A Futures Study on the Strategic Competencies of Human Resources Training and Development Managers (A Case Study of the Social Security Organization)
Subject Areas : شایستگی های مورد نیاز رهبران منابع انسانیSalaheddin Sorkhabi 1 , Fardin batmani 2 , Majid Mohammadi 3 , Abbas Khodadadi 4
1 - PhD student in educational management, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Curriculum Planning, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Yadgar Imam Khomeini Unit (RA) Shahrari, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Futures study, strategic planning, uncertainty, strategic competencies,
Abstract :
The present research is a futures study on the strategic competencies of human resources training and development managers at the Social Security Organization (SSO) of Iran. The research has a mixed type methodology (qualitative-quantitative) and a sequential exploratory design. The participants included experts from the SSO. Snowball sampling was used to select the participants until reaching theoretical saturation, and a total of 15 individuals were recruited to the study. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data, and Lincoln and Guba's (1985) criteria were used to ensure their trustworthiness, including credibility, transferability, confirmability and dependability. Coding strategy was used to analyze the data obtained from the interviews, and the fuzzy Delphi technique was adopted to screen for the indicators. Also, a structural analysis was performed in MicMac software to analyze the future of the study subject. The analysis of the interviews led to the identification of 67 primary and 36 secondary competencies, and 14 of them were confirmed by screening through fuzzy Delphi. Among the 14 competencies, the most strategic key competencies were determined as situational awareness, peer education, digital leadership, unity of effort, and unification of efforts. As a result, it is necessary to examine these competencies in the design of human resource development programs and measures for the SSO, focusing on future human resource training and development managers within the organization, and to always consider these strategic steps for their excellence and prosperity.