Presenting the Conceptual Framework of Strategic Agility Based on Database Analysis Using Metacombination Method

Subject Areas : Strategic Management Researches

sajad  golchin ¹ (Master student of business management, Imam Sadiq (AS) University, Tehran, Iran)
Mohammad Hosein  Ghanadanzadeh ² (Master student of business management, Imam Sadiq (AS) University, Tehran, Iran)
Reza  Baniasad ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management, Imam Sadegh (AS) University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2022-02-15 Accepted : 2022-03-02 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: strategy, strategic management, Grounded Theory, Strategic Agility, Metacombination,

Abstract :

 Today, the power of responsibility for customer needs and rapid adaptation to environmental changes, has created an important factor in the existence and growth of organizations, which manifests itself in the concept of strategic agility. Given the extensive literature on strategic agility and the lack of a general framework for strategic agility in organizations, the present study aims to provide a conceptual framework of strategic agility through research review.This study was performed based on the analysis of 24 articles published in the period 2010 to 2021 in the field of strategic agility. These articles were analyzed and classified in MaxQDA 2020 software using open, axial and selective coding method.The results of data analysis concluded 112 primary codes and 38 categories were classified under the six dimensions of "causal conditions", "contextual conditions", "main phenomenon", "intervening conditions", "strategies" and "consequences".Causal conditions in factors such as competitive complexity; Underlying conditions in convergent organizational culture; The main phenomenon in the identification and rapid response to change; Interfering conditions in the inertia of organizational resources; Strategies in areas such as open strategy; And finally, the consequences such as competitive advantage and high adaptability were counted.

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