The effect of managers' quantum management skills on organizational agility of Ministry of Sports and Youth staff with the mediating role of organizational intelligence

Subject Areas : Others

Tayebeh Jame Bozorgi ¹ , Majid Soleimani ² , Gholamreza Shabani Bahar ³

1 - PhD student, Sports Management, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch, Hamadan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor of Sports Management Department ,Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer , Iran
3 - Professor of Sports Management, Allameh Tabatbaeei University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-12-30 Accepted : 2023-04-21 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: Management skills, Ministry of Sports and Youth, Organizational Agility, quantum management, organizational intelligence,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of managers' quantum management skills on organizational agility with the mediating role of organizational intelligence in the Ministry of Sports and Youth using structural equation analysis. The statistical population of this study, including all employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, in 1398, 279 people were selected as a statistical sample. The results showed that the quantum management skills of the managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, both directly and indirectly, through the mediating variable of organizational intelligence can affect the ability of organizational agility. Accordingly, managers' quantum management skills are 0.70 on organizational agility and organizational intelligence is 0.21 on organizational agility. Also, the mediating role of organizational intelligence due to managers' quantum management skills on organizational agility was confirmed to be 0.15. Therefore, by using quantum skills in the organization and using organizational intelligence solutions, the country's sports managers can increase the competitiveness of the organization and differentiate it from other organizations. Or feel negative, which improves the agility of the Ministry of Sports and Youth.

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