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1 - Evaluating Indicators of Organizational Agility by Fuzzy Multi Criteria Decision Making: (Iran Power Development Organization)
Zeinolabedin Akbarzadeh Mohammad valipourkhatir Mohammad mohammadpouromranAgility makes it possible for organizations in today's complex and constantly changing environment to ensure their survival with rapid, innovative and creative responses. In this regard, the present study attempts to study main indicators of agility in Iran Power Develo MoreAgility makes it possible for organizations in today's complex and constantly changing environment to ensure their survival with rapid, innovative and creative responses. In this regard, the present study attempts to study main indicators of agility in Iran Power Development Organization (IPDO). Firstly, four main criterions referring to the literature selected include of “leveraging impact of people and information”, “cooperate to enhance competitiveness”, “enriching customer”, “mastering change and uncertainty”. Subsequently, by designing questionnaire and determining it’s content validity by academic members, intuitive data from IPDO experts has been collected. Then, reliability has been evaluated using Gous method for consistency examination of pairwise comparisons matrix. Finally data were analyzed using fuzzy multi-criteria decision making technique. The findings shows that “cooperate to enhance competitiveness” with the importance degree (0.301) is the most importance of the main criterion for selecting the more agile organizational unit. While in Iran Power Development Organization it has third priority. The main criteria “leveraging impact of people and information” with the importance degree (0.277), “mastering change and uncertainty” with the importance degree (0.238), “enriching customer” with the importance degree (0.184), were three next most important criterion in the selection of organizational units are more agile. The results point out that IPDO should be more focus on the priority of indicators affecting the agility to minimize the gap between current and desired situation. Manuscript profile -
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2 - The effect of organization agility mediator in relationship between knowledge management with innovation and competitive advantage in sport organizations
Mehdi SalimiThe purpose of present research was consideration of effect of organization agility mediator in relationship between knowledge management with innovation and competitive advantage in sport organizations. Research method was descriptive-survey and applies studies field. MoreThe purpose of present research was consideration of effect of organization agility mediator in relationship between knowledge management with innovation and competitive advantage in sport organizations. Research method was descriptive-survey and applies studies field. Statistical population included all active personals in Isfahan provinces sport committees which statistical sample size was determined (N= 320) to suitable number in basis of 16 hidden variables. For gathering data was used innovation standard questionnaire of Hamidizadeh et al (1393), knowledge management questionnaire of Newman and Conrad (1999), competitive advantage questionnaire of Hosseini (1391) and organization agility questionnaire of Yarmohammadian et al (1390). For analyzing data and consideration of model fit was used structural equation modeling and PLS and SPSS software. The results of findings indicated that knowledge management variable has significant effect on innovation, competitive advantage and agility. Also, effect of agility variable wasn’t significant on innovation, but it had significant effect on competitive advantage. Finally, Sobel test result indicated that knowledge management variable has significant effect on innovation and competitive advantage with mediator of organizational agility. Therefore can concluded that sport organization managers with traditional redesign pay attention to much changes in organization and work strategic view because previous approach and solution have lost its ability for encountering with organizational challenges and external environment, hence, new approached view should be replace. That way, agility of organizational change and reform. Manuscript profile -
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3 - Investigating the Effect of Learning Orientation on New Product Performance: Explaining the Mediating Role of Innivation Ambidextrous Capability and Organizational Agility
iman hakimiAbstract Learning orientation is an inevitable necessity in the new product development. However, few studies have been conducted on how the learning orientation affect on new product performance through potential intermediary variables. Therefore, the purpose of this s MoreAbstract Learning orientation is an inevitable necessity in the new product development. However, few studies have been conducted on how the learning orientation affect on new product performance through potential intermediary variables. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of ambidextrous capability and organizational agility in the relationship between learning orientation and new product performance. This research is a descriptive survey that was carried out in a field experiment. The statistical population of the research is senior managers and especially research and development managers of knowledge based companies located in Kerman province, of which 180 persons were selected as sample. The tool used is a standard questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and structural equations were used to analyze the data. The findings show that learning orientation is positively related to ambidextrous capability and organizational agility. The ambidextrous capability and organizational agility also, in turn, are positively related to the performance of the new product. Finally, due to the lack of confirmation of the direct relationship between learning orientation and new product performance, the results confirm the full intermediary role of ambidextrous and organizational agility capabilites in this relationship. Manuscript profile -
