The Role of Strategic Management of Human Resources in the Agility of Farhangian University of Mazandaran Province

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of strategic human resources management in the agility of Farhangian University of Mazandaran province.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection method in the descriptive-survey study group. The statistical population of this study included all managers and employees of Farhangian University of Mazandaran province, whose number was 405 during the research period, and based on Cochran's sampling formula and available random sampling method, 108 people were selected as a statistical sample. The questionnaires of the present study included the standard questionnaires of strategic human resource management designed by Hong and Chang (2005) and the standard questionnaire of organizational agility by Sharifi and Yang (2001). In addition, in order to check the hypotheses of the research, the method of structural equations was used using Lisrel software.Findings: The findings showed that the strategic management of human resources had a direct role in making Farhangian University more agile. More specifically, the results showed that the strategic management of human resources has the highest impact on flexibility, followed by the variables of competence, promptness and responsiveness.Conclusion: In general, it can be accepted that the strategic management of human resources has played an effective and important role in the development of organizational agility in Farhangian University, and as a result, policy makers in this field can use it to improve organizational processes.