The Relationship between Organizational Excellence Enablers and Organizational Agility Capabilities in Universities in Isfahan

Subject Areas : Education

M. حیدری ¹ , S.A سیادت ² , R. هویدا ³ , A. SH ⁴

1 - عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد آباده، گروه مدیریت، آباده، ایران
2 - دانشیار دانشگاه اصفهان
3 - استادیار دانشگاه اصفهان
4 - دانشیار دانشکده علوم اداری و اقتصاد، دانشگاه اصفهان

Received: 2014-07-06 Accepted : 2014-07-06 Published : 2014-05-22

Keywords: Organizational excellence enablers, Organizational agility capabilities, university,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between organizational excellence enablers and organizational agility capabilities. The statistical population included 1745 faculty members at Universities in Isfahan. A sample of 312 participants was selected using random stratified sampling method. Two questionnaires of EFQM (2010) with 25 items  and  organizational agility capabilities with 25 items developed based on Zhang and Sharifi’s (2000) theory were utilized in this study. The reliability coefficients of the questionnaires were estimated to be a=0.93 and a=0.92 respectively. The data was analyzed using inferential statistics (correlation coefficient, multivariate stepwise regression). The results of correlational and regression analyses suggested that the best predictors of organizational agility capabilities were people, processes, products &  services,  leadership, partnership, resources, and strategy.