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4 - Structural Model Of Mediating role of Organizational Commitment in the Relationship between Organizational Agility and Organizational Intelligence with Organizational Performance
Shiva Habibzade behnaz mohajeran Alireza ghaleei Mohammad hasaniThe present study investigated the mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between organizational agility and intelligence with organizational performance. It is a descriptive, correlative analysis using structural equation modeling. Four questio MoreThe present study investigated the mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between organizational agility and intelligence with organizational performance. It is a descriptive, correlative analysis using structural equation modeling. Four questionnaires on organizational commitment, organizational agility, organizational intelligence and organizational performance are also used to measure data. Cronbach’s alpha was used to measure reliability of questionnaires which were 0.87, 0.86, 0.93, and 0.86 ,respectively Validity of questionnaires was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. Population of the study includes all the staff of inWestern Branches of Jahad Daneshgahi in Iran. Using Cochran’s formula, a number of 206 samples were takes using single-hop clustering sampling. Data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling using AMOS 22: Results indicate that organizational intelligence and organizational agility had direct causal relationship with organizational performance. Moreover, mediated by organizational commitment, organizational intelligence and organizational agility showed to have indirect causal relationship with organizational performance. Therefor suggested that the managers of the ACECR’s units focus on establishing components of organizational intelligence and organizational agility endeavor to improve organizational performance more than before Manuscript profile -
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5 - Balancing Agility and Stability of Wireless Link Quality Estimators
MohammadJavad Tanakian Mehri MehrjooThe performance of many wireless protocols is tied to a quick Link Quality Estimation (LQE). However, some wireless applications need the estimation to respond quickly only to the persistent changes and ignore the transient changes of the channel, i.e., be agile and sta MoreThe performance of many wireless protocols is tied to a quick Link Quality Estimation (LQE). However, some wireless applications need the estimation to respond quickly only to the persistent changes and ignore the transient changes of the channel, i.e., be agile and stable, respectively. In this paper, we propose an adaptive fuzzy filter to balance the stability and agility of LQE by mitigating the transient variation of it. The heart of the fuzzy filter is an Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) low-pass filter that its smoothing factor is changed dynamically with fuzzy rules. We apply the adaptive fuzzy filter and a non-adaptive one, i.e., an EWMA with a constant smoothing factor, to several types of channels from short-term to long-term transitive channels. The comparison of the filters outputs shows that the non-adaptive filter is stable for large values of the smoothing factor and is agile for small values of smoothing factor, while the proposed adaptive filter outperforms the other ones in terms of balancing the agility and stability measured by the settling time and coefficient of variation, respectively. Notably, the proposed adaptive fuzzy filter performs in real time and its complexity is low, because of using limited number of fuzzy rules and membership functions. Manuscript profile -
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6 - Investigating the Relationship between Electronic Human Resource Management, Agility and Organizational Effectiveness in Organizations Under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Reza Bahadorifard reza rasouliToday, information technology has penetrated into all parts of the organization and has affected even the most important assets of the organization, namely human resources and the management of these valuable organizational assets. With the increasing development of har MoreToday, information technology has penetrated into all parts of the organization and has affected even the most important assets of the organization, namely human resources and the management of these valuable organizational assets. With the increasing development of hardware and software infrastructure in today's organizations, new approaches to human resource management in combination with information technology and under the title of electronic human resource management (EHRM) has been able to gradually occupy a worthy place in the management processes of the organization. This issue is doubly important among public organizations, which are considered as an intermediary between government and society, and is able to improve the speed and power of organizational responsiveness and performance of the organization through its desired outputs. With this explanation, the purpose of this study is to design of an EHRM model to increase organizational effectiveness through organizational agility in subsidiary organizations of Ministry of Communication & Information Technology Iran. In terms of purpose, this study is an applied-developmental study based on a mixed exploratory approach and qualitative and quantitative analysis approaches seeking to identify the components that form the electronic human resource management system and significance of the relationship between this system and organizational agility and also the significance of the