Appraisal of Boys’ High Schools in Tehran based on Organizational Excellence Model of European Foundation in the Context of Staffs

Abstract

In this study, excellence Criteria of Boys’ High Schools in Tehran city, Iran were evaluated based on the European Foundation of Quality Management model in the field of staff. Aim, was: need assessment of excellence courses for the mentioned school Principals. Methodology: A survey was done to collect the essential data and interferential analysis model was used. The populations of principals were 228 people and for teachers were 2260 people. The sample size calculated through Cochran's formula and obtained to 86 for principals and 329 for teachers. Results: Two-stage random cluster sampling method was applied and data collection tool was a questionnaire of principals’ excellence, included: 5 criteria and 25 items in the field of staff. The questionnaire content validity was confirmed by management faculty members. Reliability was determined through the calculation of Cronbach's alpha coefficient and SPSS17 software, equivalent of 0.83 for principals and 0.89 for teachers and the questionnaire was distributed among the principals and teachers of regions: 1, 9, 11, 13 and 15. Firstly, the analysis was done by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine the normality status, then through the one sample t – test, the research questions were analyzed. Conclusion: Results demonstrated that school principals had acceptable conditions with slight difference in all excellence Criteria. Finally, the study results were discussed.