سیدضیاءالدین قاضی زاده فرد

This study aims to create and develop an approach for the design and gradual delivery of the product in the shortest time and through the balance of the elements of technological readiness, the need statement document, and the characteristics of the product in large and complex air systems.

Design/methodology/approach:

 In this study, the balancing process has been carried out using three stages of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD). In the first stage, product specifications have been prioritized using customer needs. In the second stage, product specifications have been prioritized based on the specifications of the first stage. In the third stage, the required technologies have been prioritized using the specifications of the product in the second stage. To conduct the research, industry experts who were in the unit related to the desired product provided the necessary data. Out of the 10 experts in that unit, seven have collaborated in the design and implementation of the model and three have approved the model. Finally, the discussion model was approved by the company's high committee.

After extracting the priorities of technologies, the final meeting of the QFD group was held with the presence of expert designers and the operator's representative. In this meeting, the process of using QFD and the obtained results were discussed. Then, using the scores obtained for the technologies (priority value) level of technological readiness for each of the product technologies and the approaches of designing, producing and delivering the primary, intermediate and final products were determined. The results of product prioritization based on technology development were also approved by the high committee.

Research limitations/implications:

 In this research, the balance of technological readiness, a document of requirement statement, and product characteristics in the design management of macro systems of defence air base products were analyzed by QFD. There was a need to check if there were other tools for balancing. Also, the scope of this study was limited to product design, and it is necessary to extend the balance to the entire life cycle of the product. In this research, the researchers faced with challenges due to the lack of familiarity with the elites or complete and sufficient research and training of the elites and managers of the country's research and defence industries. Also, the lack of managerial approaches to system and standard design and the integration of the approaches communicated by the regulatory and standardization centres of the country on the system design of large and complex products were the other limitations of this research.

Practical implications: 

The model proposed in this research made it possible to produce large and complex products in the aviation industry due to the existence of restrictions. On the other hand, the gradual design, production, and delivery of big products made the products suitable for the user's scene to be designed and produced first. While maintaining the quality of the product, the time to obtain the products should also be reduced.Social implications: Acquiring large and complex products in the country will accelerate the country's development.

Originality/value:

 The design and production of large and complex products based on technology development with a gradual product delivery approach using QFD is one of the innovations of this research. The application of the proposed approach will resolve some of the problems related to the design of large products in different areas.

One of the requirements regarding promotion of the position of foresight and future-making at the strategic levels of the country's armed forces and improvement of the quality of intelligence aristocracy on developments in the military, defense and security fields is identifying conditions, requirements and priority strategic variables in that field. The main objective of this study is "introducing and prioritizing the key strategic variables of monitoring environmental developments in the military, defense and security fields in the Armed Forces" with a case study of one of the armed forces organizations. It is a descriptive-applied survey research in terms of its aim and data collection. In order to collect data, library study instruments and questionnaire distribution among 48 experts from one of the armed forces organizations were used. The validity of this questionnaire was obtained with the approval of experts and to determine the reliability of the questionnaire, the criterion of inconsistency rate was used, which was calculated 0.014 through SuperDesign software, which is based on the logic of the network analysis method, Statistical research shows high stability in assessing the subject. The results of the research show that the strategic variables in order of importance are as: 1. Sustainable security based on the detection, employment and development of the country's capabilities in the military, defense and security sectors, 2. Military, defense and security authority of the armed forces and its deterrence capability against the enemies,  3. Space, air, land, sea, cyber and passive defense capabilities of the country, countries in the region, enemies and countries of strategic importance, 4. Perspectives, guidelines, goals, strategies and military, defense and security strategies of the country, of the countries in the region,  of the enemies and countries of strategic importance, 5. Macro-organizational architecture of the country's armed forces (mission areas, roles, products, structure and organization, etc.), 6. Personality, ideological, military, political and security characteristics of commanders and Senior Managers of the Armed Forces of the country, and 7. Causes, contexts, methods, instruments, characteristics and consequences of future wars in the region and the world.

Given the growing competition among organizations and the increasing importance of knowledge in project-oriented organizations, such organizations are directed to apply their most essential resources, that is, the knowledge derived from conducting projects and the intellectual capital. Organizational knowledge management is indeed a novel approach to the resources and elements of organizational power and believing in the significance and value of human beings and their creativity and innovation. On the basis of classification of goals, this is an applied research, being conducted to apply the results to improve and make applicable the knowledge management assessment of the Civil Engineering Deputy of the Khatam Al Anbia Construction Site. This is descriptive research which is conducted through constant library method and field data collection. The statistical population of this study consists of all 125 experts and technological managers of knowledge management in the project-oriented organization of Civil Engineering Deputy of Khatam Al-Anbia Construction Site. Descriptive statistics is employed to carry out demographic assessment of the participants and drawing the graphs. , Using the statistical assumption test of the average of a society, the effectiveness of each of the indicators in evaluating the knowledge management under study was assessed in order to evaluate the effect of variables. Using the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) method, the knowledge management status of the organization was assessed by multi-criteria decision-making methods such as TOPSIS were employed to rank and evaluate the importance of indicators. Applying the results of this research helped the strategy of knowledge management, and promoted evaluation of the performance of experts and managers at the organization, and ultimately improved the evaluation of the whole organization. Application of the balanced scorecard method helps measure all the dimensions of the organization, assess the success rate in achieving the mission and vision of the organization. The presentation of these indicators and methods properly increase the attitude of managers in evaluating knowledge management of project-based organizations and will encourage them to use it much more.

Statistics show that the outsourcing in organizations is growing around the world. The most important reason is organizations’ focus on core activities and expertization activities.
On the other hand, past experiences show that the armed forces are of the leading organizations in various scientific, technological, equipmental fields. Therefore, in order to improve the military effectiveness and achieve higher productivity, these military organizations have turned to outsourcing. After giving definitions for outsourcing, its advantages and disadvantages, various kinds of outsourcing, outsourcing category in military organizations is considered in this study. To this end, the differences between the military and other organizations and the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing in the militaryorganizations have been evaluated and then, the main purpose of this paper which is presenting a Model and process for outsourcing in military organizations has been discussed. The mentioned model is described in five stages of “selecting the activities”, “decisions for outsourcing”, “selecting the supplier”, “contracting” and “transport services” and then the considerations which should be noted by each military organization, is presented.

During the 20th century، the idea of planning within the organizations was developed، however، strategic planning has been considered only from 3 decades ago. While the military organizations are facing dynamic، changing and turbulent environments and the effect of strategic planning on these organizations are remarkable، strategic planning was even less considered within the military organizations. The paper aims to consider theories of strategic planning and its definition as well as its role and function within the organizations. Finally the paper introduces a model for strategic planning along with concrete steps for that strategic planning، and then considers possible obstacles and relevant mechanisms to overcome them within military organizations.