relationship between organizational agility and organizational effectiveness. In this regard, the study gathered the data in the qualitative part based on semi-structured interview tools and the opinions of 9 expert managers in the subsidiary organizations and in the quantitative part based on a sample of human resource managers in subordinate organizations of the mentioned Ministry. Qualitative data analyzed based on theme analysis method and quantitative data analyzed based on structural equation modeling. The results of the qualitative phase of the research showed that electronic human resource management includes seven dimensions or general task, fifteen components and a total of seventy six indicators. The results of the quantitative phase of the research also showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between electronic human resource management with organizational agility and also between organizational agility and organizational effectiveness in the. Based on the results, implementation and development of electronic human resource management system in an appropriate manner in the mentioned organizations is well able to strengthen and develop organizational agility to promote and improve organizational effectiveness. At the end of the study, solutions and suggestions were presented to develop the effectiveness of electronic human resource management system in the mentioned organizations. Manuscript profile -
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7 - Effective Factors in Organizational Agility
Milad Aghaee Reza AghaeiIn the current century, agility is one of the critical and functional concepts for organizations in which act in an active and dynamic environment and face threats to which lack of quick response makes organizations far from survival and operation. So, this aims to cons MoreIn the current century, agility is one of the critical and functional concepts for organizations in which act in an active and dynamic environment and face threats to which lack of quick response makes organizations far from survival and operation. So, this aims to consider effective factors on agility and agileness of organizations and to present a theorical and conceptual structure. According to its goal,This is a fundamental research. This research, using the current resources, aims to develop existing knowledge of agility principles and laws and to present a theorical basis for organizational agility (or agileness of organizations ). The results showed that effective factors on organizational agility based on studying agility models and articles encompass 42 factors. The factors based on previous studies and Pareto principle are as bellow: consistency to change, cost effectiveness, flexibility, IT infrastructure, quick delivery, virtual organization and empowered and multi-skill employees. These factors have the most frequent between other factors. Future researches can deal with classification of these factors and to test them in organization environment. Manuscript profile -
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8 - Developing a Conceptual Model of Strategic Agility in Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs)
Reza BandarianResearch and technology management requires a more comprehensive holistic approach in order to achieve coordinated strategies. New approaches should force Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) to proactive response to changes in the environment with the rapid tec MoreResearch and technology management requires a more comprehensive holistic approach in order to achieve coordinated strategies. New approaches should force Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) to proactive response to changes in the environment with the rapid technological changes. RTOs by development of proactive features on their interior can achieve to a special ability called "strategic agility". Strategic agility is the ability to reform, renovate and renewal the organization, business model and strategies to cope with environmental changes. In this paper, in order to develop a comprehensive framework to achieve strategic agility in RTOs, first, all of the previous research in the field of strategic agility in the last few years have been reviewed and then adapt and adjust to the nature, characteristics and requirements of RTOs, finally the seven dimensions (key factors) and thirty one index for strategic agility in RTOs extracted and has been defined. The seven key factors are strategic sensitivity, clear vision, selecting strategic technological knowledge goals, identifying key capabilities, seizing and exploitation, continuous technological innovation and being proactive. This model is based on the combination of both internal and external organizational approach, and provides the basis for the assessment of strategic agility in RTOs. Manuscript profile -
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9 - Ranking General Commodities Suppliers Based on Agility and Core Values Indexes In a Service Organization
morteza jabale Hossein Ali Hassan pour Masoud Mosaddegh khahNowadays, the use of supply chain issues and related management play a key role in service organizations. But an organization, is capable of comete the others by not only having Competitive and powerful elements, but also having agility and valuable features. Attending MoreNowadays, the use of supply chain issues and related management play a key role in service organizations. But an organization, is capable of comete the others by not only having Competitive and powerful elements, but also having agility and valuable features. Attending to the agility criteria and improving Institutional Relations based on the organizational value system in required for any service organization and also a part of the necessity of this research. In this article a multi- criteria decision- marking model is used to rank General Commodities Suppliers Based on agility and core values. In this context, after reviewing literature, criteria’s “sensitivity and responsiveness to market, keeping and treasury, saving, serving, accuracy, care and self-control and justice” were identified. Result analysis shows that saving and care and self-control are the most effective values in selecting General Commodities Suppliers. After that Criteria’s “servant, justice, accuracy, sensitivity and responsiveness to market and keeping and treasury” were next in ranks, then by doing fieldwork appropriate weights for General Commodities Suppliers are reckoned and Based on that Superior supplier was chosen. Finally lashe and Cronbach’s alpha formula is used to prove the validity and reliability of this research. Manuscript profile -
