Identifying and Ranking Factors Affecting Policymaking of Public Administrators' Education

The training of public administrators is of particular importance due to their access to organizational resources and authority, and its correct and effective management can be the basis for the optimal realization of the policies of the country's administrative system. The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying and ranking the factors affecting the policy of education of public administrators, which is practical in terms of the type of goal and qualitative in terms of method. By using the meta synthesis method of Sandelowski and Barroso, 286 sources related to the research topic in the last two decades were analyzed and the conceptual framework of the research was designed around the policy of education of public administrators with 7 components and 23 indicators. The reliability of the resulting codes was confirmed by calculating the Kappa index in SPSS24 software as 0.827 and the final indices were ranked using the Shannon entropy method. The data collection tool of the research was sampling from study sources. The results of the research indicate that the cultural components, empowerment, organizational competencies, learning, policy, strategic success, environmental competence and skill-orientation have the greatest impact on the subject of the research. Also, strategy-orientation, solving infrastructural and operational challenges, individual competencies, needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of trainings for public administrators, in an environment that includes knowledge management, globalization, modernity, research-oriented and outsourcing. They can influence the policy of training.