Investigating the effectiveness of crisis management virtual training course on urban management

Mahdi Hosseinpouri¹ Sayed Reza Musavi Cheragh Abadi² Milad Azizi³

1) Young Researchers and Elite Club, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
2) Young Researchers and Elite Club, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
3) Young Researchers and Elite Club, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Publication : International Conference On Research Science And Technology(restconf.com)
Abstract :
This study investigated the effectiveness of crisis management virtual training course on urban management of Kermanshah province s municipalities managers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of crisis management virtual training course on urban management of staff managers of municipalities of the province of Kermanshah in their knowledge, awareness and satisfaction level of the course based on Kirkpatrick model. Methods: the present study is an applied research in terms of its goal and is a descriptive evaluative in terms of its method. Research population includes all staff managers of municipalities of eight cities of Kermanshah including the West Islamabad, Sarpolzohab, Ghasreshirin, Gilangharb, Harsin, Bistoon, Sahne and Kangavar that is a total of 120 people. Sampling method was a simple random sampling and includes 52 subjects and research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire and indicators used in frequency and percentage descriptive statistics, mean and t-test inferential statistics. Findings: 68/8% of the managers with an awareness of the potential of the city, assesse their readiness for planning I times of crisis as a high level and 59/9% had completely agreed to acquire knowledge of crisis management. 83/5% believed that the quality of the presented content was very high and high. Conclusion: the virtual training course on crisis management was effective on urban management of Kermanshah province s municipalities managers in terms of increasing knowledge and awareness of crisis management. There is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test mean of samples at the level of 0.05 > P. The participants evaluation of the workshops and the course was desirable.
Keywords : Virtual training Educational effectiveness crisis management urban management