Author = Forouzande Dehkordi, Lotfollah

Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation System for Policies of the Ministry of Science

Volume 21, Issue 3, December 2017, Pages 49-71

Alireza Hoseinbeigi; Lotfollah Forouzande Dehkordi; Hasan Danaeefard; Aliasghar Pourezzat

Abstract The government, through its policies, is trying to expand the boundaries of accountability by monitoring and evaluation. Therefore designing a monitoring and evaluation system in each of the areas of government activities, in addition to learning policy, also helps to improve policies and policy making. Increasing demand for knowledge, endeavors of top sovereignty in committing to science and technology, developing a comprehensive scientific map, changing the admissions system, expansion of academic education and research institutions, requires the need for developing a monitoring and evaluation of the policies of the Ministry of Education. In this study, a monitoring and evaluation model is designed using five criteria includes Relevancy, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact by results-based management. This model is tested in the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Results show that the groundwork for the development of this model started from the introduction of monitoring and evaluation and the three main groups demand-driven assessment include Sovereignty, state and civil society which provide  its way through results-based management chain .

Evaluating and prioritizing the barriers of implementing the Public Services Management Law

Volume 16, Issue 1, May 2012, Pages 131-148

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Abstract Evaluating and prioritizing the barriers of implementing the Public Services Management Law Countries Administration implement through basic and public policies. Policies should be proven by Parliament to become laws. After that, implementation phase is one of the most important stages in policy making process. However, there are many barriers in the implementation phase. So, public administrator should recognize these barriers and try to overcome them. This research uses the descriptive, survey, and applies research method to Evaluate and prioritize the barriers of implementing the Public Services Management Law. Considering goal, it is an applied research. Population of the study includes are senior managers engaged in Public Services Management Law implementation. The suitable sample of managers is selected at random. There are four main barriers (factors) in implementation phase: Law quality (law's form and content), executive branch of government, controlling part, and tools and requirements. The findings of the present research illustrate that all factors, unless public quality, have high negative impacts on implementing the law. In addition, this research shows three barriers including executive branch of government, controlling part, and tools and requirements are in the same situation regarding to avoid implementing the law, but law quality is in the lower priority. Key words: policy implementation, policy implementation barriers, Public Services Management Law