Identification of the constituent components of managerial competencies with emphasis on postmodern change management (The case: Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare)

The main purpose of the present research is to identify the components of the competencies of managers with the emphasis on the postmodern change management of the view of the managers of the Ministry of Cooperation, Work and Social Welfare. The present research is applied research and has been used with use of descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of the study was all managers of the Ministry of Cooperation, Work and Social Welfare at higher, intermediate and executive levels in 2014. A sample of 206 people was selected based on the Cochran formula and classified by stratified random sampling method. The research instrument was a researcher- made questionnaire, which was based on theoretical foundations of research and interviews with experts. The expert’s opinions were used to determine their validity. Reliability of the research tool was confirmed by calculating Cronbach's alpha (equal to 0.92). The exploratory factor analysis technique was used in SPSS20 software for data analysis. The results showed that the four components with the explanation of 75.116% of the total variance are related to the managerial competencies with emphasis on the postmodern change management. Management- Organizational competencies (26.030%), social competencies (22.29%), personal effectiveness competencies (17.438%), and work environment competencies (9.411%), respectively, have had the greatest role in factor analysis of Managers competency.