Designing the model of effective factors on empowering human resources based on the meta-synthesis approach and analysis and development of strategic options (SODA) in the water and waste water industry

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Akbar Sheidaei habashi ¹ , , Soleyman Iranzadeh ² , Houshang Taghizadeh ³

1 - Phd student management
2 - Professor, Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2023-06-19 Accepted : 2023-08-05 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: cognitive mapping, Strategic Factors, domain and central analysis, Soda method,

Abstract :

The main goal of this research is to identify the key and strategic factors of empowering human resources in the water and sewage industry. In terms of purpose, this research is applied and developmental, and in terms of implementation method, it is considered part of descriptive survey research. In this research, firstly, by applying the meta-synthesis method, studies and articles related to the subject were examined, and with the opinion of the research team members and experts' approval, the model of human resource empowerment factors was designed.by using interviews and holding workshops, key and strategic factors were identified with the approach of analyzing and developing strategic options (Soda).this model has 29 factors in 3 dimensions. The results show that performance is the most key option and information sharing, job design and engineering, job conditions and suitability, creation of facilities, feedback, employees, promotion of job skills and training were considered as important issues respectively. In general, what distinguishes this research from other internal researches is providing a new and scientific framework of factors and identifying the most key factors that can be a guide for senior managers and decision makers.