Maintenance of efficient, highly specialized, and valuable forces in the present age is one of the most important concerns of organizations, especially organizations with advanced technologies. The importance of human resources planning and management in these organizations has greatly increased, and in the various areas of human resource management, the approach to occupational anchor planning has been very much considered. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the job path anchors in human resource strategy among the target community. Participants were selected randomly from among 3500 students at the Faculty of Management of Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University in Tehran Province, Iran. The sample size was 346 by the Cochran method and the questionnaire was collected by electronic means. At the time of the study, 346 questionnaires were completed and the analysis was performed based on 346 questionnaires. To collect data, standard job anchor questionnaires, and Human Resources Strategic HR Questionnaire was used. The study population included 346 people, of whom 203 were male and 143 were female. The age of the people below the age of 20 was 38, from 20 to 25 years old, 94, between the ages of 26 and 30, 60, people aged 31 to 35, and 76 people over the age of 35 years. The reliability of the work anchors was 91% and the human resources strategy questionnaire was 80%. Investigations have shown that, on the anchors of the career path, the factors of creativity - entrepreneurship, autonomy-independence, pure challenges and public management with a committed strategy and public management, creativity-entrepreneurship, security-stability in the strategy of contracting businesses and creativity - entrepreneurship, Pure challenges, security with secondary jobs, and creativity- entrepreneurship, public management, pure challenges in parenting jobs. According to the results of this study, it seems that the emphasis on reducing organizational structures, empowerment, and participatory decision making can determine the necessary grounds for determining the type of human resources strategy in an organization.
The field of nursing has a lot of responsibilities and workload and is considered as a hard job. If a person does not have the spirit of being responsible for work or interest in service, he cannot survive in the difficult conditions that exist in the field of nursing, such as fatigue, work shifts, stress. Occupational concerns such as insufficient staff, high workload, long working hours and work pressure make nurses unable to play their role in front of their families. On the other hand, nurses are usually unable to perform their duties in the workplace due to family problems. In this study, related articles from the years 2000-2020 were reviewed. The results of studies showed that due to the importance of work-life balance in nurses, it is recommended that managers create the conditions for creating effective methods and techniques for job flexibility for nurses and help nurses to better perform these approaches with the necessary training. Taking care of nurses living conditions, question and answer sessions and interviews with nurses, establishing kindergartens with long working hours can also be effective in creating balance.
Following the crisis of coronavirus outbreak in numerous regions of the world, this epidemic enhanced promptly in most countries, including Iran, and sent a host of patients in need of medical services to hospitals. This study aimed to investigate the challenges of operational management of a reference military hospital during the pandemic COVID-19. Methods: This research is a qualitative study with the content analysis method with a deductive and guided approach. Data collection was conducted through a semi-structured interview method and utilizing a questionnaire designed based on the management functions of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS). The targeted sampling method and participants in this study included senior-middle managers working in organizational positions of the reference hospital in 2020 employed during the organizational position in Covid-19 Pandemic. Classifications and coding were performed employing MAXQDA 2018 software. Results: The findings of this study were explored in the form of strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. Weaknesses included taking surprise, early and non-missionary entry into the COVID-19 crisis, lack of appropriate depot, instant management, deficiencies in the training of patients and staff, poor functioning of the crisis management system, deficiencies in monitoring, and poor provision of psychological support. The strengths were the devoted and altruistic presence of the medical staff and managers, the financial support of the headquarters, the effective field research of the management team of the organization, and the proper management of the volunteer forces. The most significant challenge was the poor coordination with the relevant organizations, including the headquarters, the Defense Organization, and the Ministry of Health. Conclusions: The findings of this study demonstrate that in the peak period of the COVID-19 pandemic to promote the operational management of the hospital, sticking to the general policies of the organization, structured coordination with internal and external organizations, organized management of equipment and human resources, generating a robust documentation structure and decision-making based on the evidence, effective and practical use of the crisis management system, systematic training of staff and patients, prioritizing the safety of patients and staff, organized dissemination of information and systematic monitoring as well as evaluation are the most significant points to deal with the epidemic crisis.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remain significant public health concerns worldwide. This review seeks to present an updated perspective on the spread, consequences, and control measures of HIV/AIDS, focusing on military personnel as a particular at-risk group. It starts by outlining general information about the transmission of the virus and summarizing recent global epidemiological trends. This review further explores the difficulties that HIV/AIDS presents in military settings, including policies regarding the management of service members living with the virus. Additionally, it examines several prevention strategies implemented by militaries around the world, such as educational programs, provision of condoms, and efforts to reduce the stigma associated with the infection.
