[ effective factors on labor productivity with multicriteria decision making techniques a case study: personnel of Shahid Sadoghi hospital in Yazd]

Introduction: The important role of labor productivity could be observed in Iran 4[th] and 5[th] Economic Planning. The literature shows the perception of productivity from the view point of employees engaged in industry / service procedures. Drawing on this perception makes an initial stage in increasing productivity. The main objective of this research was to identify and rank the effective factors on employees' productivity in Shahid Sadoghi Hospital

Methods: This survey was analytical - descriptive in nature. The population consisted of all personnel in Shahid Sadoghi Hospital with the sample size of 145 persons. Two questionnaires were used for data collection. To analyze the data one sample test and multi- criteria decision making techniques were used

Results: The demographic characteristics showed a high potential of personnel. With statistical tests and data processing techniques eight hypotheses were approved. Finally eight effective factors on personnel's productivity were identified and ranked

Conclusion: The findings revealed that the managerial, organizational support compensation, mental and physiological working conditions and degree of freedom and liberty of employees to work were the most effective factors. TOPSIS technique was used to rank the relevant items. These factors could be used as the core of productivity cycle, and implementation of on job training for managers

[ survey of the attitudes of female faculty on the obstacles to their promotion for managerial positions in Shahid Sadoughi university of medical sciences]

In spite of equal contribution of female and male faculty members to knowledge and expertise production, there is no equal access to managerial posts. The purpose of this study was to determine the present attitudes of female faculty towards the barriers to their promotion to managerial posts in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences [SSUMS]. This cross-sectional study was conducted on female faculty in [SSUMS] in 2011. A standard questionnaire consisting of demographic questions and 37 questions about the barriers to the promotion of female faculty to managerial posts was used. Overall 28% of women in this study had managerial positions at different levels. Among them, 44.4% were head of the departments. There was a significant correlation between managerial posts and job experience [p<0.05]. Incorrect organizational structure, organizational culture and social factors were the main barriers to the promotion of women to managerial posts, however; individual factors appeared to play no role in this regard. A few female faculties of [SSUMS] were engaged in managerial positions which might be due to incorrect organizational structure and social factors. The findings presented in this paper suggest that modification of promotion instructions based on competence and changes in organizational structure and culture may increase the engagement of female faculty in managerial posts