Investigating the relationship between organizational structure and administrative system health of government offices in Ardestan city, Isfahan province

Dissertation for Master degree (M.A)

Treatment:

Management Information Systems

Abstract

Most experts believe that the success or failure of governments depends on how public affairs are implemented. The health of the administrative system is one of the most important topics in the science of public administration. Therefore, all governments try to have a completely transparent administrative system without corruption. The health of the administrative system is influenced by various factors. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the organizational structure and the health of the administrative system. The statistical population of the research is all employees of government offices in Ardestan city. The statistical sample includes 279 employees who were selected randomly. The required data was collected through a questionnaire. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the research showed that there is a negative relationship between complexity and concentration with the health of the administrative system and there is a positive relationship between formality and the health of the administrative system. Keywords: health of the administrative system, administrative corruption, organizational structure, complexity, formality, concentration A vehicle without wheels cannot move, and a human being without hands and feet is unable to meet his needs and achieve his goals and desires, and a society without a healthy administration cannot take a step towards meeting its needs and achieving its goals (Qodsi, 1378, 153).

Most experts believe that the success or failure of governments depends on how public affairs are carried out, to the extent that Brooks Adams connects the survival of civilization and the administration of public affairs. And Vincent Sturm considers the health of any society to be related to how public affairs are managed in that society (Namagh, 2016, 59).

There is a lot of evidence that the more societies move forward, the issue of corruption becomes more important as one of the pervasive social issues (Heyoud, 2011, 50). And the approach of greasing the gears of development to solve the problem of corruption loses its importance and the view that corruption acts more than anything as a problem that leads to disruption in the process of the gears of development is flourishing (Rabiei, 1381, 15).

According to the majority of thinkers, corruption in general and administrative corruption in government offices is an undeniable disease in all governments and is specific to a continent, region or ethnic group. It is not specific, and corruption is found in democratic and dictatorial political regimes, socialist, capitalist and feudal economies, and corrupt practices are not related to the present, but their history is as old as the world. Therefore, corruption is as old as the concept of government. In fact, wherever power and wealth are concentrated and wherever there is a government, corruption also exists (Rabiei, 1381, 17). As a result, fighting against administrative corruption is a vital necessity - for the survival of the system and government and the movement of society towards prosperity and prosperity. In order to correct and eliminate them, we can deal with the problem and complications of that disease, including corruption. Therefore, in this research, it is intended to examine the relationship between the health of the administrative system and the organizational structure. 1-1 Statement of the problem The goals and ideals can be achieved within the framework of a healthy administrative system, and if the administrative system is not healthy and efficient, despite the good intentions of the policy makers, what is realized in practice may be in conflict with those goals and policies. Therefore, without a healthy administrative system, achieving development in a third world country such as Iran seems very unlikely (Haji). Zadeh, 1381, 3).

Despite its modern appearance, the administrative system in Iran was not able to fulfill the functions of a modern institution in the society and is not (Hajizadeh, 1381, 3). Procedures for doing administrative work have always been objected to by clients (Mirjalali, 2011, 251). Unfortunately, due to internal and external issues, the administrative system in Iran has not only helped the development of the country, but also helped to stabilize the country's backwardness, and despite the programs of administrative revolution, administrative reform, cleaning up offices, and expansion of administrative management, the country still suffers from structural and managerial issues (Hajizadeh, 1381, 1).

In 2011, Transparency International1 investigated the corruption of government officials in 183 countries of the world, and in these surveys, Iran was ranked 120th in terms of administrative corruption, and it was ranked 10th in the Middle East, which indicates the existence of administrative corruption in Iran. It wastes these countries. The bed and shelter of administrative corruption is the administrative system of the country and the administration of government affairs. The Islamic Republic of Iran has inherited an inefficient administrative system coupled with corruption in the government and its sub-systems. Naturally, part of this corruption is left over from the previous regime, and part of it is a consequence of the inevitable performance and conditions of the years after the Islamic Revolution. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and due to many reasons, the system of the Islamic Republic and its various governments were not able to carry out the reforms and positive changes necessary to identify and fight against the corrupt factors, and the conditions of war and its imposition on the country have also been another important factor in its aggravation.

Basically, several factors affect the health of the administrative system. Solving system problems and achieving a healthy administrative system is one of the ideals of many countries in the world, and definitely achieving such an ideal requires comprehensive study and investigation. But since it is not possible to examine all the factors due to many limitations, in this research, an attempt has been made to explore a limited area with deep depth. In this research, the focus is on the role and relationship between the organizational structure and the health of the administrative system. The question raised in this research is what kind of relationship exists between the organizational structure and the health of the administrative system? 1-2- Importance and necessity of the research subject Without a healthy government and a healthy and corruption-free administrative system, it is not possible to achieve development. The positive effects of the administrative system on economic development and other dimensions of development depend on the health of the administrative system, and in fact, a healthy administrative system provides a suitable platform for development, and in this way, the corruption of the administrative system imposes heavy additional costs on the society and the government. An unhealthy administrative system can become a huge eater of resources that should be spent on development and not only does not cause development, but is like a swamp that sinks resources into itself (Farjvand, 2012, 56). Corruption in the administrative systems of most countries has caused serious damage to development and progress, and in developing countries its importance, containment and control has been fully realized and revealed to politicians and their people, therefore due to the importance of the consequences of administrative corruption, a part of its harm is addressed. Disappointment and disillusionment towards the future can be predicted.

Given the conditions of our country, Iran, and the state of the administrative system in it, and the fact that one of the main problems of the government is the inefficiency of the administrative system and the high level of administrative corruption in the various elements of this system - according to the ranking of corruption in different countries by Transparency International, Iran has not been ranked better than 120th in terms of corruption among the countries examined. The experts can cause a decrease in people's trust in the administrative system, which is a tool for exercising the government's sovereignty, and ultimately decrease the legitimacy and sometimes the transformation of the political system, because many of them consider one of the main causes of the Islamic Revolution to be the existence and contamination of the Pahlavi government and the administrative system related to it, in such a way that even the regime itself realized the necessity of the administrative revolution before its collapse and tried to create it.

Given these conditions, the necessity of pathology of the administrative system and knowledge of corruption Administration, which is one of the serious problems and damages of this system, is felt more than before. Examining and understanding this problem as much as possible and trying to discover its causes can certainly increase the efficiency and health of the administrative system, increase people's satisfaction, help the country develop as quickly as possible, and ultimately increase the legitimacy of the Islamic system ruling the country.

Because a healthy administrative system has significant effects on economic development, the issue of the health of the administrative system becomes very important.