like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

Introduction: Proving management with a reliable information system, can facilitate decision making regarding planning, organization and control. This study aims to evaluate information needs of Iranian Nursing Offices. Methods: This applied, cross-sectional research utilizes critical success factor (CSF) and business system planning (BSP) methods to assess information needs Iranian nursi...

Today, human resources are considered as the most important assets of the organization and improving management, despite its importance, is a very difficult task because in any case, organizations are developing and evolving and expectations from managers are rapidly increasing and changing. One of these expectations is the share of succession in management positions, which can not be met by re...

The complexities of the oil industry, combined project-based organizations’ complexities, have led the traditional planning of HR being failed. The success of these organizations is based on integrative human resource planning. To this end, the purpose of this study was to determine the factors and components of human resource planning in oil and gas project-based organizations and providing an...

previous studies regarding teachers’ beliefs have revealed that teachers’ beliefs have influence on their classroom practices. the current study aimed to investigate the effect of teachers’ beliefs about teaching reading strategies on students’ motivation and success in reading comprehension in the context of english teaching as a foreign language in high schools of mazandaran, iran. data were ...

Background and aim: Strategic planning (SP) is the art and science of strategic analysis of an organization, forecasting changes in an organization’s internal and external environments, setting strategic goals, developing suitable strategies, and allocating optimal resources to achieve competitive advantage. Strategic planning plays an important role in promoting hospital success. However, it h...

Introduction: Today, in dynamic environments, there are many disruptions in supply chains that negatively affect the performance and productivity of organizations; therefore, identifying the critical success factors for managing disruptions is essential. This is also true in the health tourism supply chain.The primary purpose of this study was to determine the critical success factors and desig...

according to cheng (1999), in recent esl/efl literature, asian (especially east asian) learners of english as a foreign/second language have been arguably reported as reticent and passive learners. the most common allegations are that these students are reluctant to participate in classroom discourse; they are unwilling to give responses; they do not ask questions; and they are passive and over...