Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Assistant Professor of Geography, Payame Noor University,Tehran, Iran
Abstract
management is referred to as transformative management or transformative leadership.Urban transformative management is a dynamic management with the participation of all urban stakeholders and at different levels of urban development, which aims to address challenges and create positive urban changes through the collaboration of urban managers and residents.This type of management has various components.The purpose of this study is to identify the effective components in creating urban transformative management in the metropolitan city of Ahvaz.The present research is applied in terms of purpose and is part of qualitative methods and grounded theory in terms of the method of implementationThe data collection tool was structured interviews.The statistical population included urban managers and plannersin the metropolitan city of Ahvaz. 15 experts were selected for interviews through purposive sampling and theoretical saturation.For data analysis, qualitative analysis and interview coding were used with theMAXQDA software. The research results regarding the effective components in creating urban transformative management led tothe identification of 36 concepts in the formof open coding, 13 core categories and subcategories in the form ofaxial coding, and 3 selective categories and main components in the form of selective coding.Based on the codings, the effective components increating urban transformative management inAhvaz include three main components (interaction and leadership, development processes, and futureorientation and innovationof managers andcitizens)The resultsof the minorcomponents also showed that thereare13 important minor components,the most important of which are the comprehensive participation of citizens, networking, raising awareness of citizens, and leadership at different human and geographical levels inthe metropolitan city ofAhvaz.
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