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In this paper, a new comprehensive model has been developed to guide organizations regarding the establishment of a productivity management system with all essential elements and relations. Using the knowledge available in the literature and expert views, this research has tried to propose an evaluation scheme to measure the maturity of the system in Iranian organizations.

Design/Methodology/Approach: 

This study is typically an applied-developmental research as it introduces a framework for the assessment of productivity management systems in Iranian companies (developmental) and also attempts to offer a method for solving or simplification the complex, chronic problem of productivity in Iranian businesses (applied). From another perspective, the current research should be regarded as a qualitative research approach that seeks to describe and explain the phenomenon of productivity management system maturity based on an analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. The main strategy adopted in identifying conceptual elements concerning the productivity management system has been encoding. The primary signs of conceptual elements have been identified with a systematic search of databases containing scientific documents and reports on one hand and during interviews with experts on the other. The main concepts and categories about the topic have been extracted through a combination of homogeneous signs.

Four categories were identified in the encoding process (labelled as four modules of the productivity management system) and 18 concepts underlying such categories were included within the four modules. Then, 76 signs were extracted from the analysis of documents and interviews as peripheral aspects or features expected from the corresponding elements. Accordingly, the first step in the establishment of a productivity management system in an organization was to provide the infrastructures required for the managerial subsystem. Next, the main processes of productivity needed to be activated based on the available or generated infrastructures. In the third step, the appropriate measures had to be taken to guarantee the sustainability of the subsystem and ensure its constant growth and development. Finally, the impacts of the establishment of the productivity management system were expected to be evaluated to indicate the extent to which the attempts made have helped to meet the various needs of different groups of extra-organizational beneficiaries (including environmental activists and local community members).

Social implications:

 Constant enhancement of productivity as one of the most significant aims of any organization, requires the establishment of a series of factors and elements that make up an organization’s productivity biome, all the aspects and layers of which need to be shaped correctly. Such a requirement can be operationalized in an organization only through the establishment of a comprehensive productivity management system, a managerial system that has not been considered accurately and practically so far in the rich literature review concerning the subject of productivity. This study was conducted to eliminate this research and administrative gap and plotted the conceptual map of such a structure through the extraction of signs of the conceptual elements concerning the managerial system using scientific documents and interviews with experts. By developing organizations that perform their activities more productively, they are more successful in achieving their goals. Therefore, people will also benefit from the performance of this productive organization and will be more satisfied.

Originality/value: 

This study has proposed a conceptual map for productivity management systems through the extraction of signs of the conceptual elements concerning the managerial system using scientific resources and interviews with experts. It has also proposed a comprehensive model showing how the productivity management system could be established in an Iranian organization using procedural documents such as the administrative guidance developed by the National Productivity Organization. The validity of the model (referred to as i-MAPS) was confirmed through the formulation and administration of the evaluation logic for the measurement of the maturity of the system and its pilot implementation in some private and public organizations in Yazd Province. The maturity of an organization in the establishment and utilization of the productivity management system can be analyzed using the developed model. Besides, the measures can be taken based on instructions extracted from the model contents to increase the organization’s success in the roadmap and to overcome probable challenges and obstacles.

A governmental administrative system plays a fundamental role as a facilitator in the process of societal development. However, one of the most crucial drives of development today is human factors, particularly talents. The aim of this qualitative and descriptive developmental study is to analyze the influential factors on attracting and retaining sustainable human talents in the province of Yazd based on experts' opinions. Furthermore, it proposes a comprehensive theoretical model of interaction between these factors and elements while providing a clear picture of influential forces. In this regard, key concepts related to the motivation for their presence in the region are extracted through interviews with 28 national talents who are active in various fields such as science, art, economy, politics, sports, etc. These concepts are then adjusted within a theoretical data-driven framework to form a theoretical model. The research findings indicate that the central concept in the theoretical model of talent attraction in Yazd province is "urban environment," which, in interaction with other concepts such as "personal and family conditions," "culture," "governance system," "natural environment," "economic factors," and "talent management," leads to the formation of a comprehensive and sustainable system for attracting superior national human resources in the province

The present study aims to identify and explain the futures of Iranian provinces in the competition for the development of NBIC technological convergence (synergy between nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive sciences) with a focus on Yazd province.
This research, which has been conducted with a qualitative and descriptive approach, is classified as an exploratory futures-study. In this way, the relevant research records were first reviewed to compile a list of drivers in the development of convergent technologies. The list was then refined and prioritized to identify two key drivers, with the Delphi process attended by fourteen experts. By intersecting the uncertainties of these two drivers, four scenarios of the province's future in technological convergence competition emerged.
The two key drivers affecting the success of the province in the competition for convergent technologies are: the rate of development of the innovation ecosystem and the amount of financial resources allocated to this process. Based on this, four scenarios of the future situation of the province in this field were identified, which have been named as "Vanguard", "Buyer", "Remnant" and "Hired".
In order for the provinces to be able to succeed in the forthcoming competitions in the production and operation of convergent technologies, it is necessary to plan for strengthening the ecosystem infrastructure from now; at the same time, it is necessary to make efficient efforts to provide sufficient financial resources for the research and commercialization of these technologies.

