جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Competitive Advantage » در نشریات گروه « علوم تربیتی »

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the development of competitive advantage with knowledge sharing and organizational innovation with the mediating role of organizational culture among primary school teachers in Do Shahrekord district. The method used in this research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of data collection method. In this research, the statistical population includes all the elementary school teachers of district 2 of Shahrekord city, which are about 1500 people, of which 305 people were considered as the sample size using Morgan's table and stratified random sampling. In order to collect information, four questionnaires were used: Lee et al.'s Competitive Advantage Questionnaire (2006), Hui et al.'s Knowledge Sharing Questionnaire (2010), Prajgo and Sohl's Organizational Innovation Questionnaire (2003), and Hofstede's Organizational Culture Questionnaire (2013). The analysis of the information obtained from the implementation of the questionnaires was done through SPSS 16 software in two descriptive and inferential sections (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation test, multiple regression test). The findings of the research showed that there is a significant relationship between the development of competitive advantage with knowledge sharing and organizational innovation with the mediating role of organizational culture among primary school teachers in Do Shahrekord district. Development of competitive advantage, knowledge sharing and organizational innovation are important factors that can play an important role in improving performance and gaining competitive advantage for organizations, including schools and teachers. In this process, organizational culture also plays an important role as a mediating factor in the interaction between knowledge sharing and organizational innovation with teachers' competitive advantage.

Organizational green culture can be considered a source of competitive advantage, firstly, by understanding environmental strategies, and secondly, because of characteristics that are different from the culture of its competitors, it can be an invisible asset and difficult for competitors to imitate. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of green organizational culture on competitive advantage with an emphasis on the mediating role of green innovation in Ilam Cement Factory. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method. The statistical population of the study includes managers and employees of Ilam Cement Factory. 224 people were selected through statistical sampling using Cochran's formula. Standard questionnaires of green organizational culture measuring green innovation and competitive advantage were used to collect data. For data analysis, the structural equation modeling technique was used through SPSS25 and Smart PLS3 software. The results show that organizational culture has a direct positive and significant effect on competitive advantage and that it affects competitive advantage through the mediation variable of green innovation. Also, the results of data analysis showed that the green innovation variable has a positive and significant effect on competitive advantage.

universities to use their maximum power and capacity, they need to be independent in different parts of their mission and function. It is expected that the competencies of university administrators in various dimensions can help to achieve this. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of competencies of university managers on competitive advantage and organizational independence of universities. The type of research was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included the administrative and educational directors of Kashan University with 261 people, which about 160 people were selected as a sample. In order to collect data, three questionnaires of managers' competence in the form of 38 items, competitive advantage with 16 items and organizational independence with 20 items were used according to the five-point Likert scale. The reliability of the questionnaires was obtained through Cronbach's alpha for managers' competence of 0.91, competitive advantage of 0.89 and organizational independence of 0.81. Data analysis was performed at descriptive and inferential levels by using Pls and Spss software’s. The results showed that the mean of each variable was higher than the standard score and was in a relatively favorable condition. Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between managers 'competencies, competitive advantage and organizational independence, and regression coefficients showed that managers' competencies can predict competitive advantage and organizational independence.

Today, institutions compete in a competitive environment; the requirement to survive in such environments is to create a suitable and durable relationship with the surrounding environment to improve organizational performance and productivity. Of course, communicating with the external environment requires formulating a strategy and coordinating other departments to implement it; Therefore, this study examines the relationship between environmental innovation and strategic competitive advantage.

This research is applied and descriptive. The statistical population of this research is the employees of Pars Oil Company in Tehran province, whose number is about 2800 people. Using Morgan's table, the sample size was determined as 361. A simple random sampling method was used to select the sample size, and finally, 361 questionnaires were selected for analysis.

Based on the results of the structural equation modeling test and the partial least squares method, process innovation and product innovation based on environmental protection have a positive and significant effect on the competitive advantage resulting from differentiation and low costs.

The results show that organizational innovation impacts environmental strategies and gaining a competitive advantage, and environmental strategies also impact gaining a competitive advantage.