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10 - Investigating the Effect of Export and Change Management on Agility in Khuzestan Steel Company with Regard to the Mediating Role of Knowledge Management with Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Approach
mohammad sadegh sebt al sheikh ansari sara Hooshmandi majid toulabiThe current world is the world of change and transformation. According to the special position of the steel industry in Iran and around the world, in order to grow Khuzestan steel, the expansion of exports needs to be a priority for the organization. In order to meet th MoreThe current world is the world of change and transformation. According to the special position of the steel industry in Iran and around the world, in order to grow Khuzestan steel, the expansion of exports needs to be a priority for the organization. In order to meet the priorities of the organization, it is necessary to take steps to create organizational agility, because global developments are facing significant speed and progress, and if Khuzestan Steel (KSC) lags behind these developments, it will not be able to offer its products well in foreign markets. Therefore, relying on knowledge creation and personnel training, it will outperform competitors in rapid changes in the market of competition and customers demand. In this study, the impact of exports and change management on organizational agility with respect to the mediating role of knowledge management with the principal component analysis (PCA) approach is reviewed. The present study is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this study is all employees of Khuzestan Steel Company, which are 389 people. All of them have worked from 1st of April 2019 to 1st of May 2020. In this study, 300 people have been considered to determine the sample size using Krejcie and Morgan (1960) table. Three types of evaluation validity were used to confirm the validity of the measurement tool, content validity, convergent validity, and divergent validity. The research data collection method is library and survey methods (field). Also, a questionnaire was used to collect data. SPSS and structural equations were used to analyze the data. All research hypotheses were confirmed and suggestions based on hypotheses were provided. Manuscript profile -
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11 - Agility conceptual model of service provider enterprises supply chain By using fuzzy conceptual modeling
Roxana Fekri مهدی احمدی Marzieh BabaeianpoorMany enterprises Nowadays, face with big competing and risk in the market which is the result of innovation in technology and continuous changes of customer needs. In such circumstances, getting direction to agile structure is the fastest way to adapt.Absolutely service MoreMany enterprises Nowadays, face with big competing and risk in the market which is the result of innovation in technology and continuous changes of customer needs. In such circumstances, getting direction to agile structure is the fastest way to adapt.Absolutely service provider enterprises are not exception.To identify the model of agility in service provider enterprises, a literature review is done and the result is verified by the experts. Critical success factors of agility in service provider enterprises are identified using exploratory factor analysis in 11 main groups: integrating supply chain components, upgrading quality and flexible services, responsig and sensitiveness to market, customer based design and development of servives, human skills and customer satisfaction development, innovative strategy and solving strategic problems, developing services, dynamic and flexible planning, concerning market and organization financial situation, using IT infrastructure, updating competitors and suppliers data. Using thses factors, managers of these enterprises are able to increase responsibility and market share. Finally critical success factors of agility in service provider enterprises and the relation between them is derived by using fuzzy conceptual mapping. Manuscript profile -
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12 - Effects of knowledge management strategy of employee empowerment and organizational agility
رضا سپهوندThe purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of knowledge management strategies on employee empowerment and organizational agility. The population of Lorestan is 500 employees using Cochran formula sample size of 174 subjects were selected by simple random sa MoreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of knowledge management strategies on employee empowerment and organizational agility. The population of Lorestan is 500 employees using Cochran formula sample size of 174 subjects were selected by simple random sampling. Data questionnaire with a Cronbach's alpha of 89 percent to measure knowledge management strategies, Asprytzr standard questionnaire to measure employee empowerment and Goldman standardized questionnaire was used to measure organizational agility. For the final assessment data, Cronbach's alpha is equal to 91 percent has been used and has been used to determine the validity of validity. Software for data analysis spss and Amos has been used. The results showed that the strategy of knowledge management and organizational agility by empowering employees and 95% confidence level, there is a significant positive correlation. Manuscript profile -