The purpose of this study was to analyze and explain the impact of information and communication technology on the skills training system using Porter's value chain model as a theoretical framework. For this purpose, in conducting quantitative research, a researcher-made questionnaire was used, the validity of which was confirmed by experts and its reliability was accepted by Cronbach's alpha test with a value of 0.957. Findings from the analysis of the collected data indicated that the three effects of information and communication technology (including the effect of automation, the effect of information and the effect of transformation) can influence both aspects of the value chain of the skills training system (including core activities and support activities). Accordingly, it is expected that the increasing prevalence of information and communication technology in the various pillars of the skills training system can have a positive impact on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of this vital and important system.

The leading subject of the present research is that the system of Mahdavi training and education is itself affected by various components including the system of science and technology in spite of the strategic role in transmitting the revealed thought to the society, and we expect that the emerging trend of technological convergence has a fundamental impact on it; however, these impacts cannot be easily recognized and most importantly, the destiny of the mentioned system in the face of convergent technologies are indistinct. To find an answer to this question, the present qualitative research attempts to depict the possible futures in this trend using Delfi and scenario writing methods. In this regard, at first, a list of macro-trends of technological convergence has been counted and prioritized. In the following, with the coincidence of the uncertainty principle observing these trends, four scenarios of the future of the system of Mahdavi training and education (including the good tree, Solomon’s kingdom, corrupt tree, and Ibrahim in the fire). The findings of this research can guide the authorities in charge of system of Mahdavi and religious training and education in the futuristic face of the development of science and technology especially the convergent technologies.

A number of general policies of the administrative system are related to the issue of administrative integtity and to achieve them, we need operational models and executive policies. In this research, which is planned in a mix method with a combination of library and survey models, while identifying a set of appropriate executive policies for the implementation of general policies of the administrative system in the field of administrative integtity, a model of how these policies are affected and effective is presented. Accordingly, after studying the theoretical foundations and extracting a list of executive policies, members of active administrative integtity committees in 60 executive bodies of Yazd province were selected as the statistical population of the research and by designing a questionnaire, their expert opinions in this field were assessed. Findings of this study show that the set of 23 identified executive policies can be classified in terms of the intensity of impact on general policies in four clusters, the most effective of which are the appointment of qualified professional managers and the use of sufficient and efficient manpower.

Islamic council is one of the basic and influential pillars of the urban management system in Iran, which have serious responsibilities. It can be accepted that the full realization of these expectations and missions requires the existence of several contexts, among which, the existence of an active and efficient administrative organization is considered one of the most basic requirements. This study has tried to design a suitable organizational structure for the establishment of this administrative organization for the Islamic City Council. To implement the present study, which is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of method and is considered as a case study, the qualitative approach and research strategy of "Grounded Theory" has been used; In addition, tools such as researcher-made forms, questionnaires, interviews and checklists were used to collect data. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire and interview questions have been confirmed by experts. The data required for conducting the present qualitative and descriptive research were collected from four sources (including study of legal documents; interview with informants; study of similar organizations and work study). The analysis of data was done with manual coding technique and based on these analyzes, while drawing a process map, a model of a suitable organizational chart was designed for the administrative organization of the Islamic Council of the city, which includes 68 organizational positions and most of it is in the form of a matrix structure and its other components are executable in functional structure. The findings of this study show that Islamic city council needs a kind of matrix structure in its administrative organization for achieving its goals and performing the missions.

The emerging wave of convergent technologies (NBIC) that is derived from combining four advanced technologies (Nano-technology, Bio-technology, Information technology & Cognitive sciences), would have a rich and revolutionary impact on all human constructs such as organization and administrative system. The present study seeks to foresight the presence of technological convergence in Iranian administrative system by identifying and prioritizing the factors affecting this flow. This qualitative & descriptive study uses “Environmental Scanning” technique to identify the factors affecting technological convergence in administrative system and then these factors are prioritized, by “Social Network Analysis” technique and UCINET software. Then, by selecting two main factors and using the scenario-building technique, the future scenarios of Iranian administrative system is drawn. Findings show that the conceptual network of factors influencing the convergent administrative system in Iran consists of seven main elements. Among these, the two factors of "technological capacities" and "political environment" were selected with the highest value of degree centrality and betweenness centrality indicators as priority factors. Finally four scenarios for the future of technological convergence in Iranian administrative system were designed (including pivot / follower / isolating / silent), by analyzing the interaction of uncertainties related to these two factors. The study shows that Iranian administrative system will be affected by NBIC, But the quality of this affection is depended on political conditions and technological capacities.

