Organizational improvisation and its impact on crisis management
An analytical exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of security leaders working in the leadership of the police in the holy city of Karbala
Keywords:
organizational improvisation, crisis managementAbstract
The main goals and objectives sought by this study is to find out the influence of organizational improvisation practiced by the Directorate of Karbala police through its dimensions (intuition, building solution, adapt, learning, innovation, creativity) in crisis management dimensions (discovery of signs of early warning, preparedness and prevention, confrontation and containment Damages, recovery and restoration of activity, evaluation and review) that confront the leadership of the police of Karbala Governorate, and through this it becomes clear the importance of the study.
The main problem of the study was presented by raising a set of questions centered on whether there is a correlation and effect relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable. Accordingly, a hypothetical model was designed from which the first main study hypothesis and the second main study hypothesis came, when a questionnaire was adopted in order to collect information and the questionnaire was for it Acceptable indications of honesty and consistency. The sample of the study consisted of (220) officers working in the leadership of the police of Karbala governorate who were chosen using a simple random sample method from the Hajmah community (497). The researcher used a set of parameter statistical tools in analyzing and processing data as the researcher tested the hypotheses that emerged from the study using the ready statistical program It is (SPSS V.23) and (AMOS V.23) through which a set of conclusions were reached, including that the dimensions of organizational improvisation affect the efficiency and effectiveness of crisis management, and that organizational improvisation is more closely related to the stages of the crisis that require rapid action and immediate decisions to reduce The study produced a set of recommendations, among which the organization in question should pay attention to the feminist component in assigning leadership positions and interest in providing adequate and ready programs and plans for crisis management to be reviewed and developed continuously.
References
أ- الكتب
ب- الدوريات والدراسات:
- العنزي ,سعد والساعدي , مؤيد , ا"لارتجال التنظيمي مدخل معاصر في اطار فلسفة الستراتيجيات الطارئة" , مجلة دراسات الادارية , كلية الادارة والاقتصاد , جامعة البصرة, مجلد 1, العدد 3, 2007.
ثانياً - المصادر الأجنبية English References :-
A- BOOKS:
- Copper, D.R. & Schindler, P.S. (2014). Business research methods (12th edn). Boston.
- Ebel, Rebrt, , "Essentials of Education Measurement" Englewood cliffs New York, prentice –Hall Inc, 1972.
- Field, Andy. "Discopering Statistics Using SPSS, Thrid Edition." 2009.
- Hair , J.F., Black, W.C., Babin,B.J., & Anderson , R.E.,"Multivariate Data Analysis" , 7th ed. ,Prentice Hall , Upper Saddle, 2010.
B – Journals and periodicals:
- Abo-Murad, Maisoon, and AL-Khrabsheh Abdullah. "Turnover culture and crisis management: Insights from Malaysian hotel industry." Academy of Strategic Management Journal ,vol.18, no. 2,2019,pp: 1-14.
- Bakar, Hatinah Abu, Rosli Mahmood, and Nik Nor Hasimah Nik Ismail, "Fostering small and medium enterprises through entrepreneurial orientation and strategic improvisation." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, vol.6 ,no.4 ,2015 , pp :481-481.
- Boin, Arjen and Bynander, Fredrlk, "Explaining success and failure in crisis coordination",vol.97,no.1, 2014,pp:123-135
- Boin, Arjen and Duin, Menno Van and, Heyse, Liesbet, "Toxic fear: the management of uncertainty in the wake of the Amsterdam air crash", Journal of Hazardous Materials , Vol.88, No.2-3 , 2001,pp: 213-234.
- Caniëls, Marjolein C.J., and Eric F. Rietzschel. “Organizing Creativity: Creativity and Innovation Under Constraints.” Creativity and Innovation Management,vol.24, no.2, 2015,pp: 184–196.
- Duymedjian, Raffi, and Charles-Clemens Rüling. "Towards a foundation of bricolage in organization and management theory." Organization Studies,vol.31, no. 2 ,2010,pp: 133-151.
