers a very desirable and sustainable method that can be done over a short period of time. Qom city is one of the cities that is clearly facing the problem of erosion due to having about 1074 hectares of historical and dilapidated texture and the residential texture around Qom Grand Mosque, due to its special location and being located in the central and historical area of Qom city and its erosion. He faces certain problems. The findings show that a survey of residents' satisfaction shows that 32% completely agree with the demolition and renovation of the building, 23% agree, 20% somewhat agree, and there are those who are interested in this area and intend to continue living in the area. 15% of the residents of the area agree with the repair and reconstruction of the area but oppose the demolition and renovation. 10% are also dissatisfied with any changes in the buildings and structures of the area. The Manuscript profile

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330 - Patterns and methods of moral development in childhood from the perspective of Nahj al-Balaghah
Jafar Shahbazi Seyed Nader Mohammadzadeh Gholam Hossein Entesar Foumani

The extent of morality and the expression of rational behavior in the teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah is undeniable. This article has an analytical and descriptive approach with the aim of examining the pattern of moral development in childhood among the teachings of Nahj More

The extent of morality and the expression of rational behavior in the teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah is undeniable. This article has an analytical and descriptive approach with the aim of examining the pattern of moral development in childhood among the teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah. Morality is the most basic and important thing that happens in individual and social life, and it undoubtedly colors and gives direction to everything in life. Imam Ali (AS) The only thing he believes in is to stand on it and be prejudiced and not deviate from it is morality. For creatures that are in the process of change, evolution, growth and evolution, there is usually a good season in which they reach their best and most suitable growth and the expected effects of them are manifested. Childhood, when the child still has a pure heavenly heart. The principle of "love and respect" as a basis for communication with children, just as the principle of "model method" along with love has never been neglected. The principles of "reminder", "moderation" and "encouragement", "learning lessons" and "practical training" are other principles of methods of moral development in the life of Imam Ali (as). Manuscript profile

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331 - A study of CDS experiences in Iran and the world
amir aminzadeh

In recent decades, several schools and paradigms have emerged in the field of urban literature, some of which have profound effects on urban spaces, including the "urban development strategy" (CDS) approach, which is one of the most important and controversial, and in s More

In recent decades, several schools and paradigms have emerged in the field of urban literature, some of which have profound effects on urban spaces, including the "urban development strategy" (CDS) approach, which is one of the most important and controversial, and in several Recent years have also attracted the attention of many scientific-professional circles in Iran. Although the CDS dates back to the formal formation of the Coalition of Cities in 1999, it later published its official documents in the following years in partnership with the World Bank and the United Nations Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT). He is also the official tribune and executive trustee of CDS worldwide. Today, many managers, planners and urban theorists are trying to develop the question of how and by what mechanisms this approach is able to draw positive changes in the normal life of citizens and reduce urban poverty, based on the successful experiences of CDS. -Develop your role. An overview of CDS implementation in more than 250 Third World cities in less than a decade underscores the fact that the approach is more action-based than action-oriented. However, most cities in developing countries such as Iran experience difficult conditions, both in terms of preparation and referral, because the major approach to management and urban planning in Iran is influenced by the school of classical planning with a focus on design. It is comprehensive in which the dimensions of physical development, arrangement and physical order of cities often take precedence over the social-citizenship dimensions. Although comprehensive plans are developed in Iran with the aim of paving the way for the balanced physical growth of cities, in practice they not only impose a lot of energy and costs on the urban economy, but often most of their goals are never achieved. Manuscript profile

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332 - Government theory in Ibn Khaldun's view with emphasis on geographical and urban aspects
amir aminzadeh

The subject, origin, forms and function of the state have been seriously considered in the field of Islamic thought and have been discussed both from the perspective of political philosophy and from the legal point of view; So that this issue and the issue of sovereignt More

The subject, origin, forms and function of the state have been seriously considered in the field of Islamic thought and have been discussed both from the perspective of political philosophy and from the legal point of view; So that this issue and the issue of sovereignty can be explicitly seen in many verses of the Holy Quran, as well as the words of Ali (AS) in Nahj al-Balaghah, as well as in theological, jurisprudential and historical texts of Muslims. The opinions and theories of scholars such as Farabi, Bu'ali Sina, Ghazzali, Khawaja Nasir Tusi and especially Abdul Rahman Ibn Khaldun in this field are very important and worthy of study and reflection. In the present article, an attempt has been made to briefly refer to the concept of government and sovereignty in religious texts, especially the Holy Qur'an, and to specifically examine and critique Ibn Khaldun's views and theories in this regard. Manuscript profile

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333 - A Deconstructive Analysis of Childhood in Social Constructionism
reza sheikheh mohamad jafar pakseresht

The aim of this research was to explicate the childhood period based on the social constructionism, using the deconstruction method. Deconstruction is defined as analyzing and rereading each subject through defocusing and finding some aspects of the subject which are us More

The aim of this research was to explicate the childhood period based on the social constructionism, using the deconstruction method. Deconstruction is defined as analyzing and rereading each subject through defocusing and finding some aspects of the subject which are usually neglected. Generally, there exist two groups of theories concerning childhood: First, developmental theories that treat childhood as a natural and universal process. The second group considers the childhood as a special period constructed by society. Social constructionism provided a new sphere by challenging the concepts of developmental theories. According to social constructionism, childhood is a social phenomenon. Focusing on social constructionism, we will encounter special implications. In this way, education will take on a sociocultural nature. Knowledge, and consequently contents of subject matters, will get a sociocultural nature and will be shaped under the influence of other poles of education, namely teacher and other factors of educational system. The social process of knowledge construct leads to the preference of collaborative perspectives in education. Along with all these elements, pluralism will be legitimized in content and method. Manuscript profile

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334 - Analysis of Local, National and Global Geographical Scales’ Effects on Kurdistan’s tourism development
Mokhtar Bahrami

Tourism is a complex and multidimensional industry that planning for its development needs consistency and convergence of actions in different levels of decision-making. Tourism development is possible when practical actions in local scale will be aligned with macro pol More

Tourism is a complex and multidimensional industry that planning for its development needs consistency and convergence of actions in different levels of decision-making. Tourism development is possible when practical actions in local scale will be aligned with macro policy-making in national scale and current trends in global scale. This research intends to survey the effects of local, national and global scales on the tourism development in Kurdistan province and then while determining the most affecting scale in tourism development in the studied area, identifying the most important factors in the mentioned triple scales that prevent developing of tourism in that area. This research is an applied analytical-descriptive study which benefits from qualitative methodology. The data were collected through desk research and field survey. Main assumption of this research is that national scale due to its interstitial nature has the most influence on tourism underdevelopment and political factors that necessarily are not related to tourism, are the most important causes of tourism underdevelopment in Kurdistan province. The field and desk research findings approve both assumptions of research. This means that national, global and local scales respectively have the most influence on emergence of status quo and “weakness of transport infrastructure”, “security and political approach towards the local community” in local scale, “political and religious ideological approach towards tourism policy making” in national scale and “strained political relations between Iran and the West” in global scale are the most important factors in tourism underdevelopment in Kurdistan province. Manuscript profile

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335 - The Framework for Formulating Tourism Policies of Islamic Republic of Iran
Hamid Zargham Boroojeni

In this article, the researchers have tried to propose a model for formulating tourism policies of Iran in accordance to tourism policies of Five-Year Economic, Social and Cultural Plan and that of Iran Vision of 2025. Hence, a questionnaire composed of 15 questions (wi More

In this article, the researchers have tried to propose a model for formulating tourism policies of Iran in accordance to tourism policies of Five-Year Economic, Social and Cultural Plan and that of Iran Vision of 2025. Hence, a questionnaire composed of 15 questions (with Likert scale) was distributed among tourism experts (university professors, tourism experts at Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and etc.). The data was then analyzed by use of Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmative Factor Analysis. The results showed that there are four factors (Economic and Supportive, Political, Marketing and Development and Cultural) that can be considered for policy making of Iran, more specifically for future formulation of tourism policies of Iran. The results also showed that marketing and development policies are of highest priority (regarding the experts’ point of view). The importance of different variables was also examined in this article. Manuscript profile

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336 - Analyzing the barriers of rural tourism development (Case study: Fash Village Kangavar city, Kermanshah province)

Rural tourism is considered as an employment factor and income generator that can be an important solution for social and economic development of rural communities as well as protecting the rural culture and environment. The first step in the development of rural touris More

Rural tourism is considered as an employment factor and income generator that can be an important solution for social and economic development of rural communities as well as protecting the rural culture and environment. The first step in the development of rural tourism is to identify its barriers and challenges. This study will analyze the barriers and challenges of rural tourism, through a qualitative paradigm and a grounded theory, also analysis of variance (ANOVA) was explored in the case study, the village of Fash from Kangavar. Data collection was conducted through, in-depth interviews, direct observations and desk research. The validity of this research was confirmed by experts and specialists such as university professors, experts and managers in Iranin Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO). By using MaxQDA, as a valuable qualitative analyzing software, themes, percentage and frequency of codes were analyzed. The results of the study showed that the main barriers of rural tourism development are: economic problems, socio-cultural problems, managerial-infrastructural problems and informational and publicity problems. Analyze of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey tests revealed that, from villagers’ point of view, the managerial-infrastructural problem has a higher impact whereas experts considered the same range of impact for informational and publicity problems as a barrier for rural tourism development. Manuscript profile

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337 - The Mediating Role of Travel Motivation and Responsible Behavior with the Relationship between Environmental Attitude and the Sustainable Development of Ecotourism Case: Cities of Mahdishar and Semnan
samaneh parsa سید حسن کابلی sakineh jafari

This study examined the relationship between environmental attitude and sustainable development of ecotourism, and the mediating role of travel motivation and environmentally responsible behavior of ecotourists in Mahdishahr and Semnan. The population included all ecoto More

This study examined the relationship between environmental attitude and sustainable development of ecotourism, and the mediating role of travel motivation and environmentally responsible behavior of ecotourists in Mahdishahr and Semnan. The population included all ecotourists in Mahdishar and Semnan. The participants were 250 (122 males and 128 females) and were selected via a Convenience Sampling method. All participants completed the scales of environmental attitude, motivation, environmentally responsible behavior and sustainable development of ecotourism. Using LISREL, the data were analyzed by the path analysis model. The results showed that environmental attitude did not have a direct influence on the sustainable development of ecotourism. Environmental attitude had a direct, positive and significant influence on travel motivation and environmentally responsible behavior. Environmental attitude had an indirect, positive and significant impact on sustainable development of ecotourism with the mediating role of travel motivation and environmentally responsible behavior. Manuscript profile

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338 - Effective Drivers on the Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism with an Emphasis on Futures Studies (Awraman district of Sarvabad city)
رسول صفیاری soran manoochehri

Sustainable development of tourism requires a future studies approach. Given the nature of sustainability and the complexity of the open tourism system and its impact from trends, events, and changes (known as drivers), such an approach can identify, understand, and ana More

Sustainable development of tourism requires a future studies approach. Given the nature of sustainability and the complexity of the open tourism system and its impact from trends, events, and changes (known as drivers), such an approach can identify, understand, and analyze the complexities and the operating drivers. This applied research with a descriptive-analytical method and a prospective exploratory approach identified the most important drivers that would affect the sustainable development of Awraman (Kurdistan, Iran) rural tourism. To identify the drivers, we used the Delphi technique and selected 38 experts. The MicMac software was used to find the relationships and their impacts and effectiveness. The results showed that the tourism system of the region would follow an unstable development. In such a situation, the aggregated drivers of economic, institutional, and environmental indicators would be more effective than social drivers. The most effective driver would be an inappropriate business environment, while a culture of self-employment and entrepreneurship would be the most influential driver in the sustainable development tourism for the region. Manuscript profile

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339 - A Conceptual Model for the Cultural Tourism Sustainable Development: a meta-synthesis approach
Mohanna Nikbin hamid Reza Zargham Broujeni sayed reza salehi amiri kamran mohamadkhani farhad ghaffari

Tourism is a powerful means of cultural transactions among societies. UNWTO predicted the following two decades (to 2030) to be the tourism sustainable growth period. Cultural tourism development could preserve the cultural and natural assets of destinations, enhance th More

Tourism is a powerful means of cultural transactions among societies. UNWTO predicted the following two decades (to 2030) to be the tourism sustainable growth period. Cultural tourism development could preserve the cultural and natural assets of destinations, enhance the host communities’ quality of life, and delight the tourists. Following an interpretive approach and a systematic meta-synthesis technique, this paper systematically studied the scholarship in cultural tourism sustainable development. This study identified and categorized the extracted codes using a latent content analysis strategy. Based on the CASP criterion, the papers published in authentic Persian and English scientific databases by 2019 (Azar 1397) were selected. Maxqda 2018.1 was used to identify, group, analyze, and interpret the codes. One hundred four primary codes were grouped into 29 major and minor categories, and four main codes: i.e., dimensions, influential factors, impacts and challenges of cultural tourism sustainable development. We presented a conceptual model for cultural tourism sustainable development. Finally, by Cohen’s kappa index using SPSS, the validity of the results was measured 0.712, also verified by the experts excluding the authors. Manuscript profile

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340 - Comparing the Attitude Patterns of Men and Women in Planning and Developing Clean and Inexpensive Coastal Cycling Tourism (Case Study of Babolsar)
Mehdi Ramezanzadeh Lasbuie فرشته دوستی

In traditional societies, gender roles are not notable, whereas gender relations play a significant role in planning and developing tourism. Gender relations give identity to people and set their power and participation in environmental and socio-cultural affairs. All t More

In traditional societies, gender roles are not notable, whereas gender relations play a significant role in planning and developing tourism. Gender relations give identity to people and set their power and participation in environmental and socio-cultural affairs. All types of tourism, including cycling tourism, play roles in distributing power, resources, participation, and support among the members of society, particularly women and youths. Babolsar city has a coastline of 27 km, which makes it the lengthiest swimming beach in Mazandaran province, visited by various tourists. Should the standards improve, the city’s coastline could attract bicycle tourists and even hold cycling races on a national level. This study compared the attitude patterns of men and women to develop cycling tourism. It also discussed the motivational factors affecting women. Two hundred questionnaires were randomly distributed among tourists on the beaches of Babolsar city. Data were analyzed by T-test and linear regression in SPSS. The results showed that women, similar to men, had a high tendency to use bicycles in a suitable environment. They also asked to establish standard infrastructures to improve their skills. Among the motivational factors in women’s views, the pro-cycling attitudes and perceived cycling ease had the highest impact on developing cycling tourism in Babolsar. Manuscript profile

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341 - A model for developing disabled tourism in the city of Yazd
Mir Mohhammad Asadi Mehdi Bassouli Yasamin Boroumandzad

Traveling always brings with itself a sense of rejuvenation, hope, and abandonment from daily activities. Most experts recommend traveling to the elderly, the disabled, and the veterans. The main issue for disabled people is their being ignored in the Iranian tourism ne More

Traveling always brings with itself a sense of rejuvenation, hope, and abandonment from daily activities. Most experts recommend traveling to the elderly, the disabled, and the veterans. The main issue for disabled people is their being ignored in the Iranian tourism network. Many urban and public spaces lack the proper facilities and are hard to use. People with disabilities have less or limited opportunities to enjoy tourism activities. Disabled tourism needs particular attention since Yazd was named a World Heritage by UNESCO. This research designed a model of the factors that influenced developing disabled tourism in Yazd. Reviewing the literature, we identified 15 essential factors, which were revised and modified into 13 after interviews with some experts. Using cognitive mapping technique and interpretive structural modeling, we designed a model for essential factors. The results showed that the most critical factors in developing disabled tourism included the role of the government in promoting such tourism, a customized transportation system for the disabled, and security. Manuscript profile

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342 - The willingness of tourists to pay for services in rural tourism destinations
Hamdollah Sojasi Qeidari حمیده محمودی Atefe jomeei

Tourism-baed development would only takes place if local communities are provided with the revenues earned from visiting tourists who are willingly pay for tourism services offered. This study, therefore, sought to investigate the willingness of toursits visiting the vi More

Tourism-baed development would only takes place if local communities are provided with the revenues earned from visiting tourists who are willingly pay for tourism services offered. This study, therefore, sought to investigate the willingness of toursits visiting the villages of Shandiz city in Binalood town to pay for tourism services offered there. Being a descriptive-analytic research, the study used conditional evaluation method and logit model to measure the pay willingness rate. Vikor model was also employed to identify the spatial differences among the tourists in terms of their willingness to pay for the services they received. The population of the study comprised of eleven villages which were visited throughout 2018 by 96 visitors who were selected as the participants of the study according to Cochran formula with 0.1 error rate. The results of the stusy indicate that tourists tends to spend an average of 776540 Rials (equal to 6 USD) in the villages they visit. Taking the the total willingness of the visiting tourists to pay for the services for a full day into account, commercial facilities, catering, recreation, and residential facilities were the most willingly paid services respectively. Moreover, based on the Vikor model, tourists spend more money in Virani village as more services are offered there in terms of restaurant, catering, and residential facilities. Manuscript profile

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343 - Assessing Social Entrepreneurship Criteria in Rural Tourism Development: A Case Study of Gilan Province, Iran
Hamed Fallah Tafti Fatemeh Doozandehziabary Asghar Nabil

10.52547/journalitor.35766.11.22.309

In today’s world, finding practical solutions to deal with rural developments is required for the survival of the villages. On the other hand, many countries consider tourism as the economic driving force, setting as the main strategy in developing appropriate plans for More

In today’s world, finding practical solutions to deal with rural developments is required for the survival of the villages. On the other hand, many countries consider tourism as the economic driving force, setting as the main strategy in developing appropriate plans for rural development. To this end, social entrepreneurship and tourism are given specific priority, the promotion of which could prepare the grounds for the development and progress of rural areas. Therefore, considering the fact that social entrepreneurship criteria are of great importance in rural tourism development and that few studies have so far been conducted on the assessment of the effectiveness of such criteria in fulfilling the development goals, this study sought to investigate social entrepreneurship criteria in rural tourism development in Gilan province, Iran. To this end, first, the criteria for social entrepreneurship in tourism were identified by reviewing the related literature. Then, a researcher-developed questionnaire was administered to thirty-five entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals in the field of tourism with at least five years of working experience who were selected via snowball sampling to identify the significance of each criterion with regard to the other ones. Finally, the investigated criteria were ranked using Interpretive structural modeling (ISM). According to the findings of the study, nine levels were identified for the ranking of the investigated criteria, with the ninth level, that is belief in entrepreneurship and the creative use of resources, being the most influential social entrepreneurship criteria involved in rural tourism development in Gilan province. Manuscript profile

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344 - Key Success Factors of Crowdsourcing in in Developing Tourism Destination Capabilities: A Case Study of Yazd City
Hamed Fallah Tafti Mahdieh Zahmatkesh Saredorahi بهاره گورنگی

Today, information technology has made it possible to solicit the views of different people with diverse perspectives and ideological backgrounds. Being one of the benefits of IT, crowdsourcing could, as an easy-to-use public opinion survey tool, be used as a very usefu More

Today, information technology has made it possible to solicit the views of different people with diverse perspectives and ideological backgrounds. Being one of the benefits of IT, crowdsourcing could, as an easy-to-use public opinion survey tool, be used as a very useful instrument wherever social participation may facilitates the identification and resolution of problems. Having carefully reviewed previous studies of the field, we found that few attempts have so far been made to induce tourists to socially participate in identifying the opportunities for the development of civilian, cultural, and social infrastructures of tourist destinations. As one of the Iranian cultural and historical tourist destinations, Yazd city has recently been enlisted in UNESCO World Heritage sites and has attracted the attention of many tourists worldwide. Having said that, it appears that its tourism capacities and infrastructures need to be developed. This study, therefore, sought to identify the criteria which could be effective in the success of tourist crowdsourcing in offering appropriate solutions for the development of tourism in Yazd. To this end, the primary criteria for the successful implementation of crowdsourcing were extracted from the relevant literature, from which 25 criteria in six general categories were screened and identified via Delphi method. To rank the criteria mentioned, the opinions of Yazd tourism experts were collected through paired comparisons, being analyzed and ranked by fuzzy network analysis. The finding of the study indicated that human resources and cultural indices with the weights of 0.28 and 0.21 respectively were the most important factors in the success of tourist crowdsourcing. Manuscript profile

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345 - Tourism, Tourism development# Religious development#Systematic approach#Interpretive structural modeling (ISM)
Hamid Zargham Boroojeni marjan abdi Seyed Mojtaba Mahmoudzadeh hossein aslipour

10.52547/journalitor.36042.9.17.0

Religious tourism plays an important role in Iranian cultural and economic sustainability. Due to the special nature of the Iranian political establishment, this type of tourism provides many potentials for tourism development in different parts of Iran. Making the best More

