Systemic Model of University Human Resource Productivity Improvement via Fuzzy Dimatel Approach: The Case of Islamic Azad University Branches in East Azerbaijan Province
Subject Areas : Human resources management)mehrdad ghaffari zenuzi 1 , serajeddin mohebbi 2 , karamollah daneshfard 3
1 - PhD Candidate, Department of Management, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Islamic Azad University, systematic approach, Dimital Fuzzy, Faculty Members Productivity Enhancement,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present study was to present a systematic model of promoting human resource productivity through fuzzy dimensional approach applicable at various branches of Islamic Azad University in Azerbaijan in the time span of 2018-2019. The research population consisted of all faculty members at various branches of Islamic Azad University in East Azerbaijan province. The data collection instruments employed included two researcher-made questionnaires one initially designed as a five-point Likert scale to identify the factors affecting the promotion of human resource productivity in the university and the other desveloped subsequently based on paired comparisons required for fuzzy dimensional system approach. The questionnaires were validated in terms of their content and internal consistency and test-retest reliability estimates. Initially, the data obtained from the first questionnaire were statistically analysed through student t-test and the findings indicated five main factors that were perceived by the participating faculty members as effective in promoting the productivity of university human resources. Further, the second questionnaire was developed based on paired comparisons of the five identified factors and was distributed to the research sample. The findings emerging from DIMATEL systematic approach revealed creativity and innovation grounding, provision of targeted training and utilization of appropriate knowledge management strategies and practices as highly influential and influenceabl factors in the system under study. Targeted training was also identified as having a higher impact on other system factors. In addition, adherence to competency trends in personnel promotion as well as embracing creativity and innovation in the organization were identified as two factors highly influenced by others.
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Assassin, Abdolali, Shokouhi, Javad (2015), Explaining the Relationship between Human Resource Information Systems and Human Resource Management Productivity. Public Management Research, 8(29), 151-131.[In Persian].
Atkins, L., & Murphy, L. (2019). Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation v. Student Evaluation of Teaching. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, 58.
Bagheri, Muslim, Abbas, Abbas, Khodai, Haniyeh. (2018). Designing a Model of Productivity Measurement in Public Organizational Universities (Case Study: Iran Telecommunication Factory Applied Scientific Center). Iranian Government Management Studies, 1(2), 12-195.[In Persian]
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