Designing a Model for Implementing Human Resources Policies in Iran’s Governmental Organizations by Emphasizing on General Policies of the Administrative System

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

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1 PhD Candidate of Public Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Amin University of Law Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

5 Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

This study aims at designing a model for the implementation of human resources policies in government organizations with an emphasis on the general policies of Iran's administrative system. In terms of purpose and method, this research is practical and descriptive survey, respectively. The data was collected from experts of Khorasan Razavi Governorate purposefully. To achieve the expected aim of the study, three steps were designed and implemented: first, by scrutinizing the theories and the review of the related literature, 46 effective factors on the implementations of human resources policies and contradictions and ambiguity problems were identified and extracted; second, by conducting an exploratory interview, four factors were added to the set of variables, and by using fuzzy Delphi method, the most major factors in the implementation of policies were identified. After that, six main factors affecting the implementation of human resources policies were classified. Third, by using fuzzy Dimetal method, the main factors were analyzed, and the implementation model of human resources policies was obtained. According to the results, the factors related to the policy such as monitoring and evaluation system, the knowledge, and the experience of policy makers are the most effective ones; the human resources policy implementation model has the most interaction with other factors. Furthermore, the environmental and the policy implementation factors are cause and effect, respectively.

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Quarterly Journal of The Macro and Strategic Policies
Volume 10, Special Issue
December 2023
Pages 154-178

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