Religious tourism plays an important role in Iranian cultural and economic sustainability. Due to the special nature of the Iranian political establishment, this type of tourism provides many potentials for tourism development in different parts of Iran. Making the best use of these capacities requires recognition of the barriers and challenges lying ahead of the development of religious tourism. Therefore, this study set out to identify the challenges facing religious tourism, using thematic analysis (TA) and interpretive structural modeling (ISM). Moreover, the relationship model between the influential factors involved in this regard was extracted at three levels via the thematic network. Finally, MICMAC analysis was conducted to measure the influence power and dependence of the factors. The required data were collected through library research and administering a questionnaire on 15 experts familiar with the subject matter who were selected through purposive sampling, out of whom 11 experts completed the questionnaire. The findings of the study indicated that variables such as lack of attention to the chain of providing religious tourism services, lack of programming, policymaking, and monitoring the religious tourism process, and not allocating budget and financial supports for religious tourism development in Iran played essential and key roles in the non-development of this type of tourism. These variables were placed at the third level of the model that affect the second level variables. It was also found that the variables such as inefficient management of religious tourism facilities and services, inefficient management of religious attractions and events, and improper management of religious tourism marketing were dependent variables that were placed at the first level of the model. Manuscript profile

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346 - Investigating the Effect of Tourists Visits on Social Health of Host Communities: A Case Study of Select Tourism villages of Binalood city
tahereh Sadeghloo mitra yarahmadi

10.52547/journalitor.36052.9.17.0

), which is a statistical measure and gives investors a clue concerning volatility, is calculated to determine the extent to which companies are exposed to systematic risk. However, the asymmetry of information between the internal and external environment of small and More

), which is a statistical measure and gives investors a clue concerning volatility, is calculated to determine the extent to which companies are exposed to systematic risk. However, the asymmetry of information between the internal and external environment of small and medium-sized companies makes such studies more complex. According to the panel-data model results, the size of companies and the amount of their advertising have an adverse effect on systematic risk. Manuscript profile

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347 - Investigating A Conceptual Link Between Tourism and Social Capital in the Development and Transformation of Society: A Mixed-Method Study
Javad Madani

10.52547/journalitor.36155.11.22.257

As a multifaceted phenomenon, tourism has traditionally existed in different dimensions and areas of society. On the other hand, there are some basic concepts in sociology such as social capital, which, together with the concept of tourism, can foster social development More

As a multifaceted phenomenon, tourism has traditionally existed in different dimensions and areas of society. On the other hand, there are some basic concepts in sociology such as social capital, which, together with the concept of tourism, can foster social development and evolution. Therefore, this study sought to develop a model in terms of a conceptual link between tourism and social capital to be used for the development and evolution of society using mixed-method research. To this end, the study used the partially mixed sequential dominant status design approach conducted in three qualitative-qualitative-quantitative phases, according to which systematic review, thematic analysis, and modified Delphi methods were used, respectively. According to the findings of the study, in the first phase, twenty-six English and Persian articles were selected out of 211 reviewed articles using the systematic review method. In the second phase, the data collected through semi-structured interviews were analyzed via the thematic analysis method, according to which sixty-seven basic themes, twenty-six organizing themes, and four inclusive themes were identified and extracted. In the third phase, three rounds of Delphi were conducted to validate the components of the model and examine the extent of the experts’ consensus in this regard using the modified Delphi method. Accordingly, all the experts confirmed the validity of the model’s components. The results of the study indicate the pivotal role of components such as "Providing social support, participating in tourism, observing the civil rights, strengthening social, cultural, and economic infrastructure, etc. in creating a link between tourism and social capital, which can pave the ground for fostering social developments. Manuscript profile

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348 - Designing Entrepreneurship Development Model for cultural tourism in Yazd, the World Heritage City
Mehdi Basouli seyed saeed hashemi Mohammad Hossein Imani khoshkho Seysd habib o allah mirghafouri

10.52547/journalitor.36160.9.18.0

"Due to its very nature, tourism enjoys proper grounds for entrepreneurship development. There are limited studies on the development of entrepreneurship in tourism. Among the growing areas of tourism, ‘Cultural Tourism’ could be referred to as a demanding preference fo More

"Due to its very nature, tourism enjoys proper grounds for entrepreneurship development. There are limited studies on the development of entrepreneurship in tourism. Among the growing areas of tourism, ‘Cultural Tourism’ could be referred to as a demanding preference for development in areas with the potentials for growth. This study sought to provide a model for entrepreneurship development in cultural tourism using Grounded theory. To this end, some eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the required data, out of which and 367 primary codes, 97 secondary codes, 44 concept codes were extracted and classified into ten distinct categories. The study’s population consisted of university instructors and lecturers, experts working in state-owned tourism institutions, the owners of active businesses in Yazd cultural tourism, and the professionals within the field who were selected through ‘theoretical sampling.’ Moreover, the sample size was determined based on theoretical saturation. The study’s results found via the application of the ‘three-pronged model’ indicated that factors involved in the development of cultural tourism entrepreneurship could be categorized in three general categories of ‘structural factors,’ grounds and ‘environmental conditions, and ‘behavioral factors,’ each including their own relevant components and indices. Manuscript profile

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349 - " Cognitive mapping of components for developing people-oriented cities and their importance in tourism development: A case study of Yazd province, Iran "
Hamed Fallah Tafti saeede derakhsh vahideh hekmat

10.52547/journalitor.36163.9.18.0

"Contrary to automotive, commodity-based, and money-oriented cities, a people-oriented city is an organic and systematic city based on human virtues and commune where people are concerned about each others’ rights. In such a city, humans are the main focus of urban plan More

"Contrary to automotive, commodity-based, and money-oriented cities, a people-oriented city is an organic and systematic city based on human virtues and commune where people are concerned about each others’ rights. In such a city, humans are the main focus of urban planners, urban developers, and, most importantly, municipal decision-makers and executives. Therefore, here the biological, spiritual, and psychological needs of humans are the fundamental elements taken into account by urban management. This city, then, could unite urban spaces and tourists. Considering its great potentials, Yazd could be a good case for tourism development, building people-oriented cities, and improving the desirability of urban life. This qualitative-quantitative study sought to explore the feasibility of building a people-oriented city in Yazd province based on urban planning and the causal factors involved in this regard, intending to attract more tourists to this region. To this end, 14 interviews were conducted with tourism and urban planning experts, out of which 19 factors involved in building such a city were identified. The causal relationship between the identified factors was examined through a mixed-method approach, using the fuzzy cognitive mapping technique. The study’s findings indicated that educating the citizens, developing a sense of familiarity with the environment, and reducing environmental pollutions (soil, water, air) were the three most important factors for developing people oriented-cities in Yazd province, Iran. " Manuscript profile

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350 - Investigating the impact of community-based tourism on development of rural communities from the perspective of the local community: A Case Study of Paveh Tourist Villages
behrooz badko

10.52547/journalitor.36164.9.18.0

Community-oriented tourism seeks to create economic benefits, preserve natural resources, protect the local culture, and improve the local community's quality of life, so that needs of the present and future generations are met. This type of tourism development would be More

Community-oriented tourism seeks to create economic benefits, preserve natural resources, protect the local culture, and improve the local community's quality of life, so that needs of the present and future generations are met. This type of tourism development would bear maximum benefits if the local communities' infrastructural potentials are strengthened, and the rural community's ability to use them is improved. Therefore, this descriptive-analytical study set out to examine the impact of community-oriented tourism on the development of rural communities from the perspective of the local community. To this end, 365 questionnaires were administered to the target tourism villages (namely Hajij, Shamshir, Nasmeh, and Khaneghah) located in Paveh city, using the SPSS software to analyze the collected data. The results showed that community-based tourism promoted economic, social, cultural, and environmental indicators, leading to rural development. Moreover, the regression analysis on the intended variables suggested economic indicators played the highest role in local community development, followed by social, cultural, and environmental indicators, respectively. Kendall's tau-b test results also proved a significant correlation between local community development and community-based tourism. Manuscript profile

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351 - Identifying and Prioritizing Development Steps of Cultural Tourism in Lorestan Province Rural Areas
zeinab asadporiyan yaser mohamadi mehdi rahimian

10.52547/journalitor.36166.9.18.0

This study sought to identify and prioritize the development steps of cultural tourism in rural areas of Lorestan province using the qualitative-quantitative method and exploratory approach. To this end, at the first stage, 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted w More

This study sought to identify and prioritize the development steps of cultural tourism in rural areas of Lorestan province using the qualitative-quantitative method and exploratory approach. To this end, at the first stage, 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted with cultural tourism experts to identify the steps involved in cultural tourism development, out of which thirty-three solutions were identified in four main steps via open, axial, and selective coding. At the second stage, the Delphi-Fuzzy technique was applied in two stages to reach a consensus among the experts and prioritize cultural tourism development steps through the defuzzification process. The results showed that the identified strategies for cultural tourism development in Lorestan province could be categorized into four main steps: "Education and Innovation," "Physical Infrastructure," "Supportive-Institutional," and "Cultural-Advertising." Moreover, since the defuzzificated mean difference of the experts' opinion was less than 0.25 in two steps, all the identified solutions were proved to be valid. The results also indicated that the first and foremost step in tourism development was "education and innovation," followed by physical infrastructure, supportive-institutional, and cultural-promotional steps, respectively. Furthermore, at each step, the most important solutions were found to be advertising for tourism villages, identifying villages with tourism potentials, providing banking facilities for villagers to help them develop tourism, and building cultural elements and particular architectures in rural areas, respectively. Manuscript profile

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352 - Investigating the Role of Residents' Support for Health Tourism Development in Marketing Using the Cognitive Mapping Approach: A Case Study of Isfahan’s Healthcare Town
mahnaz Doosti-Irani Mir Mohammad Asadi

10.61186/journalitor.36247.11.23.63

Focusing on "the residents' support for the development of health tourism" as a variable that could be considered by marketers to increase demands for this kind of tourism, this study sought to investigate the variables affected by the residents' support and prepare a f More

Focusing on "the residents' support for the development of health tourism" as a variable that could be considered by marketers to increase demands for this kind of tourism, this study sought to investigate the variables affected by the residents' support and prepare a fuzzy cognitive map of such factors using a systemic model. To this end, the aforementioned variables were identified using the Delphi technique. Then, the research model was developed and analyzed using fuzzy cognitive mapping. The findings of the study suggested that the residents' support affected factors such as the destination image, tourist satisfaction, tourist loyalty, positive advertisements by word of mouth, perceived quality of services, tourists' emotional solidarity with the residents, and spatial belonging of tourists to destinations. Moreover, the results of fuzzy cognitive mapping showed that in a system consisting of the above-mentioned variables, the residents' support played a significant role in tourist loyalty and positive word-of-mouth advertisement, with its impact being greater than that of satisfaction or even service quality. In other words, winning the residents' support is a priority in this regard. Moreover, residents' support affects other relevant factors, including perceived quality, tourist satisfaction, spatial belonging, and emotional attachment. Therefore, gaining the residents’ support is highly recommended to be considered in marketing health tourism. Considering the research gaps in this field, the results of the current study could be used for enriching the related literature. Manuscript profile

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353 - Presenting a Framework for Developing Ecotourism in Kermanshah Province's Target tourism Villages
heshmat moradi Alireza Poursaeid Marjan vahedi mohamad bagher Arayesh

10.52547/journalitor.36274.10.19.115

Ecotourism is a sustainable strategy for earning revenues while preserving natural resources. Therefore, this study set out to provide a framework for developing ecotourism in Kermanshah province's target tourism villages using grounded theory. The required data were c More

Ecotourism is a sustainable strategy for earning revenues while preserving natural resources. Therefore, this study set out to provide a framework for developing ecotourism in Kermanshah province's target tourism villages using grounded theory. The required data were collected via semi-structured interviews with 20 experts who were selected through snowball sampling. The collected data were then analyzed in Maxqda12 software using open coding, axial coding, and selective coding approach, resulting in 433 codes, 124 concepts, 23 sub-categories, and 6 main categories. The main categories of the model included causal categories (participatory, economic, regional attractions and potentials, policy, social and cultural, managerial, infrastructure, ecotourism services and facilities, and the core category of ecotourism development), intervening categories (economic, managerial, and educational), strategic categories (economic and educational), and consequential categories (positive and negative economic consequences, and social, cultural and environmental consequences) were grouped together in a paradigmatic framework. Manuscript profile

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354 - Investigating Socio-Economic Impact of Religious Tourism on Spatial Development of Qom Province
Ali Sadeghi Valiollah Nazari Mohammad Gholami Mohammad Amir Amrollahi

10.52547/journalitor.36277.10.19.195

This descriptive-analytical study sought to investigate the socio-economic impacts of religious tourism on the spatial development of Qom province, using a researcher-developed questionnaire designed via Analytical Hierarchy Process to collect its required data. To this More

This descriptive-analytical study sought to investigate the socio-economic impacts of religious tourism on the spatial development of Qom province, using a researcher-developed questionnaire designed via Analytical Hierarchy Process to collect its required data. To this end, the required criteria were developed at two levels: the economic level comprising of five sub-criteria, including "Increase in employment, increase in incomes, reduction in inflation, increase in regional production", and: private sector participation", and the social level comprising three sub-criteria, including "Increasing the security, increasing the social culture, improving services and infrastructure". The results of surveying the priority of these criteria indicated the high impact of the economic element of tourism on the spatial development of Qom province. According to experts, the more economic power the people have, the better its impact would be on the social and environmental sectors of the society. Also, the criteria were also evaluated and prioritized within the study area that formed different districts of Qom province. Accordingly, it was found that the spatial development of the central district of the province (Qom city) was mostly influenced by religious tourism in terms of 5 criteria out of the 8 criteria identified in the study, suggesting that Qom, as the hub of religious tourism of the province, outweighs other parts of the province in terms of development, which may cause some problems in the future for the development of tourism in Qom province. Manuscript profile

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355 - Personal development plan (PDP) Model for primary school Managers
hamid rahimian morteza badri morteza taheri abas abaspoor

The purpose of this study was to identify the process of personal development in order to provide a model of personal development program for primary school principals. The main framework of the research is qualitative and semi-structured interview tools were used to c More

The purpose of this study was to identify the process of personal development in order to provide a model of personal development program for primary school principals. The main framework of the research is qualitative and semi-structured interview tools were used to collect data. The research method is qualitative in terms of the nature of the data and applied in terms of purpose. The research participants consisted of professors and management specialists and managers and experts of the education system after theoretical saturation of 22 people who were selected by purposive sampling. Data analysis was performed using thematic analysis technique. The results indicate the identification of 6 main steps as a process for the model of individual development plan of primary school principals including drawing the desired situation, analyzing the current situation, analyzing the gap between the two situations, determining needs and goals, actions and activities of the development plan and Evaluation, feedback and recording of development program results. Also, the prerequisites for the personal development program of primary school principals, the effective factors of the program (individual, organizational and environmental), the requirements (skills, abilities, knowledge and attitude) of the development program, and the strategies of this program in the form of components. Some were identified. Based on the research findings, adopting a practical approach and mechanism to design and implement an individual development plan is inevitable and it is suggested that the research model be used as a tool for this purpose. Manuscript profile

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356 - Presenting a Model Regarding University Entrepreneurship and Communication and University
said mozafari Mahmood Abolghsemi gholamreza sharifirad,

This article was done with the aim of providing a model for the development of entrepreneurship in the university and more communication between the industry and the university. In terms of purpose, this research is applied-development and its method is mixed (qualitati More

This article was done with the aim of providing a model for the development of entrepreneurship in the university and more communication between the industry and the university. In terms of purpose, this research is applied-development and its method is mixed (qualitative-quantitative). In this research, in the qualitative part, it is based on an interpretive paradigm and a foundational data method (grand theory). Among the different approaches of theorizing the foundation, the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin was used based on the needs and research process. In the coding steps section, it was done in three steps. Then all these titles were listed in a table.In the quantitative part, 384 questionnaires were randomly distributed among the statistical sample. To determine the validity of the questionnaire in the qualitative part of the review technique of the researcher members, the version of the codes and the research model was provided to a number of professors, and the reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha method was /70. Obtained. The results were surveyed on the factors and indicators related to the development of entrepreneurship in the university. For this purpose, structural equation method and SPSS and Smar PLS software were used to check the fit of the research model with the collected data.The main findings of the research are: managerial factors, facilities and human resources as causal conditions, infrastructural, environmental, motivational and informational factors as background conditions, investment, cultural and support factors as intervening conditions, competitive factors of laws Support, training and reward and promotion were considered as solutions and strategies, and skill factors, production style and knowledge, technology and innovation were considered as consequences Manuscript profile

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357 - Designing a food security management model in Iran
Reza Eskandari Mehraban Hadi Peykani akbar etebarian

In the discussion of human-centered development, food security plays a decisive role and the nutritional health of community-based individuals is the main focus of human-centered movement, and in contrast to malnutrition, it is a deterrent to the national development pr More

In the discussion of human-centered development, food security plays a decisive role and the nutritional health of community-based individuals is the main focus of human-centered movement, and in contrast to malnutrition, it is a deterrent to the national development process. The purpose of this study is to present a model of food security management in Iran with emphasis on the experiences of successful countries in this field. This research was exploratory in terms of purpose, in terms of method, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first stage, qualitative method and categorical content analysis (Inductive) was used and written and electronic sources in the field of food security were used purposefully to collect information. Findings of content analysis based on the opinion of the Center of Experts (consisting of five professors of public administration) in a system Induction presented the initial model of food security management (consisting of 211 concepts, 61 categories and 12 dimensions) and then through Delphi technique and questionnaire, the obtained model was exposed to the judgment of Delphi members. At this stage of the research, 12 scientific and practical experts (faculty members and officials of the Ministry of Health) were selected as a statistical sample using purposive sampling method for Delphi Center. In the next stage, the model derived from Delphi center was tested in a larger community. The statistical population at this stage included 2600 food industry experts based in Isfahan food industry towns. Using Morgan table, 335 samples were calculated and 310 questionnaires were collected by available sampling method. The model was evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis as well as reliability and validity calculations. Finally, the food security management model in Iran with emphasis on The experiences of successful countries in this field have been obtained with170concepts,58 categories and12dimensions. Manuscript profile

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358 - Determining the factors of the decision making model for choosing training and learning methods in human resources development
Dr Firouz Nouri Kalkhoran

Providing an operational guide for the selection and implementation of learning methods in organizations as one of the tools used by managers and training professionals has a significant impact in effective knowledge transfer and optimal improvement of educational proce More

Providing an operational guide for the selection and implementation of learning methods in organizations as one of the tools used by managers and training professionals has a significant impact in effective knowledge transfer and optimal improvement of educational processes. The theoretical model gap in this area and the increasing demand of organizations for decision-making are the main motivations for the author's research. For its theoretical model, this mixed research employed a theoretical research method in the qualitative section and a survey method in the quantitative section. In the qualitative section, after purposeful selection of experts from among managers and training professionals (using a snowball sampling method), the main factors influencing decision-making models were determined using a semi-structured approach. The participants in this section included twelve experts, and the results of the qualitative research section were extracted using thematic analysis. For the quantitative section, the validity of the questions was first confirmed by experts using the CVR method. Following the distribution and collection of questionnaires, they were analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, T-test, and central indices. Afterwards, the influential factors in determining training methods and human resource development were identified. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Expert Choice software were used for weighting these factors. The influential factors, after identification with their weight coefficients, include Audience Level (0.161), Competency Development Program Scope (0.162), Competency Coverage Level (0.139), Competency Development Objective (0.044), Cost Allocation for Competency Development (0.284), Desired Competency Development Duration (0.067), Feasibility of Learner's Real Experience with Competency Phenomena (0.076), and Desired Learning Transfer Duration (0.064). To make the findings practical and direct their practical application, the results were presented in the form of fully functional decision-making software that aims to empower the organization in decision-making. Manuscript profile

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359 - Assessment and analysis of the degree of development of the agricultural sector in the cities of Qazvin province
Saeedeh Salimian Yousef ghanbari

Today, agriculture is an integral part of the national economy and one of the axes of development, and the importance of this is not hidden from anyone. Lack of agricultural development and inequality in agricultural development is the most important cause of inequality More

Today, agriculture is an integral part of the national economy and one of the axes of development, and the importance of this is not hidden from anyone. Lack of agricultural development and inequality in agricultural development is the most important cause of inequality in rural development. Recognizing the status of enjoyment or deprivation of cities leads to the reform of policies and priorities, which ultimately leads to a move towards social justice. The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree of development of Qazvin cities in the field of 27 studied indicators. Using statistical information and entropy model and TOPSIS technique and finally showing the spatial-spatial distribution with GIS software, the amount of agricultural development of the cities of this province was obtained. The results indicate that Qazvin city is highly developed; Takestan city is in the developed level; Buin Zahra, Abik and Avaj cities are in the middle level and Alborz city is in the deprived level of agricultural development. Qazvin city due to being the center of the province, having a large area and the existence of transit roads to the capital and other provincial centers has been able to have a high level of agricultural development and other cities with a decrease in many indicators and various reasons for their development In the agricultural sector has decreased. Alborz city due to its low size, existence of industrial centers and cities, more attention to the industrial sector and lack of attention to the agricultural sector is deprived of development in this sector and is at the lowest level of development. Manuscript profile

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360 - Comparing the Efficiency of Sustainable Urban Economy Models on Local Development (Case study: District 10 of Tehran)
Zohreh Tajik Seyed Mosa Mosavi Farzaneh Salami

Urban economics, after the formation of sustainability-based approaches such as sustainable development, became more and more associated with these approaches and formed a comprehensive category called "sustainable urban economy".The aim of this research is researching More

