Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a model of organizational agility in Fars education departments with a digital transformation approach.Methodology: This study is applied research from the perspective of the purpose of agile modeling of education departments' digital transformat...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Gharbi Jahromi, Moslem Salehi, Mozhgan Amirianzadeh, Ebad Allah Ahmadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2022-01-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Content Management
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Online Access:https://dcm.atu.ac.ir/article_14020_c58f296631b95b21bd6aee9d9d243caf.pdf
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author Mohammadreza Gharbi Jahromi
Moslem Salehi
Mozhgan Amirianzadeh
Ebad Allah Ahmadi
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Moslem Salehi
Mozhgan Amirianzadeh
Ebad Allah Ahmadi
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description Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a model of organizational agility in Fars education departments with a digital transformation approach.Methodology: This study is applied research from the perspective of the purpose of agile modeling of education departments' digital transformation strategy. Based on the data collection method, it is mixed research that was done by qualitative-quantitative methods. The participants include experts familiar with the structure and organizational relationships in education. Using the purposive sampling method, 15 people participated in this study. The main tools for collecting data are interviews and questionnaires. The interview consisted of 6 initial questions in a semi-structured manner. Content analysis has been used to identify the underlying categories of the research. The structural-interpretive modeling method has been used to design the initial model. Data were performed in the qualitative phase with ATLAS TI software and the quantitative phase with MicMac software.Results: Using qualitative analysis, the views of experts were identified through content analysis, and 5 categories and 19 components were identified. Then, based on the interpretive structural model, a model was designed for organizational agility of the Department of Education. There are 5 main themes of maturity, visionary leadership, structural flexibility, knowledge-based and socialism, and 19 organizing themes in this model.Conclusion: Education as a knowledge-creating organization acts in a coordinated and directional manner by creating an agile environment, thus providing the necessary platform for increasing the flow of information to create new knowledge and increase added value in its economic fields.
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spelling doaj.art-8049c738279a4045a9d0e06e4b60c8f12023-12-19T10:17:56ZengAllameh Tabataba'i University PressInternational Journal of Digital Content Management2717-33052717-33132022-01-01348311010.22054/dcm.2022.1402014020Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation ApproachMohammadreza Gharbi Jahromi0Moslem Salehi1Mozhgan Amirianzadeh2Ebad Allah Ahmadi3Ph.D. Student of Educational Administration, Marvdasht branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht,IranDepartment of Educational Administration, Marvdasht branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, IranDepartment of Educational Administration, Marvdasht branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, IranDepartment of Educational Administration, Marvdasht branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, IranPurpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a model of organizational agility in Fars education departments with a digital transformation approach.Methodology: This study is applied research from the perspective of the purpose of agile modeling of education departments' digital transformation strategy. Based on the data collection method, it is mixed research that was done by qualitative-quantitative methods. The participants include experts familiar with the structure and organizational relationships in education. Using the purposive sampling method, 15 people participated in this study. The main tools for collecting data are interviews and questionnaires. The interview consisted of 6 initial questions in a semi-structured manner. Content analysis has been used to identify the underlying categories of the research. The structural-interpretive modeling method has been used to design the initial model. Data were performed in the qualitative phase with ATLAS TI software and the quantitative phase with MicMac software.Results: Using qualitative analysis, the views of experts were identified through content analysis, and 5 categories and 19 components were identified. Then, based on the interpretive structural model, a model was designed for organizational agility of the Department of Education. There are 5 main themes of maturity, visionary leadership, structural flexibility, knowledge-based and socialism, and 19 organizing themes in this model.Conclusion: Education as a knowledge-creating organization acts in a coordinated and directional manner by creating an agile environment, thus providing the necessary platform for increasing the flow of information to create new knowledge and increase added value in its economic fields.https://dcm.atu.ac.ir/article_14020_c58f296631b95b21bd6aee9d9d243caf.pdforganizational agilityeducation organizationvisionary leadershipcontent analysisinterpretive structural model
spellingShingle Mohammadreza Gharbi Jahromi
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Ebad Allah Ahmadi
Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach
International Journal of Digital Content Management
organizational agility
education organization
visionary leadership
content analysis
interpretive structural model
title Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach
title_full Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach
title_fullStr Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach
title_full_unstemmed Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach
title_short Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach
title_sort modeling the agility of education departments with a digital transformation approach
topic organizational agility
education organization
visionary leadership
content analysis
interpretive structural model
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