 Nevertheless, many private sector owners opposed the new initiatives that infringed on their power.New personnel practices were introduced, including payroll administration with time management, job descriptions, job classifications and evaluations, and organisational hierarchies, mainly in large companies and government-run industries.In the 1960s, progressive private sector entrepreneurs, such as the Ladjevardi family in the Behshar Industrial group, introduced job classifications; personnel policies and procedures, and automated payroll systems following the recommendations of the Iranian National Oil Company’s foreign advisors.