Designing a Competency Model for Managers of Organizational Universities (Case Study: a University Affiliated with a Military Organization)

The present study aims to design a competency model for university administrators with a focus on the organizational university. A unique feature of the present study was the focus on organizational   universities, especially organizational universities affiliated with a military organization

To  achieve this goal, the existing literature including managers' competency models in similar organization as well as upstream documents of the organization were studied. Then, using these studies and setting the interview protocol, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 experts of the organization and coded by thematic analysis method.

After conducting and implementing the interview texts, by analyzing them, in the first step, 186 basic codes were extracted as basic themes. In the next step, by Grouping the initial codes, 43 organize themes were obtained, and finally, by classifying the content of these themes, 9 comprehensive themes (final competence) were obtained.

The final result of the research was to design a competency model for managers of organizational universities, which is includes: specialized skills, strategic thinking, innovation and problem solving, coaching, organizational skills, communication skills, professional ethics, performance management and value competencies.