Modeling Problems and Barriers to Feasibility Study in MOD Non-Defense Plans

Soleimani, Saeed; Abdolhamid, Mahdi; Ehsani, Rahim; Nouralizadeh, Hamidreza

Modeling Problems and Barriers to Feasibility Study in MOD Non-Defense Plans

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Master of Business Administration, Iran University of Science and Technology. (Soleimanivu@Gmail.com)

² Assistant Professor of Governmental Management, Iran University of Science and Technology

³ Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Iranian Space Research Center.

⁴ Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology

Abstract

One of the topics that deals with the development and enhancement of investment efficiency is feasibility study. Ministry of Defense products in both defensive and non-defensive categories have a wide variety and scope of development. Therefore, studying the feasibility of non-defensive projects of Ministry of Defense is of high importance. This study aims to identify the barriers and problems of feasibility study in the Ministry of Defense and to analyze the relationship between these factors. In this regard, two methods of Qualitative Content Analysis and Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) with interview and questionnaire tools have been utilized. We have used the snowball method of data collection. The statistical population was 16 interviews with the last 3 interviews showing theoretical saturation. The results show that in the defense area there are 11 barriers doing the feasibility study that include managerial problems, maximum effectiveness, lack of attention to cost allocation for FS, and rush in performing the feasibility study with the most impact. It is also concluded that factors such as government laws and regulations and international environment problems has had the least impact on the feasibility study of Defense Department non-defense plans.

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