Investigating the decision-making practices of the research and education managers of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences based on the PAEI model of Adizes theory

Background and aims: The PAEI model of Adizes is a new pattern in the decision maker's direction. The aim of this study was to investigate the adherence of decision making methods of educational and research managers in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences using Adis model. Methods: This research was a descriptive study and population of the study was faculty members of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences in year 2013 that were 176 people (57 women and 119 men) and 116 people (38 females and 78 males) with stratified random sampling have been considered. The instruments that used in this research were two questionnaires including decision-making questionnaires of educational and research managers. For analyzing of the data, descriptive and inferential statistics (ANOVA and Tukey test) were used using SPSS. Results: The rate of adherence of educational and research managers from the Adizes model including administrative model, the pattern of implementation, organization and leadership, creativity, and entrepreneurship was significant (P>0.01). According to the degree of respondents, there was a significant difference between the leadership style of the educational managers and the administrative staffs of the research directors (P>0.01). Also, based on the work experience, there was a significant difference between the follow-up of the executive and administrative model of educational managers and also the adherence of executive model, administrative, creativity and leadership of research directors(P