Challenges and solutions for the participation and attraction of elites in the management levels of the country with emphasis on the statement of the second step of the revolution (based on meritocracy)

Subject Areas : Political philosophy of the Islamic Revolution

Mohsen Sanami ¹ (PhD student in Political Science (Political Thought), Faculty of Humanities, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.)
Abbas Salehi Najafabadi ² (Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Political Science Department, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran. (Responsible Author))
Ghasem Torabi ³ (Associate Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.)

Received: 2023-09-18 Accepted : 2023-11-13 Published : 2023-10-23

Keywords: Elites, meritocracy, Statement of the Second Step of the Revolution, barriers to participation,

Abstract :

The current research aimed to analyze the obstacles to the realization of meritocracy facing the attraction of elites in the country's management levels and the ways out of it, relying on the statement of the second step of the revolution. The main question was to investigate the obstacles to the realization of meritocracy and the solutions for its realization under the attraction of elites in the managerial levels of the country. The method was analytical-descriptive and relied on library resources. The findings showed that the first obstacle is the weakening of meritocracy by overemphasizing on work history, and the solution is youthism and trusting the elite. The next challenge is the non-compliance of the selection criteria with the operational needs of the organization, the solution is to use talented human resources and also eliminate discrimination in the distribution of public resources. Non-granting of rewards based on organizational status is the third challenge, the solution is the realization of justice and narrowing the field of discrimination. The lack of attention to ethics and its promotion is the fourth challenge, and returning to the spirit of ethics caused by the revolution and holy defense was considered as the main solution. The last challenge is the lack of effect of performance evaluation results on the job conditions of employees, the solution is to give effect to the results of performance evaluation, to pay attention to the spiritual competence of people along with the conditions of performance evaluation and to record actual performance.