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13 - Assessing the impact of electronic Human Resource Management on creation of organizational agility (study of case: Bushehr Banks)
fakhrieh Hamidianpour Majid Esmaeilpour Habibeh FirooziAgility is a series of capabilities and competencies, which can cause survival and growth of the organization in business environment. One of the approaches that help organizations to enhance agility is electronic human resource management (E-HRM) approach. The main obj MoreAgility is a series of capabilities and competencies, which can cause survival and growth of the organization in business environment. One of the approaches that help organizations to enhance agility is electronic human resource management (E-HRM) approach. The main objective of the present study is finding an answer for this issue that how one can use E-HRM approach to develop organizational agility. In this study that has been conducted using survey method, after review of foreign and domestic research literature and construction of conceptual model, a questionnaire would be provided and distributed among employees of bank branches of Bushehr City in Iran and finally, collected data from 315 questionnaires would be analyzed using structural equation modeling method. Obtained results from the study confirm the presented conceptual model and indicate that using E-HR, Electronic payment of human resources, human resources maintenance and electronic performance appraisal of human resources and also electronic human resource management (E-HRM) can affect organizational agility significantly in confidence level of 99%. In addition, effect of variables of Electronic employment of human resources and human resource communications on organizational agility has not been confirmed. Manuscript profile -
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14 - Operational agility impact on organizational performance in service organizations (Iranian banks for instance)
مهدی ارجلو kamran feizi abolfazl kazazi mohammad taghi taghavi fardIn recent years the concept of agility has been considered in many academic research that shows the importance of this concept in the current business world and is due to the emergence of powerful competitors, rapid technological change, changing expectations of custome MoreIn recent years the concept of agility has been considered in many academic research that shows the importance of this concept in the current business world and is due to the emergence of powerful competitors, rapid technological change, changing expectations of customers, new social patterns and etc . ability of an service organization in monitoring and exploiting opportunities in the service sector while has many similarities with manufacturing sector ,but requaiers special finesse and this study, developing concept of agility to service sector want to test its effect on bank performance.The study population consisted of all 30 banks are active in Iran with at least five years experience in the industry .Due to the exploratory nature of this research, after reviewing the literature in the field of agility, providers and dimensions of service organizations operational agility and operational agility via interview with Bank experts identified and to measure its impact on organizational performance PLS-SEM was used .The findings show, operational agility has significant positive impact on organizational performance. Also among the factors affecting organizational performance by mediating variable operational agility, human resources, has the greatest impact. Manuscript profile -
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15 - Identifying and prioritizing the guideline principles of successful deployment of agile knowledge management with Delphi approach at growth centre of technician and knowledge based units at imam Hussein comprehensive university
Mahdi Farmani Jabar Babashahi Mohammad arabi Esmail laaliToday, organizations need to strategically use their resources to succeed in the field of competition. One of the vital resources of organizations is their potential and actual knowledge. In this regard, management of these resources is also very important. During recen MoreToday, organizations need to strategically use their resources to succeed in the field of competition. One of the vital resources of organizations is their potential and actual knowledge. In this regard, management of these resources is also very important. During recent decades, most of organizations have realized this importance and have implemented agile knowledge management in organization in pursuit of their goals. But many of these projects have failed due to various reasons. In this research, the researcher has tried to identify the guiding principles that will help the successful implementation of agile knowledge management at the growth centre of technician and knowledge based units at Imam Hossein comprehensive University. The statistical population of the study includes all the professors of the growth Centre of Technician and Knowledge based Units of the Imam Hossein comprehensive University. This research has two steps. Initially, using the review and analysis of the related research, the principles of agile knowledge management were extracted and identified. In the second step, the Delphi method was used to identify and rank the principles of agile knowledge management at the growth centre of technician and knowledge based units of Imam Hossein comprehensive University. Based on panel members' comments and the results, the 25 principles with the Kendall coefficient of 0.809 were obtained by consensus among the experts. Generalizing the comments of the experts, the guiding principles for the implementation of agile knowledge management ware developed and ranked. Manuscript profile -
