Psychology
Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi kia; Mohammad Naghi Imani; Alireza Mohammadinejad Ganji
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Purpose: Today, policymaking is of great value and importance to improve the relationship between university and industry, and university education should be based on the needs of industry and society. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to design a university education model based on the needs ...
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Purpose: Today, policymaking is of great value and importance to improve the relationship between university and industry, and university education should be based on the needs of industry and society. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to design a university education model based on the needs of the industry in the Islamic Azad University of Damavand branch.Method: This research was applied in terms of purpose and exploratory (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of mixed methodology. The statistical population in the qualitative part included the faculty members of the Islamic Azad University, Damavand branch, and the managers and activists of industries in Damavand city. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews with 15 members of the statistical community who were selected by purposive sampling. The interview protocol was approved both in terms of formal and content validity and in terms of reliability based on the agreement between the two coders. The research data were analyzed based on the qualitative analysis process during open, central and selective triple coding through MaxQuda 2020 software.Findings: The findings showed that the model of university education based on the needs of the industry in the university based on the results of the qualitative section, among the 114 open codes identified, twelve components of the university education based on the needs of the industry including the training of employability skills, curriculum development, industrial partnerships, planning and educational development, entrepreneurial, legal and legal culture, government support, policy making, finance, infrastructure, university human resources development policies, educational and research policies were identified. Also, based on the results of quantitative analysis, the highest priority was related to the curriculum development component and the lowest priority was related to the financial component. Finally, the university education model based on industry needs was designed in the university.Conclusion: According to the results of this study about the model of university education based on the needs of the industry in the university, based on the validation of the model, all dimensions of the model were valid and the model had a suitable fit.
Robab Mousavi; Alireza Mohammadinejad Ganji; Mohammad Naghi Imani
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Purpose: the purpose of this study was designing a pattern of organizational structure based on educational improvement and development indicators in the Farhangian University.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was practical and in terms of implementation method was mixed. The research ...
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Purpose: the purpose of this study was designing a pattern of organizational structure based on educational improvement and development indicators in the Farhangian University.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was practical and in terms of implementation method was mixed. The research population in the qualitative part was the experts of Farhangian University, which number of 20 people accordance with the principle of theoretical saturation were selected by non-random purposive sampling method. The research population in the quantitative part was the directors, deputies, professors and students of Farhangian University, which number of 821 people selected accordance with the Cochran formula were selected by cluster sampling method. The research tools were semi-structural interviews and researcher -made questionnaire, which confirmed the psychometric indicators including validity and reliability. Data from the implementation of semi-structural interview were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method in MAXQDA-12 software and data from the implementation of researcher-made questionnaire were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis method in SPSS-22 and Smart PLS-2 software.Findings: The findings of the qualitative part showed that the organizational structure based on educational improvement and development indicators in the Farhangian University had 21 components, 7 dimensions and 3 categories. Its categories were including organizational structure based on educational improvement and development in the Farhangian University (with 3 dimensions of knowledge, attitude and skill), promotion mechanisms in the Farhangian University (with 2 dimensions of organizational and social) and barriers to promotion in the Farhangian University (with 2 dimensions of economic and organizational). The findings of the quantitative part showed that the organizational structure in the Farhangian University had 32 questions in 8 dimensions and 3 categories. Its categories were including complexity (with 3 dimensions of vertical, horizontal and geographical), formality (with 3 dimensions of flexibility, freedom of action and control) and concentration (with 2 dimensions of concentration and decentralization) which all questions had a factor load of higher than 0.60. The educational improvement and development in the Farhangian University had 34 questions in 9 dimensions and 3 categories. Its categories were including knowledge (with 3 dimensions of cognitive knowledge, subject knowledge and practical knowledge), attitude (with 3 dimensions of entrepreneurial attitude, growth attitude and moral attitude) and skill (with 3 dimensions of personal skill, technical skill and professional skill) which all questions had a factor load of higher than 0.70. Also, promotion mechanisms in the Farhangian University had 21 questions in 6 dimensions and 2 categories. Its categories were including organizational (with 3 dimensions of structural, managerial and legal) and social (with 3 dimensions of participation, public benefit and skill training) which all questions had a factor load of higher than 0.70. In addition, the barriers to promotion in the Farhangian University had 19 questions in 6 dimensions and 2 categories. Its categories were including economics (with 3 dimensions of budget, economic and equipment) and organizational (with three dimensions of planning, organizing and supervision) which all questions had a factor load of higher than 0.50. The pattern of each structures of organizational structure in the Farhangian University, educational improvement and development in the Farhangian University, promotion mechanisms in the Farhangian University, and barriers to promotion in the Farhangian University were drawn in standard and significant coefficients status.Conclusion: The pattern of organizational structure based on educational improvement and development indicators in the Farhangian University can help professionals and planners of this university to improve it and create competitive advantage.
