. Alireza Jabbari; . Elahe Khorasani; . Hori Asgari; . raja Mardani; . Yasamin Molavi Taleghani
Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2019, , Pages 1-14
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The system of safety management in higher education centers can preventthe complications caused by harmful issues to students and bring their potential talents closer ...
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INTRODUCTION: The system of safety management in higher education centers can preventthe complications caused by harmful issues to students and bring their potential talents closer toperfection. Therefore, this study aimed to design a safety management system (SMS) in highereducation centers of Iran in 2016.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a descriptive study of qualitative type. This study wasconducted in three independent phases, including (1) evaluating theoretical concepts, (2) developingan initial system by determining the points of sharing and differentiation of the evaluated systems,and (3) validating the SMS using the Delphi technique. Consensus on opinions and identifyingsimilarities and differences of reviewed studies have been used for qualitative data analysis, andthe descriptive statistics (sum of scores and mean) by means of SPSS version 21 has been usedfor quantitative data analysis.RESULTS: In the first stage, 108 indexes were identified by reviewing the studies and evaluatingthe SMS in the world’s educational and noneducational organizations for the 12 main categoriesof SMS. In the Delphi phase, 83 components were identified as a key index of the SMS in highereducation centers of Iran. Furthermore, the average mean of participants’ views on the dimensionsof the SMS for higher education centers has been 4.32, with the highest average mean of 4.59related to the dimension of the facility and the firefighting department and the lowest mean of 4.10for the student dimension.CONCLUSION: The indexes presented in this study will provide a fairly complete tool for designingSMS in higher education centers, which by applying it will provide a good opportunity to improve theperformance of these systems over time.
