Designing the framework of production Issue scrutinizing in Iran National Oil Company by exploratory factor analysis method

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Mohamad Armanfar ¹ , Foad Makvandi ² , Sirous Korahi Moghaddam ³ , Mohammad Hemati ⁴

1 - Department of Public Administration, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran.
2 - Department of Public Administration, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
3 - Department of Public Administration, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
4 - Department of Management, Ahwaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz, Iran

Received: 2024-06-10 Accepted : 2024-09-05 Published : 2025-01-03

Keywords: problem analysis framework, production policy of Iran National Oil Company, problem analysis components,

Abstract :

In an exploratory way, this research has analyzed the components of understanding political issues and designed the framework of production problems in the National Iranian Oil Company. In the process of this research, the components counted in previous researches include 3243 concepts 264 sub components and 16 main components based on a survey of experts and managers of the oil industry and experts in the field of energy management and public policy in the form of managerial factors, factors implementation, peripheral factors, intrinsic factors and the achievements of understanding policy issues in production policy making in the National Iranian Oil Company were verified and prioritized. The results show that the highest agreement from the perspective of the participants in the research was on the recognition of the efficiency and effectiveness of policy issues in the National Iranian Oil Company, and the lowest agreement was reached on the thematic recognition of the issues. Framing the process of recognizing issues related to the subject of this research shows the role of institutional recognition and understanding the comprehensiveness of issues in the framework of management factors, the role of typology and thematic, content and formal recognition of issues in the framework of factors related to the nature of the issue, the role of recognizing and mapping stakeholders and Contextual and environmental factors related to issues in the framework of peripheral factors of the issue, recognition of technologies related to production and structure of the issue in the framework of executive factors and recognition of the approach, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness and legitimacy of issues as the achievements of the recognition process.

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