Strategic Flexibility and its Role in Achieving Organizational Agility

A Field Study of the Opinions of Individuals Working in the Duhok Traffic Directorate

Authors

  • Adyba A. Saeed Department of Administrative Sciences, College of Administration and Economics, University of Zakho, Kurdistan, Iraq
  • Hakar Z. Muhammad Amadi Technical Institute, Duhok Technical University, Kurdistan, Iraq
  • Mihvan Sh. Yusef Gully Department of Administrative Sciences, College of Administration and Economics, University of Zakho, Kurdistan, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25156/ptjhss.v4n2y2023.pp1-12

Keywords:

Strategic flexibility, human capital flexibility, information flexibility, services flexibility, organizational agility

Abstract

This research aims to show strategic flexibility and its role in achieving organizational agility, and to conduct the practical aspect, we chose the Traffic Directorate in the city of Dohuk in the field to conduct the research, and the descriptive analytical approach was relied on, and the research was also based on a variety of main and sub hypotheses that were field tested in  The surveyed directorate, and for the purpose of data collection, a questionnaire was relied on, and to analyze the data, we used a variety of statistical methods in the program (22.SPSS V) to analyze the correlation and influence between the research variables.  Among the most important conclusions reached by the research is the existence of a significant correlation between the dimensions of strategic flexibility and organizational agility, and the presence of a significant effect of strategic flexibility with its dimensions on organizational agility in the surveyed directorate.  Increasing attention to strategic flexibility because of its role in enhancing organizational agility.Key words: Strategic flexibility,Human Capital flixibility , flexibility of information, Flexibility of services:Organazation Agility.

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Published

2023-07-05

How to Cite

سعيد أ. أ. ., مـحــمــد ه. ز., & يوسف گوللي م. ش. (2023). Strategic Flexibility and its Role in Achieving Organizational Agility: A Field Study of the Opinions of Individuals Working in the Duhok Traffic Directorate. Polytechnic Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.25156/ptjhss.v4n2y2023.pp1-12

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