- e Cunha, Miguel Pina, Emanuel Gomes, Kamel Mellahi, Anne S. Miner, and Arménio Rego. "Strategic agility through improvisational capabilities: implications for a paradox-sensitive HRM." Human Resource Management Review, vol. 30, no.1 ,2020,pp: 1-13
- Gustafsson , Claes, and Marcus Lindahl. “Improvisation – An Emergence Theory Perspective.” Culture and Organization , vol.23 , no.3, 2015,pp: 177–196.
- Hamzeh, Farook R., Farah Faek, and Hasnaa AlHussein. "Understanding improvisation in construction through antecedents, behaviours and consequences." Construction Management and Economics,Vol.37, No.2 ,2019,pp: 61-71.
- Jiao, Bingqing, Delong Zhang, Aiying Liang, Bishan Liang, Zengjian Wang, Junchao Li, Yuxuan Cai, et al. “Association Between Resting-State Brain Network Topological Organization and Creative Ability: Evidence from a Multiple Linear Regression Model.” Biological Psychology, vol.129 no.1, 2017,pp: 165–177.
- Kyriakopoulos, Kyriakos. "Improvisation in product innovation: The contingent role of market information sources and memory types." Organization Studies,vol.32, no.8, 2011,pp: 1051-1078.
- Leybourne, Stephen, and Eugene Sadler-Smith. "The role of intuition and improvisation in project management." International journal of project management,vol.24, no.6,2006,pp: 483-492.
- Maldonado, Tiffany, and Dusya Vera. "Leadership skills for international crises: The role of cultural intelligence and improvisation." Organizational Dynamics, vol. 4, no. 43,2014,pp: 257-265.
- Miner, Anne S., Paula Bassof, and Christine Moorman. "Organizational improvisation and learning: A field study." Administrative science quarterly,vol.46, no.2,2001,pp: 304-337.
- Tjørnehøj, Gitte, and Lars Mathiassen. "Improvisation during process-technology adoption: a longitudinal study of a software firm." Journal of Information Technology,vol. 25, no.1,2010,pp: 20-34.
- Trotter, Margaret J., Paul M. Salmon, Natassia Goode, and Michael G. Lenné. "Distributed improvisation: a systems perspective of improvisation ‘epics’ by led outdoor activity leaders." Ergonomics,Vol.61, No. 2 ,2018,PP: 295-312.
- Vera, Dusya, Louise Nemanich, Susana Vélez-Castrillón, and Steve Werner. "Knowledge-based and contextual factors associated with R&D teams’ improvisation capability." Journal of Management,vol.42, no.7,2016,pp: 1874-1903.
- Williams , Trenton A., Daniel A. Gruber, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Dean A. Shepherd, and Eric Yanfei Zhao. "Organizational response to adversity: Fusing crisis management and resilience research streams." Academy of Management Annals,vol.11, no.2 ,2017,pp: 733-769.
- Xu, Dayu, Shanlin Yang, and He Luo. "A Fusion Model for CPU Load Prediction in Cloud Computing." J. Networks,vol. 8, no. 11,2013,pp: 2506-2511.
- Zheng, Yingqin, Will Venters, and Tony Cornford. "Collective agility, paradox and organizational improvisation: the development of a particle physics grid." Information Systems Journal,vol.21, no. 4 ,2011,pp: 303-333.
C – Thesies & Dissertations:
- Cronin, Jennifer ,"Empowering Readiness: Influencing Crisis Management Success Outcomes", PhD thesis, Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia, 2016
- Sahin , Bahadir, "Factors Influencing Effectiveness Of Interorganizational Networks Among Crisis Management Organizations: A Comparative Perspective" ,PhD thesis, Department of Public Affairs , College of Health and Public Affairs , University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida ,2009.
- Vuckic, Asmir , "Uncovering the Mystery of Improvisation in Project Management", Master Thesis, chalmers university of technology, Göteborg, Sweden,2012.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Economics and Administration College - Karbala University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors retain the copyright of their papers without restrictions.
