Mahmood Araei; hasan ghazi; nader shamami
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 December 2023
Abstract
Today, military organizations need managers who can make correct decisions, provide creative solutions to problems, and be accountable for the work and responsibilities they undertake; ...
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Today, military organizations need managers who can make correct decisions, provide creative solutions to problems, and be accountable for the work and responsibilities they undertake; Because it is the managers who make decisions about organizational events and conditions and allocate resources. In this sense, identifying, selecting and employing competent and efficient managers should be considered one of the main challenges and concerns of organizations, especially military organizations. Based on this, the current research was conducted with the aim of compiling the competency model of AJA managers and validating it. The design of the research is qualitative and the research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of how to collect information, it is a case study type. The participants included 15 experienced managers and commanders with excellent resumes from the AJA Command and Staff University. Sampling was done with a purposeful snowball method and a semi-structured interview. The data was analyzed and coded with the help of MAXQDAv2020 software and by thematic analysis method, and to validate the research model, the acceptability indices of Strauss and Corbin; The technique of visiting by members and the approach of self-review by the researcher have been used. The findings of the research show that the competence model of AJA managers includes 56 components and 8 dimensions; Behavioral competencies (individual-personality), military leader, professional ethics, managerial, value, economic, knowledge and networking.