Urban economics, after the formation of sustainability-based approaches such as sustainable development, became more and more associated with these approaches and formed a comprehensive category called "sustainable urban economy".The aim of this research is researching the effectiveness of sustainable urban economy for the transformation and redevelopment of dysfunctional urban neighborhoods in which haven’t been evaluated until now. , using a quantitative-qualitative method based on interviews and questioning of experts in Tehran, research data were collected. The results showed a significant effect of all the studied models on the dependent variable, ie local development. However, some models of sustainable urban economy, such as "social entrepreneurship" and "LED model", had a greater impact on local development. This means that the two models can be used more than other models in accordance with the conditions of dysfunctional neighborhoods in the 10th district of Tehran. Finally, it was concluded that in order to apply the models of sustainable urban economy in local development and the transformation of dysfunctional urban neighborhoods in the 10th district of Tehran, two basic preconditions should be considered. One is that the priority of selecting redevelopment models should be based on their adaptation to "endogenous local development" and the other is that the sociological conditions and requirements of dysfunctional urban neighborhoods should be considered in choosing the development model. Thus, by accepting and applying these two preconditions, it is possible to create a local model of local development in Tehran. Manuscript profile

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361 - Development of the Concept of Free Will in the View of Modern Philosophers
Roohollah Karimi

The concept of free will is one of the fundamental concepts in Western metaphysical tradition. Although there are some important signs regarding the origination of this concept in Greek classical philosophy and Middle Age philosophy, it was just at the beginning of the More

The concept of free will is one of the fundamental concepts in Western metaphysical tradition. Although there are some important signs regarding the origination of this concept in Greek classical philosophy and Middle Age philosophy, it was just at the beginning of the modern period that the role of free will in the interpretation of the world was more highlighted in the thoughts of each philosopher more than those of the previous one. It seems as if the role of rational knowledge has become gradually less important in this process while the role of free will has become more significant. Inspired by Heidegger, the author has tried to strengthen his standpoint by yielding more proofs than he has offered in order to examine the development of the concept of free will. In doing so, he starts with Descartes and, by investigating the views of Espinoza, Leibniz, Rousseau, Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, aims to analyze the quality of the development of this concept, particularly the relationship between the free will and knowledge in the modern period. The purpose is to show that the significance of free will for Schopenhauer and Nietzsche is not accidental, and the preliminary contexts of such a development had been previously and gradually paved by modern philosophers. The findings of this study indicate that, unlike the previous comments and interpretations, Nietzsche’s “will to power” is not a complement to a Schopenhaurian project but, rather, a complement to German idealism. Manuscript profile

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362 - Evaluation of the causal model of effective criteria on modern rural management with fuzzy demitel approach
Ahmad hajarian

The results of the programs implemented in rural areas for development in most cases are not only not useful but also make the current situation of the villages more chaotic, this is due to lack of proper .The results of the programs implemented in rural areas for devel More

The results of the programs implemented in rural areas for development in most cases are not only not useful but also make the current situation of the villages more chaotic, this is due to lack of proper .The results of the programs implemented in rural areas for development in most cases are not only not useful but also make the current situation of the villages more chaotic, this is due to lack of proper management in the process of programs, with new management, villagers can Participate in the implementation of programs. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the causal pattern of criteria affecting modern rural management. The present study is applied according to its purpose, and based on descriptive-causal method. The statistical sample of the study consisted of 30 experts and specialists related to rural management. In order to achieve the research goal, fuzzy dimethyl technique was used. Findings of the study showed that among the four criteria of modern rural management, the criterion of responsibility was the most effective and the criterion of initiative was the most effective criterion of modern rural management. Also, the criterion of accountability was identified as the most important criterion of modern rural management. Manuscript profile

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363 - Modifying social impact assessment to enhance the effectiveness of company social investment strategies in contributing to local community development
Frank Vanclay Ilya Gulakov Jos Arts sh n

Good practice social impact assessment (SIA) should lead to improved local community development outcomes. However, the social benefits alleged to flow from projects are often not as evident to affected communities as the project’s adverse impacts. Projects still give i More

Good practice social impact assessment (SIA) should lead to improved local community development outcomes. However, the social benefits alleged to flow from projects are often not as evident to affected communities as the project’s adverse impacts. Projects still give inadequate attention to social issues and fail to achieve social development outcomes. Using a prominent gas project in Russia, the Nord Stream 2 project, as an illustrative example, we explore the potential of environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) to enhance the effectiveness of project contributions to local community development. We analyse the main steps of the community development process for the Nord Stream 2 project, and consider how it benefitted from the SIA process. We also reflect on the potential further contribution of SIA to community development. Even though SIA and community development are interrelated, we conclude that SIA, as currently practiced, is constrained in its ability to contribute to community development outcomes. Adjustments to the SIA and corporate social investment frameworks are needed to make them more effective in achieving social development outcomes. Manuscript profile

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364 - A Development for Sustainable Business Model of Ecolodges
Hamid Hashemi mahmoud ziaei Vajhollah ghorbanizadeh mahmoud jomehpour

10.52547/jstpi.36888.18.72.1

Considering the increasing development of ecolodges in Iran and also their role in the development of sustainable tourism, it seems that a comprehensive and successful business model for this socio-economic institution has not yet been introduced. The purpose of this st More

Considering the increasing development of ecolodges in Iran and also their role in the development of sustainable tourism, it seems that a comprehensive and successful business model for this socio-economic institution has not yet been introduced. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the sustainability of ecolodges and propose a sustainable business model based on the knowledge of experts and managers of these businesses. The research method of this paper is qualitative and thematic analysis has been used with deductive approach and descriptive-inferential method. The required data has been provided through the analysis of semi-structured experts interviews. The research community has been the managers of successful ecolodges and knowledgeable university professors and experts in the field of entrepreneurship and tourism in the country. Purposeful judgmental sampling method was used to select the research sample and the interviews were continued until theoretical saturation. The research tools were semi-structured in-depth interviews as well as the results based on the themes obtained from the content analysis of scientific texts. The findings show that according to the proposed sustainable business model, ecolodges need to be integrated and important for all three dimensions of economy, community and environment in order to have long-term sustainability and survival. The results of this study show that the sustainability of new businesses and ecolodges depends on adopting a diverse income portfolio and trying to achieve benefits in three dimensions: economic, socio-cultural, environmental, in other words, attention to the benefits, people and land. Manuscript profile

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365 - A consideration of the implications for the interpretation of verse 35 of Surah Ahzab On a model of social development
Ali Asghar Sadabadi

Individual excellence and social development, natural need that every man seeks, and dignity of the Holy Quran and the authentic needs of real people. In this study, the researchers in the light of the interpretation and semantics of verse 35 of Surah Ahzab with interpr More

Individual excellence and social development, natural need that every man seeks, and dignity of the Holy Quran and the authentic needs of real people. In this study, the researchers in the light of the interpretation and semantics of verse 35 of Surah Ahzab with interpretation method, a system of individual excellence and social developments have raised. In this method, after selecting a verse and reflect on it, meditate in the context of the verse, and finally, reflection takes place at all Syaqh next or previous chapter. And written statements extraction and matching them with the community to discuss the validity and interpretation. Base of the subject, the beginning of this evolutionary movement of Islam; it is meant to serve God and bring down the surrender of his. In this direction, noted that the mention of God, the last of this move of God's forgiveness and a great reward for human development, which will include and without resorting to the Prophet and Prophet's Inmate, moving in the direction of excellence and perfection is not possible and the highest manifestation of God mentioned, appreciate the grandeur and dignity of the Holy Prophet and send blessings upon him and Prophet's Inmate is precious. Manuscript profile

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366 - A query in Quran’s description of creation of embryo; investigating the first stage of the growth and development of embryo
غلامرضا نورمحمدی

Objective (s): From a single cell to a few-months old embryo we can witness an extremely precise and subtle process displaying an interesting phenomenon with stunning intricacies. The study of this Phenomenon is called “embryology”. Through the advancement of science, m More

Objective (s): From a single cell to a few-months old embryo we can witness an extremely precise and subtle process displaying an interesting phenomenon with stunning intricacies. The study of this Phenomenon is called “embryology”. Through the advancement of science, man has managed to uncover some of the mysteries of creation of embryo and understand some parts of the process. However, many aspects of creation of embryo are still mysterious and unknown to man. It can be assured that embryo is a being with various mysteries and enigmas and that discovering the remarkable interrelationships between the limbs and systems in embryo can demonstrate the greatness of God’s creation. When one meticulously examines the complex and intricate phases of creation of embryo, which begins from a single and seemingly insignificant cell and following its phases of development turns into the feat of creation, he will definitely bow humbly before God’s Throne of Grace and acknowledge the greatness of creation and the power of the Almighty. Method: The method used for this research is descriptive – analytical. Conclusion: 1. The Quran has classified the stages of embryo’s development with a unique and simple language in a way that it was understood at the time of revelation, and its accuracy can be verified now and in the future. 2. The Quran with special subtlety describes the complex system of creation, development and evolution of embryo in a way that can be defended by today’s science. 3. The Holy Book’s referring to sperm as the first stage of embryo’s creation is com partible with man’s findings in embryology today. Manuscript profile

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367 - Survey of food tourism capacities (Case study: Survey of local indigenous food of Qom province)
hossein sadeghi Mohammad aghazadeh

The food system, as a part of the cultural heritage of the society, has several capacities to be considered in the field of tourism. The food system has opened the door for experienced and experienced tourists to delve into the depths of the local culture and understand More

The food system, as a part of the cultural heritage of the society, has several capacities to be considered in the field of tourism. The food system has opened the door for experienced and experienced tourists to delve into the depths of the local culture and understand the difference that is most important motivation to perceive and touch with their culture through taste. Food tourism in its specific geographical space and in connection with other sectors is one of the most popular and lucrative goals in the valley of developed countries in terms of tourism. Food tourism can lead to many economic benefits, and many see it as a tool for local development that can stimulate the economy, protect existing jobs, and create jobs. The purpose of this study is to study the local cuisine of Qom and its impact on attracting tourists and developing tourism in this region of the country. This study is descriptive in terms of user purpose and method. Also, information and data have been collected through documentary-library studies. The results of the present study show that the local food of Qom has a high capacity in attracting and retaining tourists, and those in charge of this issue, can host more tourists in Qom for a longer period of time, and this region has cultural benefits. And benefit economically. Manuscript profile

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368 - Social factors affecting personality development from Rumi's point of view in Masnavi
Samad Abbaszadeh Gorjan Mohammad Farahmand Ebrahim Danesh Faramarz Jalalat

Since Rumi's Masnavi is an educational-mystical work, the poet has tried to express his advice and counsel on social issues in the form of stories, anecdotes and allegories, as well as his mystical thoughts and ideas. Therefore, the stories, anecdotes and allegories of More

Since Rumi's Masnavi is an educational-mystical work, the poet has tried to express his advice and counsel on social issues in the form of stories, anecdotes and allegories, as well as his mystical thoughts and ideas. Therefore, the stories, anecdotes and allegories of Masnavi are very diverse. This diversity causes the multiplicity and diversity of characters in Masnavi; What is the basis of any story is its characters who are the cause or routine of events. In fact, the fictional world of Masnavi is full of characters that Rumi selects from different social classes and strata and consciously places them in line with his theological, mystical and philosophical thoughts, views and beliefs. Rumi cleverly considers the psycho-class traits of the characters in the world of his stories, and the fictional characters also play their role in proportion to those traits and characteristics. This article examines some of the most important social factors influencing the evolution and characterization of Rumi and the characteristics of the characters in Masnavi stories. The results of this study show that: Rumi in many stories of Masnavi with simple anecdotes and stories and generally taken from the life of the masses to reflective approaches and conclusions in the action and reaction of the character Rumi's interpretive and semantic mind is always looking for spiritual qualities behind the objects and characters of the story and material and tangible matters in order to make the reader and the audience read the colorful meanings that are worthy of the followers of the path. Manuscript profile

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369 - Presenting a model for developing the coaching competencies of the education managers of the 22 districts of the mayor of Tehran
nasim madahi afsaneh zamani moghadam Parivash Jaafari

The purpose of this study is to provide a model for developing the coaching competencies of education managers in 22 districts of Tehran Municipality. Due to the nature of the subject, this research is descriptive and survey type. The tools used in this study are ope More

The purpose of this study is to provide a model for developing the coaching competencies of education managers in 22 districts of Tehran Municipality. Due to the nature of the subject, this research is descriptive and survey type. The tools used in this study are open interviews and a structured questionnaire. In order to collect information, Delphi interview was conducted with 30 national coaching experts using purposive sampling method. Then, the final model was distributed among 210 managers and education officials of Tehran Municipality using a questionnaire and was evaluated more extensively using structural equations in Amos24 software and validation factor analysis. Based on the results, the variables of coaching action competencies, behavioral-coaching competence, coach-executive competence and coach-monitoring competence were identified as variable dimensions of coaching competency development in Tehran Municipality education managers. The dimensions of the competitor's competencies are: individual and strategic analysis, setting strategic goals and developing operational plans. Transformational leadership, trust, active listening and strong questioning as components of the coach's behavioral competence, empowerment, development and encouragement and guidance in the performance as components of the coach's executive competence, as well as positive monitoring, negative monitoring and feedback as components The coach's ability to monitor was recognized. Manuscript profile

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370 - Developmental Changes of Selected Countries in Iran's 20-Year Perspective Plan Region and Regional Economic Convergence
Mirabdollah Hosseini بهرام امیراحمدیان

Iran’s 20-Year Vision, a major document and roadmap for the long-term overall development of the country, was adopted a few years ago. The Vision contains, among others, comparisons with the performance of a select group of countries in the region. As discussed in the p More

Iran’s 20-Year Vision, a major document and roadmap for the long-term overall development of the country, was adopted a few years ago. The Vision contains, among others, comparisons with the performance of a select group of countries in the region. As discussed in the present paper, a number of regional countries have achieved in recent years rapid developmental changes in various fields of infrastructure, real economy, environment, and foreign economic relations, especially with regard to foreign investment attraction. These developments have faced most regional countries, especially Iran, with challenges and opportunities. The authors argue in the paper that if Iran fails to make due progress in these fields, it will not only fail to achieve the objectives of the 20-Year Vision, but it will also risk widening of the historical developmental gap which exists between regional and international players. The present paper aims to expound developmental changes in a select group of countries in the region and also compare Iran’s performance with those countries in terms of opportunities, threats and challenges. Manuscript profile

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371 - Comparative Study of UNSC’s Performance vis-à-vis Developments in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain (2011-12) from Viewpoint of International Law
رضا موسی‌زاده رضا رنجبر

M.A in Diplomacy and International Organizations, Majoring in International Law, Faculty of International Relations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Recent developments in Arab countries started in December 2010 with popular protests by Tunisian people against the country’ More

M.A in Diplomacy and International Organizations, Majoring in International Law, Faculty of International Relations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Recent developments in Arab countries started in December 2010 with popular protests by Tunisian people against the country’s dictatorship and soon spread to other countries like Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. In Egypt, Libya and Yemen, they overthrew dictators in those countries. In other countries like Bahrain and Syria, the conflicts are still going on. This phenomenon can be viewed from various political, social and legal aspects. The present research aims to study measures taken by the United Nations Security Council vis-à-vis developments in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain from a legal standpoint. The researchers believe that the Security Council has adopted double standards in its treatment of those countries in line with the interests of big powers. This issue will become clearer through comparative study of the world body’s performance with regard to developments in those countries. Manuscript profile

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372 - Chinese activism in ASEAN; Efforts to maintain asymmetric economic dependence
Morteza Noor Mohammadi Vahid Sharbati Mohaddese Heidari

Despite all the opposition of members international organizations against China, over the past decade, Beijing has reached significant influence in international and regional organizations and is trying to improve It’s status in these organizations by shaping norms, rul More

Despite all the opposition of members international organizations against China, over the past decade, Beijing has reached significant influence in international and regional organizations and is trying to improve It’s status in these organizations by shaping norms, rules and regulations. One of the most important regional organizations that has received a lot of attention from the Chinese authorities is ASEAN. An organization that can provide many benefits to Beijing. China's interests are now more intertwined with the ASEAN region than ever before; Relations between China and the union has become one of the most complex in the Asia-Pacific region and have recently seen positive changes in both the economic and political dimensions. Of course, the China’s interests of this deepening relationship have outweighed those of the ASEAN members, and this has become one of the concerns of Union officials in recent years. This article tries to examine the type of Chinese action in this regional organization based on the theory of asymmetric economic dependence. According to the article, China seeks to maintain and Promote ASEAN's asymmetric dependence on itself through the promotion of political and economic cooperation, and to prevent regional and international competitors from gaining strength in this organization. Manuscript profile

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373 - Neighborhood Policy and Multilateral Geoeconomic Order Making; The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union
Amir Abbasi Khoshkar

Geoeconomic Order Making as one of the main foundations of strategic Order Making in West Asia as well as playing the role of economic stabilization in the periphery areas have become some of the main directions of regional foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran More

Geoeconomic Order Making as one of the main foundations of strategic Order Making in West Asia as well as playing the role of economic stabilization in the periphery areas have become some of the main directions of regional foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Neighborhood policy based on economic diplomacy in the geo-economic cluster of Central Asia and the Caucasus has provided a favorable business environment in the form of membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. Selling of consumer goods and services to the region in order to boost exports and enhance the value of national currency are among the main goals of joining the union. The question of the present study is that “what are the opportunities and challenges of advancing Iran's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union regarding geoeconomic participation in Central Asia and the Caucasus? In response to the above question, it is hypothesized that the expanding export markets and strengthen the convergence of geoenergy with union members are the most important opportunities and incompatibility of the economies of the member states along with their competition in energy exports are among the challenges facing the Islamic Republic of Iran in the markets of Eurasian Economic union. The research method in this article is descriptive-explanatory. Manuscript profile

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374 - Survey of Yasuj high school students' opinions about environmental protection
Golnar Salehi khah Helaleh Ranjbari Soraya Bastan

The purpose of this study is to investigate the views of high school students in Yasuj about environmental protection. The method is fieldwork and information was collected through a questionnaire from 121 high school students in Yasuj. The method used in this research More

The purpose of this study is to investigate the views of high school students in Yasuj about environmental protection. The method is fieldwork and information was collected through a questionnaire from 121 high school students in Yasuj. The method used in this research is descriptive-analytical. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.85. Data analysis was performed using statistical and variable tests and SPSS software. Findings showed that students were interested in issues related to environmental protection and considered environmental protection to be part of their duties and had an acceptable level of information and knowledge about issues and problems related to its protection. To achieve sustainable development, ie balanced development and preserving environmental values, you must think about the biocultural transformation of societies so that the people who make up communities adapt their character to the sustainability and dynamism of nature, because environmental crises and the destruction and imposition of natural resources increase Population has caused humans today to work harder to prevent the destruction of their environment. Finally, the results of statistical tests showed that in addition to the variables of the tendency to create environmental structures, the amount of visits to parks and green spaces, students' visits to environmentally friendly centers, the use of educational and scientific environmental protection and the use of educational videos in the field of environment. Among all the research variables, including the amount of environmental education materials in the textbook, attitudes towards environmental protection, the amount and of course to the environment, school libraries are equipped with resources and science, the use of environmental magazines and publications, the number of environmental experts visiting Schools, participation in voluntary environmental activities, informing teachers about environmental protection There is a direct and significant relationship between students' views on environmental protection. Manuscript profile

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375 - Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges Facing “Development and Civil of Counties Cooperatives” in Iran
Behrouz Roustakhiz Soamye Kazemi

Cooperatives are the old institutions reliant on social capital to solve social problems. Also, in modern times, they are considered helpers of governments in solving social issues. In Iranian law, initiatives such as the establishment of “Development and Civil of Count More

Cooperatives are the old institutions reliant on social capital to solve social problems. Also, in modern times, they are considered helpers of governments in solving social issues. In Iranian law, initiatives such as the establishment of “Development and Civil of Counties Cooperatives” have been proposed to utilize the capacity of these institutions. Nevertheless, in practice, these cooperatives have faced challenges that have led to their failure. Therefore, the present study, which is based on a qualitative approach, aims to achieve the proposed strategies to use these cooperatives’ existing capacities and opportunities to meet the challenges facing them. In this regard, in the present descriptive-analytical research, in addition to written and online sources and documents, the text of the conservations with 30 of this field’s experts, beneficiaries, and involved people has also been analyzed through “content analysis.” According to the results of this study, the mentioned cooperatives have the capacities and opportunities, such as “facilitative legal capacities and opportunities,” the possibility of “achieving public benefit within the framework of economic capacities and opportunities,” and the potential of “flourishing local and indigenous capacities of cities.” On the other hand, they face challenges such as “cumbersome legal procedures and their non-implementation,” “undesirable interaction and improper support of government structures for cooperatives,” “difficulty in financing activities,” and “Institutionalizing distrust of cooperatives.” Finally, based on the research findings, the following strategies have been proposed for the success of “Development and Civil of Counties Cooperatives”: “clarification of laws,” “using resilient management,” “networking,” and “social entrepreneurship based on the comprehending and use of local capacities,” “structural trust,” and “effective advertising and education” strategies. Manuscript profile

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376 - The role of science and technology museums in the interaction of universities and society
bakhtiyar mahmodpour

The aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of museums, especially science museums, science centers and other science promotion institutions on the interaction of the university system and society. To this aim, first in the section of theoretical foundatio More

The aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of museums, especially science museums, science centers and other science promotion institutions on the interaction of the university system and society. To this aim, first in the section of theoretical foundation, by reviewing the history of universities and the evolution in the role and functions of science museums throughout history to their interactive and communicative role between the scientific community and the general public as one of the most central roles. Science museums emphasize. In the following, by explaining and expanding the concept of science promotion to its functions and effects in society, it offers various models of science promotion. Then, using the inductive method, he will discuss the relations, role and effects of science museums and science centers in the interaction between the university system and the social space and, consequently, the development of the country. Finally, while rereading the Iranian experience of the National Museum of Science and Technology in establishing a relationship between the university system and society, based on the results, suggestions to improve the performance of science and technology museums and science centers to grow and expand two-way communication between the university community and Different sections of society are presented in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development Manuscript profile

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377 - Investigating the relationship between culture and language in social and linguistic issues
Soraya Bastan Nasrin Abdullahi Sheida Sepirani

Linguistic, dialectal and cultural diversity is one of the fundamental factors of human progress in important intellectual and social fields, and bilingualism is a global phenomenon that exists in most countries of the world. The term bilingualism refers to the regular More

Linguistic, dialectal and cultural diversity is one of the fundamental factors of human progress in important intellectual and social fields, and bilingualism is a global phenomenon that exists in most countries of the world. The term bilingualism refers to the regular use of two or more languages. which is used with the concept of individual and social. Research results show that bilingualism in our country, like other multilingual countries, is a controversial issue, and bilingual children are at risk of academic failure due to abandoning their mother tongue when they enter school. and drop out of school. It seems that the experiences, suggestions and initiatives of teachers can be used in the short term to reduce the effects of such problems. For this purpose, in this research, they have tried to investigate and solve language recognition on the increase and preparation and linguistic progress of bilingual areas, to provide effective solutions to reduce the language problems of students in bilingual areas. Manuscript profile

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378 - Developing Contemporary Arts’ Tourism in Iran: Challenges and Requirements
Somayeh Momeni Nazanin Tabrizi Mohammad Hassan Zaal

As an emerging concept in tourism studies, “Contemporary Arts Tourism” is currently discussed within the framework of Cultural Tourism studies. The growing status of Arts Tourism in developed countries indicates the significance of art in a sustainable development proce More

As an emerging concept in tourism studies, “Contemporary Arts Tourism” is currently discussed within the framework of Cultural Tourism studies. The growing status of Arts Tourism in developed countries indicates the significance of art in a sustainable development process. The case also holds true for Iran. In this regard, the current status of the “Culture and Arts” and “Tourism” economy heralds a promising future as an alternative to the present economy that is based on oil and natural resources, considering the fact that the cultural capital required for such a development already exists. Therefore, this study sought to identify the challenges and requirements of developing contemporary art tourism in Iran using the grounded theory approach. To this end, the required data were collected through specialized interviews with twenty-seven participants, including art experts, tourism professionals, and relevant government employees. The collected data were then analyzed using three stages of coding, including open, axial, and selective coding. According to the study’s results, the government, the tourism sector, and the art society were identified as the main actors (stakeholders) in developing contemporary art tourism in Iran. However, as the concerted performance of such actors is crucially important for the realization of the goals of such a development, redefining the actors’ roles and revising their duties are the main requirements of such a development. Furthermore, factors such as training, flexibility, improvement of the artistic creation’s infrastructure, development of the tourism industry’s requirements, and correction of Iran's image in the international arena seem to be of great importance. Manuscript profile

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379 - Analysis of factors affecting organizational entrepreneurial behavior in the direction of social development
ali soosarae majid nasiri Roohalla samiee Mohammad Bagher Gorji

The aim of the current research was to analyze the factors affecting organizational entrepreneurial behavior in the direction of social development in Golestan province. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method, which was c More

The aim of the current research was to analyze the factors affecting organizational entrepreneurial behavior in the direction of social development in Golestan province. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method, which was conducted with a mixed exploratory approach. The statistical population in the qualitative stage was 11 academic and organizational experts who were selected in a targeted way using the snowball technique, and in the quantitative stage, there were 1401 employees of the judiciary in Golestan province, and the sample size was determined to be 302 based on the Karjesi and Morgan table. A simple random method was used for sampling. The Delphi method was used to identify the factors and the structural equation method with SmartPLS3 software was used to check the relationships between the variables. Delphi results showed that the dimensions of organizational entrepreneurial behavior include 7 dimensions (behavioral, environmental, content, contextual, communicative, structural, individual) and the results of structural equations showed the dimensions (behavioral, environmental, content, contextual, communicative, structural, individual) to 0.346, 0.408, 0.363, 0.378, 0.350, 0.424 and 0.398 have a significant effect on organizational entrepreneurial behavior. Also, organizational entrepreneurial behavior has a significant effect on social development by 0.823. Manuscript profile

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380 - The Relationship between Economic Development and Economic Justice from the Perspective of the Qur'an
Mohammad parsaian

The model of economic development of the West as the utopia of the present century has attracted the attention of less developed countries, But its implementation in many countries has had consequences and conflicts such as class divisions, injustice and the decline of More

The model of economic development of the West as the utopia of the present century has attracted the attention of less developed countries, But its implementation in many countries has had consequences and conflicts such as class divisions, injustice and the decline of values and it has raised questions about the relationship between justice and development. Economic development in Islam is based on the principles and values of revelation, which, despite having commonalities with the development process in the West, follows a separate path due to differences in the principles, culture and goals. In this study, after studying the concept of Development and Economic Justice in the Holy Quran, it was found that these two concepts are very similar to each other and in fact it can be said that development is the path to social justice and both are united in the behavioral pattern of the divine caliph. Justice and development are both the ultimate goals of Islamic economics and the foundation of each other, and they do not work without each other. Economic justice also affects in the areas of resource utilization and opportunities, human development, production and consumption flows, trade and redistribution, increasing security and economic trust, and double efficiency. Manuscript profile

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381 - Definition
اصغر Molaei

Contexts as valuable domestic elements and factors can have a high role in redefinition urban competitiveness. Studying in identical contexts, especially in the natural, cultural, social, and economic dimensions, will advance the sustainable competitive advantage, can b More

Contexts as valuable domestic elements and factors can have a high role in redefinition urban competitiveness. Studying in identical contexts, especially in the natural, cultural, social, and economic dimensions, will advance the sustainable competitive advantage, can be create the desirable economy future. The purpose of this research is to definition the role of identical contexts in urban competition and how to create competitive advantage in the context of an analytical and documentary research with an underlying strategy. Contextual competitive advantages can be defined in the natural, geographical, historical, physical, cultural, social, economic, and scientific and sports contexts. Contexts are a set of intrinsic and inseparable elements of phenomena, the emergence of their identity. The contexts of cities and regions are a constructive dimension of spatial, temporal, cultural, social, and other existing components. These areas represent the dynamic identity of cities and regions over time and space and are characterized by their differentiation. Identifying and focusing and emphasizing the value of identity of cities and regions in terms of capability and sustainability can help to improve their compatibility. In other words, the field of growth, progress and competitiveness of the power of cities and regions. The most important strategies presented are: development of religious tourism infrastructure; branding and development of historical, cultural, social, sporting, natural and environmental tourism infrastructure. Manuscript profile

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382 - Development and its political impact on the business environment
saeed omidianpour yeganeh akhtari

Political development and economic freedom can be mentioned among the factors affecting economic growth. The business environment is one of the indicators that determine the economic status of countries, based on which international organizations, investors and manufact More

Political development and economic freedom can be mentioned among the factors affecting economic growth. The business environment is one of the indicators that determine the economic status of countries, based on which international organizations, investors and manufacturers analyze the economic status of countries. The improvement of the business environment in the countries has led to the improvement of the conditions for the effective and useful activity of all economic actors so that all sectors can use their potential situation. This will increase domestic and foreign investment, job opportunities and productivity of production factors and improve many other economic and social components. The business environment is affected by important factors, one of which is undoubtedly the political economy.Therefore, the present study deals with the comparative study of the impact of political development on the business environment. Also, at a historical moment, the documents show that governments have been doing unconventional activities such as suppressing protesters and lack of freedom of action in elections and justice in political systems. With the passage of time, the political process in a country like the United States began to evolve and began a process towards organization, which led to the creation of political consortia. Based on the results of the study, it can be stated that the countries that have been more successful in improving political economy indicators have a better business environment. Manuscript profile

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383 - Factors Influencing Development in South Korea
zahra Sadeghi Mohammadbagher Beheshti

The end of Second World War has marked the beginning of an era of renovation and development for many countries in the world and European and Asian countries have utilized several development strategies based on their situation. South Korea is one of those countries. Ha More

The end of Second World War has marked the beginning of an era of renovation and development for many countries in the world and European and Asian countries have utilized several development strategies based on their situation. South Korea is one of those countries. Having an ancient history, South Korea is one of the most integrated and stable countries in the world. Its development which starts right after the end of the second world war and Japanese colonization is an outstanding example of fast and extraordinary development in a short time span. Despite having the bitter experience of being colonized, what happened as a consequence of the second world war, the division of the peninsula into two parts (North and South) and the civil war following that, and the severe poverty and dependence on international aid, it is one of the Asian Tigers, together with Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Having an authoritarian but developmentalist government, a strong sense of nationalism against foreigners, Confucian culture, a focus on export expansion strategies, and the development of an education system based on economic needs and changes are among the influential factors discussed in this paper. Finally, the development model of South Korea is presented. Manuscript profile

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384 - Providing the ideal model of public policy in the field of welfare with the agency of elites to achieve sustainable development
Peyman Ayyari Nader Bohlooli Gholamreza Rahimi

Achieving public welfare is possible only through public policy with the role of elites. The present study was also carried out with the aim of presenting the ideal model of public policy in the field of welfare with the agency of elites to achieve sustainable developme More

Achieving public welfare is possible only through public policy with the role of elites. The present study was also carried out with the aim of presenting the ideal model of public policy in the field of welfare with the agency of elites to achieve sustainable development. This research is applied-developmental in terms of purpose, and in terms of its nature and form of implementation, it was done in a descriptive-survey manner. The statistical population of this research includes public policy elites. Sampling was done using the theoretical sampling method and finally theoretical saturation was achieved with 11 people. The researcher-made questionnaire was also distributed among 384 public policy managers in the field of welfare, which was determined by Cochran's formula, by random sampling. The data collection tools are semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. In order to analyze the expert interviews, the grounded theory method and MaxQDA software were used, and partial least squares method and Smart PLS software were used to validate the model. Based on the research paradigm model, causal conditions include economic, cultural, technical and technological factors. that affect public policy. Public policy as a central phenomenon is effective in evaluating the implementation of welfare policies. In the meantime, elites provide background conditions, on the other hand, conflict of interests in the implementation of welfare policies are also interfering conditions. Finally, sustainable development can be achieved by evaluating the implementation of welfare policies. Manuscript profile

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385 - Identifying and leveling the factors affecting the development of emerging technologies in agriculture with a supply chain approach
Seyed amirali didegah Tahmoores Sohrabi

New technologies can transform the agricultural industry as well as any other industry. The final goal of the research is to identify and stratify the factors affecting the development of emerging technologies in agriculture with a supply chain approach. The research me More

New technologies can transform the agricultural industry as well as any other industry. The final goal of the research is to identify and stratify the factors affecting the development of emerging technologies in agriculture with a supply chain approach. The research method is mixed and initially, the components of emerging technologies in agriculture are identified through literature and semi-structured interviews with experts. Interviews were coded with three methods of open, central and selective coding, and finally 34 components and 182 indicators were identified based on central coding and in the quantitative part a structural-interpretive model to present the model of emerging technologies in agriculture using ISM according to the opinions of 15 people. It was created by the experts of Tarbiat Modares University. After that, to identify the position of the identified components, it was determined using MICMAC based on influence and dependence. The obtained results of emerging technologies in agriculture are formed in six levels including the central category, contextual factors, causal conditions, intervening conditions, strategies and finally, consequences. The findings of the research show that by using interpretive structural modeling, the location of various factors in the dispersion map of the variables was analyzed, from which the position of the key variables can be recognized. From the state of the scatter plot of variables affecting new technologies in agriculture, it has been observed that the system is unstable Manuscript profile

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386 - Review and analysis of agricultural tourism management in the world and Iran
Hamid Ahmadizadeh

Agricultural tourism is one of the forms of rural tourism that is included in the special or alternative tourism group. Today, agricultural tourism in the world is considered as a strategy to improve the economic, social and biological conditions of villages. Also, by c More

Agricultural tourism is one of the forms of rural tourism that is included in the special or alternative tourism group. Today, agricultural tourism in the world is considered as a strategy to improve the economic, social and biological conditions of villages. Also, by creating new job opportunities, it promotes social and cultural values in rural areas, helps preserve the environment and reverses the flow of rural-urban migration; But studies show that this type of tourism has not developed significantly in Iran. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating and analyzing the management of agricultural tourism in the world and Iran. Based on this research, agricultural tourism provides a farm-based tourism experience for visitors who are looking for traditional rural hospitality and access to nature, sightseeing and cultural experiences, and it can be considered as one of the Diversifying fields should be considered for the rural economy. Through agricultural tourism, farmers can provide tourists with special experiences of rural lifestyle and culture through recreation and entertainment of agricultural activities and agricultural products. Manuscript profile

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387 - Identifying the Training Needs of Pahlavani Federation Trainers
Kurosh Fathi Vajargah Dr Firouz Nouri Kalkhoran reza fathi Nader Barzegar

The development of sports coaches of is an important issue and success in the field of sports could lead to significant cultural, educational and economic achievements. Since Pahlavani Federation is located in Iran and also the main trustee of the management of this fie More

The development of sports coaches of is an important issue and success in the field of sports could lead to significant cultural, educational and economic achievements. Since Pahlavani Federation is located in Iran and also the main trustee of the management of this field at the international level belongs to the country of Iran, the significance of studying the field increases. The development of coaches can lead to transformation and promotion in the field of sports. The training and development of coaches at all levels is important, and in terms of global reputation, this group has the most influence in gaining honor. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the educational needs of sports coaches in fields related to Pahlavani Federation. To this aim, the study was conducted with a mixed approach. In the qualitative phase, using the exploratory method and with two DACUM tools (9 participants) and semi-structured interview (12 participants and selected with the Snowball approach) and the test analysis method with Atride and Stirling's model, the needs of Pahlavani Federation coaches were extracted, and then the educational needs were determined and prioritized by the survey method (using T-tag group tests, one-way variance analysis or ANOVA, as well as Friedman's test). Educational needs were classified and presented in the form of five main groups of moral abilities, international abilities, specialized abilities, soft abilities, and organizational alignment abilities after examination and analysis. Manuscript profile

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388 - The livability of urban areas with sustainable development approach in one area of Karaj municipality
Mohammad Ramian Azade Arbabi Sabzevari

Today, it is necessary to have livable characteristics for cities and especially metropolises. Therefore, the present study tries to evaluate the livability of the urban areas of one Karaj municipality region. The research method is evaluation-comparative and the collec More

Today, it is necessary to have livable characteristics for cities and especially metropolises. Therefore, the present study tries to evaluate the livability of the urban areas of one Karaj municipality region. The research method is evaluation-comparative and the collection of information based on library information and documentary and field data has been carried out in the form of a survey in each neighborhood by distributing and completing questionnaires and using the ELECTERE model. Sustainability in livability and neighborhood ranking are specified. A statistical sample of 385 was selected by random method using Cochran's model. The livability of neighborhoods has been evaluated in four dimensions. that in total, the northern neighborhoods of the region (Area 1) in addition to neighborhood 1 (located in Area 2) have shown the highest level of sustainability in livability. From the examined dimensions, it can be concluded that the localities of the region in terms of stability and livability from top to bottom were as follows: 5, 1, 4, 8, 6, 9, 7, 2, 11 , 10 and 3. In total, the northern neighborhoods of the region (area 1) in addition to neighborhood 1 (located in area 2) have shown a higher level of sustainability, the most important reasons for which are pointed out: the extent of the green area, the low level of air pollution, better access to facilities. And more services and green space and predetermined design and orderly texture, low density, more job opportunities and higher social level of these neighborhoods. Also, a lower level of stability was observed in the southern neighborhoods (zone 1). The most important reasons for the low stability of the roads and sidewalks and very high density and narrow roads and lack of various facilities and services, low security of residents, high unemployment and low income and constructions without permits and properties without documents and He pointed out the presence of incompatible uses in addition to the residential fabric and the lack of green space, the existence of various types of pollution and dilapidated fabric.. Manuscript profile

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389 - Investigating the process of urban planning in developed countries with an emphasis on urban regeneration in the last three decades, "case study of Iran"
Mohammad Ramian fatemeh adibi sadi nezhad

As a geographical, economic, political and sociological reality, the city has been influenced by each of these factors in each period of its growth and development and has influenced each of them. The complexity of each of these factors has caused the complexity of the More

As a geographical, economic, political and sociological reality, the city has been influenced by each of these factors in each period of its growth and development and has influenced each of them. The complexity of each of these factors has caused the complexity of the city as their spatial crystallization. Certainly, organizing and ordering the city and how it grows and evolves requires the thematics of the city and urban issues and then planning for it. In recent decades, several policies have been proposed to deal with the issue of environmental quality, social dignity and economic vitality of cities (especially in their inner areas) and various programs have been implemented in this regard. During the last three decades in developed countries, in order to solve the problems and bottlenecks in declining urban areas, various approaches have been experienced in theory and practice. The development policies in Iran during the last decades have led to uneven growth and severe imbalances in development, both in terms of sectors (between agriculture, industry and services or traditional and modern sectors) and in terms of Spatial-spatial differences between cities and villages and even at different levels of urban communities have resulted. For balanced urban development and minimization of problems, related institutions have turned to creating "urban plans" which are considered the most fundamental means of shaping and organizing. More than three decades have passed since the preparation and implementation of urban plans for the purpose of organizing the urban space, despite all the measures taken, evaluations show that these plans have failed to achieve their goals. The main goal is to examine the views of thinkers and planners in line with the factors affecting urban plans. Manuscript profile

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390 - Proposing a Cognitive Model for the Development of Creative Industries Employees (Case Study: IRIB )
Ilya Monzavi Mehdi Sharifi freshteh Amin

Cognitive science can create mechanisms that facilitate and accelerate the process of human resource development. For this purpose, the present article has been done with the aim of compiling and validating the cognitive model of development of creative industry employe More

Cognitive science can create mechanisms that facilitate and accelerate the process of human resource development. For this purpose, the present article has been done with the aim of compiling and validating the cognitive model of development of creative industry employees in the news section of the Islamic Republic of Iran TV. In terms of research approach, heuristic blending method has been used. In the first stage of this research, an analytical method was used, based on which a specific classification of the research process conducted inside and outside the country in the field of organizational repository was done, and then the interview protocol was based on the dimensions and components of The results were compiled from the theoretical foundations and background of the research and the researcher, through the content analysis method, interviewed experts in the field of human resources and using the content analysis steps, a conceptual model in five conceptual layers, category O and codes were obtained. It includes all the experts in the news section of the Islamic Republic of Iran TV and a statistical sample was made available to 20 experts of this organization. The results of the research showed that according to the interviews conducted and the process of content analysis, the dimensions include: 1- Psychological development of employees, 2- Behavioral development of employees, 3- Skills development of employees, 4- Development Employee analysis and 5-Employee support development, which was presented in the form of a schematic model. Manuscript profile

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391 - Identifying and prioritizing the drivers of entrepreneurship Devalopment in the Sports Industry using the OPA technique
Ali Alvandi maryam rahmaty sayyad emad hosseini

Sports entrepreneurship is one of the types of entrepreneurship that has many direct and indirect economic effects on society. Over the past few years, the world of sports has witnessed changes in sports economic policies, which has highlighted the need for the sports i More

Sports entrepreneurship is one of the types of entrepreneurship that has many direct and indirect economic effects on society. Over the past few years, the world of sports has witnessed changes in sports economic policies, which has highlighted the need for the sports industry to reduce its dependence on government budgets. In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of Identifying and prioritizing the drivers of sports entrepreneurship development of sports entrepreneurship in professional clubs of the Premier Football League. This study is a mixed exploratory research that has been presented in the qualitative section using the Theme analysis technique and based on semi-structured interviews with 20 experts; in the quantitative part, then in the quantitative part, in order to prioritize the components of sports entrepreneurship, OPA technique and Lingo software were used. Accordingly, "advertising through the media, online sales, private stadiums, construction of sports complexes, talent development and grassroots teams, construction of non-sports complexes, fans, deputize, making a football documentary; and veterans" were ranked one to ten, respectively. Findings of this study can help the managers of Iranian Premier League clubs to solve the economic problems of the clubs by providing the ground for entrepreneurship development among the clubs of the Premier Football League, in addition to providing various solutions for creating entrepreneurship. Manuscript profile

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392 - Comparison of the development process in Iran and Japan in the framework of Adrian Leftwich's Theory from 1850 to1900 AD
Ehsan Eilshahi sayyed atollah sinaee Seyyed Khodayar Mortazavi Asl

