Typology of the degree of Centralism of decision-making in culture-oriented structures (Missionary )
Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management
1 - Department of Public Administration, College of Malayer Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
Keywords: Centralism, centralization and decentralization, typology, culture-oriented structures (Missionary), TISM,
Abstract :
Context and Purpose: Decision-making in organizations, especially culture-oriented organizations, is a fundamental process in determining cultural policies. This research was carried out with the aim of typology and design of the model of the degree of Centralism of decision-making in culture-oriented structures with the approach of structural interpretive modeling. Methods: Collecting information from library sources and for data analysis using the method of content analysis and typology, which is about 19 articles and books; Along with the semi-structured interview, a statistical population of eight professors of Islamic Azad University and managers of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance was used; In the next step, using the overall interpretive structural modeling approach, new levels and relationships and the causes of relationships between criteria were determined using the number of eight paired questionnaires prepared from experts. Findings: In typology, the number of five representative species with three types of borders was obtained, and the sixth species was identified for culture-oriented structures from expert interviews along with content analysis, and in the third stage, representative species were determined at four levels using the TISM method. Conclusion: The simple structure has the highest influence power and the professional bureaucracy structure has the highest dependence power. Culture-oriented structures have synergistic power from the sum of five structures and create an important part called organizational ideology with a kind of relative concentration.