TY - JOUR ID - 23442 TI - Lessons for Public Administration: Historical Collapse in Iran JO - Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies (Formerly known as Iranian Journal of Management Studies) JA - IJMS LA - en SN - AU - Asghar Pourezzat, Ali AU - Taheri Attar2, Ghazaleh AU - SalehiShahrabi, Narges AD - Associate Professor in Public Administration, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - PhD Candidate, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran AD - M.S Student, , Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 5 EP - 24 KW - Civilization collapse KW - Intelligent state and wise nation KW - Official and technical structures KW - Social justice. DO - 10.22059/ijms.2011.23442 N2 - Iranian civilization is one of the oldest and most influential civilizations of history, and Iran as the origin of Persian civilization, has been ruled by numerous states throughout history. Some of them, while enjoying considerable glory and high level of economic and political power, have sometimes been declined and finally overthrown. Having these points in mind, the main questions are presented as follows: 1. What are the main reasons of Iranian civilizations’ collapses? 2. Is it possible to prevent civilization‘s collapse in the future? It should be mentioned that various factors contribute to collapse and decline of a civilization, or its survival and life. In this study, it is attempted to reply to the study’s questions by using historical analysis method, and observing ascent and descent of Iranian ancient government. ... UR - https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_23442.html L1 - https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_23442_276e7b1f5e8d14b0b0674d54085028e7.pdf ER -