Sama Maani (2021): Žižek in Teheran

Kambiz Maani

Routinely, so much well-intentioned effort is thwarted and morale is destroyed in organisations because of the lack of commitment to decisions. The likelihood and consequence of this is greatest where divergent groups, ie, different divisions, department or units are involved. This paper discusses a Group Model Building case study using qualitative system dynamics to create consensus, team lear...

Teheran University, Institute of Public Health Research

OSD furore--SAMA bloodied but unbowed.

Kirsch, with Public Sector Committee deputy chairperson and OSD negotiator, Dr Pophi Ramathuba, and backed by some key SAMA committees, want SAMA restructured into at least three business units to improve the lot of disparate interest groups. They say the new business model would address what they described as a long-standing systemic problem that makes scapegoats of SAMA chairpersons forced by...

SAMA and sexuality--breaking the silence.

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The reasons for early weaning among mothers in Teheran.

In order to identify the reasons for early weaning in Teheran, we interviewed 900 mothers using a systematic randomized sampling method. A total of 15% of the mothers were illiterate, 93% were housewives, and 97% had given birth in hospitals. Only 3% of the newborns benefited from rooming-in facilities in hospital, and 68% were bottle-fed while still in hospital. In 3.1% of cases the mother had...