Effective School Management Committees

The Use of Evidence by Decision-Making Committees

Persuasion , Transparency , and Commitment

Organizations ranging from small groups to large societies routinely set up committees who lack formal authority but offer policy advice to those with ultimate authority (Shepsle and Weingast, 1987). Some examples of such committees include academic departments who make recommendations to a dean regarding hiring and promotion; advisory committees for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

ارزیابی عملکرد شوراهای دانش‌آموزی مدارس راهنمایی در جذب دانش‌آموزان به کمیته‌های مشارکتی

The present research, has tried to evaluate the performance of the middle school students' councils in attracting students cooperation committees through dividing the council into eight cooperation committees. The research method used is descriptive observational and the research sample comprised of thirty middle schools in city of Isfahan from which the students were selected through cluster s...

Activating the Role of Audit Committees and Boards of Directors in Restricting Earnings Management Practices: A Perspective of Auditors in Jordan

The study objects for investigating the possibility of activating both audit committee and board of directors for restricting the practices of earnings management phenomenon. To achieve this objective, a questionnaire had been developed and self-administered for a selected sample consists of 123 auditors working in Jordan based on the simple random sampling method. The study first hypothesis is...

Quality Management System and its Role in Quality Maturity of Training Hospitals

Background: Recent trends have led many organizations to use a strategic planning for designing and implementing total quality management (TQM) as a fundamental necessity. This study aims to investigate the role of TQM in the quality maturity of hospitals from the employees’ point of view. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among senior managers and officials of   three Zanjan Univ...