Document Type : Original Article (Qualitative)

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1 PhD student, Department of Management, Public Administration, Policy Making and Public Decision Making, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to provide a model for choosing the coordinates of the policy laboratory in the country's executive management. According to its purpose, the research method is practical and in terms of implementation, qualitative, in terms of content analysis, and in terms of nature, descriptive-exploratory research and its main strategy is a comparative study of various policy laboratories suitable for the executive management of the country. A is The research elite community includes 16 managers, policy makers and researchers in the field of policy making and policy with expertise related to the policy laboratory, researchers/faculty members active in the field of management and policy making, leaders, theory Policy labs/activists in the field of public policy were the researchers and practitioners, they were approached in a targeted manner, using the snowball method, and the interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached. MAXqda 2020 software was used to collect information from a semi-structured interview with the theme analysis method and to perform the analysis process after open and axial coding. The results indicated that a total of 95 basic codes, 15 organizing themes and 5 overarching themes were identified and extracted, and the results of the current research, in addition to identifying the four basic approaches of the living laboratory, data-based policy making, behavioral insight and game approach Seriously, the structure of the policy laboratory for executive management takes into account the variety of issues in a decentralized (divergent) manner and with active participation in various fields.

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