BACKGROUND Organizational learning has been identified as necessary for different organizations to improve their performance in the changing and competitive environment. PURPOSE The main purpose of this research was to specify the learning organization profile of educational and health centers of Tehran and Qazvin Universities of Medical Sciences in Iran. METHODOLOGY The present research wa...

Backround. University rankings are getting very high international media attention, this holds particularly true for the Times Higher Education Ranking (THE) and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities Ranking (ARWU). We therefore aimed to investigate how reliable the rankings are, especially for universities with lower ranking positions, that often show incon...

INTRODUCTION Time management skills are essential for nursing students' success, and development of clinical competence. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between time management skills and anxiety and academic motivation of nursing students in Tehran medical sciences universities in 2015. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on 441 nursing students in ...

the aim of this study was to compare students' sport needs with presented extracurricular programs in tehran state universities. this study was application regarding the aim and a descriptive survey with regard to strategy. data were collected by field method. statistical population consisted of all male and female students of tehran state universities in 2011-2012. statistical sample was ...

Abstract. We study the time evolution of ranking and spectral properties of the Google matrix of English Wikipedia hyperlink network during years 2003 2011. The statistical properties of ranking of Wikipedia articles via PageRank and CheiRank probabilities, as well as the matrix spectrum, are shown to be stabilized for 2007 2011. A special emphasis is done on ranking of Wikipedia personalities ...

nowadays, liveliness and rapid maintenance of the development process of the companies are dependent on the accurate and complete understanding of the merits of the financial activities. since these merits are relative concepts that are based on comparisons, lists of ranking and comparison of industries with each other act as useful signposts for managers, politicians, and investors. the point ...

This paper seeks to address one of the current issues of large organizations; it is rapid growth of data without any quick way to extract worthwhile and hidden knowledge from considerable huge volume of data. It seems that management of higher education institutes interest to the best method for solving this problem and making a good decisions and strategies. Contrast to the authors’ initial sa...

Any formulation of the university ranking game involves the perspectives of the 3 key actors: (1) graduating high-school students, (2) universities, and (3) ranking publications. These university rankings are developed and maintained by for-profit publications or magazines, which must balance 2 potentially conflicting motives: (1) to provide students with information to help them decide which u...