Investigating the relationship between organizational culture and the productivity of human resources in the endowment department of West Azerbaijan province

Dissertation for Master's Degree

Field: Public Administration

Tension: Human Resource Management

1-1. Introduction

One of the main goals of any organization is to achieve productivity.  To achieve this goal, there is no other way than resorting to a kind of systemic, native and applied perspective. The remarkable successes of the last decade of organizations with minimum facilities on one hand and the failure of organizations with the best material capabilities on the other hand, have shown the significant role of non-material and spiritual factors in their success, among which organizational culture is considered as an effective factor in the organization's performance. Of course, internal organizational factors such as work culture, organizational culture, proper selection of employees, employee motivation, mental health, effective leadership and other factors, as basic factors alone, do not lead us to the ultimate goal of the organization, which is to increase productivity; Rather, these factors should be taken into consideration in a systematic way, and their interrelationship should be examined. In this research, we will examine the relationship between organizational culture and the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of West Azarbaijan province.

1-2. Statement of the problem

Today, the importance of productivity due to the expansion of the level of competition, the complexity of technology, the diversity of tastes, the lack of resources and the speed of information exchange is not hidden from anyone. Also, productivity and efficiency have the most valuable place among managers, and everyone is looking for more efficiency and effectiveness, and their efforts are formed in this direction, to ensure the stability of the organization in today's highly competitive world. Productivity always tries to improve what is currently available, in fact, it is based on the belief that humans can do things better every day than the day before. In addition, productivity requires continuous efforts to adapt economic activities to the conditions that are constantly changing, in fact, productivity is a firm belief in human progress. Spence [1] (2002) showed that improving the environmental conditions of the organization has positive effects on employees and makes them commit to make more efforts in performing organizational tasks (Ameri, 2017). Also, improving productivity is one of the most important solutions for economic and social development. Productivity improvement can lead to the improvement and improvement of processes, improvement of work relations, improvement of individual and group behaviors, increase of work motivation, increase of quality of life, increase of welfare level, increase of employment, increase of salary level due to improvement of production and profit in the organization. When the countries of the world, whether undeveloped, developing or developed, suffer from economic problems such as inflation, recession or recession, they realize the importance of improving productivity (Ranani and Sabzi, 2018). On the other hand, organizational culture specifies the way things are done in the organization for employees; It is a uniform perception of the organization, whose existence is observed in all the members of the organization, and it shows the usual and fixed characteristics that distinguish the organization from other organizations and defines the social identity of each organization because of beliefs and values, it is the foundation and basis of organizational culture, and these factors give strength to the organization and establish the basis of organizational philosophy to achieve efficiency and effectiveness (Aamiri, 2017). The culture of any organization is considered as a fundamental factor in its formation and has a significant impact on the organization's structure and plan, the organization's internal and external environment, technology and human resources, and most importantly on the organization's productivity and strategy. Culture defines the dos and don'ts and shapes the organization's behavioral pattern (Nasiripour et al., 2016). Therefore, the current research seeks to answer the following main question:

Is there a significant relationship between organizational culture and the productivity of the human resources of the endowment department of West Azarbaijan province?

1-3. The importance and necessity of research

One of the main goals of any organization is to achieve productivity. To achieve this goal, there is no other way than resorting to a kind of systemic, native and applied perspective. The remarkable successes of the last decade of organizations with minimal facilities on the one hand and the failure of organizations with the best material capabilities on the other hand, have shown the significant role of non-material and spiritual factors in their success, among which organizational culture is considered as an effective factor in the organization's performance.Of course, internal organizational factors such as work culture, organizational culture, proper selection of employees, employee motivation, mental health, effective leadership and other factors, as basic factors alone, do not lead us to the ultimate goal of the organization, which is to increase productivity; Rather, these factors should be taken into consideration in a systematic way, and their interrelationship should be examined. Culture in an organization is like personality in a human being. The presence of a strong and coherent culture, people while gaining more knowledge about the goals and strategies of the organization in relation to the values ??and norms, feel responsible, committed and satisfied with the work, which along with strong management improves the morale, motivates the organizational performance and productivity of the employees. The rich culture of the organization, like a rich and energizing force, guides the organization by means of efficient human resources, gives the same feeling and understanding to the goals of the organization, creates a strong motivation in people, and makes ethics and spirituality systematic in the environment, so that a number of researchers believe that a culture that values ??the status and dignity of people strengthens morale and job performance.

1-4. Research objectives

General objectives:

Identify and extract the dimensions of the organizational culture of the West Azarbaijan Province Endowment Administration

Identify and extract the dimensions of human resource efficiency of the West Azarbaijan Province Endowment Administration

Determine the relationship between the dimensions of organizational culture and the productivity of the West Azarbaijan Province Endowment Administration

Applicable objectives:

After determining the relationship between the organizational culture and the efficiency of the human resources of the West Azarbaijan Province Awqaf Administration, Managers and decision-makers of this department can develop detailed plans to increase organizational productivity performance by strengthening specific aspects of organizational culture and implementing a new organizational culture and use their available resources optimally. Due to the comprehensiveness of the research model, it is possible to generalize to other sectors such as companies producing industrial and food products, banks and financial institutions, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. 1-5. Research method

The current research is classified as correlational research according to its purpose, applied type, and according to its method. The implementation method is that after identifying the independent and dependent variables of the research and their measurement indicators, a researcher-made questionnaire is developed and after collecting the data, it is analyzed using SPSS software.

1-6. The statistical population of the research

The statistical population of this research is 122 employees of the West Azerbaijan Endowment Department.

1-7. Research questions

The main question:

Does organizational culture have a significant relationship with the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of West Azerbaijan Province?

Sub-questions:

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1-8. Research Hypotheses

The main research hypothesis:

Organizational culture has a significant relationship with the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of West Azarbaijan province.

Subhypotheses of the research:

Subhypothesis 1: Involvement in work has a significant relationship with the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of the West Azarbaijan province.

Subhypothesis 2: Consistency of a significant relationship with the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of the province

Sub-hypothesis 3: Adaptability has a significant relationship with the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of West Azarbaijan province.

Sub-hypothesis 4: Mission has a significant relationship with the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of the West Azarbaijan province.

Sub-hypothesis 5: Adaptability is the most important dimension affecting the productivity of the human resources of the Awqaf Administration of the West Azerbaijan province.

Organizational culture

Involvement in work

Compatibility

Adaptability

Manpower productivity

Mission

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Figure 1-1: Research conceptual model

1-10. Conceptual definition of research variables

organization productivity [2]: ratio of output to input, productivity of human resources and capital (Katabchi and Chelik, 2013)