Development is context-oriented, historical, and based on the life of the world and the psychological, social, and political characteristics of nations. The result of connection, convergence, non-interaction and divergence of different elements appears in such a context More

Development is context-oriented, historical, and based on the life of the world and the psychological, social, and political characteristics of nations. The result of connection, convergence, non-interaction and divergence of different elements appears in such a context. Forward-looking research using the method of comparative institutionalism using Adrian Leftwich's developmental state theory to examine and compare the issue of economic development with a focus on the politics-state-development triad in Iran and Japan in the period of 1850-1900. The technique used in this research has been collecting and using available documents and statistics. The main question of the research is the level of autonomy of government institutions, the characteristics of the civil system, and the historical situation of Iran and Japan concerning the international system, how has it affected the experience of development in the historical period in question in these countries? The obtained results indicate that due to the creation of an independent government and the creation of a network of developmental elites based on a strong and coherent bureaucracy, Japan was able to achieve success by smoothing the appropriate international platform and on the way be development. However, due to the lack of proper bureaucracy and the establishment of an autonomous government, Iran could not achieve this important task, and therefore the issue of development for Iran remained a concept of regret and mystery Manuscript profile

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393 - Investigating sustainable neighborhood development indicators in the third district of Tehran, a case study of Zargandeh neighborhood
ziba hatamigharibvand Fateme Adibi Saadinejad

The purpose of this research is to investigate the indicators of sustainable development in Zargande neighborhood, district 3 of Tehran, and in general to identify the differences and inequalities between neighborhoods and to rank them in terms of the status and level o More

The purpose of this research is to investigate the indicators of sustainable development in Zargande neighborhood, district 3 of Tehran, and in general to identify the differences and inequalities between neighborhoods and to rank them in terms of the status and level of enjoying neighborhood sustainable development indicators, and to show the development levels of neighborhoods in terms of the amount of facilities. and accesses and benefits. And in this article, after reviewing the concepts of sustainability, definitions and goals of sustainability, and analyzing and analyzing sustainability indicators and their application on Zargande district in the 3rd district of Tehran, it is tried to use a descriptive analytical method and using the SWOT model of neighborhood sustainable development indicators in this research. It has been analyzed based on the practical purpose and on the basis of the descriptive-analytical nature of the result of this research, it indicates that Zargandeh neighborhood is one of the neighborhoods of the 3rd district of Tehran in terms of sustainable development in a very low rank compared to the other districts of the 3rd district. This neighborhood is located in Tehran, in terms of sustainability, according to the physical, spatial, economic, cultural, social and environmental indicators, it has very high weaknesses, which in the following, by studying the indicators, criteria and sub-criteria, etc., to provide solutions and We have made proposals for formations to solve their problems. Manuscript profile

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394 - Identification and analysis of the requirements for the use of sustainable development frameworks in the infrastructure projects of the intercity transport sector (case study: projects of the transport sector of the Khorasan Razavi General Road and Urbanization Department)
ebrahim alamatian fatemeh kashizadeh sharbaf mohamad mehdi rashidian mohamadreza shakiba ehsan fereshtepour

Today, issues such as population growth and climate change have greatly affected societies in the optimal use of natural resources while maintaining and improving the quality of life. Meanwhile, infrastructures are at the heart of this challenge. In such conditions, bui More

Today, issues such as population growth and climate change have greatly affected societies in the optimal use of natural resources while maintaining and improving the quality of life. Meanwhile, infrastructures are at the heart of this challenge. In such conditions, building infrastructure facilities and improving the quality of existing infrastructures is a critical issue, and Iran is not exempt from these conditions. In this regard, it is necessary to find ways to minimize the negative effects of development on the environment and affected communities. Sustainability rating and evaluation systems can play an important role in moving towards sustainability. Therefore, the current research aims to respond to the need to extend the life span and improve the performance quality of the infrastructure in Iran, and has sought to evaluate the infrastructure of the inter-city transportation sector from the perspective of sustainability. The evaluation is based on the Envision evaluation system for the projects of the Khorasan Razavi Department of Roads and Urban Development. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS. According to the results, 5 indicators of quality of life, project management, resource allocation, natural environment and climate and resilience are important. The analysis of the obtained data showed that among the 14 sub-indicators of the evaluation system, for the projects of the General Administration of Roads and Urbanization of Khorasan Razavi, the sub-indicators of economy and society have the most impact and the sub-indicator of pollutants have the least impact. Finally, the criteria of each of these sub-indices were prioritized. Manuscript profile

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395 - Measuring the degree of development of the cities of Gilan province in the agricultural sector
Yousef ghanbari سهیلا دالوندی مارال ریاحی

In societies like our country, before oil revenues came into use, the national economy was based on agriculture and was considered the only source of treasury and government expenses. In today's era, despite the reduction of the role of this sector in the economy, the s More

In societies like our country, before oil revenues came into use, the national economy was based on agriculture and was considered the only source of treasury and government expenses. In today's era, despite the reduction of the role of this sector in the economy, the study of the functioning of the economic sectors in the framework of the national macro-economy confirms the significant role of the agricultural sector in the country. Agriculture is the main pillar of Gilan people's livelihood and economy. But the issue that has received less attention in the meantime is regional justice and balance in enjoying agricultural facilities and services among the cities of Gilan In fact, the evidence indicates that some cities are at higher levels in terms of development, and in this sense, there is an imbalance between the cities. The research method is descriptive-analytical. The Agricultural Statistics of Gilan Province (2013) was used to collect information. Shannon and TOPSIS entropy models were also used for data analysis. The results of the TOPSIS model in the group of "agricultural tools and technologies" indicators showed that the cities of Rasht, Soumehsara, Lahijan and Talesh are in the first level of development. The cities of AstanehAshrafieh, Rudsar, Bandar Anzali, Shaft and Foman are on the second level and the cities of Langrod, Amlash, Siahkal, Rudbar, Razvanshahr and Masal and Astara are on the third level. Manuscript profile

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396 - Investigating the effective factors on innovation and knowledge production in selected European countries to reform the policy making structure in Iran
َAsrin Rahmani Mohamad Sharif Karimi

In the model of Knowledge-Based production, knowledge and innovation are the most important factors of production; therefore, knowledge and innovation are the main keys to economic growth and development. The process of production of knowledge and innovation require gro More

In the model of Knowledge-Based production, knowledge and innovation are the most important factors of production; therefore, knowledge and innovation are the main keys to economic growth and development. The process of production of knowledge and innovation require groundwork making; This paper examines the effect of three factors, research and development expenditures, and education expenditures also the infrastructure of information and communication technology, on the production of knowledge and innovation. The purpose is to identify the path to realization of the knowledge-based economy in order to policy making for its realization in the Iranian economy. The extent of patents is considered as an indicator for producing knowledge and innovation. The countries under this study are 23 OECD member selected countries. For modeling, panel data method in Eviews software is used. Finding a positive and meaningful relationship between the three variables of research and development expenditure, training and technology infrastructure with the amount of patents, is the result of this research. The results of the calculations show that these three factors are very important in the process of producing knowledge and innovation, such that the lack of attention to them will actually lead the production of knowledge and innovation to the serious obstacles. Also, the comparison between the descriptive charts of the data for these three variables for Iran and the selected countries suggests that it would not be desirable in Iran. Manuscript profile

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397 - Explaining the function of Transfer of Development Right (TDR) method in order to realize Islamic social justice
Reza Khaleghi Zohre Davoudpour reza nasr esfahani

Urban development with a social justice approach is one of the issues that has been neglected in many urban development plans. The transfer of the development right is considered one of the new ways of monitoring land development. The transfer of the development right i More

Urban development with a social justice approach is one of the issues that has been neglected in many urban development plans. The transfer of the development right is considered one of the new ways of monitoring land development. The transfer of the development right is important in terms of its position in reducing inequality and ensuring the individual rights of the owners. The development right transfer approach is actually a plan to reduce physical development in areas that the community or planners want to protect. This research aims to examine and implement the approach of the right to transfer development and explain some of the principles of important rules in the perspective of Islam, and its relevance and influence in urban development, and offers suggestions for the realization of social justice using this approach. The current research is an applied research that uses the descriptive-comparative research method to analyze and examine the data. To describe and analyze the data, the comparative literature review method has been used. Based on this, while gathering the topics of Islamic social justice and the method of transferring the right to development, the relationship between the aforementioned method and the realization of social justice is analyzed through the Delphi technique by receiving 5 rounds of opinions from 30 experts. As a result of this research, the principles of social justice include eight principles; Equality in public rights, the lack of objectivity of the position and position of people in the administration of justice, inequality in individual-social acquired rights, compliance with the requirements of time in receiving tariffs, equal access to public services, non-privatization of property and public interests, the benefit of all in public affairs, The lack of immunity of rulers and officials from justice was explained. And also compared to the basics of the right to transfer development method, it was found that the principles of equality in public law, the lack of objectivity of the position and position of individuals in the implementation of justice are completely consistent with the method of the right to transfer development. The principles of inequality in individual-social acquired rights, compliance with the requirements of time in receiving tariffs, equal access to public services, non-privatization of property and public interests, benefit of all in public affairs, lack of immunity of rulers and officials from justice are largely consistent. Or you can use the method of transfer of development right in order to achieve the intended goals of that principle. Manuscript profile

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398 - A Model for Human Resource Development Based on Statement of Revolution’s Second Step:A Qualitative Research
Mohammad bagher Reza alizadeh Naser Mirsepassi Karam alah danehfard

Human resource is considered an important and influential factor in the success and development of organizations and societies, and the development of human resources is a process which improves this significant capital and keeps it equipped with the required competenci More

Human resource is considered an important and influential factor in the success and development of organizations and societies, and the development of human resources is a process which improves this significant capital and keeps it equipped with the required competencies. On the other hand, the coordination and compatibility of human resource development policies and the general policies of the country is an undeniable necessity. The purpose of the current research is to provide a model for the development of human resources based on the statement of revolution’s second step. For this purpose, the qualitative research method and the content analysis method of the interviews and the text of the second step statement have been used. Based on the findings, 3 basic dimensions (individual, organization, society), 16 main components (empowerment, career planning, needs, motivations, needs assessment, goal setting, education design, information and communication system, maintenance, selection and application, content of training, implementation of programs, evaluation, culture, values and requirements of the society/organization) and 9 basic indicators (all-round growth, proper management of the material and spiritual capacities of the country , emphasizing the ideals of the revolution, justice-oriented, anti-corruption, research-oriented and science-oriented, coordination and coherence of actions and policies, participation and cooperation and realism) were identified for the human resource development model based on the second step statement. Manuscript profile

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399 - Presenting the ICT Policies Implementation Model of the 6th Development Using the Neural Network Method
Nazila Mohammadi Gholamreza Memarzadeh Tehran Sedigheh Tootian Isfahani

It is inevitable to properly manage the implementation of information and communication technology policies in a planned way in order to improve the country's position in the fields of science and technology. The purpose of this research is to provide a model of the eff More

It is inevitable to properly manage the implementation of information and communication technology policies in a planned way in order to improve the country's position in the fields of science and technology. The purpose of this research is to provide a model of the effective factors on the implementation of Iran's ICT policies with the help of the neural network technique and based on Giddens' constructive theory. From the point of view of conducting it, this research is of a survey type and based on the purpose, it is of an applied type because it is trying to use the results of the research in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the Iranian Telecommunications Company. Data collection is based on library and field method. The tool for collecting information is research researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the research is information and communication technology experts at the headquarters of Iran Telecommunication Company (810 people), of which 260 people were randomly selected as a sample based on Cochran's formula. MATLAB software was used for data analysis. According to the findings, the best combination for development is when all input variables are considered at the same time, and the worst case is when the infrastructure development variable is ignored, and the most important based on network sensitivity analysis is related to infrastructure development and the least important is related to content supply. Manuscript profile

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400 - Test case Selection based on Test-Driven Development
Zohreh Mafi mirian mirian

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of the test-first software production methods in which the production of each component of the code begins with writing the test case. This method has been noticed due to many advantages, including the readable, regular and short cod More

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of the test-first software production methods in which the production of each component of the code begins with writing the test case. This method has been noticed due to many advantages, including the readable, regular and short code, as well as increasing the quality, productivity and reliability, and the possibility of regression testing due to the creation of a comprehensive set of unit tests. The large number of unit test cases produced in this method is considered as a strong point in order to increase the reliability of the code, however, the repeated execution of test cases increases the duration of the regression testing in this method. The purpose of this article is to present an algorithm for selecting test cases to reduce the time of the regression test in TDD method. So far, various ideas have been proposed to select test cases and reduce the regression test time. Most of these ideas are based on programming language and software production methods. The idea presented in this article is based on the program difference method and the nature of the TDD method. In this method, meaningful semantic and structural connections are created between unit tests and code blocks, and the test case selection is done based on these relationships. Manuscript profile

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401 - Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges Facing “Development and Civil of Counties Cooperatives” in Iran
Behrouz Roustakhiz Soamye Kazemi

Cooperatives are the old institutions reliant on social capital to solve social problems. Also, in modern times, they are considered helpers of governments in solving social issues. In Iranian law, initiatives such as the establishment of “Development and Civil of Count More

Cooperatives are the old institutions reliant on social capital to solve social problems. Also, in modern times, they are considered helpers of governments in solving social issues. In Iranian law, initiatives such as the establishment of “Development and Civil of Counties Cooperatives” have been proposed to utilize the capacity of these institutions. Nevertheless, in practice, these cooperatives have faced challenges that have led to their failure. Therefore, the present study, which is based on a qualitative approach, aims to achieve the proposed strategies to use these cooperatives’ existing capacities and opportunities to meet the challenges facing them. In this regard, in the present descriptive-analytical research, in addition to written and online sources and documents, the text of the conservations with 30 of this field’s experts, beneficiaries, and involved people has also been analyzed through “content analysis.” According to the results of this study, the mentioned cooperatives have the capacities and opportunities, such as “facilitative legal capacities and opportunities,” the possibility of “achieving public benefit within the framework of economic capacities and opportunities,” and the potential of “flourishing local and indigenous capacities of cities.” On the other hand, they face challenges such as “cumbersome legal procedures and their non-implementation,” “undesirable interaction and improper support of government structures for cooperatives,” “difficulty in financing activities,” and “Institutionalizing distrust of cooperatives.” Finally, based on the research findings, the following strategies have been proposed for the success of “Development and Civil of Counties Cooperatives”: “clarification of laws,” “using resilient management,” “networking,” and “social entrepreneurship based on the comprehending and use of local capacities,” “structural trust,” and “effective advertising and education” strategies. Manuscript profile

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402 - Designing Model of Food Security Management in Iran
Reza Eskandari Mehraban Hadi Peykani akbar etebarian

Reza eskandari Mehraban Hadipeykani Akbar Etebarian Khorasgani Abstract The purpose of the present study was to design a model of food security management in Iran, emphasizing the experiences of successful countries in this field.This research was explorat More

Reza eskandari Mehraban Hadipeykani Akbar Etebarian Khorasgani Abstract The purpose of the present study was to design a model of food security management in Iran, emphasizing the experiences of successful countries in this field.This research was exploratory in terms of purpose, in terms of method, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first stage, qualitative method and categorical content analysis (Inductive) was used and written and electronic sources in the field of food security were used purposefully to collect information. Findings of content analysis based on the opinion of the Center of Experts (consisting of five professors of public administration) in a system Induction presented the initial model of food security management (consisting of 211 concepts, 61 categories and 12 dimensions) and then through Delphi technique and questionnaire, the obtained model was exposed to the judgment of Delphi members. At this stage of the research, 12 scientific and practical experts (faculty members and officials of the Ministry of Health) were selected as a statistical sample using purposive sampling method for Delphi Center. In the next stage, the model derived from Delphi center was tested in a larger community. The statistical population at this stage included 2600 food industry experts based in Isfahan food industry towns. Using Morgan table, 335 samples were calculated and 310 questionnaires were collected by available sampling method. The model was evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis as well as reliability and validity calculations. Finally, the food security management model in Iran with emphasis on The experiences of successful countries in this field have been obtained with 170 concepts, 58 categories and 12 dimensions. Manuscript profile

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403 - Analysis of factors affecting organizational entrepreneurial behavior in the direction of social development
ali soosarae majid nasiri Roohalla samiee محمدباقر گرجی

Ali Soosarae Majid Nasiri Roohalla Samiee Mohammadbagher Gorji Abstract The aim of the current research was to analyze the factors affecting organizational entrepreneurial behavior in the direction of social development in Golestan province. This researc More

Ali Soosarae Majid Nasiri Roohalla Samiee Mohammadbagher Gorji Abstract The aim of the current research was to analyze the factors affecting organizational entrepreneurial behavior in the direction of social development in Golestan province. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method, which was conducted with a mixed exploratory approach. The statistical population in the qualitative stage was 11 academic and organizational experts who were selected in a targeted way using the snowball technique, and in the quantitative stage, there were 1401 employees of the judiciary in Golestan province, and the sample size was determined to be 302 based on the Karjesi and Morgan table. A simple random method was used for sampling. The Delphi method was used to identify the factors and the structural equation method with SmartPLS3 software was used to check the relationships between the variables. Delphi results showed that the dimensions of organizational entrepreneurial behavior include 7 dimensions (behavioral, environmental, content, contextual, communicative, structural, individual) and the results of structural equations showed the dimensions (behavioral, environmental, content, contextual, communicative, structural, individual) to 0.346, 0.408, 0.363, 0.378, 0.350, 0.424 and 0.398 have a significant effect on organizational entrepreneurial behavior. Also, organizational entrepreneurial behavior has a significant effect on social development by 0.823. Manuscript profile

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404 - Developing of Self-Destructiveness Model, based on Ego-Development Level
Ashraf Sadat Mousavi parviz azad fallah hojatollah farahani

10.61186/jop.42293.27.3.233

The study was carried out to develop a theoretical and empirical model of self-destructiveness with an emphasis on the ego development, with the hypothesis that the ego development level can mediate the relationship between stress and perceived stress. 258 students resp More

The study was carried out to develop a theoretical and empirical model of self-destructiveness with an emphasis on the ego development, with the hypothesis that the ego development level can mediate the relationship between stress and perceived stress. 258 students responded to the Washington University Sentences Completion Test (WUSCT), Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale (CSDS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Paykle Scaling of Life Events. Data were analyzed by SPSS-21 and LISREL-8.72, through Pearson correlation and the path analysis. Results showed an inverse relationship between self-destructiveness and ego development level. The sample was divided into high and low levels of ego development groups and the linear relation of stress, perceived stress, and self-destructiveness was investigated in both groups. Findings showed that all of the paths were significant and the model fit with the data. The CR was significant and indicated that there is a significant difference between the coefficients of the two groups with high and low levels of ego development. The path of “stressor → perceived stress” was stronger in persons with lower levels of ego development, as a high level of ego development, as a basic construct, can reduce the effect and amount of stress, before the perception of stress. Findings led to the development of a simple model which interprets stress or perceived stress merely as a reason for self-destructiveness tendencies. Ego development, as a basic indicator of character development, has a critical role in this model. These findings is useful in the treatment of persons with self-destructive tendencies. Manuscript profile

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405 - The Effects of Training and Human Resource Development on Employees’ Productivity with a Focus on Motivational and Psychological Empowerment
Mahdi Jabbari Maysam Chegin

The purpose of the current research was to investigate the effects of training and human resource development on employee's productivity, emphasizing the mediating role of motivational and psychological empowerment in Kashan Amir Kabir Steel Company. This study also sou More

The purpose of the current research was to investigate the effects of training and human resource development on employee's productivity, emphasizing the mediating role of motivational and psychological empowerment in Kashan Amir Kabir Steel Company. This study also sought to propose conceptual model accordingly. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and survey in terms of collecting and analyzing data. The statistical population included 380 employees of Kashan Amir Kabir Steel Company from whom 191 individuals were selected using Cochran's formula and available sampling methods. To collect the research data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used, the validity of which was confirmed after applying the supervisor's comments, and its reliability was obtained with Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.82). Next, structural equations method and Lisrel software were used to analyze the collected data. The findings of this research showed that training and human resource development could lead to employee's productivity and also enhance the motivational and psychological empowerment of employees. Consequently, motivational and psychological empowerment has an impact on employee's productivity. Manuscript profile

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406 - Digital developments and perspectives of future higher education in the horizon of 1410
Ahmad keykha Masoud Shafiee Reza Mahdi

Extensive environmental changes havecovered all political,economic,social,technologicaland environmentalsystems.Meanwhile, the science and technology system ingeneral and thehigher education anduniversitysystem in particular have been subjected tofundamental changes.Bas More

Extensive environmental changes havecovered all political,economic,social,technologicaland environmentalsystems.Meanwhile, the science and technology system ingeneral and thehigher education anduniversitysystem in particular have been subjected tofundamental changes.Based on the available evidence,it can be said that the level and depth of higher education and university developments will increase in the future.Therefore,future research of higher education and university and predicting future scenarios and preparing tools and solutions to face the future is oneof the important tasks of policy makers,leadersand experts of higher education.Among a variety of factors and drivers,digital transformations have significantly changed the role of universities to shape a more open higher education system.In this view,education becomes accessible to all people who can benefit from it. Based on the research of Lubke et al.(2020),this article seeks a more detailed analysis of the upcoming developments in higher education until the end of the current decade.In this article,five presuppositions,including the perspective of unexperienced innovation,the perspective of transfer and modernization through digitalization,the perspectiveof realism,the perspective of the learner,and the perspective of diversity in higher education,are determined as basis for searching for future higher education concepts.Future scenarios show the necessity of universities moving towards digitization and following the smart university model. According to the changes in the labor market,it will be necessary to redefine and reorganize the higher education system based on these changes.Digitization should be established at different levels of the university and systematically developed in the form of a digital society.Graduates' career paths will vary,and a pre-defined same careerpath cannot and should not be consideredfor graduates. Manuscript profile

