A Feasibility Study on Rationalizing the Government Size Program
Subject Areas : Business ManagementNasser Mirsepassi 1 , Jafar Beikzad 2
1 - Professor of Management Department, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Ph.D. in Public Administration, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Size, Government, Subjective decisions, Influential authorities, Dominant coalition,
Abstract :
Change in Iranian administrative system is one the crucial issues. And in the recent years the necessary has drawn a lot of attention. Several actions have been taken and the "State's Septet Plan of the Change" in the Administrative System is a as example. This paper aims to evaluate the feasibility of one of these programs i.e. the Rationalizing Government Size Program and to identify the factors affecting its execution. In order to do so, the above mentioned program was divided into four programs and the affecting factors were defined based on John Child's power-control theory. According to the quartet factors and the defined indexes of the four programs, a matrix questionnaire was designed and after evaluating its validity and reliability, it was given to the swgects. The results were abridged and after classification they were analyzed using the inferential statistics tests (the single-group t-test and Friedman). The results revealed that the feasibility of the program is below average and the influential authorities in public organizations have the greatest role in leading this program to failure. Next, the heterogeneity of the interests of the decision-makers and the organizations, the dominant coalition and the subjectivity of the individuals' and organizations' decisions are placed successively as the effective factors.
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