Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty member, Department of educational Administraton, faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payamnoor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Faculty member, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

3 Faculty member, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate agility enablers in ten public universities in Tehran. This study used survey research method to investigate the application of agility enablers in public universities in Tehran. The statistical population included the faculty members of ten public universities in Tehran, and using stratified random sampling method, the sample size was calculated to be 354. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, and statistical analysis was done using one-sample t-test. The results of one-sample t-test showed that formation of knowledge-based organization is an insignificant factor, and its mean is close to average. Therefore, the rate of application of agility enablers in the studied universities is not in a favorable condition and only for information technology enablers, a better situation compared to other factors was reported. The results showed that these universities in terms of directing dissertations towards value creation and wealth creation, commercialization of scientific ideas, leading professors from translation to creativity, using faculty members' opinions for development, processing of raw products and Value-added, the establishment of knowledge-based organizations, and the provision of government research needs by the university are near-average.

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