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407 - Explanation of the smart city model with an emphasis on urban governance
behnam mahmoudian

Cities inherently face complex and wide-ranging challenges that can only be solved through a systematic approach. Not only has the balance of cities collapsed, but it has also made it impossible to achieve sustainability with the current methods of urban management and More

Cities inherently face complex and wide-ranging challenges that can only be solved through a systematic approach. Not only has the balance of cities collapsed, but it has also made it impossible to achieve sustainability with the current methods of urban management and development. As a result, urban planners around the world are trying to develop models for the development of 21st century cities with an integrated view of all dimensions of urbanization. Responding to the new demands and expectations of today's world, one of the new concepts to deal with the current challenges of cities in the field of urban planning is the development of a smart city, which has attracted a lot of attention in recent years, the smart city as the axis of transformation. And the development of the millennium has been proposed and means the opening of new concepts in urban planning that combines the capabilities of the real and virtual worlds to solve urban problems. Manuscript profile

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408 - "Evaluation of urban housing policies in the last three decades in Iran with HSE approach"
Fatemeh Kazemi Sima Kazemi

The developments of the land and urban housing sector in Iran after the revolution have been subjected to various factors. Rural-urban migrations, war-imposed and rent and the influx of capital to this sector; It has made sustainable housing out of the reach of low and More

The developments of the land and urban housing sector in Iran after the revolution have been subjected to various factors. Rural-urban migrations, war-imposed and rent and the influx of capital to this sector; It has made sustainable housing out of the reach of low and even middle income groups. According to Article 31 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Having a suitable housing is the right of every Iranian. Housing policy and suitable workplace is the most basic need and foundation for physical and mental peace, security, development and progress, social and cultural interaction and civilization builder in every society. Good housing and stable and livable neighborhood are grounds for self-fulfillment, family formation, independence and social base, personality and culture and civilization. Paying attention to the residential and work environment and the structure of the living area and a suitable and stable livelihood, creating a platform for education and promotion of culture and art, and ultimately good and quality production and physical and mental health of human beings and reducing stressful factors, increasing safety and Security and prevention of environmental hazards. All these processes have mutual relations with each other and are realized through the functions of good governance and civilizing the state and sovereignty. Therefore, housing and employment are dependent and complementary to each other and should be comfortable and relaxing together as much as possible in compliance with environmental protocols. But the main issue is how to provide sustainable housing for all members of society? And how have the governments fulfilled their mission in this field? And why the market has not offered suitable housing with HSE management. HSE is a science that strives to prevent accidents in order to protect and protect labor and capital, and this is the responsibility of high-level managers and relevant experts. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the health, safety and environment (HSE) management system in reducing housing accidents in the last three decades of Iran. Manuscript profile

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409 - A reflection on the rule of inherent beauty and ugliness
Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Qaramaleki

The principle of intrinsic and rational beauty and ugliness is considered one of the key theological rules in the two fields of "ontology" and "epistemology". However, the exact explanation of these two rules in both the above fields has been met with ambiguities by the More

The principle of intrinsic and rational beauty and ugliness is considered one of the key theological rules in the two fields of "ontology" and "epistemology". However, the exact explanation of these two rules in both the above fields has been met with ambiguities by theologians and philosophers. In this article, the author, using a rational method and analyzing seven theories of the principle of inherent beauty and ugliness, while evaluating the first six theories, presented a new explanation and interpretation of the theory of inherent beauty and ugliness and called it "formative and expedient beauty and ugliness and the involvement of interests." In the abstraction of beauty and ugliness" he delivered and proved it. Also, at the end of the article, the question of the conflict between the theory of theologians and philosophers is examined and criticized, and the conclusion is that the famous readings of Imami theologians and philosophers are aligned. Manuscript profile

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410 - Compilation of the green human resources management development system in Iran's social security organization
korosh Shafei saeid bagher salimi Hossein Ganji Nia

Context: The green management approach is based on attention to sustainable development and, as a result, sustainability with social approaches and economic incentives, the health and safety of the employee community, as well as the publication of the desired public ima More

Context: The green management approach is based on attention to sustainable development and, as a result, sustainability with social approaches and economic incentives, the health and safety of the employee community, as well as the publication of the desired public image of the organization in a long-term time horizon. Purpose: This thesis is to develop the green human resource management development system in the country's social security organization, with an analytical approach and categorize the components and identify the factors, which in terms of purpose, is a type of applied and survey research. Methodology: The present research, after analyzing the records, using the qualitative method and in-depth interviews on 10 managers of the country's social security organization, using the purposeful sampling method and theoretical sampling, reached theoretical saturation, and then the information obtained It has been made using the method of analysis of the examined theme and the paradigm model. Findings: The findings of the research showed that the identification of development factors in the management of green resources among the country's social security workers. Conclusion: The studies conducted based on the development system of green human resources management show the existence of development factors in the system, and these factors show the efficiency of the correct development of the green management development system in the country's organizational system. Manuscript profile

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411 - An Analysis of Man’s Social Development Based on Prophetic Transcendental Philosophy in Mullā Ṣadrā’s Viewpoint
Saleh Hasanzadeh Hossein Kalbasi Ashtari Jamal Babaliyan

The present study examines the social development of Man based on the Prophetic Transcendent Philosophy from Mullā Ṣadrā’s perspective following an analytic-descriptive method. The necessity and importance of this discussion lies in the idea that the knowledge More

The present study examines the social development of Man based on the Prophetic Transcendent Philosophy from Mullā Ṣadrā’s perspective following an analytic-descriptive method. The necessity and importance of this discussion lies in the idea that the knowledge of several social categories, such as the criteria for cruelty and true happiness, the quality of the interactions between culture and social traditions with social behaviors, individual and social liberties, citizenship rights, etc., depend on explaining the causes, features, and effects of Man’s social development. In relation to the mentioned factors, while investigating the functional concepts of perfection and development, the truth and mentally-positedness of society, and the place of the prophets and their heirs, the reasons behind the development of human species are mentioned based on Mullā Ṣadrā’s theories of the becoming of the rational soul, the graded motion of existence, Man’s connection to the Active Intellect and, following it, intellectual flourishing. In Mullā Ṣadrā’s view, the most important features for the realization of Man’s intellectual perfection include advocating the prophets, becoming similar to God, and imitating Godly behavior. The findings of this study demonstrate that in his sociological discussions, through promoting his Transcendent Philosophy to the Prophetic Transcendent Philosophy, Mullā Ṣadrā introduces the effects of Man’s social development in four categories of creating utopia or the one people, the prophets’ unveiling and displaying intellectual treasures, longing for the Hereafter and avoiding the love of worldly affairs, and establishing the transcendent civilization. Manuscript profile

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412 - A Competency Development Model for Managers of Tehran Municipality: A Mixed Approach
Vahid Alamdari Mohammadnaghi Imani Jalil Younesi Borujeni Asghar Sharifi

Designing the competency model is one of the approaches that have been suggested for improving the adaptability of modern organizations with ongoing changes in the work environment. A defined model could offer an ideal ground for those seeking higher positions and more More

Designing the competency model is one of the approaches that have been suggested for improving the adaptability of modern organizations with ongoing changes in the work environment. A defined model could offer an ideal ground for those seeking higher positions and more convenient performance management goals. Also, it could serve as a reliable infrastructure and framework for the integration of human resources processes. In this line, the aim of the study was to design competence development model for Tehran municipality managers with a combined approach. This study could be considered as interpretative-affirmative in terms of philosophical foundations, and qualitative-quantitative type, developmental and applied, and inductive-comparative. The statistical population of the research included academic and executive experts in the field of urban management. In the qualitative part, the competences of Tehran municipality managers were identified in two general and specific parts through content analysis. The general competences included: professional ethics, change management, cognitive skills, and data management. The specific competences included: problem solving skills, leadership of people, individual ability, specialized knowledge and skills, communication skills and performance management. In the quantitative phase, through AHP technique, perceptive skill and data management and among specific skills, problem solving skill and leadership of people were proposed as the most important competencies of Tehran municipality managers from the viewpoint of experts. Finally, the development solutions and strategies for each competency were classified by the experts through the identified matrix for managers' development methods. New and reliable approaches such as the recent research could lead to improvement of human resources and serve as a strategic partner, and in this way human resources could be promoted as one of the strategic units of organizations. Manuscript profile

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413 - Evaluation of the degree of development of Golestan province during the fourth to sixth development plans
حسن دلیری

abstract: Development programs in Iran are designed to increase development. But it is necessary to conduct studies to monitor and evaluate the degree of realization of the program's goals. In this study, by using the factor analysis method, the level of development of More

abstract: Development programs in Iran are designed to increase development. But it is necessary to conduct studies to monitor and evaluate the degree of realization of the program's goals. In this study, by using the factor analysis method, the level of development of Golestan province during the fourth to sixth development plans has been evaluated and measured. In order to investigate this issue, three categories of indicators were used: a. Macroeconomic development b. Social and cultural development c. Infrastructural development and prosperity. For each of these indicators, the relative and absolute development of the province was calculated. The results show that from the fourth plan to the sixth plan, the absolute development of Golestan province is 1.58 percent weaker and the relative development of Golestan province is 3.4 percent less compared to the whole country. In other words, firstly, Golestan province has decreased by 1.58% in terms of the development index compared to its conditions at the beginning of the program, secondly, this development decrease was 3.4% more than the average of the whole country. . Therefore, during the 7th development plan, the planners of the Golestan province need to .design methods to compensate for this backwardness in the previous plans. Manuscript profile

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414 - Investigating the economic development components of the tourism industry in Kermanshah
Fatemeh Jalaeipour Meysam Mousaei nayereh pirahari mansour vosooghi Mansour Sharifi

The main purpose of the article is to examine the economic development components of the tourism industry in Kermanshah. Tourism is a temporal and short trip in which a tourist goes toward the regions outside of their place of residence and work for touring and explorin More

The main purpose of the article is to examine the economic development components of the tourism industry in Kermanshah. Tourism is a temporal and short trip in which a tourist goes toward the regions outside of their place of residence and work for touring and exploring. Tourism has been deemed as the temporal moving of people to a place that is outside of their usual place of residence and work. In a way that travelers do actions and special facilities during their stay in destination and the special facilities will be provided to meet their needs. Tourism has been existed by its special forms in humane societies based on the motivation, root of travelling and moving traditionally and has been placed in the route of evolution. An important change in tourism can be recognized along with the industrial revolution that paved the way for a considerable change in life, especially in transportation. Todays, tourism activities are deemed as the fourth part of human activities after agriculture, industry and services, and experts predict that, it will turn out to be the most lucrative industry in the world by 2020. The results of this research showed that in the development of the tourism industry, one should pay attention to its strong points in Kermanshah, including the existence of historical monuments and rich cultural heritage, along with the existence of civil infrastructures, and use the potential capacity of this industry's development. By designing such a model, it is expected that the development of tourism will significantly increase the level of income, employment and productivity Manuscript profile

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415 - Evaluation and prioritization of the role of infrastructures in the development of tourism axis (corridors): Case study: Khorram Abad to Isfahan axis in Lorestan province
amir hoseinianrad hekmat amiri Maryam Beyranvandzadeh somayeh teymori

10.61186/jert.43181.8.14.75

Tourism development is a key factor for economic growth in many countries. The Khorramabad-Isfahan corridor, as one of the important tourism corridors in Iran, has significant potential including waterfalls, dams, religious and historical attractions. However, it requir More

Tourism development is a key factor for economic growth in many countries. The Khorramabad-Isfahan corridor, as one of the important tourism corridors in Iran, has significant potential including waterfalls, dams, religious and historical attractions. However, it requires the development of tourism infrastructure to make optimal use of these capabilities. In this regard, the research aims to evaluate the role of tourism infrastructure in developing the Khorramabad-Isfahan tourism corridor. The study is an analytical research based on a survey method. Data collection is a mixed type. The theoretical information required was obtained through a documentary and library method. In the field method, due to the nature of the subject, field visits and questionnaires were used. The statistical population of the research consisted of 30 experts and specialists related to the research topic in the cities of Aligoudarz, Azna, and Doroud, who were selected based on purposive gradual sampling. AHP tool was used to analyze the data. The findings of the study showed that among the infrastructures affecting the Khorramabad-Isfahan tourism corridor, the components of physical access to tourist attractions, roadside parking, accommodation facilities (hotels, guesthouses), catering services (restaurants, teahouses, etc.), and the existence of information infrastructures are respectively more effective than other components on the development of tourism (existence of sports infrastructure, access to the internet, advertising, and attracting public and private investors) in this corridor. Manuscript profile

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416 - Elucidation of Factors and the Role of Drivers Influencing Development Stimulus Initiatives in the Pattern of Sustainable Regeneration with an Emphasis on Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis (Case Study: Kohsar City)
Ahmad Pourahmad Media Hakimi Keramatalah Zayyari hasanali farajisabokbar

In recent decades, the urban regeneration approach has shifted from physical renewal towards sustainable urban regeneration as a result of the evolution of thoughts and policies. The goal is to achieve economic growth, social dynamism, improved urban environmental quali More

In recent decades, the urban regeneration approach has shifted from physical renewal towards sustainable urban regeneration as a result of the evolution of thoughts and policies. The goal is to achieve economic growth, social dynamism, improved urban environmental quality, and ecological sustainability. Inefficient urban fabric is identified as the primary target area for the regeneration of urban zones facing numerous economic, social, physical, and environmental challenges compared to other urban areas. One crucial solution in this regard involves harnessing developmental stimuli through a series of urban initiatives and plans to address the issues in various domains of urban areas. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors of catalyst and description of their role in the model of sustainable regeneration in Kohsar city, which is one of the most important inefficient urban areas in Alborz province. Therefore, identifying the drivers of development stimuli, elucidating their spatial distribution, and explaining their role in sustainable urban regeneration are paramount. The research methodology employed is descriptive, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analyses with a focus on GIS software and employing the Moran's I autocorrelation technique. The results indicate that the physical, social, and environmental criteria are clustered, while the economic criterion is randomly and unevenly distributed in Kohsar city. The finding of the research show that in the city of Kohsar , concentrating on the economic, social, physical, and environmental capacities of the existing urban areas and distributing them in inefficient areas can play a crucial role in accelerating the process of sustainable regeneration and addressing the challenges of inefficient urban fabric. Manuscript profile

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417 - Factors affecting the development of export of creative cultural goods (case study: Kermanshah province)
آئیژ عزمی Ali Khazaei

Diversifying the export of non-oil goods has been one of the goals of the country's economists and planners; However, among non-oil goods, little attention has been paid to the capabilities of exporting creative cultural goods, which this article aims to investigate the More

Diversifying the export of non-oil goods has been one of the goals of the country's economists and planners; However, among non-oil goods, little attention has been paid to the capabilities of exporting creative cultural goods, which this article aims to investigate the factors affecting the export of non-oil goods. The research method was applied, descriptive, analytical and using a questionnaire tool. The sampling method was simple. The statistical population consisted of 343 artists in the fields of painting, drama, calligraphy, graphics, books, and written press. The research sample using Cochran's formula was equal to 182 people. The reliability of the research was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha with an average of 0.79. The validity of the research was also confirmed using the opinion of sociology and art experts. The findings show that 7 components of legal factors, international issues, domestic challenges, production challenges, educational factors, economic challenges and characteristics of creative industries are effective on the export of cultural creative industries. The results of the regression show that the factors Laws are the most important obstacle to the export of creative cultural products. Second, international issues and domestic production challenges have been introduced as the most important legal obstacles to the export of creative industries. Finally, the findings of the Kruskal Wallis test show that there is no significant difference between the cultural challenges of exporting creative cultural goods. In other words, despite the substantial differences between creative and cultural industries, their export challenges are similar and to solve a large part of their problems, general and similar policies can be adopted. Manuscript profile

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418 - Human Resource Development Strategies in Scientific and Technological Organizations (Case of study: JDEVS)
saeideh samadzad javid ghahremani nahr Faramarz Nouri Akbar Ghasemi

Since the purpose of the current research is to formulate development strategies and improve the productivity of human resources in the organization of JDEVS, this study first identifies and calculates the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of human resou More

Since the purpose of the current research is to formulate development strategies and improve the productivity of human resources in the organization of JDEVS, this study first identifies and calculates the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of human resources and then presents development strategies and formulates programs Operations and measures in accordance with the strategies in the organization have been discussed. In this regard, people have been gradually selected from among managers, experts and specialists of the Organization of Academic Jihad of Science and Industry. The technique used to analyze the results is also the approach of strategic reference points. The results of the findings show that the main and general strategy of the organization is an aggressive strategy. Also, after examining the evaluation matrix of internal and external factors in the functional areas of human resources and the opinions of experts in the field of analyzing the internal and external factors of the organization's human resources, with the investigations carried out and also considering the direction of the policy. Identified in this field, human resource strategies were formulated in the SWOT matrix. The obtained results indicate that the strategy is suitable for the main and specialized jobs in the queue, the specialized staff and general staff jobs in the organization, the committed strategy, the suitable strategy for public service jobs, the secondary strategy and the suitable strategy for certain work contract jobs, the strategy It is contractual. Manuscript profile

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419 - Investigating the key role of cultural development in the progress of backward countries Development
saeid haghparast Tohid Valipour atiq

The form and path of development in most of the current backward countries of the world is unfortunately an incomplete sampling of advanced and developed countries, and sometimes the regulations are only translated from one language to another without any change. It i More

The form and path of development in most of the current backward countries of the world is unfortunately an incomplete sampling of advanced and developed countries, and sometimes the regulations are only translated from one language to another without any change. It is certain that the traditional culture of a backward third world country cannot accept the model made for the culture of others. The current research is in response to the question: What function and role can culture play in the progress of countries that are lagging behind in the development process? The hypothesis of the current research is that the progress and sustainable development of a society depends on the acculturation of the members of that society and until the cultural patterns of the countries agree with the development components, the development of these countries will not be possible. Efforts should be made to reform the culture of backward countries in line with the development components. The current research is descriptive-analytical. As a result, fundamental changes in the path of development for any society must be in harmony with the culture and traditions of that society, and all cultural factors should be helped for its correct implementation, otherwise the path of progress and development in these countries, even though it is excellent, is doomed to failure. Manuscript profile

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420 - Identifying the influencing indicators on the development of leadership humor in Iran Tobacco Company
Rohollah Alikhan Gorgani mohamadrasol mahdavi farzin farhbood

The humor of the leadership as the creator of a dynamic and creative space helps to develop in the Iranian tobacco company, humorous leaders generally do not follow common theories and standards to solve the company's problems and replace it with new and innovative solu More

The humor of the leadership as the creator of a dynamic and creative space helps to develop in the Iranian tobacco company, humorous leaders generally do not follow common theories and standards to solve the company's problems and replace it with new and innovative solutions. These strategies help the company to make continuous improvements in its processes and to be able to keep up with the competitive conditions and the development of the market, in order to determine and select the indicators by using the research literature and exploratory interviews along with the survey of 20 experts. The fields of organizational behavior management, human resource management and senior managers of Iran Tobacco have been conducted, quantitative data has also been conducted by distributing questionnaires among 361 personnel in Iran Tobacco Company, statistical analysis of research data with the help of spss26 software, smart pls3 has been confirmed by factor analysis methods, the research findings have confirmed and shown the effectiveness of four dimensions: environmental factors, organizational factors, occupational factors and personality characteristics, which three dimensions (organizational factors, occupational factors) and personality traits) has had an impact, but the dimension of environmental factors exerts an inverse effect on the sense of humor of the leadership of Iran Tobacco, which means that the factors of leadership style and organizational culture in Iran Tobacco Company have negative effects on the sense of humor of the leaders. Manuscript profile

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421 - Cultural behavioral characteristics and social developments of Makarians from the Naseri period to the end of the first Pahlavi period
Ahmad choopanialton Gholamhossein Zargarinejad Reza Shabani Samaghabadi

The present research describes in a descriptive-analytical way the cultural characteristics of the behavior and social developments of the Makarians from the Naseri era to the end of the first Pahlavi period. The main question is, what are the changes in the cultural, b More

The present research describes in a descriptive-analytical way the cultural characteristics of the behavior and social developments of the Makarians from the Naseri era to the end of the first Pahlavi period. The main question is, what are the changes in the cultural, behavioral characteristics and social developments of Makarians in the mentioned period? The results and findings show that this region is influenced by the periods of political order in Iran, the structure of the political system and the mixed patterns of the nation from the social, geographical and geopolitical perspectives. They interact with each other, and with the passage of time, they find similarities in certain tendencies, and the Kurdish community in Makrian was not an exception to this rule, and its residents observed specific values and norms. Among the Makrians, there was a kind of group feeling in the sense of a moral sense that originated from ethnic and cultural homogeneity, and these moral and cultural feelings in the Makrians and at the local level and among the population living in this area sometimes lead to unity or Sometimes a group feeling was formed between the Makri Kurds and the Turks of Qarapapak against the central government, because they were alternately looted by the governments. The structure of lord-serf, religious-religious and ethnic-national culture was at the top of the pyramid of this society, and based on that, ethnic, local, family, tribal, tribal, and religious-ideological loyalties took on a more exclusive form in the heart of such a conflict situation. And the contrast was evident. Manuscript profile

