Psychology
Simin Asgharinezhad; Hadi Rezghi Shirsavar; Khadijeh Khanzadi
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Purpose: After the occurrence of the World Wide Web, the Internet of Things can be the next revolution due to the significant increase of the Internet, and this structure seeks to create a bridge between the real and virtual worlds, which has the ability to create an integrated network of billions of ...
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Purpose: After the occurrence of the World Wide Web, the Internet of Things can be the next revolution due to the significant increase of the Internet, and this structure seeks to create a bridge between the real and virtual worlds, which has the ability to create an integrated network of billions of objects with the ability to connect wirelessly to each other to exchange information. So Considering the importance of internet of things in today's schools, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the status of internet of things development in schools based on the future research. Methodology: This research in terms of purpose was practical and in terms of implementation method was quantitative. The research population were education managers and planners and officials of universities of Tehran city in the academic years of 2021-2022, which 281 people of them were selected as a sample by cluster sampling method. The tool of the current research was a researcher-made questionnaire of internet of things development in schools based on the future research with 26 items, which whose data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and one sample t-test in SPSS-26 software. Findings: The findings of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the internet of things development in schools based on the future research has 26 items in 7 components of removing time restrictions (with three items of connection per hour, unlimited use and offline use), removing location restrictions (with four items of use in any place, use at school and home, use without special equipment and ability to use a computer), reducing infrastructure costs (with four items of sharing of training, direct transfer of training, eliminating special infrastructure facilities and direct connection to the system), knowledge management (with three items of knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and knowledge distribution), professional competence (with three items of cognitive competence, knowledge competence and skill competence), information technology (with three items of information flow automation, easy access to information and changing the shape of the organization) and effectiveness of educational system (with six items of efficient education, behavior patterns appropriate to time, talent-oriented appropriate to future needs, matching school input with future expectations, satisfactory educational process and providing satisfactory educational services appropriate to future needs). In this study, the factor loading of all 26 items was higher than 0.40, the factor loading of all 7 components was higher than 0.50, their average variance extracted was higher than 0.60, and their Cronbach and combined reliability was higher than 0.70. Also, the results of the one sample t-test showed that the average of all 7 components significantly was higher than the assumed average of the society (P<0.001). Conclusion: Considering the importance of internet of things in schools and since the amount of all its components was slightly higher than the assumed average of the society, it is suggested that based on the questionnaire of the current research design and implement efficient and practical programs for the internet of things development in schools based on the future research.
Social Sciences
Saeed Shafahi; Alireza Chenari; Soghra Afkaneh
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Purpose: Knowledge management plays an important role in the growth and development of various organizations, especially educational organizations. Therefore, the aim of this study was investigating the impact of future study development indicators of knowledge management in Islamic Azad Universities ...
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Purpose: Knowledge management plays an important role in the growth and development of various organizations, especially educational organizations. Therefore, the aim of this study was investigating the impact of future study development indicators of knowledge management in Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran province.Methodology: The current research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was cross-sectional. The research population was all the members of the faculty and teaching staff of the faculties of educational sciences of the Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran province in the 2022-2023 academic years with number of 210 people. The research sample based on the Krejcie and Morgan table was estimated to be 160 people, who were selected by stratified random sampling method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire of future study development of knowledge management (67 items), whose face validity was confirmed by academic experts and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha method 0.92. Data were analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and structural equations in SPSS version 23 and LISREL version 8.7 software.Findings: The findings showed that the future study development of knowledge management has 67 items in 14 factors and 6 dimensions of organizational structure and information technology infrastructure as causal factors, effective cultural platforms on the development of future study and management strategies as underlying factors, alignment of the university with the changing needs of society and higher education as intervening factors, knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, knowledge application and knowledge policies storage as central phenomenon, transformation in the educational system and the institutionalization of foresight and policy making as strategies and the development of organizational awareness and human resource productivity as consequences; So that all factors had a content validity ratio was higher than 0.70, average variance extracted was higher than 0.5, and Cronbach's reliability was higher than 0.80. The model of future study development indicators of knowledge management in Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran province had a good fit. In this model, each of the factors has a direct and significant effect on the underlying factors, and causal factors had a direct and significant effect on the underlying factors, intervening factors and central phenomenon, underlying factors, intervening factors and central phenomenon had a direct and significant effect on the strategies and underlying factors, central phenomenon and strategies had a direct and significant effect on the consequences (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study can be used by managers and officials of educational systems, especially in the higher education system with the aim of future study development of knowledge management in order to create a competitive advantage.
Nasrin Boroughani; Zolfaghar Rashidi; Mohammad Naghi Imani
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Purpose: This article aims to investigate the effective factors and consequences of lean management in the country's higher education system.Methodology: The research method is fundamental-applied in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the method of collecting information, it is a part of mixed research ...
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Purpose: This article aims to investigate the effective factors and consequences of lean management in the country's higher education system.Methodology: The research method is fundamental-applied in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the method of collecting information, it is a part of mixed research (quantitative and qualitative). The statistical population in the qualitative section included higher education experts. To determine the samples of this research and to determine this group of experts, a non-random sampling method was used with the number of 20 people. The second group of the statistical population of this research included all the managers and assistants of Azad University units in Tehran who are working in the number of 1190 people, using stratified random sampling method and Cochran's formula, 291 people were selected as subjects. The data collection tool was interview in the qualitative part and researcher-made questionnaire based on a 5-option scale in the quantitative part. Validity of the questionnaire in terms of form and content through several experts, convergent validity was extracted by calculating the average variance. Cronbach's alpha, average variance extracted (AVE), root matrix AVE, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and confirmatory factor analysis using Lisrel software were used for data analysis.Findings: The results of the research findings, by examining the research questions on determining the dimensions, components and key, effective, effective indicators of the lean management adaptation model with the country's higher education, showed that among the 58 existing indicators (items), 9 main components could be identified.Conclusion: Considering the results of organizational factors as causal conditions, it was considered that the effective components include knowledge management, pure leadership and academic organizational atmosphere, the consequential components include innovative performance, sustainable competitive advantage and educational quality.
Mohammadreza Ardalan; Esmaeel Rahmani
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purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the focal relationship of knowledge management with the establishment of inclusive quality management.Methodoogy: The research method was quantitative, descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of elementary teachers in the ...
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purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the focal relationship of knowledge management with the establishment of inclusive quality management.Methodoogy: The research method was quantitative, descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of elementary teachers in the two cities of Hamadan, who were selected by simple random sampling method based on Morgan table with a sample size of 219. And the research tools were Fong & Chi Knowledge Standard Questionnaire (2009) and Spinwell Total Quality Management Questionnaire (1994). Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis were used to determine the reliability and validity of the tool. Data were analyzed using focal correlation and multiple linear regression using SPSS 25 software.Findings: The results of this study showed that knowledge management dimensions had a positive and significant correlation in alpha of 0.01 with the value of 0.637 with the dimensions of QM. Knowledge management dimensions were able to account for 127% of the variance of QA. Also according to standardized regression coefficients, it can be said that knowledge acquisition, knowledge storage and knowledge distribution have a positive and significant effect on the overall quality management deployment variable at 0.05 level.Conclusion: Knowledge management dimensions have a positive and significant focal correlation with the dimensions of QM implementation.Keywords: Knowledge Management, Deployment of Total Quality Management, Dimensions, Focal Correlation
