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Purpose: Considering the role of leadership in achieving the education missions, present research done with the aim of designing a suitable leadership model to achieve new missions of higher education. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation was exploratory combined (qualitative and quantitative). The research population in the qualitative part was the higher education experts and in the quantitative part were the personnel of Islamic Azad University of Tehran province in 2018-19 academic years. The research sample in the qualitative part according to the theoretical saturation principle were estimated 13 people who were selected by purposive sampling method and in the quantitative part according to Cochran’s formula were estimated 385 people who were selected by cluster random sampling method with respect to classes (number of staff in universal branches). To collected data in the qualitative part used from interview and in the quantitative part used from researcher-made questionnaire (51 items) which the its content validity was confirmed by experts and its convergent validity by average variance extracted indicator was confirmed and its reliability was obtained by Cronbach’s alpha method 0.84. To analyze data were used from methods of open, axial and selective coding and exploratory factor analysis in SPSS-22 software. Findings: The findings of the qualitative part showed that suitable leadership had 79 concepts, 63 categories and 7 dimensions and new missions of higher education dad 20 concepts, 15 categories and 3 dimensions. The findings of the quantitative part showed that the suitable leadership model to achieve new missions of higher education had 51 indicators or items and 15 components. Also, a suitable leadership model to achieve new missions of higher education was designed and approved by experts. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, higher education specialists and planners can design and implement programs to realization the new missions of higher education.

INTRODUCTION: Knowledge is a powerful resource to help governments, organizations, and communities to plan and improve their performance in mitigating the harmful effects of disasters. There is a crucial need for knowledge in all phases of disaster risk management, namely prevention, risk reduction, preparedness, as well as response and recovery. The present study aimed to assess the organizational, discourse, and metaphorical challenges and knowledge management improvement policies in disaster risk management in Iran. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted in Iran in 2016. The needed data were collected through in-depth interviews with 21 experts and policymakers and analyzed by content analysis method. FINDINGS: Based on the obtained results, the following five categories were extracted: 1. current problems, 2. organizational and structural problems, 3. discourse level, 4. level of metaphors, and 5. knowledge management improvement policies in the disaster response phase in Iran.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the cultural literacy of Spinas hotel staff and its role on the satisfaction of foreign tourists. The study type was descriptive-analytical and surveying. The statistical population of the research was 350 employees of the Spinas Hotel and 200 foreign tourists. Sample size was set by total numbering, and sampling method was random obtained as 184 and 183 by Cochran formula respectively. The data were analyzed using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency distribution tables and frequency percentage) and at the inferential level to test the research hypotheses (t-test, ANOVA and multivariate regression), it was analyzed using SPSS23 software. The results of multivariate linear regression analysis of variables of information literacy, media literacy and intercultural literacy with dependent variable of satisfaction of foreign tourists indicate that this relationship is statistically significant and the main hypothesis of the research (there is a relationship between cultural literacy of staff of cultural centers and the satisfaction of foreign tourists) was confirmed. It was also found that among the variables introduced in the regression model, the variable of intercultural literacy had a greater effect on the satisfaction of foreign tourists of Spinase Hotel, and the variables of information literacy and media literacy are the next effective variables respectively.