Designing a model for evaluating of educational organizations productivity with the Grounded theory method Case study: Islamic Azad University of East Azerbaijan Province

The present study was conducted in 2020 with the aim of designing a productivity evaluation model of Islamic Azad University of the province of East Azarbaijan. A qualitative research of the grounded Theory was carried out. The statistical population of the study included professors and staffs of the Islamic Azad University of Tabriz. Observing the rule of theoretical sampling and theoretical saturation, 25 participants were selected as sample members by non-random sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and a systematic approach Strauss and Corbin were coded in three stages,open, axial and selective. 943 open codes and 144 axial codes were extracted. For factors affecting productivity, 649 open codes and 35axial codes were extracted and two strategies of member review and valuable external review of the research was used by performing the ratio test, because the calculated average (4.21) at the level of 99 % confidence (α=0.01) is Larger than average reviews (3) was therefore confirmed the validity of the overall model. Also, the calculated average of all model dimensions at 95% confidence level (α=0.05), was obtained larger than the theoretical average and the validity of all dimensions of the model was confirmed. Results showed that productivity evaluation indicators of university include: education, research, student, culture and credits. The university officials can reach to productivity by considering individual, organizational and ultra organizational factors and at the same time by removing processing barriers with some main policies within and outside of the organization.