Surveying the Management Competencies of Managers of Universities in Tehran

Ramazani, Nayer; Panahi, Monireh; Pardakhtchi, Mohammad Hassan

Surveying the Management Competencies of Managers of Universities in Tehran

Authors

Nayer Ramazani ¹

Monireh Panahi ²

Mohammad Hassan Pardakhtchi ¹

¹ Department of Education and Psychology, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Management and Accounting, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This article studies the management competencies of managers of universities in Tehran, using Slocum and colleagues' (date) model. The findings show that "Planning and Management", "Team Working" and "Self Management" competencies of the interviewed managers are at high levels and "Universal Awareness" competency is at the average level. But their "Communication" and "Strategic Action" competencies are between average and high levels. The findings of this study also show that there isn't any meaningful relationship between the "Type of University (Technical/ General)", "Field of Study", "Degree", "Years of Experience" of managers and their management competencies. But there is a meaningful relationship between managers' gender and position and their "Universal Awareness" and "Self Management" competencies. A deep analysis indicates that in "Universal Awareness" and "Self Management" competencies, women are more competent than men and Line managers are more competent than Staff managers.

Keywords

Managerial Competencies

University’s Managers

Global Awareness

Self management

Gender

and Organizational Position