Paying attention to the dynamic capabilities of the organization to manage environmental changes is one of the most important factors in turbulent environments. The aim of this study is to analyze organizational capabilities (organizational learning) and knowledge management and its effect on the aspects of the health reform plan. The research method is a descriptive survey. The research instru...

There are constant calls for reform in the criminal justice system, but obs­ ervers have often reported that criminal justice reform is an exceptionally challenging task. As with any organizational change, resistance to new policies, procedures, and practices comes from a variety of sources. The relatively broad discretionary authority vested in line­level personnel often contributes to the dif...

In recent years, environmental issues have attracted the attention of enterprises. Enterprises often monitor and control their influence and the effect of their decisions on the environment through cost benefit analysis via an environmental accounting system (EAS). The introduction of EAS is considered a reform for many enterprises, but it is also a challenge for them, particularly with the acc...

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This paper offers a conceptual framework for considering the many layers of influences upon health worker motivation. It suggests that worker motivation is influenced not only by specific incentive schemes targeted at workers, but also by the whole range of health sector reforms which potentially affect organizational culture, reporting structures, channels of accountability, etc. In addition, ...

background in 2004, the health system in iran initiated an organizational reform aiming to increase the autonomy of teaching hospitals and make them more decentralized. the policy led to the formation of a board of trustees in each hospital and significant modifications in hospitals’ financing. since the reform aimed to improve its predecessor policy (implementation of hospital autonomy began i...

the basic goal of this research is recognition of losses of organizational structure of iranian central insurance and secondary importance are recognition of losses of organizationalcomplexity, organizational formalization and organizational centralization. for data collecting is designed aquestionnaire that is measuring organizational structure situation in robin’s structural dimension’s model...

This paper examines health care reform in urban and rural China. Before health care reform, Chinese health service facilities were run entirely by the state and basically they performed a social welfare function. This health care system greatly improved the population health conditions but many problems started to emerge in 1980s when the economic reform started. Since then, the government has ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ characteristics based on the implications of Ministry of Education’s strategic plans. This applied research utilized qualitative content analysis with a conventional approach and was a library research in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study was comprised of Ministry of Education’s strategic plans, i.e., the The...