Designing Technological Convergence Facilitators Model in the Structure of Deputy of Technological Affairs in IRIB

Roshandel Arbatani, Taher; Labbafi, Somayeh; Amini, Majid

doi:10.22082/cr.2018.73924.1466

Designing Technological Convergence Facilitators Model in the Structure of Deputy of Technological Affairs in IRIB

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Taher Roshandel Arbatani ¹

Somayeh Labbafi ²

Majid Amini ³

¹ Full prof. in Media Management, Tehran Uni.

² Teacher in Media Management, Tehran Uni.

³ Media Management

https://doi.org/10.22082/cr.2018.73924.1466

Abstract

The study designed the facilitator mechanisms model for changing Deputy of Technological Affairsin IRIB based on the qualitative method grounded theory. Data collected by semi-structured interview through snowball sampling method, and were analysed in three stages of coding: open, axial, and selective. In the research, 9 managers and experts of IRIB were interviewed. The model comprised different components: 450 initial codes, 48 conceptual codes , and 14 categories in six groups. “The emergence of technological convergence space” selected as prerequisite and “the need to redesign the Deputy of Technological Affairs structure” as the main phenomenon of the model. It was introduced "Changing the activities of Technological Deputy" as strategy and "legal mechanisms" as intervening conditions. "Making competitive thinking" provides a context for redefining the activities of the Technological Deputy. The last component of the model derived from the categorization was "Designing Facilitator Mechanisms for Changing Structure". According to research findings, many activities of the Deputy of Technological Affairs does not match the characteristics and requirements of the technological convergence era. Operations such as identifying non-target activities and deputing them, employing multi-tasking human resources, are essential in developming and agility of the structure.

Keywords

Organizational Structure

Technological Convergence

IRIB

Deputy of Technological Affairs

Media Technology

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