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The current study looks at how contingency strategies are truly utilized and the role organizational resilience plays in enhancing institutional flexibility and survival of education quality in the system Chinese higher education. Using the approach of thematic analysis in relevant scholarly writing, the study reveals central insights. Concurrently, HRM is the main pillar during a crisis and requires an HRM transformation policy, and thus educational quality assurance. Prevalently, technologization and strategic human resource management act as change drivers to adaptability, by fortifying the core quality. Furthermore, the quality of online educational resources and academic-industrial relationships that embody collaboration is the foremost feature of sustaining educational excellence. In the end, organizational resilience is a gatekeeper bridging contingency plans and both organisation adaptability and quality of education interconnection. The study points out the significant role of innovative teaching methods and cooperation among individuals and organizational resilience in the course of facing and overcoming ambiguity and maintaining standards in Chinese higher education.
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Lidong, X., & Almaki, S. H. (2024). Exploring the Impact of Contingency Strategies and Organizational Resilience on Institutional Adaptability and Sustaining Educational Quality in Chinese Higher Education. International Journal Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(6), 1227–1239.
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