The impact of strategic flexibility on strategic improvisation (Applied study)

Document Type : Original Article

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Sadat Academy for Administrative Sciences

Abstract

            This study aimed to know the impact of strategic flexibility in its dimensions (organizational flexibility, functional flexibility, and resource flexibility) on strategic improvisation by applying it to the central administration of human resources in the Permanent Agent Sector of the Ministry of Finance.
The researcher used the descriptive analytical method as it is more appropriate to the nature of the study compared to other research methods. The questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data. The study took the central administration in the Permanent Agent Sector of the Ministry of Finance as the application body at the time of completing the study. To achieve the goal of this study, the researcher designed a questionnaire. It contained (20) items.
The researcher selected the study sample based on the rules of statistical analysis. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of (45 employees) within the Central Administration for Human Resources in the Permanent Undersecretary Sector of the Ministry of Finance, and in light of this, data was collected. SPSS software was used to analyze the data and study hypotheses using the correlation analysis method and simple linear regression analysis.
The results showed a statistically significant effect of strategic flexibility in its dimensions (organizational flexibility, functional flexibility, and resource flexibility) on strategic improvisation.
In light of the results, the study recommended that the central administration of human resources continue to apply strategic flexibility in its various dimensions and that the administration’s policies continue to enhance strategic improvisation and complete its multiple aspects through strategic flexibility, which leads the administration to excellence in its various operations. The study also recommended conducting similar studies on various departments in the ministries. Egypt in general and the Ministry of Finance in particular.

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