ABSTRACT
Background and aims: Regarding the rapid development of technology and increasing competition, only the organizations will survive that consider efficiency promotion using personnel creativity. This research was performed to study the role of organizational culture in the promotion of personnel's creativity in the ministry of health and medical education
Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, 437 personnel of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education were selected randomly. Data were collected using round step creativity and Jafarinia's organizational culture questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using independent sample t-test and correlation coefficient test
Results: There was a significant positive correlation between organizational culture and personnel's creativity, with no correlation between creativity and gender. There was also a positive correlation between creativity and educational level, but career background was not an important factor for creativity
Conclusion: The result showed that organizations can increase their staff's creativity with an agreement on the existing organizational culture and values, adapting to the changes and modifying the personal and organizational goals. We understood that programmers can not make decisions to increase the creativity without paying attention to organizational culture