فهرست مطالب farhad hamzehpour

Today, university management has become a dynamic activity, and if managers want to adopt appropriate strategies and goals, they need to plan for strategic planning. At first, they need to be aware of their status. The purpose of this study is to identify the field of research of Islamic Azad University through internal and external analysis. In this research, a quantitative-qualitative method was used. The research community of all directors and vice-chancellor of research, students and professors was a member of the Young Researchers Club of Tehran and Alborz Provinces and 370 respondents were selected by stratified random. The tool used was semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire containing 74 items in four areas of SWOT. Based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated to be 0.98 and Content validity was confirmed by the views of academicians and professors. For Data analyze, were used descriptive statistics and SWOT analysis. The findings showed that the strengths of the university's research are better than the weaknesses and opportunities are better than threats, have more privileges. According to the results of the formation of internal and external factor matrices (IFE = 2.60, EFE = 2. 59), the research strategy of the Islamic Azad University in the offensive region (SO), which means that the strengths The domain of research overcomes its weaknesses, therefore, the field of research of Azad University can provide the basis for the development of the desired research activities.

As non-profit organizations, universities have specific goals and missions, their performance must be assessed for exploiting their limited available resources and achieving organizational goals. The purpose of this study is to employ the obtained strategies for evaluating the status of research area in the Islamic Azad University using SWOT analysis and design the research development model of the university through social marketing mix. A mixed methods research (quantitative-qualitative) has been used for the study carried out in two stages. In the first stage, SWOT analysis is used and in the second stage, social marketing is employed given the extracted strategies in the previous stage. In the qualitative section, the statistical sample included experts (deputies, research managers, students and professors who were the members of the young researchers club in the first stage and assistant and associate marketing professors in the second stage) selected via purposive sampling and theoretical saturation. In quantitative section, the research was descriptive and field-based where the statistical sample included 370 respondents from university branches at Tehran and Alborz provinces and selected via stratified random sampling. According to Cronbach alpha coefficient, reliability of the SWOT questionnaire was estimated equal to 98% and that of social marketing was equal to 96%. According to the results of the study, integrated social marketing could result in favorable research behavior.