Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D Student of Higher Education, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. E-mail: Einkhah@gmail.com

2 Corresponding Author, Professor, Department of Education, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. E-mail: edpes60@hotmail.com

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to compare the organizational structure of Iranian and non-Iranian universities, the number of administrative employees, the number of faculties and defined groups. The steps of the research included data collection by document study and qualitative data analysis by qualitative content analysis and mapping accumulation through document mining and statistical analysis of quantitative data in the quantitative section. The number of majors and departments, management positions and administrative staff and faculty members of 23 faculties from 3 selected non-Iranian universities and 95 Iranian faculties were investigated. Based on the results of the research, the number of managerial positions in Iranian universities is more and the number of administrative employees is less compared to non-Iranian universities. Ferdowsi has the best situation both in the number of administrative employees and in the number of management positions compared to other Iranian universities. University of Tehran has the lowest number of administrative employees and the most managerial positions and has a hierarchical and evaluation organizational structure compared to other studied universities. In the organizational structure of Mazandaran University, after Tehran University, the largest numbers of management positions are defined. The number of faculty members in departments and faculties in non-Iranian universities is also much higher than in Iranian universities. The number of courses in all non-Iranian universities is less than in Iranian universities. Oxford ranks highest among prestigious universities in terms of the number of administrative staff and the number of management positions.

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