TY  - JOUR
T1  - Study the Relationship Between Ability of Information Technology and Organizational Agility in Educational Testing Organization
AU - Gelard, Parvaneh AU - Ghafari, Mozhgan 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 10
SP  - 1821
EP  - 1826
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.1821.1826
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.1821.1826
KW  - Information technology
KW  -organizational agility
KW  -educational testing organization
KW  -flexibility
KW  -data analysis
AB  - Agility is to identify needs, rapid response, flexibility and concerted practices in the organization. In general, information technology is considered as an enabler of agility in the organization. The usual assumption is that investments in information technology make organizations more agile. However, it is not uncommon that the implementation of information technology in the organization, sometimes may prevent and even cause the disruption of organizational agility. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the ability of information technology and organizational agility in educational testing organization in the country. For this purpose, a sample of 156 people from the community were selected through educational testing organization in Tehran and surrounding towns by simple random sampling. To gather the data, Torng Lin questionnaire was used to measure that the impact of technology on organizational agility factors in four of accountability, competence, flexibility and speed. Data analysis using pearson’s correlation coefficient indicates a positive correlation between IT capability and agility of the organization in educational testing organization.
ER  -