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16 - Provide a model of innovative behaviors as cultural artifacts
Dr. Morteza Moradi Rabeah ZandipakInnovation is the key to economic development; Therefore, consideration of processes and policies that support innovation should be considered. The purpose of this study is to investigate innovative policies, attitudes and behaviors, considering the changes in the marke MoreInnovation is the key to economic development; Therefore, consideration of processes and policies that support innovation should be considered. The purpose of this study is to investigate innovative policies, attitudes and behaviors, considering the changes in the market and technology in knowledge-based companies, technology and growth centers. The research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-survey in terms of nature and method. To test the hypotheses, a 78-item questionnaire according to the 5-point Likert scale was used. The statistical population of the study is 600 people employed in more than 180 knowledge-based companies, technology and service growth centers located in the Science and Technology Park of Hamadan province. The sample size is 234 people who have been selected based on Krejcie and Morgan table and one questionnaire has been analyzed from each company. Using Spss software, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated and confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the validity of the structure using Lisrel software. In order to analyze the findings, the path analysis model was used and for the analysis of the mediating variable, the Sobel test was used and for the analysis of the moderator variable, the modified multiple regression test method was used. The results showed that the values supporting innovation, innovative behaviors and innovation norms can have a direct and indirect positive and significant effect on the agility and performance of the company. The results of the mustard test and the adjusted multiple regression test (moderator) indicated that the company's agility plays the role of the mediator variable and technology and market turbulence the role of the moderator variable in the relationship between other variables. Manuscript profile -
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17 - Providing a Model of Workforce Development and Agility Using a Mixed Method of Meta-Analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL in Maskan Bank of Iran
Ali Aali Mohammad Zia Al Dini mostafa hadavinejadThe aim of this research is to identify the antecedents and components of workforce development and agility and also to offer a mixed model of meta-analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL method in Maskan Bank. Workforce agility development antecedents of quantitative studies were e MoreThe aim of this research is to identify the antecedents and components of workforce development and agility and also to offer a mixed model of meta-analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL method in Maskan Bank. Workforce agility development antecedents of quantitative studies were extracted by Meta –Analysis. Then the effect size of antecedents (consequent of components) was calculated by CMA3 software. 3 out of 19 identified antecedents, were obtained with the effect size equal or greater than 0.5. The 3 antecedents include the intertwinement and the relationship between training and the system of recruitment and employment, the use of experts in training and development, and the pay and reward system. Afterwards the first questionnaire was given to experts for reviewing and screening the qualitative components as well as the components of interview. In the last phase acquired components of 3 antecedents with others acquired components of the first questionnaire were sent to experts via the second questionnaire. According to this, 4 components including "organizational intelligence", "low formalization," “perceptual skills” and "creative problem solving" had the most impact on other components. Components of “promptitude”, “organizational commitment”, “accountability” and “flexibility”, were the most influential components identified. In terms of the importance, “Adaptability” was identified as the most important component and “proactivity” was identified as the least important one. Manuscript profile -
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18 - The effect of supplementation of HMB (beta-hydroxy betamethyl butyrate) and plyometric exercises on performance and body composition of elite parkour athletes in Tehran
Abdolrasoul Daneshjoo Motahare Ghane Morteza AhmadiBackground: Parkour is a sport with alternating energy system in which some items such as lower body explosive power, muscular strength, production of high levels of power in the shortest period of time and high agility are of particular importance.Considering the anabo MoreBackground: Parkour is a sport with alternating energy system in which some items such as lower body explosive power, muscular strength, production of high levels of power in the shortest period of time and high agility are of particular importance.Considering the anabolic and anticatabolic properties of beta-hydroxy beta-methyl butyrate (HMB), the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of taking this supplement along with plyometric training on body composition, agility and standing jump power of parkour athletes. Materials and Methods: For this purpose, forty parkour trained men (19-26 years old) have been chosen and randomly categorized into four groups: HMB group, Plyometric group, HMB and Plyometric group and control group. The training program was performed for plyometric and plyometric-HMB group, three sessions per week for eight weeks which took one hour each Session. Also HMB and plyometric-HMB groups consumed three grams of HMB per day for eight weeks. Body composition analysis and Illinois test and standing jump power test were conducted before and after eight weeks of plyometric training and HMB supplementation. Research data was analysed by ANCOVA statistical test. Results: The results of statistical analysis of each group showed that performing eight weeks of plyometric training significantly improves the standing jump power, agility and body fat percentage of the parkour athletes (p <0.05). Conclusion: These findings indicate that plyometric training increase the standing jump power and agility and reduce the body fat percentage in parkour athletes, but taking HMB supplement along with plyometric training only helps to burn more fat in the parkour athletes. Manuscript profile -
