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International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences

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ISSN: 2225-8329

Analyzing the Influence of Maturity of Organization on Organizational Agility in Industrial Companies. Case of Study: Fakour Industrial Company

Ali Attafar, Ali Shaemi Barzoki, Reza Radmehr

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In recent years, the international job market has completely turned into a competitive one. This process involves high agility in the organization. To get this agility, the organization should get into this direction and go on this process, and to do this, we need individual maturity, procedural maturity and organizational maturity. The purpose of this research is to analyzing the influence of maturity of organization on organizational agility in industrial companies. To do this research Fakour industrial company has been selected. The sample volume has been determined 130 individuals by using sampling model in a limited society (Cochran Formula). The tool for gathering the needed data is researcher’s questionnaire with 0.943 total reliability and formal validity. The results indicate, first the model has been a suitable one on predicting the influence of maturity of organization and its dimensions on organizational agility. Second, the result indicates the maturity of organization, individual maturity, procedural maturity and organizational maturity have a direct and positive effect on organizational agility.

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In-Text Citation: (Attafar et al., 2013)
To Cite this Article: Attafar, A., Barzoki, A. S., & Radmehr, R. (2013). Analyzing the Influence of Maturity of Organization on Organizational Agility in Industrial Companies. Case of Study: Fakour Industrial Company. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 3(1), 449–462.