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422 - Validation of Human Resource Development Model Based on the Statement of the Second Step of the Revolution
Mohammad bagher Reza alizadeh Nasser Mirsepassi Karamollah Daneshfard

The purpose of the current research was to validate the designed model of human resources development based on the statement of the second step of the revolution. For this purpose, a mixed approach of exploratory research was used. The research community in the qualitat More

The purpose of the current research was to validate the designed model of human resources development based on the statement of the second step of the revolution. For this purpose, a mixed approach of exploratory research was used. The research community in the qualitative part consisted of experts and specialists in the field of human resources development and the statement of the second step of the revolution, who were among the university faculty members and were selected by purposeful sampling method. Accordingly, 15 individuals were interviewed until the data reached information saturation. In the quantitative part of the research, from the employees of the human resources department of the ministries, 372 individuals were selected through random stratified sampling and the research questionnaire was implemented. In the qualitative part the data was analyzed by qualitative content analysis method, and in the quantitative part the data analysis was conducted with descriptive and inferential methods using SPSS and Smart PLS software. According to the findings of the research in examining the fit of the model, there was a good fit of the model. After examining the fit of the model designed to evaluate the main dimensions of the human resources development model based on the statement of the second step of the revolution, it was found that the dimension of society plays the most important role among the dimensions examined, and after this dimension, there was the organizational dimension. At the end of this continuum, the individual dimension played a significant role in forming the main dimensions of the human resources development model based on the statement of the second step of the revolution. Based on the findings of the research, it is necessary to integrate the policies of human resources development with the policies of the country, including the policies presented in the statement of the second step of the revolution, which could lead to the realization of the goals of human resources development in the country. Manuscript profile

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423 - Title Political development and its effect on the business environment
saeed omidianpour yeganeh akhtari

Development, as one of the important factors in economic and social developments, has a significant impact on the business environment. Changes and political rules of governance directly and indirectly affect companies and markets. The purpose of the current research is More

Development, as one of the important factors in economic and social developments, has a significant impact on the business environment. Changes and political rules of governance directly and indirectly affect companies and markets. The purpose of the current research is to investigate the political development and its effect on the business environment, which is an analytical descriptive method. What emerged from the results of this research is that changes in financial, commercial policies and government regulations can lead to changes in interest rates, inflation rates, stock market fluctuations and business volumes. Also, political development can have a direct impact on working conditions and employment in companies. Therefore, companies should be prepared to anticipate political changes and their impact on their business and update their policies according to these changes. Close and correct cooperation between the government and the private sector can lead to sustainable development and economic growth. Manuscript profile

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424 - Redefinition the Contextual Urban Competitiveness Potentials in Cities and Regions Development
Asghar Molaei

Asghar molaei Abstract Contexts as valuable domestic elements and factors can have a high role in redefinition urban competitiveness. Studying in identical contexts, especially in the natural, cultural, social, and economic dimensions, will advance the sustainabl More

Asghar molaei Abstract Contexts as valuable domestic elements and factors can have a high role in redefinition urban competitiveness. Studying in identical contexts, especially in the natural, cultural, social, and economic dimensions, will advance the sustainable competitive advantage, can be create the desirable economy future. The purpose of this research is to definition the role of identical contexts in urban competition and how to create competitive advantage in the context of an analytical and documentary research with an underlying strategy. Contextual competitive advantages can be defined in the natural, geographical, historical, physical, cultural, social, economic, and scientific and sports contexts. Contexts are a set of intrinsic and inseparable elements of phenomena, the emergence of their identity. The contexts of cities and regions are a constructive dimension of spatial, temporal, cultural, social, and other existing components. These areas represent the dynamic identity of cities and regions over time and space and are characterized by their differentiation. Identifying and focusing and emphasizing the value of identity of cities and regions in terms of capability and sustainability can help to improve their compatibility. In other words, the field of growth, progress and competitiveness of the power of cities and regions. The most important strategies presented are: development of religious tourism infrastructure; branding and development of historical, cultural, social, sporting, natural and environmental tourism infrastructure. Manuscript profile

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425 - Measurement and analysis the degree of development of the agricultural sector in the cities of Qazvin province
Yousef ghanbari Saeedeh Salimian

Yusof Ghanbari , Saeedeh Salimian Abstract These days, agriculture is an inseparable part of the economy and one of the axes of development, so the importance of this is visible to everyone. The lack of agricultural development and inequality in the field of agr More

Yusof Ghanbari , Saeedeh Salimian Abstract These days, agriculture is an inseparable part of the economy and one of the axes of development, so the importance of this is visible to everyone. The lack of agricultural development and inequality in the field of agricultural development is the most critical factor of inequality in rural development. Recognizing the state of advantage or deprivation of the cities leads to modifying policies and priorities, ultimately leading to the movement toward social justice. This research aims to investigate the degree of development of the counties of Qazvin province in the field of 27 studied indicators. The degree of agricultural development of this province's cities was obtained using statistical information, the Entropy model, and the TOPSIS technique, and finally, showing the spatial distribution with GIS software. The results indicate that Qazvin county is highly developed, Takestan county is at the developed level, Buin-Zahra, Abyek, and Avaj counties are at the medium level, and Alborz county is at the deprived level of agricultural development. Qazvin county has a high level of agricultural development due to being the center of the province, having a large area, and a transit road to the capital and other centers of the provinces. Moreover, other counties have also decreased their level of development in the agricultural sector due to the decrease of many indicators and the presence of various reasons. Due to its small size, the presence of industrial centers and counties, more attention to the industry sector, and lack of attention to the agricultural sector, Alborz county needs more development in this sector and is at the lowest level of development. Manuscript profile

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426 - Factors Influencing Development in South Korea
zahra Sadeghi Mohammadbagher Beheshti

Zahra Sadeghi Mohammadbagher Beheshti Abstract The end of Second World War has marked the beginning of an era of renovation and development for many countries in the world and European and Asian countries have utilized several development strategies based on th More

Zahra Sadeghi Mohammadbagher Beheshti Abstract The end of Second World War has marked the beginning of an era of renovation and development for many countries in the world and European and Asian countries have utilized several development strategies based on their situation. South Korea is one of those countries. Having an ancient history, South Korea is one of the most integrated and stable countries in the world. Its development which starts right after the end of the second world war and Japanese colonization is an outstanding example of fast and extraordinary development in a short time span. Despite having the bitter experience of being colonized, what happened as a consequence of the second world war, the division of the peninsula into two parts (North and South) and the civil war following that, and the severe poverty and dependence on international aid, it is one of the Asian Tigers, together with Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Having an authoritarian but developmentalist government, a strong sense of nationalism against foreigners, Confucian culture, a focus on export expansion strategies, and the development of an education system based on economic needs and changes are among the influential factors that are discussed in line with the main question of the paper. Finally, the development model of South Korea is presented. Manuscript profile

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427 - Providing the ideal model of public policy in the field of welfare with the agency of elites to achieve sustainable development
پیمان عیاری نادر بهلولی غلامرضا رحیمی

Ayyari Peyman Bohlooli Nader Rahimi Gholamreza Abstract Achieving public welfare is possible only through public policy with the role of elites. The present study was also carried out with the aim of presenting the ideal model of public policy in the field of More

Ayyari Peyman Bohlooli Nader Rahimi Gholamreza Abstract Achieving public welfare is possible only through public policy with the role of elites. The present study was also carried out with the aim of presenting the ideal model of public policy in the field of welfare with the agency of elites to achieve sustainable development. This research is applied-developmental in terms of purpose, and in terms of its nature and form of implementation, it was done in a descriptive-survey manner. The statistical population of this research includes public policy elites. Sampling was done using the theoretical sampling method and finally theoretical saturation was achieved with 11 people. The researcher-made questionnaire was also distributed among 384 public policy managers in the field of welfare, which was determined by Cochran's formula, by random sampling. The data collection tools are semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. In order to analyze the expert interviews, the grounded theory method and MaxQDA software were used, and partial least squares method and Smart PLS software were used to validate the model. Based on the research paradigm model, causal conditions include economic, cultural, technical and technological factors. that affect public policy. Public policy as a central phenomenon is effective in evaluating the implementation of welfare policies. In the meantime, elites provide background conditions, on the other hand, conflict of interests in the implementation of welfare policies are also interfering conditions. Finally, sustainable development can be achieved by evaluating the implementation of welfare policies. Manuscript profile

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428 - Investigating the economic development components of the tourism industry in Kermanshah
Fatemeh Jalaeipour میثم موسائی nayereh pirahari mansour vosooghi Mansour Sharifi

Fatemeh Jalaeipour Meysam Mousaei Nayer Pirahari Mansour Vosooghi Mansour Sharifi Abstract The main purpose of the article is to examine the economic development components of the tourism industry in Kermanshah. Tourism is a temporal and short trip in w More

Fatemeh Jalaeipour Meysam Mousaei Nayer Pirahari Mansour Vosooghi Mansour Sharifi Abstract The main purpose of the article is to examine the economic development components of the tourism industry in Kermanshah. Tourism is a temporal and short trip in which a tourist goes toward the regions outside of their place of residence and work for touring and exploring. Tourism has been deemed as the temporal moving of people to a place that is outside of their usual place of residence and work. In a way that travelers do actions and special facilities during their stay in destination and the special facilities will be provided to meet their needs. Tourism has been existed by its special forms in humane societies based on the motivation, root of travelling and moving traditionally and has been placed in the route of evolution. An important change in tourism can be recognized along with the industrial revolution that paved the way for a considerable change in life, especially in transportation. Todays, tourism activities are deemed as the fourth part of human activities after agriculture, industry and services, and experts predict that, it will turn out to be the most lucrative industry in the world by 2020.The results of this research showed that in the development of the tourism industry, one should pay attention to its strong points in Kermanshah, including the existence of historical monuments and rich cultural heritage, along with the existence of civil infrastructures, and use the potential capacity of this industry's development. By designing such a model, it is expected that the development of tourism will significantly increase the level of income, employment and productivity. Manuscript profile

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429 - Factors and Solutions Affecting Success of Development and Improvement Programs for Faculty Members
Mohammad taghi Roodi

Investigating factors and solutions that affect development and improvement programs for faculty members could influence the effectiveness of these programs and improve the quality of higher education services. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify the effe More

Investigating factors and solutions that affect development and improvement programs for faculty members could influence the effectiveness of these programs and improve the quality of higher education services. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify the effective factors and solutions that play an important role in development and improvement programs of faculty members. The present research was conducted with the qualitative content analysis method. The research participants included faculty members of universities and higher education institutions in Tehran and 15 individuals were selected as the study sample and semi-structured interviews were conducted. The participants were selected by purposeful and criterion sampling and the data were analyzed with Thematic analysis method. According to the findings of the research, 6 effective factors and 20 solutions were identified, including: background factor (including: providing facilities, creating and strengthening growth centers, persuading managers and attracting professors' participation), planning factor (including: adjusting the workload of professors, revitalizing and strengthening all kinds of methods, using all kinds of teaching delivery methods and scheduling), the content factor (including: providing practical content, the communication of educational topics and the regulation of all-round promotion and development) the communication factor and cooperation (including: creating learning styles, creating opportunities for cooperation and participation, and improving communication between planners and professors), motivational factor for development (including: salaries and wages, providing training and development incentives and persuading professors), support factor and follow-up (including: supporting training in practice, continuity of development and evaluation programs). Attending to the factors which determine the level of success for these programs and using the solutions presented in the current research could lead to higher effectiveness and improvement of the programs. Manuscript profile

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430 - Strategies and Ecosystem Transformations in the Internet of Everything in Malaysia
Seyed Omid Azarkasb Seyed Hossein Khasteh

In the digital era, the Internet of Everything (IoE) technology has rapidly become a cornerstone of technological and economic development. Malaysia, as one of the leading and developing countries in Southeast Asia, has examined its preparedness, opportunities, and chal More

In the digital era, the Internet of Everything (IoE) technology has rapidly become a cornerstone of technological and economic development. Malaysia, as one of the leading and developing countries in Southeast Asia, has examined its preparedness, opportunities, and challenges for adopting and developing this technology through the formulation of its IoT roadmap. Undoubtedly, the IoT roadmap in Malaysia is one of the most comprehensive documents in the study of macro-level Internet of Everything plans. This roadmap provides an analysis of Malaysia's current and future position in the IoT domain, including infrastructure, data and information, security, ecosystem, and talent, followed by a gap analysis. Studies show that the adoption of the next generation of information and communication technology in Malaysia has paved the way for the development of the IoE, outlined opportunities for economic innovation, and facilitated the commercialization of research outcomes by research organizations. The roadmap also emphasizes the importance of balancing development and security in this field, stating that with progress in this domain, Malaysia can emerge as a top hub and regional focal point for IoE development. The younger generation in Malaysia is highly interested in IoE, and they are not only consumers but also creative developers of this technology. This paper highlights Malaysia's recognition as a global pioneer in the IoE technology sector. The country has become a frontrunner in this field through advancements in infrastructure, increased domestic sales and exports, the development of services and platforms, emphasis on innovation, the importance of human resources, and, most importantly, the formulation of a comprehensive and complete IoT roadmap. Malaysia has benefited in two major ways: by deriving new value from technological innovation and gaining a competitive advantage and market share over governments unable to adapt and invest in the IoE market Manuscript profile

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431 - Succession by attracting and developing academic talent in an engineering firm: A meta- synthesis study
Abbas abbas pour Vadood Ghasem Talebi Morteza Taheri Hamid Rahimian Saeed Ghiasi Nodooshan

Abstract: The succession planning is an effective strategic approach to maintain and develop human resources within organizations. Although succession is an effective strategy to focus on creating a regular structure for organizations, many companies lack regular succe More

Abstract: The succession planning is an effective strategic approach to maintain and develop human resources within organizations. Although succession is an effective strategy to focus on creating a regular structure for organizations, many companies lack regular succession planning, so that people with the necessary skills and expertise cannot be placed in specific positions. Based on this, the aim of this article is to find the effective components on succession with the approach of attracting and developing academic talents in engineering companies. In this research, a qualitative meta- synthesis method has been used. After conducting a keyword search in reputable national and international databases from 1997 to 2023, a total of 2,181 studies are identified, and 91 studies are selected for the purpose of analysis and information extraction. After conducting analysis, succession planning with a focus on attracting and developing university talents at engineering companies is categorized into 5 dimensions Including: creating commitment, determining policy, attracting and developing academic talent, leadership improvement program and program evaluation and 11factors and 30 sub-factors. Based on the finding, it is worthwhile mentioning that the components of succession planning are determined with a focus on attracting and developing university talents, due to which this research can assist companies to formulate and implement succession planning programs having employed university talents. Manuscript profile

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432 - Identifying Factors and Indicators Affecting the Development of Urban Management Based on Modern Intelligent Communication Technologies Based on a Qualitative Approac
Mehdi Askari Kachoosangi bibi sadat miresmaeili afshin Mohammadi HamidReza Hoseini Dana Seyyed Reza Naqib al-Sadat

Based on the purpose, this research is an applied-developmental research, because it seeks to find a suitable model for new intelligent communication technologies in the development of urban management. On the other hand, based on the method and time period of data coll More

Based on the purpose, this research is an applied-developmental research, because it seeks to find a suitable model for new intelligent communication technologies in the development of urban management. On the other hand, based on the method and time period of data collection, it is a descriptive (non-experimental) research that was conducted with a cross-sectional survey method. Also, this study is based on a qualitative approach from the perspective of the nature of the data. In the first part, based on library studies and then expert interviews, the indicators of new intelligent communication technologies in the development of urban management have been identified. After the qualitative analysis stage, questionnaires were distributed and data was collected from experts in the field of media and urban management. The statistical population in the qualitative section includes 17experts in the field of study and media activists and urban management of the country. The qualitative results of this research showed that the optimal pattern of new intelligent communication technologies includes the categories of causal conditions (digital world, virtual world technology), contextual conditions (urban management), central phenomenon (new technologies), intervening conditions ( governments and citizens), strategies and actions (smart city), consequences smart transportation and environment, smart government and economy, smart people and life, (smart city). It is worth mentioning that MAXQDA software was used in grounded theory analysis Manuscript profile

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433 - Biases and Achieving the Components of the Internet of Everything (IoE) in Iran's Neighboring Countries (Case Study: United Arab Emirates and Turkey)
Seyed Omid Azarkasb Seyed Hossein Khasteh

The Internet of Everything constitutes a comprehensive framework of connections, processes, and principles interlinked within a unified ecosystem. Within this framework, at a higher level, connections have broadened, and more importantly, these connections are comprehen More

The Internet of Everything constitutes a comprehensive framework of connections, processes, and principles interlinked within a unified ecosystem. Within this framework, at a higher level, connections have broadened, and more importantly, these connections are comprehended. The present article delves into assessing the status of this innovative technology in two neighboring countries. This study serves as an excellent example for decision-makers and leaders to propel Iran towards a higher level of sustainable development. Meanwhile, Dubai, one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, by installing smart infrastructures, employing the unified DubaiNow application for all services (governmental and urban), and establishing a smart city, stands as the sole country among its neighbors to have successfully executed the Internet of Everything. The Internet of Everything has transformed Dubai into a significant economic hub in the region and globally. Conversely, although the Internet of Everything technology has not yet proliferated in Turkey, the foundations, technology, and key concepts have been well-established in the country. This technology, with its specific capabilities across various domains, from smart agriculture and livestock farming to urban traffic management, smart airports, and asset monitoring, has facilitated substantial improvements in infrastructures and services provided in Turkey. The examination results indicate that the orientations of these two countries toward achieving the prospects of this significant transformation have led to increased revenues, reduced operational costs, heightened productivity across various sectors, and positioning them on the path of sustainable development. Manuscript profile

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434 - New Framework for Integration of Technology, Innovation and Knowledge Management (TIKM) Process on Production Development
Samira Shaghaghi sepehr ghazinoory roya shakeri

The emergence of the knowledge-based economy and, as a result, the increase in the importance of categories such as knowledge, innovation, and technology has increased the focus on concepts such as knowledge management, technology management, and innovation management. More

The emergence of the knowledge-based economy and, as a result, the increase in the importance of categories such as knowledge, innovation, and technology has increased the focus on concepts such as knowledge management, technology management, and innovation management. This article examines the existing articles and the researches that have been done in relation to the integration of the three areas of knowledge management, innovation and technology, in order to provide a conceptual model for integrating these three areas, which while covering the characteristics of each of these managements, from waste Organizational resources resulting from the overlapping of knowledge management, innovation and technology and their confrontation with each other should be prevented. First, a systematic literature review was conducted in which a wide range of related articles were searched from 1980 to 2021. Then, metacombination method was used to code the findings from previous researches and combine them with each other. At this stage, Perish and MAXQDA software were used for coding. In this study, more than 220 codes were assigned to data units. Then 220 codes were analyzed and similar codes were aggregated. Finally, 24 codes were obtained which were called basic codes. In the next stage, the basic themes of classification and the following five organizing themes were extracted: the principles of innovation-knowledge management, the enablers of innovation-knowledge management, the routine and creation of a culture of integration, the infrastructure of integration, the mechanisms of integration. Finally, a conceptual model is proposed that explains the relationship between these areas and how they interact and overlap, and solutions to integrate them Manuscript profile

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435 - A Review of the Dimensions and Reasons for the Growth of Gated Residential Communities in Urban Areas; with a Focus on Gated Residential Communities of Yazd City, Iran
Salman Moradi Atiyeh Asgari

Gated communities have become a popular trend in residential development worldwide, which vary in size and type and have widespread negative impacts on urban life, public spaces, social cohesion, and governance. It is ranged from security concerns to lifestyle prefer More

Gated communities have become a popular trend in residential development worldwide, which vary in size and type and have widespread negative impacts on urban life, public spaces, social cohesion, and governance. It is ranged from security concerns to lifestyle preferences due to their formation differing across regions. The present research evaluated development, history, dimensions, and outcomes of residential gated communities. In addition, it explores the reasons for choosing gated communities in Yazd. The research involved a qualitative approach, including questionnaires and interviews with residents. Most residents in Yazd do not prefer gated communities as a long-term lifestyle, instead opting for traditional apartment living. Economic incentives, such as government-provided housing loans, play a significant role in residents' choices. Understanding the impacts and motivations behind gated community development helps shed light on the complexities of this prevalent trend in residential development. Manuscript profile

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436 - Evaluation of the causal model of effective criteria on modern rural management with fuzzy demitel approach
ahmad hajarian

The results of the programs implemented in rural areas for development in most cases are not only not useful but also make the current situation of the villages more chaotic, this is due to lack of proper management in the process of programs, with new management, vil More

