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13 Ahmad Jafarnejad and Behnam Shahaie Delhi Business Review Vol. 9, No. 1 January - June 2008) ) / %0% Organizational agility Capabilities: continuous change, competency, adaptability or flexibility, speed or quickness, responsiveness, integration, teamwork, partnership, virtual structure, high technology, speed, cost effectiveness, knowledge based enterprise, efficiency and effectiveness, strategic vision, Drivers: customer demands, market changes, business networks, information access, new and modern technologies, globalized competition, environment responsibility, social and cultural factor pressure, globalization, and price, quality, cost and delivery time expectations. Enablers: structure, skilled human resource, innovation and creativity, information technology, process centric, communication and cooperation, continuous learning, reward systems, leadership and managerial style, coordination, responsibility, delegation of authority, productivity, participative management, independent decision making, and outsourcing. Figure-9- three components of agility research & % 7 7 % ) 3 4 & )+ ) & )1 % = 2 % C 0

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15 Ahmad Jafarnejad and Behnam Shahaie Delhi Business Review Vol. 9, No. 1 January - June 2008) Repeat the stages being in the model after given period Considering dynamic or static state of internal environment Identifying main capabilities for organizational agility Desired state Existing state Determining Agility drivers in external environment Human or generic indices as agility providers Gap analysis Feedback Strategy formulation and development based on above analysis Determining and developing action plans and improvement s programs Performance measurement Figure-10- Organizational agility model & ) - 7 * ) F31 5 % * 7 ** 7342@@@

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