Management effectiveness and Iranian academic libraries: Explanation of manager and personal’s viewpoints based on Parsons model

Abstract

Object: The aim of this research is to study organizational effectiveness factors in academic libraries of Iran from viewpoints of managers and personal and is held based on Parsons’ model. Method: The research type was an applied one and the method is survey. The study population consisted of central and faculty libraries belonging to universities of Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research & Technology. Cluster sampling method was utilized. A standard questionnaire was used as the data collecting tools. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated by some specialists and its reliability was estimated by Cronbach’s alpha test. Finding: The obtained results showed that from managers’ viewpoints, while the difference was observed on three criteria, only on the area of "Goal attainment" no difference between the average score of respondents and optimal point was observed. From personnel’ viewpoints, there is difference between the average scores of all effectiveness factors and optimal point. "Goal attainment" criteria were first priority from manager’s viewpoints and "Legitimacy" criteria was first priority from personnel’s viewpoints. In addition, in all parsons’s effectiveness factors (adaptation, goal attainment, integration and legitimacy), the managers had a higher average score than personnel. Moreover, results showed that a significant difference found between viewpoints of managers and personnel in academic libraries of Iran based on parsons’ model. No significant difference was observed between the viewpoints of managers based on sexuality. Finally, managers and personal evaluated the effectiveness of the libraries respectively high and medium.

Keywords

• iranian academic libraries
• management
• managers and personnel
• organizational effectiveness
• parsons model