Examining Working Methods on Reducing Expenses in Islamic Azad Universities: Perspective of Faculty Members of Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch

Abstract

Islamic Azad universities are autonomous and non-profit institutions where almost all the expenses are provided through students` tuitions. In recent years in accordance with extreme quantitative development of institutions of higher education, reduction in the number of university student candidates, paltry increase in tuitions, and considerable increase in construction and current expenses, management of expenses in Azad universities has turned into a vital concern. The present study aims to examine working methods for decreasing the expenses of the universities, investigating the effect of five factors including targeting activities, organizing manpower, mechanizing systems, controlling, observing, and downsizing the university, on reducing expenses in Islamic Azad Universities. The study is conducted in descriptive survey method and the population of the study was all 320 faculty members of Islamic Azad university of Isfahan (Khorasgan) in March, 2014. 175 people were chosen by Morgan Table through available random sampling as the sample of the study. The instruments were questionnaires designed by the researcher and the data was analyzed through Uni-variate t Test, Friedman Test, and Analysis Variance through spss-19 software. The result revealed that all five factors in the study have significant effects on reducing expenses in the universities and manpower had the highest effect whereas, controlling and observing had the least effect.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p445