Today, talent management development is one of the most important business elements and one of the key components of maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage in organizations. Therefore, in this leading research, the purpose of this research is to present a comprehensive model of talent management for Customs Organization. In order to carry out this research, due to the need to extract custom and specialized characteristics of the Customs Organization, a qualitative research data base was also used after categorizing the existing theoretical bases and empirical background. We obtained 139 components by using snowball sampling method and analyzing them, using the Delphi-Fuzzy method for screening by experts. Targeted Approach 20 Experts Selected After 4 Fuzzy Steps, 54 Indicators Remain Adapted to Present Model and Classification of Dr. Mirzaei Ahrangani's Trilogy Pattern, which we presented in four layers by adding another dimension for better understanding. . The model was distributed to more than 400 customs staff at the Customs Administration through simple random sampling, with 367 returned samples evaluated and approved. Through Hierarchical Analysis (AHP) and Expert Chase software as follows: 1. Cognitive / Perceptual (0.467) 2. Structural / Institutional (0.227) 3. Environmental / Situational (0.16) 4. Behavioral / Functional (0.095) rated.

In today’s turbulent business environment, gaining competitive advantage is one of the basic priorities of educational organizations. Management accounting practices can provide the ground for this important goal. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between management accounting practices and gaining competitive advantage at secondary school level. This research is an applied study and in terms of data collection method is descriptive. The researchers made questionnaire used to collect data based on five-point Likert scale. The population of this study is the teachers and mangers of the secondary school of Sanandaj. To analyze data, descriptive and inferential statistics (confirmatory factor analysis and Friedman test) were used. According to the research findings, there is a positive and significant relationship between the competitive advantage and management accounting practices. The research results show in the competitive advantage section, the variables of social responsibility, resource management, differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy are ranked first to fourth. In the management accounting practices section, the variables of activity based management, key performance indicators, total quality management, balanced scorecard, benchmarking are ranked first to fifth. In order to make the best use of management accounting practices for gaining competitive advantage, modifying and reviewing the management structure of secondary schools is necessary.

The present study with the aim Identification and Prioritization of the Factors Effecting on Establishment Knowledge Management (KM) and its relationship to competitive advantage and organizational performance in NIGTC – ZONE 1. The statistical population of this study is composed of all bachelor staff to up with at least 5 years work. Whose number is equal to 300. Which according to Morgan’s table, the sample size is 169, which were selected by random sampling method and questionnaires were distributed among them. Questionnaire reliability was confirmed by combinational test methods and a Cronbach's alpha test. Questionnaire validity was confirmed in terms of content validity, diagnostic validity, construct validity and convergent validity. The Shapiro–Wilk test was conducted in order to test the normality of the variables and, structural equation modeling and was conducted in order to test the hypotheses. Results showed among the factors affecting on implementation knowledge management with competitive advantage and organizational performance have a significant relationship. Also, among the factors affecting on implementation knowledge managementº human resources, strategy and objectives, organizational culture, organizational structure and infrastructure had the greatest impact on competitive advantage. And among the factors affecting on implementation knowledge management ºInfrastructure, human resources, strategy and objectives, organizational culture and organizational structure, had the greatest impact on organizational performance. Also, among the factors competitive advantage of the time, cost, flexibility greatest impact on organizational performance. Among the factors affecting on implementation knowledge management, human resources, infrastructure, strategy and objectives, organizational culture and organizational structure were ranked .

Dynamic and complex circumstances of any organization, especially educational organizations critically require creative and innovative knowledge workers. Various skills such as personal knowledge management (PKM) are necessary to succeed in job and professional career. PKM is one of the best sources of personal, collective, and organizational innovations and proper direction of organizational knowledge system. Most of studies are about organizational knowledge management and disregard PKM as basic element of organizational systems. Therefore, this paper tries to introduce PKM concept, approach, models and skills. After that, it will discuss the role of PKM to achieve personal and organizational excellence. Personal knowledge management is a conceptual framework to organize and synthesize personal information. It helps people to absorb essential knowledge and make aware of lifelong learning. PKM make a study foundation for personal knowledge ability progress, and, it finally increases professional skills and competitive advantage. A survey research method was applied to conduct the study. A simple random sample of 97 managers in Shiraz University participated in the study by responding to PKM questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was tested and verified. Results showed that Shiraz University managers had average level of personal knowledge management.