Effective Factors on Decisionmaking of Public administrators
Subject Areas :
Industrial Management
Mohammad salim Karimi
1
,
Adel Salavati
2
,
behroz zarei
3
,
kumars ahmadi
4
1 - دانشجوی دکتری گروه مدیریت دولتی، واحد سنندج، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، سنندج،ایران
2 - Assistant Professor of Management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor of Management Faculty of Tehran University . Tehran . Iran
4 - Assistant Professor of Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran
Received: 2021-01-01
Accepted : 2021-05-18
Published : 2021-08-30
Keywords:
State Organizations,
Decisionmaking,
Delphi method,
Abstract :
Most government organizations either do not have a model for the decision-making system in the organization or the designed model has not been adjusted due to political, social and cultural changes. Therefore, most organizations are based on trial and error or based on the individual perspective of managers. This has made the success and failure of government organizations highly dependent on the individual tastes of managers. This issue has been considered as one of the issues determining the success of government organizations and due to lack of full attention to it or lack of comprehensive studies in this field, it has not been possible to achieve organizational goals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide a model for explaining the decision-making system in state organizations. Given the qualitative nature of the study, after library research and reviewing the related literature, in-depth interviews with experts are conducted. The outcomes are analyzed in the light of the Delphi method. In first, 93 indicators identified to explaining the decision-making system. After checking the indicators by experts, only 76 indicators were verified. According to the results of this research model, it was found that the most important components in managers' decision-making were, respectively, the priorities of "correct definition of the proble", "high motivation and self-confidence", "personal knowledge and experience", "effective scheduling mechanisms, timely design and implementation of decisions," and "experimental execution of decisions before final implementation of decisions".
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Kargar, Gh. (2015). The role of information and communication technology in the decision-making process of managers of Iranian sports organizations. Sport Management and Motor Behavior, 10(20), 111-122. (in Persian).
Kendall, B. E., & Logue, V. (1977). Spinal epidural angiomatous malformations draining into intrathecal veins. Neuroradiology, 13(4), 181-189.
Koontz, H., & Weihrich, H. (2015). Essentials of Management: An International, Innovation, and Leadership Perspective. McGraw-Hill Education.
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Thomas, S. (2012). Ethics and accounting education. Issues in Accounting Education, 27(2), 399-418.
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Tsalikis, J., & Fritzsche, D. J. (2013). Business ethics: A literature review with a focus on marketing ethics. Citation classics from the journal of business ethics, 337-404.
Valentine, S., & Fleischman, G. (2008). Professional ethical standards, corporate social responsibility, and the perceived role of ethics and social responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 82(3), 657-666.
Weiss, H. M. (2002). Deconstructing job satisfaction: Separating evaluations, beliefs and affective experiences. Human resource management review, 12(2), 173-194.
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Zarandi, M., & Ezati Jivan, S. (2016). Factors Affecting Managers 'Decision-Making Style in Organizations Top Managers' Perspectives Using Analytic Hierarchy Process. International Congress on Science and Engineering, Dubai: Modiran Ideh Pardaz Paytakht Viera Institute. (in Persian).
Zarezadeh, F. (2003). Factors influencing the decision of the executive directors of medical universities in using or not using the Internet. National Library and Information Studies Studies, 13(2), 63-74. (in persian).
Zeni, T. A., Buckley, M. R., Mumford, M. D., & Griffith, J. A. (2016). Making “sense” of ethical decision making. The Leadership Quarterly, 27(6), 838-855.