The results of the programs implemented in rural areas for development in most cases are not only not useful but also make the current situation of the villages more chaotic, this is due to lack of proper management in the process of programs, with new management, villagers can Participate in the implementation of programs. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the causal pattern of criteria affecting modern rural management. The present study is applied according to its purpose, and based on descriptive-causal method. The statistical sample of the study consisted of 30 experts and specialists related to rural management. In order to achieve the research goal, fuzzy dimethyl technique was used. Findings of the study showed that among the four criteria of modern rural management, the criterion of responsibility was the most effective and the criterion of initiative was the most effective criterion of modern rural management. Also, the criterion of accountability was identified as the most important criterion of modern rural management. Manuscript profile

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437 - Evaluation of the degree of development of Golestan province during the fourth to sixth development plans
دليري daler

Development programs in Iran are designed to increase development. But it is necessary to conduct studies to monitor and evaluate the degree of realization of the program's goals. In this study, by using the factor analysis method, the level of development of Golestan p More

Development programs in Iran are designed to increase development. But it is necessary to conduct studies to monitor and evaluate the degree of realization of the program's goals. In this study, by using the factor analysis method, the level of development of Golestan province during the fourth to sixth development plans has been evaluated and measured. In order to investigate this issue, three categories of indicators were used: a. Macroeconomic development b. Social and cultural development c. Infrastructural development and prosperity. For each of these indicators, the relative and absolute development of the province was calculated. The results show that from the fourth plan to the sixth plan, the absolute development of Golestan province is 1.58 percent weaker and the relative development of Golestan province is 3.4 percent less compared to the whole country. In other words, firstly, Golestan province has decreased by 1.58% in terms of the development index compared to its conditions at the beginning of the program, secondly, this development decrease was 3.4% more than the average of the whole country.. Therefore, during the 7th development plan, the planners of Golestan province need to design methods to compensate for this backwardness in the previous plans. Manuscript profile

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438 - Developing and validation of the procrastination in prayer scale (PPS)
Mohammadreza Asadi Younesi morteza pordel Seyed Alireza Ghasemi

Establishing prayer,while communicating with God,creates positive psychological and physical effects in the praying person.Despite these valuable physical and psychological effects of prayer for humans,it is frequently observed that many people of different ages,from More

Establishing prayer,while communicating with God,creates positive psychological and physical effects in the praying person.Despite these valuable physical and psychological effects of prayer for humans,it is frequently observed that many people of different ages,from childhood to adulthood,neglect and lack the necessary seriousness in establishing and performing prayer.Due to the fact that the method of measuring a construct such as procrastination in prayer plays an important role in the results of researches surrounding it and consequently the intervention applications resulting from it, and so far,no scale for this construct has been constructed and validated,the present study aims to construct and validate a scale There was general negligence in prayer.The method of the current research was descriptive and tool construction and was done in four stages including gathering and determining issues or sources of procrastination,testing the questionnaire to determine the validity(CVI),checking and selecting the questions of the questionnaire and validating the final form of the questionnaire.Overall,the research results showed that the total score has a high internal consistency(0.89).Also,the results of the factor analysis showed that the constructed scale consists of 5factors that explain63.03%of the total variance. Among these, the first factor with a specific value of7.193, about29.97%of the total variance,the second factor with a specific value of3.116,about12.98% of the total variance and the fifth factor with a specific value of1.156,about4.81%of the total variance of the variables are justified.Therefore, according to the results of this research,the general scale of procrastination in prayer has good validity and can be used to conduct extensive related research. Manuscript profile

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439 - Examining the Principle of Good Faith in Chinese Judicial Practice with a Focus on the New Civil Code (Enacted in 2021)
Farshid Khosravi

10.61186/ahrar.45967.4.8.1

One of the important legal principles in law, especially in the realm of contracts, is the principle of good faith. In the Chinese legal system, both in previous laws and in the new Civil Code enacted in 2021, good faith is recognized. Chinese courts have no specific li More

One of the important legal principles in law, especially in the realm of contracts, is the principle of good faith. In the Chinese legal system, both in previous laws and in the new Civil Code enacted in 2021, good faith is recognized. Chinese courts have no specific limitations based on the principle of good faith and sometimes consider the concepts of good faith and fairness to be interchangeable. In the Chinese legal system, the duty of good faith is not limited to the stage of contract execution, but both parties are obliged to observe good faith in all stages of a contractual relationship, from pre-contractual negotiations to contract dissolution and rejection of substitutes. The new Civil Code of China is the first comprehensive and complete law in the field of private law in China, which is derived from numerous past special laws but has many innovations in the field of contracts and contemporary issues such as environmental protection, smart contracts, etc. Therefore, it can be said that it is a pioneering and up-to-date law in this regard. Manuscript profile

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440 - Effective Strategies for Promoting Motivation in Children with Intellectual Disabilities Based on Environmental Psychology
Sara mohammadzadeh akbari Mahdi hamzenejad Razie Fathi

The current research seeks to provide effective solutions on the emotional and motivational development of mentally retarded children based on environmental psychology. The aim of this research is to provide a purposeful environment for the mental and educational dev More

The current research seeks to provide effective solutions on the emotional and motivational development of mentally retarded children based on environmental psychology. The aim of this research is to provide a purposeful environment for the mental and educational development of children with mental disabilities by examining the psychology of the educational environment. Mentally retarded children are physically, intellectually, emotionally and behaviorally different from other people and therefore they need special environments to empower their intelligence. In this research; First, By using study -library documents-, the basics of mentally retarded children and their disorders (conditions), as well as the psychology of the children's environment and the factors affecting the environment, have been studied, and then the relationship between the psychology of the environment and the needs of mentally retarded children has been investigated using descriptive-analytical methods. The current research aims to improve the states and disorders of mentally retarded children through the use of optimal environmental design solutions to cause their motivational growth. The findings showed that factors such as color, materials and form in the space can have a significant effect on the intellectual ability of mentally retarded children. So that by using these factors, optimal design solutions are obtained in order to solve each of their disorders and as a result increase their motivation. Manuscript profile

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441 - The advantage of industrial heritage values in the conservation and development of Tourism of the Trans-Iranian railway
MORTEZA farahbakhsh hamid nadimi Alireza Razeghi

Morteza Farahbakhsh Hamid Nadimi AliReza Razegi This research focuses on the values of the Iranian national railway heritage and the importance of conserving and optimally utilizing these values. It introduces and emphasizes the key role of these values in t More

Morteza Farahbakhsh Hamid Nadimi AliReza Razegi This research focuses on the values of the Iranian national railway heritage and the importance of conserving and optimally utilizing these values. It introduces and emphasizes the key role of these values in the development, management, and conservation plans of the railway heritage, as well as the sustainability of tourism. Using descriptive, analytical, and survey methods, the research evaluates and prioritizes the values of the railway heritage based on their importance and impact on conservation and development.As a result, this research can assist managers, stakeholders, and decision-makers in the field of railway heritage conservation and development to formulate and implement their programs and plans based on the priorities of these values. This approach can contribute to the preservation and continuity of these values. Additionally, this research can help researchers and enthusiasts in the cultural heritage and tourism sector to identify the best solutions and strategies for the conservation and utilization of these values.The use of the ANP method has prioritized the recognition, prioritization, and scoring of the railway heritage based on values. The achievement of the research has been comprehensive prioritization and categorization, with a focus on the shared aspects of conservation and tourism. The first priority is given to the perspectives, the second priority to the bridges, the third priority to the central railway stations, the fourth priority to intangible aspects, and the fifth priority to the tunnels. The recommendation emphasizes the attention of managers, stakeholders, and decision-makers to base their programs and plans on this prioritization. Manuscript profile

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442 - Factors affecting the development of export of creative cultural goods (case study: Kermanshah province)
Aeizh Azmi Ali Khazaei

Aeizh Azmi Ali Khazaei Abstract Diversifying the export of non-oil goods has been one of the goals of the country's economists and planners; However, among non-oil goods, little attention has been paid to the capabilities of exporting creative cultural goods, More

Aeizh Azmi Ali Khazaei Abstract Diversifying the export of non-oil goods has been one of the goals of the country's economists and planners; However, among non-oil goods, little attention has been paid to the capabilities of exporting creative cultural goods, which this article aims to investigate the factors affecting the export of non-oil goods. The research method was applied, descriptive, analytical and using a questionnaire tool. The sampling method was simple. The statistical population consisted of 343 artists in the fields of painting, drama, calligraphy, graphics, books, and written press. The research sample using Cochran's formula was equal to 182 people. The reliability of the research was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha with an average of 0.79. The validity of the research was also confirmed using the opinion of sociology and art experts. The findings show that 7 components of legal factors, international issues, domestic challenges, production challenges, educational factors, economic challenges and characteristics of creative industries are effective on the export of cultural creative industries. The results of the regression show that the factors Laws are the most important obstacle to the export of creative cultural products. Second, international issues and domestic production challenges have been introduced as the most important legal obstacles to the export of creative industries. Finally, the findings of the Kruskal Wallis test show that there is no significant difference between the cultural challenges of exporting creative cultural goods. In other words, despite the substantial differences between creative and cultural industries, their export challenges are similar and to solve a large part of their problems, general and similar policies can be adopted. Manuscript profile

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443 - Investigating the key role of cultural development in the progress of backward countries Development
سعید حق پرست Tohid Valipour atiq

Saeed Haghparast Tohid valipouratiq Abstract The form and path of development in most of the current backward countries of the world is unfortunately an incomplete sampling of advanced and developed countries, and sometimes the regulations are only translat More

Saeed Haghparast Tohid valipouratiq Abstract The form and path of development in most of the current backward countries of the world is unfortunately an incomplete sampling of advanced and developed countries, and sometimes the regulations are only translated from one language to another without any change. It is certain that the traditional culture of a backward third world country cannot accept the model made for the culture of others. The current research is in response to the question: What function and role can culture play in the progress of countries that are lagging behind in the development process? The hypothesis of the current research is that the progress and sustainable development of a society depends on the acculturation of the members of that society and until the cultural patterns of the countries agree with the development components, the development of these countries will not be possible. Efforts should be made to reform the culture of backward countries in line with the development components. The current research is descriptive-analytical. As a result, fundamental changes in the path of development for any society must be in harmony with the culture and traditions of that society, and all cultural factors should be helped for its correct implementation, otherwise the path of progress and development in these countries, even though it is excellent, is doomed to failure. Manuscript profile

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444 - Compilation of green human resource management development system in Iran's social security organization
Koroush Shafeie Degesara saeed baghersalimi Hossein Ganji Nia

Kourosh Shafei Degesara Saeid Baghersalimi Hossein Ganjinia Abstract Background: The approach of green management comes from paying attention to sustainable development and, as a result, sustainability with social approaches and economic motivations, the he More

Kourosh Shafei Degesara Saeid Baghersalimi Hossein Ganjinia Abstract Background: The approach of green management comes from paying attention to sustainable development and, as a result, sustainability with social approaches and economic motivations, the health and safety of the employee community, as well as the publication of the desired public image of the organization in the long-term time horizon. Purpose: This research was to compile the development system of green human resource management in the country's social security organization, with an analytical approach and classification of components and recognition of factors, which in terms of methodology is the type of applied and survey research. Methodology: After analyzing the records, the present study reached theoretical saturation from the qualitative method and in-depth interviews on 10 managers of the country's social security organization using the targeted sampling method and theoretical sampling, and then the information obtained using the method The analysis of the investigated theme and the paradigm model have been made. Findings: The findings of the research showed that the identification of development factors in the management of green resources in the country's social security staff includes green training and development, green recruitment and recruitment, green maintenance and green employment. Conclusion: The investigations carried out based on the green human resources management development system show the existence of development factors in the system, which shows the effectiveness of the correct formulation of the green management development system in the country's organizational system. Manuscript profile

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445 - Identifying indicators affecting the development of leadership humor in Iran Tobacco Company
mohamadrasol mahdavi Roholah Alikhan gorgani Farzin Farahbod

Mohammad Rasool Mahdavi Ruhollah Alikhan Gorgani Farzin Farhabod Abstract The humor of the leadership as the creator of a dynamic and creative atmosphere helps to develop in the Iranian tobacco company, the humorous leaders generally do not follow common id More

Mohammad Rasool Mahdavi Ruhollah Alikhan Gorgani Farzin Farhabod Abstract The humor of the leadership as the creator of a dynamic and creative atmosphere helps to develop in the Iranian tobacco company, the humorous leaders generally do not follow common ideas and standards to solve the company's problems and replace it with new and innovative solutions. These strategies help the company to make continuous improvements in its processes and to be able to keep up with the competitive conditions and the development of the market, for this purpose, determining and selecting indicators using research literature and exploratory interviews along with a survey of 20 people from Experts in the fields of organizational behavior management, human resource management and senior managers of Iranian tobacco have been done، Quantitative data has also been done by distributing questionnaires among 361 personnel in Iran Tobacco Company, statistical analysis of research data has been done with the help of spss26, smart pls3 software with confirmation factor analysis methods, the findings of the research show It has confirmed and shown the effectiveness of four dimensions: environmental factors, organizational factors, job factors and personality traits، that three dimensions (organizational factors, job factors and personality traits) have played a role, but the dimension of environmental factors has an opposite effect on the humor of Iran's tobacco leadership, this means that the factors of leadership style and organizational culture in the tobacco company Iran has had negative effects on the humor of leaders. Manuscript profile

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446 - Presenting the ICT Policies Implementation Model of the 6th Development Using the Neural Network Method
Nazila Mohammadi Gholamreza Memarzadeh sedigheh tootian

It is inevitable to properly manage the implementation of information and communication technology policies in a planned way in order to improve the country's position in the fields of science and technology. The purpose of this research is to provide a model of the eff More

It is inevitable to properly manage the implementation of information and communication technology policies in a planned way in order to improve the country's position in the fields of science and technology. The purpose of this research is to provide a model of the effective factors on the implementation of Iran's ICT policies by the neural network technique and based on Giddens' constructive theory. From the point of view of conducting it, this research is of a survey type and based on the purpose, it is of an applied type because it is trying to use the results of the research in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the Iranian Telecommunications Company. Data collection is based on library and field method. The tool for collecting information is researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the research is ICT experts at the headquarters of Iran Telecommunication Company (810 people), of which 260 people were randomly selected as a sample based on Cochran's formula. MATLAB software was used for data analysis. According to the findings, the best combination for development is when all input variables are considered at the same time, and the worst case is when the infrastructure development variable is ignored, and the most important based on network sensitivity analysis is related to infrastructure development and the least important is related to content supply. Manuscript profile

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447 - Regression Test Time Reduction in Test Driven Development
Zohreh Mafi mirian mirian

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of the test-first software production methods in which the production of each component of the code begins with writing the test case. This method has been noticed due to many advantages, including the readable, regular, and short co More

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of the test-first software production methods in which the production of each component of the code begins with writing the test case. This method has been noticed due to many advantages, including the readable, regular, and short code, as well as increasing quality, productivity, and reliability. The large number of unit test cases produced in this method is considered as an advantage (increases the reliability of the code), however, the repeated execution of test cases increases the regression test time. The purpose of this article is to present an algorithm for selecting test cases to reduce the time of the regression test in the TDD method. So far, various ideas have been proposed to select test cases. Most of these ideas are based on programming language and software production methods. The idea presented in this article is based on the program difference method and the nature of the TDD method, also a tool is written as a plugin in Java Eclipse. The provided tool consists of five main components: 1) Version Manager, 2) Code Segmentation, 3) Code Change Detection (in each version compared to the previous version), 4) Semantic Connection Creation (between unit tests and code blocks), and finally 5) Test Cases Selection. Manuscript profile

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448 - Investigating how to finance, formulate and evaluate the first development program in Iran
nabi omidi

The first development program in Iran was approved by the National Council in February 1949, and then in July 1948, the law allowing the temporary implementation of the first development program was approved. The duration of this program was seven years. Before the app More

The first development program in Iran was approved by the National Council in February 1949, and then in July 1948, the law allowing the temporary implementation of the first development program was approved. The duration of this program was seven years. Before the approval of the first development program and during the Second World War, it is important that all economic sectors had negative and unstable growth. In the years leading up to the program, numerous domestic and foreign political problems caused the industrial facilities and factories that had been set up with government support in Iran to be on the verge of closure. The purpose of this research is to examine the foundations of the formation and formulation of the first development program, as well as to evaluate the results and its implementation. The purpose of this research is to investigate how to finance, how to formulate and evaluate the results of the first development program. This research is qualitative and has been done by document analysis. The results of the research show that among the financing sources of the first Program, oil income with 37.1% (7.8 billion Rials) and receiving a loan from the World Bank with 31.9% (6.7 billion Rials) are the main projected financial sources of the program (69% in total) due to The occurrence of important domestic and international issues of these resources did not materialize, which led to the suspension of the program. But this program, as the first national development program, became the basis of the development planning system in Iran, and during its implementation, the organization of the program was formed and limited measures were taken to modernize industries. Also, measures were taken to create new industries and improve the condition of railways and agricultural development. Manuscript profile

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449 - The effect of renewable energy and financial development on carbon emissions based on consumption in Iran
seyed jalal tabatabaei

The current research has investigated the effect of financial development and renewable energy consumption on carbon emissions based on consumption in Iran by controlling the variables of economic growth and electricity consumption in the period from 1990 to 2021. After More

The current research has investigated the effect of financial development and renewable energy consumption on carbon emissions based on consumption in Iran by controlling the variables of economic growth and electricity consumption in the period from 1990 to 2021. After examining the Manai test of the research variables using modified Dickey-Fuller and Ziot-Andrews tests, Bayer and Hank's cointegration test was performed to check the existence of collinearity between the research variables. Then, autoregressive distributed lag estimators, fully modified ordinary least squares, dynamic ordinary least squares and gradual shift causality test were used to investigate the long-term relationship of variables and their causal relationship. The results clearly show that financial development and renewable energy consumption reduce carbon emissions based on consumption in Iran, and economic development and financial development increase carbon emissions based on consumption. The results of the test of gradual causal changes have confirmed the main results of the estimation methods used. Therefore, policymakers in Iran should encourage research and development in low-carbon technologies and also target investments in renewable energy and reduce the level of non-renewable energy imports and avoid investing in high energy consumption sectors that lead to an increase Avoid carbon emissions based on consumption. Manuscript profile

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450 - Analysis of the content of political development in the documents upstream documents (Constitutional Law and the 20-year vision document of 1404)
Moustafaa kavakebyan Azim Matin

This research delves into the intricate facets of political evolution within the framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly focusing on the confluence of constitutional governance and strategic foresight. Underlining the imperative of a meticulous scrutiny More

This research delves into the intricate facets of political evolution within the framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly focusing on the confluence of constitutional governance and strategic foresight. Underlining the imperative of a meticulous scrutiny of both the constitutional framework and the 20-year vision document of 1404, this inquiry probes into the reciprocal influence between the foundational precepts of the constitution, steeped in Islamic jurisprudence, and the transformative objectives delineated in the long-term perspective. Employing a methodical content analysis, the study scrutinizes the stance on political evolution as articulated in both the constitutional provisions and the 20-year horizon document, elucidating the nuanced dynamics that mold Iran's political trajectory. These revelations illuminate the state-driven, hierarchically structured nature of political advancement, underscoring the formidable task of harmonizing developmental initiatives with democratic principles and citizen engagement. This examination not only enriches scholarly discourse surrounding political progression but also furnishes policymakers with invaluable insights to navigate the distinctive socio-political terrain of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Lastly, this study underscores the constitutional emphasis on citizen participation and democratic values as pivotal components for fortifying political and social equilibrium. Manuscript profile

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451 - Investigation and effects of regional developments on the security of Iran and Turkey borders
Mahdi Najafi Jalil nayebian Parviz Ahadei

In the past twenty-five years, stability in the security environment of Central Asia has always faced increasing complications and challenges. Nationalist tendencies have been experienced with intensity and weakness in Central Asian republics. As regional powers, Iran a More

In the past twenty-five years, stability in the security environment of Central Asia has always faced increasing complications and challenges. Nationalist tendencies have been experienced with intensity and weakness in Central Asian republics. As regional powers, Iran and Turkey are located next to each other and in the most sensitive regions of the world, including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. These two countries have their own semantic system and interests, and they have a series of common interests and some conflicts. On the other hand, the importance of the border in diplomatic relations is the recognized boundaries based on international covenants and international law, which are considered a factor for stability and peace between countries or differences and conflicts and territorial claims of countries against each other. An important part of the foreign and domestic policies of the countries are formed and defined according to how they share their borders with each other and enjoy the geopolitical position affected by the borders. Borders can create obstacles against plans and threats that endanger their economy. Therefore, one of the most tense borders of Iran is the northwestern border strip, which has long been the focus of Iran's security and law enforcement authorities, and the issue of security in this region is of the highest importance. It has been special. The main goal of this research is to examine the effects of regional developments on the security of the borders of Iran and Turkey. This research has been done using analytical-explanatory method and using library sources and articles and macro documents. The method of data collection is library and using scientific-research articles. The tool for collecting information is the use of charts and graphs. The results of the research show that recognizing the impact of border markets, the issue of ethnicity, the role of the media, Turkey's membership in NATO, and the presence of terrorist groups in the border strip are among the regional developments that have an impact on the security of Iran and Turkey's borders. Manuscript profile

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