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This research program is built up from understanding the dominant leadership style in the Iranian prosperous and propounded organizations according to Robert Blake and Jane Mouton Seventh Dominant Patterns of Behavior. According to the main purpose of this research, which includes defining the dominant leadership style and consequently studying its effects on organizational performance, apprehending how staff are led in successful organizations provides immediate insights into how the employed style can bring the organization forward and make it closer to its final objectives. Moreover, the research provides an opportunity for managers to critically assess, evaluate, and analyze their own... 

Iran is a country with bright cultural and historical background, and rich natural resources. It is also one of the important oil and gas exporters with a special geographical situation. The world energy needs are increasing rapidly and that requires higher oil production. On the other hand, oil is Iran’s most important source of revenue and the country is highly dependent on oil export. Islamic republic of Iran’s (I.R.I) 1404 program is visioning the country to be the first producer of material in the region, the second producer of oil in OPEC, and the third producer of gas in the world. Although critical conditions can slow down the process to achieve the vision, implementing this vision... 

Team and organizational leadership, has always been noted by researchers as an important factor in team effectiveness and organizational success. In past, leadership was considered a top down process in which one person (leader) played all the leadership roles. Recently, new models have been suggested by researchers, considering the increased demand due to changes in business world, how organizations work and how they interact with their environment. One of these models that have attracted a lot of attention from scholars and organizations is distributed leadership. This new model of leadership is considered to be a complement to vertical (Conventional model of) leadership. In this model... 

In this thesis, first the mission, goals, and general activities of Mazandaran Technical and Vocational Office are presented. Then it is shown that this office is a project based organization and the short comings of its present management system is expained. Next it is justified that Project Based Organization’s Excellence Model, prepared by National Petrochemical Company of Iran, is a suitable guide for improving the management system of Mazandaran Technical and Vocational Office. The implementation of the leadership section of this model is the main chapter of this thesis.

 

The goal of this study was to realize how the younger generation's perceptions of the authenticity of senior managers in knowledge-based firms affects the components of their employer brand on social media. For this reason, the perceptions of managers' authenticity from the perspective of the younger generation on Instagram, as an example of social networks, was investigated in the first stage of the study. The mechanisms of effectiveness of the identified components of authenticity are sought in the second step, in shaping the components of the manager's organization's employer brand. To attain the research goal, an exploratory approach was taken conducted, and a qualitative research method...