Problems and strategies for implementing social welfare policies Using Grounded Theory

Subject Areas : business management

mehdi faghani ¹ , Ali Ali Mehdi zade Ashrafi ² , Toraj Mojibi ³ , Ahmad Meydari ⁴ , Nilofar ImanKhan ⁵

1 - Department of Administration, Firoozkhooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh. Iran.
2 - Department of Administration, Firoozkhooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh. Iran.
3 - Department of Administration, Firoozkhooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh. Iran.
4 - Department of Economics and Social Science. Shahid Chamran University. Ahvaz. Iran.
5 - Department of Administration, Firoozkhooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh. Iran.

Received: 2020-10-15 Accepted : 2020-10-27 Published : 2020-12-21

Keywords: social welfare, Policy Making, Grounded Theory, Policy implementation,

Abstract :

Policy circle consisting of design, implementation and evaluation is a sort of rough road which many can’t go through. As a result, there have been a lot of undone laws and legislations in Iran. The research considering this matter, aims to design a social policy implementation model. For this purpose, by using exploratory approach and based on Grounded Theory between theories and field work, we have presented a special schema. In order to design the model, as well as reviewing the most crucial theories, we exerted semi-structured interviews with 15 top informants in social policy making. 265 codes were extracted while coding in MAXQDA16. The revised secondary codes result 17 axial codes. The results show that the most important problem in welfare policy implementation is the lack of powerful and influential authority in the social welfare system which has been intensified by merger of Welfare Ministry. Moreover, the Supreme Welfare and Social Security Council hasn’t succeeded in alleviating the dispersion of national welfare policies and numerous institutions due to being marginal. monitoring and evaluation system by using the Supreme Welfare and Social Security Council’s capacity and utilizing an integrated welfare information system can help to step beyond this Undesirable situation