Journal of Iranian Public Administration Studies

Journal of Iranian Public Administration Studies

Presenting a pattern of coordination in the administrative policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran (a multi-case study)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
mohammad vaseghi 1
abbas nargesian 2
ali asghar pourezzat 3
Meisham Latifi 4
1 PhD student in public Decision Making and Policy Making, University of Tehran
2 Leadership and Human Capital Training Department, School of Management, University of Tehran, Iran
3 Director of the Faculty of Governance, University of Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Management, Imam Sadegh University, Iran
10.22034/jipas.2024.449875.1701
Abstract
Policy coordination is a new specialized term but has a long history in the conceptual atlas of public policy making and governance. This is important based on paragraph 14 of the General upstream policies of the administrative system (31/01/1389) regarding "holism, alignment, coordination and effective interaction of administrative office", it is considered one of the basic goals of the governance and administrative system of the country. The present research, by studying multi cases and analyzing the congruence of two important and effective policies in the administrative system, including 1. The civil Service Management act (approved in 1386) and the roadmap and comprehensive programs for reforming the administrative system (1392 to 1400), aims to provide a policy coordination pattern in the administrative system of the Islamic Republic in Iran, and in this regard, it has interviewed with 23 experts in this field. By analyzing the congruency of the data of the conducted interviews, the consonant and semi-consonant Concepts of coordination are categorized into 5 main categories including central Concepts, process Concepts, driving and infrastructure Concepts, principles of coordination and finally the outcomes of coordination. Based on the presented framework, the central Concepts are the connection ring for other categories, and its realization depends on going through a repetitive cycle.
Keywords
policy coordination
policy integration
Administrative policies
administrative system
multi-case study

  • Receive Date 26 March 2024
  • Revise Date 25 May 2024
  • Accept Date 10 June 2024