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Getting Acts together for 4th Plan
Mohammad
Satarifar, Vice President and head of the Management and Planning Organization
(MPO) of
Iran, has said that the fourth economic, social and cultural
development plan of
Iran will put special emphasis on quality management. Quality
management is in essence the summation of efficiency and productivity, which
instills wisdom and logic in the planners who then exert themselves in the
best possible way.
The government has paid a more in-depth
attention to quality management in the 2003 budget bill and for the first time
ever the budget for the development of information technology has been listed
under a separate article within each institution’s budget projection.
Information technology is the foundation of quality management and the consent
for its development was granted by the Parliament this year – that means state
bodies are now obliged to become active in this area.
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"The
fourth economic, social and cultural development plan of Iran will put
special emphasis on quality management." |
Quality management is the gateway to the new
global economy. At present
Iran is not qualified to enter the WTO and must reexamine its
plans and views on quality management and increase its comparative advantages
to get set for membership when the opportunity presents itself. Delay in this
respect will intensify economic problems and damage our country.
Competent administrators are able to
implement quality management. Today's ineffective organization competition
among companies and economic institutions to acquire human and material
resources – which is bad news for
Iran.
The country's administrative system can only
be altered by the creation of a suitable framework of quality management.
Administrative reform, planned in seven stages, has been approved by the
government and the MPO has prepared for its operational and implementation
procedure.
Creating a logical state structure,
repairing the state organizational setup, efficient management, the employment
procedure, benefits, working method, education and training of the state
workforce, upgrading administrative techniques plus gaining and maintaining of
the respect of people within government organizations are the most important
goals of this project.
Up to now some parts of this administrative
reform project has been put into effect and if the seven stages are
implemented, we will be witnessing the delivery of a government with the
tendency to expand. |
