University of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Is stress management related to workforce productivity?آیا مدیریت استرس با بهرهوری کارکنان ارتباطی دارد؟1193620010.22059/ijms.2014.36200ENHassanZarei MatinProfessor public administration, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran0000-0002-5857-1688Hamid RezaRazaviAssistant professor public administration, Shomal university, AmolLateefAzimyMA degree Industrial Engineering , Shomal University, Amol,IranSaeidEmamgholizadehAssistant professor public administration, Shomal university, AmolJournal Article20121005The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between stressmanagement and workforce productivity of Amol Industrial Park located inMazandaran Province. The total population size in the research was 250 from topmanagers, middle managers and supervisors responsible in the before-mentionedIndustrial Park and the sample size was determined through Morgan samplepopulation volume table (n=150). For data collection, Background Informationquestionnaire, Stress Management and Workforce Productivity questionnaires wereused. As for analyzing the data gained after collecting the questionnaires;Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Pearson Correlation Test, OneSample T Test, Independent Samples Test and Regression Tests were used forhypothesis testing.The results from analyzing the Sub Hypotheses of the research demonstrated thatthere was a positive and significant correlation between respectful and responsiblemanagers (P=0.005), Managing and communicating existing and future work(P=0.002), Managing the individual within the team (P=0.01), Reasoning/managingdifficult situations, (P=0.004) and workforce productivity in this research. As foranalyzing the Main Hypotheses of the research, the results demonstrated that therewas a positive and significant correlation between stress management and workforceproductivity in this research. The results also demonstrated that there was nosignificant difference between the opinions of male and female managers about thelevel of workforce productivity and stress management being put in practice in thebefore-mentioned Industrial Park. And finally the results indicate that the level ofworkforce productivity and stress management being put in practice in the beforementionedIndustrial Park is not under the influence of any of Individualcharacteristics of managers (e.g. Age, Education Level, Job Title, EmploymentBackground and Employment Status).https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36200_46dab6007ab29cf3b43fa7a858b42589.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Strategic Cost-Cutting in Information Technology: toward a Framework for Enhancing the Business Value of ITکاهش هزینة استراتژیک در فناوری اطلاعات: چارچوبی برای ارتقای ارزش فناوری اطلاعات در کسبوکار21393620110.22059/ijms.2014.36201ENSeyed MohammadbagerherJafariAssistant Professor Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Campus
University of Tehran0000-0003-2042-2756Journal Article20121029The increasing dependency of many businesses with information technology (IT)and the high percentage of the IT investment in all invested capital in businessenvironment ask for more attention to this important driver of business. Thelimitation of capital budget forces the managers to look for more wise investment inIT. There are many cost-cutting techniques in the literature and each of them has adifferent impact on the organization. This study is one of the first steps in providingmore insight on this issue via proposing a conceptual framework for strategic costcuttingin IT. The literature review revealed that the strategic role of IT inorganizations, IT costs structure, firm’s IT structure, senior management support andorganizational learning are the important factors that affect the cost-cuttingtechnique selection in IT. The proposed framework focuses on the strategic role ofIT in business to suggest which cost-cutting techniques are the best to be applied inan organization in order to save costs while ensuring high-quality service andsupport for business growth and maximizing business value from IT spending.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36201_a32c3d8a7646c36579606201a633154b.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Identification the components of quality of work life and measuring them in faculty members of Tehran Universityشناسایی ابعاد کیفیت زندگی کاری و اندازهگیری آن در اعضای هیئت علمی دانشگاه تهران41663620210.22059/ijms.2014.36202ENHamidZareAssistant Professor, Farabi Campus, University of TehranZolfaHaghgooyanPH.D Student in Management, Farabi Campus University of TehranZahraKarimi AslM.A Student in Management, Farabi Campus University of TehranJournal Article20121029The goal of this research is to measure the rate of quality of work life of facultymembers in University of Tehran. The research type in regard to goal is appliedinvestigative and in regard to data collecting method is descriptive investigative andof measurement branch. The statistical population is faculty members of Universityof Tehran’s paradises and colleges. In this research, after identification quality ofwork life criteria and