Developing and explaining a model for making universities smarter with a global level:

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

sepedeh golijanimoghadam ¹ , محمدخانی mohamadkhani ² , nadergholi ghorchian ³ , amirhosein mohamad davodi ⁴

1 - Department of Higher Education Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Islamic Azad University of Science and Research, Tehran
2 - Vice-Chancellor for Management and Economics, Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran
3 - Faculty member, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Iran

Received: 2019-12-04 Accepted : 2020-12-05 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Global Balance, smarter, university,

Abstract :

In this research, a model has been devised and validated to make universities smarter Compared with globally balance. The research method in this paper is a mixed one. First based on qualitative method and specifically based on the grounded theory and by interviewing the subject matter experts, the dimensions, components and indicators of making universities smarter with a global level are extracted and analyzed. Then, in the quantitative phase, by a questionnaire based on qualitative stage indices and based on its data - 175 valid questionnaires - validating and analyzing the factor structure of the university-level smart universities model was used.The findings of the qualitative research showed that the smarter university with a global level has 5 dimensions (based on Grounded Theory components) and 29 components. These dimensions include the dimension of "smarter technologies", "smarter competencies", "smarter processes", "superior standards" and "organizational quality". Quantitative section findings also showed that based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, factor loadings of all indices were above 0.3.