@2024 Afarand., IRAN
ISSN: 2228-5468 Education Strategies in Medical Sciences 2014;7(1):25-31
ISSN: 2228-5468 Education Strategies in Medical Sciences 2014;7(1):25-31
Application Level of Organizational Agility Indices at Universities
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Original ResearchAuthors
Bagheri Kerachi A. (* )Abbaspour A. (1 )
Aghazade A. (2 )
Rahimian H. (1 )
Mehregan M.R. (3 )
(* ) Administration & Educational Planning Department, Psychology & Education Faculty, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
(1 ) Administration & Educational Planning Department, Psychology & Education Faculty, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
(2 ) Education & Training Department, Psychology & Education Faculty, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
(3 ) Management Department, Management Faculty, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence
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Article History
Received: February 5, 2013Accepted: May 11, 2013
ePublished: March 17, 2014
ABSTRACT
Aims
Higher education system and universities require some forms of agility. The aim of this
research was to determine the usage of the organizational agility components in universities,
based on the 5 components of agility ‘motivations’, ‘capabilities’, ‘facilitators’, ‘barriers’ and
‘consequences’.
Materials & Methods This descriptive survey study was performed by the faculty members of the state universities of Fars province, and 310 persons were selected, using proportion stratified sampling method. Data collecting was done using 116 question researcher-made questionnaire of measuring the application of agility in universities. One sample T and Oneway ANOVA tests were used for data analyzing.
Findings There was no significant difference between the view points of the faculty members about the measure of the usage of the organization agility components, according to their sex; but according to the academic rank, teaching experience and kind of the university of the faculty members and organizational position of the persons, it had statistically significant difference.
Conclusion Level of the usage of the organization agility components in Fars province state universities is less than the average level.
Materials & Methods This descriptive survey study was performed by the faculty members of the state universities of Fars province, and 310 persons were selected, using proportion stratified sampling method. Data collecting was done using 116 question researcher-made questionnaire of measuring the application of agility in universities. One sample T and Oneway ANOVA tests were used for data analyzing.
Findings There was no significant difference between the view points of the faculty members about the measure of the usage of the organization agility components, according to their sex; but according to the academic rank, teaching experience and kind of the university of the faculty members and organizational position of the persons, it had statistically significant difference.
Conclusion Level of the usage of the organization agility components in Fars province state universities is less than the average level.
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[22]Sherehiy B, Karwowski W, Layer J. A review of enterprise agility: Concepts, frameworks, and attributes. Int J Ind Ergon. 2007;37(5):445-60.
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[26]Gunasekaran A. Agile manufacturing: concept and framework, agile manufacturing: the 21st century competitive strategy. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science; 2001.
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[28]Zare H, Rajaeepour S, Jamshidian M, Molavi H. A study of the amount of application of teaching organization indices in the public universities with the aim of developing sustainable model. Isfahan: University of Esfahan; 2009. [Persian]
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