Investigation of internal and external communication network of the Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

Document Type : Scientific Views

Authors

1 Faculty member in AREEO

2 manager of economic office

3 Director of Research Office

4 Assistant Prof.,

Abstract

In today's competitive environment, without investing in building strong and secure relationships between employees, they cannot be expected to perform tasks efficiently. Organizational network analysis is one of the applications of social network analysis method. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze and map the internal and external communication networks of the Forests and Rangelands Research Institute. The statistical population in this study consists of managers and faculty members of the Forests and Rangelands Research Institute of the country who answered the research questions through the counting method. According to the results obtained in the research, in the field of intra-organizational communication, the most communications are related to Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, Soil and Water Research Institute, National Animal Science Research Institute, Seed and Seedling Registration and Certification Research Institute, National Salinity Research Center and It was an agricultural education and extension institute. Most of the extra-organizational relations are related to the Forests, Rangelands and Watershed Management Organization, universities, environment organization, meteorological organization, surveying organization, horticulture deputy of the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture, and scientific associations of agriculture, forestry, rangeland, desert and medicinal plants. Was. The communication network obtained in both types of communication was also of all-round type with acceptable characteristics of acceptable speed in communication, comprehensive communication, relatively good accuracy, and without predetermined structure.

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