Identify Strategies of the Empowerment for Iran Parliament Members

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Prof., Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 MSc. Student, Executive Management، Faculty of Management, University of Tehran

Abstract

The aim of this study Identify strategies of the empowerment for Iran parliament members. The aim is to answer to this question that: How to improve and promote delegates' abilities? For data collection, deep interviews with 24 members of the experts (9 experienced representative, 11 experienced managing of representative offices in the Parliament and 4 scientific Chartered) have been done. Information obtained from qualitative research methods of data analysis tools. Themes to the results of the analysis process identified three main strategies, including: delegate's Personal empowerment, Structural and organizational empowerment and social empowerment. And for each of the strategies, in terms of analyzing the contents of the interview, has a set of solutions tabloid which can be used as a plan of action to increase the capabilities of delegates.

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