Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Educational Sciences, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University of Damavand, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damavand, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy of Education, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damavand, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting organizational agility in Farhangian University.
Methodology: Research method in terms of purpose, applied; It was qualitative in terms of data type. The statistical population of the study included university officials and senior deputies and faculty members who were selected as the sample size by purposive sampling method and saturation principle of 17 people. Data collection was performed by library method, semi-structured interview in which the experts confirmed the validity of the interview, the reliability of which was determined by the reliability method between the two coders which showed the reliability and validity of the interview. In this study, in order to analyze the data, the results of the interview were encoded using MAX3DA software
Findings: The results of qualitative content analysis of interviews showed that the factors affecting agility in the university also include: organizational factors (structure, delegation, organizational culture); Strategic factors (quality improvement, educational and research policies, technology development); There were human factors (managers, staff, faculty members.
Conclusion: In this study, the factors affecting organizational agility were also mentioned. These factors included organizational factors, strategic factors and human factors. Organizational factors focus on the structure of the organization, the degree of delegation and organizational culture, which included the structure of the degree of formality, complexity and focus of the organization and determined the structure of Farhangian University.

Keywords

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