-The Model Of Iran's Road Safety Promotion With Emphasis On Safety Calture
Volume 17, Issue 4, January 2014, Pages 161-178
HAMIDEH NAZIFKAR; Gholamreza Memarzadeh; Aboalhasan Faghihi
Abstract Abstract:High death rate as a result of the Road Traffic Collision (TRC) in Iran, and the concomitant financial and economic damages, is alarming and requires an immediate attention and proper solution. Taking the culture of safety into consideration, this research aims to offer a model for enhancing road safety. In order to achieve this goal, I have done a comparative study of successful methods adopted by several countries, in dealing with this problem. Based on these findings, I have developed a model and designed Delphi Panel In three Periods Dimensions, components, and the required indicators were found and their importance in Hierarchical analysis was determined. The panel members are composed of specialists and authorities in the area of road safety. Findings of this research show that adoption of any and each of the above mentioned components would enhance the road safety culture. Adopting a flexible approach in each circumstance constitutes the most important aspect of my model. This is because, under each particular circumstance, by enhancing certain factors, we will be able to achieve our goal of enhancing the culture of safety
An Investigation on the Fitness of Personality for âthe High Risk Jobs (Selection, Recruitment and âImproving Efficiency)â
Volume 14, Issue 3, December 2010, Pages 227-249
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Abstract This editorial is a summary of the result of the research on “Recruitment Strategy for Military Operational Personnel” The experience of the eight-year imposed war and the neutralization of the internal clashes by the military forces after the victory of the Islamic Revolution proved that some percentage of the operational personnel encountered problems engaging with the enemy. It was then admitted that they had not taken up the right job to occupy for their life. Accordingly, the researcher attempted to study the type of personalities that fit these kinds of high-risk engagements, with a view of screening the right persons before they are employed for such high-risk operations. Recruiting the individuals rightly fitting the job would ensure that the work done for their improvement will be highly efficient, as intended by the rule of “Compatible Work Environment with Personality Type” for employees “efficiency”, corresponding with the most important factor of “Combat Readiness” as reckoned in the military organizations. Besides military personnel, the research was extended to other high-risk areas including firefighters maybe other rescue workers, and the findings maybe recommended for all such instances. No need to emphasize that individual’s personality matching with the job, brings the strongest relation with the enhancement of whole organizational efficiency and effectiveness, which, in turn, means optimizing in the use of the whole resources in the organization. This research has been identified a backdrop of 82 factors as connected with efficiency, “Personality Fitness with the Job” among them being chosen for expounding. Examining this factor, it was resolved that out of the 16 types, introduced by Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs, types ESTP, ISTJ, and ISTP are the best one with regards to the operational personnel and should be taken into consideration in the course of selections and recruitment