Analyzing the Impact of External Variables of Information Communication and Technology on Organizational Agility in Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Subject Areas : Information Technology in Agriculture
1 - M.A in Human resource management, azad university of shushtar, Khuzestan, iran
Keywords: Organizational Agility, information and communication technology, Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Flexibilty,
Abstract :
Many countries of the world consider the development of information and communication technology as one of the most important development infrastructures, including the impact on organizational agility through information collection and management. In this research, the aim is to analyze the impact of external variables of information communication and technology on organizational agility in Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The research was applied in terms of type and purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of obtaining data. The statistical population consisted of 100 faculty members of Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. With the help of Krejcie and Morgan table and simple random sampling method, a sample of 80 people was determined. To achieve the results, data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire (ICT Questionnaire and Organizational Agility Questionnaire). The validity of the questionnaire was done using the opinions of university faculty members outside the target community and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficients (α = 0.96), which was distributed among the sample and the results were analyzed. Data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software. According to the research findings, the effect of management variables, rules and regulations and software technology is equal to 3.76, 2.71 and 5.63, respectively. The results showed that among the effective variables, management variables, rules and regulations and software technology have a greater impact on organizational agility in the university.
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