Presenting a Model for Promoting Managers based on the General Policy of Administrative System in the Ministry of Petroleum

The purpose of this paper was to provide a model for promoting middle managers by identifying influential factors on it. The research was done by reviewing the research background in 79 articles from 189 scientific articles related to the subject (2010 to 2018) and the factors influencing the promotion of general managers according to general policies of the Iranian administrative system. Subsequently, the research data was completed by using fuzzy Delphi method with 10 experts from the Ministry of Petroleum and the University. Finally, the model was classified into four dimensions, 9 components, 42 indices and 77 sub-indices. The results showed that physical ability component and indices of physical and motion ability, age, gender, educational qualification, time management, experience, non blaming and being revolutionary were not effective in promoting middle managers. Also the components of human and perceptual skills, personality traits, mental strength, and intra-organizational knowledge were more important.