The administrative system, as one of the key development infrastructures, is itself influenced by other subsystems, including the science and technology system; and one of the potentially influential streams on administrative system is "technological convergence" or "convergent technologies".

The present study was designed with the aim of discovering the appropriate response to this fundamental question: "How will be the impact of converging technologies on the future of Iranian ideal administrative system?"

In this qualitative and descriptive research, at first, for designing a model of Iranian ideal administrative system, 10 superiority legal documents were analyzed and codified by grounded theory approach. Subsequently, the views of Iranian experts in convergent technologies about the possible impacts of these technologies on administrative system were collected through interviews and analyzed using social network analysis technique and UCINET software.

Main Dimensions of Iranian Ideal Administrative System were identified in elements such as inputs, infrastructures, resources, processes, outputs and feedback, while the impact of converging technologies on these six dimensions was confirmed with a density of 0.87. The highest value of internal (beeing affected) and external (affecting) Degree Centrality is related to "processes" and "robotics and artificial intelligence" respectively, also "human-machine interafaces" has the highest value of the betweennes centrality indicator.

All six dimensions of Iranian ideal administrative system will be heavily affected by convergent technologies and it is necessary to establish suitable mechanisms (such as education, regulations, credits, etc.) to effectively deal with this future in different parts of the system.

The present study attempts to introduce the role and function of the government in innovative capability building under the influence of the technological convergence flow as a foresight study and introduce the predictable futures of convergent technologies (NBIC). The approach of this research is qualitative and descriptive and has been used in morphological and scenario-building strategies. Thus, the most common mechanisms of public support in the process of innovation capability enhancement are identified and modeled; in parallel, the most important achievements of convergent technologies are derived from one of the valid models. Then, the intensity of the impacts of technological convergence on each aspect of governmental support is estimated through expert panel & morphological analysis techniques. Finally, by implementing the scenario-building technique, three alternative scenarios of the future (including minimal, moderate, and maximum scenarios) are designed. The results show that by utilizing intelligently the revolutionary capacities of convergent technologies, the governments can establish the desirable future of the role of governance in development of innovative capabilities, and this position can be evolved strongly compared to the current situation.

The present study attempts to introduce the role and function of the government in innovative capability building under the influence of the technological convergence flow as a foresight study and introduce the predictable futures of convergent technologies (NBIC). The approach of this research is qualitative and descriptive and has been used in morphological and scenario-building strategies. Thus, the most common mechanisms of public support in the process of innovation capability enhancement are identified and modeled; in parallel, the most important achievements of convergent technologies are derived from one of the valid models. Then, the intensity of the impacts of technological convergence on each aspect of governmental support is estimated through expert panel & morphological analysis techniques. Finally, by implementing the scenario-building technique, three alternative scenarios of the future (including minimal, moderate, and maximum scenarios) are designed. The results show that by utilizing intelligently the revolutionary capacities of convergent technologies, the governments can establish the desirable future of the role of governance in development of innovative capabilities, and this position can be evolved strongly compared to the current situation.

Among the required infrastructures for a society to develop, the administrative system, specially the one that is influenced by convergent technologies (NBIC) plays a  vital role. The purpose of this paper is a futures study on iran’s administrative system under the influence of convergent technologies. At the initial stage, we identified 51 possible achievements of convergent technologies in various aspects of human life  by environmental scanning. Next by using a Delphi technique, we collected and analyzed the views of 74 Iranian experts who were specialist in the  fields of technological convergence. Finally, by using the morphological analysis technique, the future status of the administrative system of Iran is depicted in several scenarios.  Findings show that, the probability of occurrence of 19 achievements of NBIC's convergence in a ten-years period will be  "very high" and "high", and on the other hand, multiple dimensions of the administrative system  is under the influence of NBIC’s achievements. The results also explain the way Iran’s admiristrative reform will be influenced by the NBIC. Furthermore, the research triple  scenarios (optimistic, pessimistic and median), will help the Iran’s policy makers and higher civil servants to select a  path of technological convergence that is most suitable for the country’s administrative system.

Skilled manpower is a key competetive advantage for any organization toward a knowledge-based development. "Skill Training System", with such an important duty, is under influence of science & technology development, so it is neccesary to investigate the effects of new technological concepts as "Technological Convergence". This study uses "Environmental Scanning" to foresight  "Convergent Technologies" in skill training system and the results show that all components of the system (Inputs, Processes, Outputs & Outcomes) will be changed by those technologies (Nano, Bio, ICT & Cognitive Sciences) in future.