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19 - Evaluating the performance of non-reactive and reactive agility tests in elite and average soccer players under the age of 14
Mohammad Tajik Mohammad Ali Azarbayjani Maghsoud PeeriBackground: Agility is one of the most critical factors in the sport performance of soccer players. Although various tests have been designed to measure agility, there is no agility test, based on soccer-specific movement patterns. Therefore, this study aimed to develop MoreBackground: Agility is one of the most critical factors in the sport performance of soccer players. Although various tests have been designed to measure agility, there is no agility test, based on soccer-specific movement patterns. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and examine of a soccer Specific Reactive Agility Test (SSRAGT)for Players U14 Years. Materials and Methods: 48 soccer players under the age of 14 years divided in two groups composed of 24 players. The group A were elite soccer players and active at the level of Asia vision, while group B were soccer players were active at the level of neighborhood and local competitions One hundred and seventy competitive soccer players under 14 years volunteered to participation in this study as subjects. The standard 505 Agility Test (505AT), Zig-zag Curl (ZZC) ، Zig-zag straight (ZZS) the test was performed for all participants on two separate days within a two-day interval at the same time and place. The SSRAGT was performed after two days. Results: In order to evaluate the intensity of agility test the number of steps and heartbeat after activity was applied. The 505-agility test with a heartbeat of 159.4±11.245b was lower than other tests. The number of steps in the 505-agility test indicated lower intensity and fewer steps 26.30±4.794b. The heartbeat and number of steps in the other test had a significant correlation with each other. The results of logistic regression between 48 player SSRAGT test can significantly predict the level of performance of young football players (OR = 1.437, P <0.01). As the ZZC test was able to significantly predict the performance level of the subjects in this study (OR = 1.05, P <0.01). Conclusion: Based on the result the reactive agility test for the soccer player in comparison with non-reactive agility test had the potential to distinguish between average and elite soccer players and due to its reactive nature, it is similar to movement patter in soccer, so it can be used as an efficient field tool to evaluate players’ agility levels. Manuscript profile -
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20 - The Role of Academics' Boundary-Spanning in Organizational Innovation by Mediating Organizational Agility in Technical and Engineering Faculties of Tehran State Universities
saeid norollahee siroos ghanbariThe purpose of the research was to investigate the role of academics' boundary-spanning in organizational innovation by mediating organizational agility in technical and engineering faculties of public universities in Tehran. The research method was mixed-exploratory (q MoreThe purpose of the research was to investigate the role of academics' boundary-spanning in organizational innovation by mediating organizational agility in technical and engineering faculties of public universities in Tehran. The research method was mixed-exploratory (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative part, it was considered to identify the characteristics of academics' boundary-spanning in state universities. So, 15 faculty members of public universities were purposefully selected and interviewed. The interviews were analyzed using coding, and 48 open codes, 9 central codes were identified and they were placed in three categories: Personal characteristics, Job characteristics, and Organizational characteristics of academics' boundary-spanning were placed in three categories. The research method in the quantitative part was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of technical and engineering faculty members of public universities in Tehran was 2189 people in 1402, which was determined by using Cochran's formula, the sample size was 327 people, and sampling was done using stratified (relative) random sampling. The data was collected using the researcher-made questionnaire of academic's boundary-spanning, questionnaire of organizational innovation and the organizational agility. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis were used to determine the reliability of the tools. Data analysis was done with Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling technique with SPSS and LISREL 8.80 software. The findings showed that boundary spanning has a positive effect on organizational innovation and organizational agility, and organizational agility has a significant effect on organizational innovation. Also, the mediating role of organizational agility in the effect of boundary spanning on organizational innovation was confirmed. As a result, in order to survive in a competitive environment, higher education should innovate in the processes of education, research and scientific production by using the strategy of boundary spanning and improving organizational agility Manuscript profile
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