indexes, the rate of quality of work life of faculty members inUniversity of Tehran based on this criteria and indexes, has been measured. Forinformation collecting in fields of: theoretical bases, research literature compilationand scales and aspects identification the library studying method was used. Theidentified aspects are: factors related to job content, work economic factors, worksocial factors, balance between work and life. Also in order to measure the status ofthese aspects among faculty members of University of Tehran, a questionnaire wascompiled that its admissibility and permanence was confirmed. Then a questionnairein a considered sample was distributed. In data analysis for examination the scalesand aspects status the statistical test (T-test) is used. The results of this test showedthat balance between work and life has middle status, the status of work economicfactors is undesirable and the factors related to job content and work social factorshave desirable status.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36202_6b7e5dd8e735ac7504cd75e04acc097b.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Beyond ‘Funnel’ and ‘Fireworks’: ‘Water Ribbed Balloon’ as a New Metaphorical Approach to Innovation-in-Practiceفراتر از مدلهای قیف و آتشبازی: بالون شیاردار مدلی جدید برای نوآوری سازمانها در عمل67933620310.22059/ijms.2014.36203ENHoomanAttarAssistant Professor of Management Faculty of Management, Science and
Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology , TehranSeyed Mohammad RezaShahabiAssistant Professor of Management Faculty of Management, Science and
Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology , TehranJournal Article20121120Product innovation success has very much to do with the development of models ormetaphors that are able to guide actors. One can observe two traditions in thisregard: rational and non-rational models. Apparently in the former the model, suchas “development funnel”, is regarded as a mechanism and rigid applicable, picturinginnovation as an orderly, goal-oriented, value-neutral, and systematic process. Thelatter account offers a few non-rational models that depict product innovation aschaotic, messy, and stressful which involves jagged lines of activity, much like“fireworks”. This paper draws on the work of Donald Schön to develop a moresocio-politically informed yet pragmatic approach to innovation in organisation i.e.‘ribbed water balloon’. This model outlines product innovation as a non-rational andsocio-technical practice, one that not only reveals politics, uncertainty, unsteadiness,setbacks, and reversals with which actors grapple but also considers rituals, normsand organization’s behavioral world in its understanding.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36203_e9068bc85422c7253ec3d4fd32e5a285.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101The impact of information technology capability on firm performance; a focus on employeecustomer profit chainاثر قابلیت فناوری اطلاعات بر عملکرد شرکت؛ تمرکز بر زنجیرة کارمند- مشتری- سود951203620410.22059/ijms.2014.36204ENAhmad RezaKarimi MazidiPh.D. Student of Behavioral Management; Ferdowsi University of Mashhad;
Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences0000-0002-4052-2861AlirezaAminiPh.D. Student of Behavioral Management; Ferdowsi University of Mashhad;
Faculty of Economic and Administrative SciencesMeisamLatifiAssistant Professor of Industrial Management; Imam Sadiq (as) University;
Faculty of Islamic Sciences and ManagementJournal Article20121209Employee-customer-profit(ECP) chain is one of the guidelines for organizations‘success in their life cycle. Strong relationships have been found betweenemployees' attitudes and behaviors, employees' behaviors and customers'impressions, and customers' impressions and revenue growth. Out of this chain,there are some factors that can influence the processes through which these factorsinteract. One of these factors is information technology (IT) capability. In thisresearch, we modeled the effect of IT capability on ECP chain using structuralequation modeling (SEM). Service process innovation (SPI) was also used as amediating variable between IT capability and ECP chain. This was accomplishedbased upon quantitative data gathered from a sample of 212 employees of theTechnical and Vocational organization in Mashhad city. Results revealed a strongsupport for the proposed model. In particular, the association between IT capabilityand SPI with ECP chain and their leverage effect facilitate the organizations'movements along with the chain which was significantly confirmed.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36204_b211fbc3abb1e39484b8a312c8423964.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Physical Distribution Service Quality through Iranian Convenience Stores Retailers Perspectives: a Mixed Method Approachشناسایی شاخصهای کیفیت خدمات توزیع فیزیکی از دید خردهفروشان ایرانی با رویکردی ترکیبی1211503620510.22059/ijms.2014.36205ENShahriarAziziAssistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Department of Business
Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran0000-0002-7240-8553ShahramJamali KapakPhD Student, Behavior Management , Farabi Campus, University of TehranFaridTarhandehMaster Student of International Business, Faculty of Management, Department of
Business Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.Journal Article20131231Due to the importance of Physical Distribution Service Quality (PDSQ) in logisticsystems, the purpose of this paper is to design a practical scale for measuring theconstruct through the perspectives of Iranian convenience store retailers. A mixedmethodapproach was employed for the study; in- depth interviews were first carriedout with 16 Iranian experienced retailers who actively had worked in the industry;then content analysis was employed to identify the key underlying factors of PDSQ.Using the cluster sampling technique, 100 respondents from a retailing sector of 4regions out of 22 regions of Tehran were selected for testing the measurement modeland determining the importance and satisfaction level. 10 important PDSQ factorsthrough perspective of Iranian convenience retailers were extracted and categorizedin three dimensions including: Coordination of distribution agent (3 factors),Ordering condition (3 factors), and Behavioral features of distribution agents (4factors). IPA diagram was drawn finally.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36205_8311e0d34fa4d88ed1bdc62b32f716bd.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Contractor selection in MCDM context using fuzzy AHPانتخاب پیمانکار در محیط MCDM با استفاده از روش فازی AHP1511733620610.22059/ijms.2014.36206ENRahmatollahGholipourAssociate Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, IranGholamrezaJandaghiProfessor, Faculty of Management Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, IranRezaRajaeiPHD candidate of financial management, Pardis Farabi college, university of Tehran, IranJournal Article20121230Contractor selection is one of the most important problem in supply chain and itsstrongly effect on firm`s performance. Because a significant amount of auniversity`s budget assigns to construction contracts, contractor selection is animportant problem for the financial status of universities. Since Contractor selectionis a multi-criteria decision making problem (MCDM), lots of methods proposed toface this problem. Selection is a broad comparison of contractors using a commonset of criteria and measures. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and other traditionalmethods widely used for contractor and vendor selection by researches regarding tolots linguistic variables and both qualitative and quantitative criteria and to tackleambiguous nature of contractor selection problem, although there is someInsufficiency about them. In this article we use FAHP that is a fuzzy extension ofAHP to handle the fuzziness of the data involved in deciding the preferences ofdifferent decision variables. The linguistic level of comparisons produced by expertsfor each comparison is tapped in the form triangular fuzzy numbers to constructfuzzy pairwise comparison matrices. We priorities Tehran university`s constructioncontractor about each criteria and determine the best one about all of them.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36206_0e1267381db9da80a1c73f6e3673bf76.pdfUniversity of Tehran PressInterdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies2981-07957120140101Inputs and Outputs in Islamic Banking Systemورودیها و خروجیها در نظام بانکداری اسلامی1751883620710.22059/ijms.2014.36207ENHadiGhafoorian Yavar PanahPHD candidate, Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Management,
University Technology Malaysia0009-0001-4805-3529MelatiAhmadanuarAssistant Professor, Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of
Management, University Technology MalaysiaNik IntanNorhanAssistant Professor, Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of
Management, University Technology MalaysiaJournal Article20130619Evaluation of performance and productivity is among the fundamental concepts inmanagement. In order to achieve their goals, organizations must evaluate theirperformance. One of the important stages of performance appraisal is evaluation oforganization’s efficiency. Banks, financial and credit institutions are among the mostimportant organizations of every economic system, because every activity whichentails asset acquisition and financial resources undoubtedly requires mediation ofbanks and financial organizations. One of the most vital issues in banks’ efficiencyevaluation is identification of input and output variables. Identification of thesevariables helps to create an appropriate model in order to evaluate the efficiency.The purpose of this paper is clarifying of the importance of the input and output inIslamic banking with the use of the content analysis method. In this paper variousapproaches that were selected by researchers are reviewed and classified. Then theinput and output variables in the Islamic banking is analyzed. The result show thatthe intermediation approach is the acceptable approach among scholars furthermore,labors and deposits are best inputs while, loans and investment are best outputs.https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_36207_d02505b02ba35ec882c23008023343f9.pdf