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Purpose: The link between school and community plays an important role in improving the school and adapting to the conditions and facilities of society. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to research on effective factors, strategies and consequences on the link between school and society in Iran. Methodology: In an applied research from type of qualitative, action to identified the effective factors, strategies and consequences on the link between school and society. The population of this study was professors and experts with scientific achievements in the field of sociology of education, policy makers and managers of education and school’s managers. The required sample size of the research was considered to be 18 people according to the principle of theoretical saturation, who were selected by purposive and snowball sampling methods. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview, which its validity was checked and confirmed by triangulation method and its reliability was checked and confirmed by reliability, trustworthiness, verifiability and transferability methods. Data analysis was done by thematic analysis method in MAXQDA software version 2021. Findings: The findings showed that the effective factors on the link between school and society had 15 sub-categories in 7 sub-categories and 2 main categories including structural factors (with 4 sub-categories of policies and strategies of macro future development, upstream document requirements and macro perspectives and ruling intellectual, philosophical and educational orientation) and process factors (with 3 sub-categories of periodic monitoring of school performance by local stakeholders, alignment and adaptation of educational content with need of society and education in the field of environmental issues). Also, the findings showed that the effective strategies on the link between school and society had 9 sub-categories in 3 sub-categories and 1 main category including strategies of link school and society (with 3 sub-categories of appropriate governance of educational system, re-engineering and refining of educational system structure and policy making in the field attracting civil participation). In addition, the findings showed that the effective consequences on the link between school and society had 6 sub-categories in 2 sub-categories and 1 main category including consequences of link school and society (with 2 sub-categories of individual consequences and social consequences). Conclusion: The designed themes network for effective factors, strategies and consequences on the link between school and society in Iran can greatly help education specialists and planners in improving the educational system and harmony with the society.

Purpose: After-sales service includes a wide range of services and provides the basis for a long and easy use of the product. The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a curriculum model for after-sales service in the automobile industry in Iran. Methodology: This was a mixed exploratory study (qualitative and quantitative). The research population in both the qualitative and quantitative sections were the CEOs and after-sales service assistants of the automobile industry, training managers and technical experts of the automobile industry, and according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 18 of them were selected as a sample using the snowball sampling method. The research tools were demographic information form and semi-structured interview with experts, the data of which were analyzed in the qualitative part with open, central and selective coding method in MAXQDA-10 software and in the quantitative part with exploratory factor analysis method in Smart PLS-3 software. Findings: The findings showed that the after-sales service curriculum model of the automobile industry in Iran had 61 indicators in 6 categories of efficient and effective management, skilled and trained human resources, use of new technologies, training development, evaluation and customer satisfaction. Other findings showed that the after-sales service curriculum model of the automobile industry in Iran has 57 items (removal of 4 items due to factor loading less than 0.40) in 6 factors of efficient and effective management, skilled and trained manpower, use of new technologies, It was the development of training, evaluation and customer satisfaction. The validity of the factors based on the factor loading was higher than 0.60, the convergent validity was higher than 0.50 and the average variance extracted was higher than 0.70, and the reliability was higher than 0.80 with Cronbach's alpha method. In addition, the 6-factor model of the after-sales service curriculum of the automobile industry in Iran had a good fit and the effect of the said model had a direct and significant effect on all 6 factors (P<0.05). Conclusion: Managers and planners of the automobile industry and its after-sales services in Iran can use 6 categories of efficient and effective management, skilled and trained manpower, use of new technologies, training development, evaluation and customer satisfaction to improve the after-sales service curriculum. car industry to use.