MILITARY MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY

MILITARY MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY

Challenges of Public Administration and their Effects on Iranian national Administration Education: An Explanatory Research

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract
In the course of developing guidelines, plans, programs and national measures, public policy-makers and managers follow two macro approaches: locally customized ideas based on scientific-administration endeavor and international trend for the purpose of enhancing competitive strategies whereby national administration education is carried out. To this end, this study attempted to explore any variables affecting this trend.  In order to test a model based on which national administration education is theorized and elaborated. As a mixed-approach research, the study was done both qualitatively and quantitatively. Data were collected trough a structured interview with the pertinent authorities and then “common themes” were identified and ultimately converted into a model. Quantitatively, the model was tested, the findings revealed that Iranian policy-makers at public administration sector resort to gain education from foreign sources in the light of the presenters exercised on them. Elaborating the status quo of Iranian administration system in the framework of similar models can contribute a lot to theorizing to salve the prospective problems.
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