Strategic flexibility and its impact on crisis management
دراسة استطلاعية تحليلية لآراء القادة العاملين في مديرية مكافحة إجرام بغداد
Keywords:
crisis management, strategic flexibilityAbstract
This study aims to identify the impact of Strategic Flexibility in its dimensions (Human Capital Flexibility, Information Flexibility, and Expansion Flexibility) in Crisis Management in its dimensions (discovery of warning signals, preparedness and prevention, damage containment, recovery and learning) at the level of the Baghdad Crime Control Directorate. The study was conducted on an intentional sample. It is made up of (85) leaders working in the directorate (heads of departments, their assistants and heads of divisions). The problem of the study was identified by several questions, the most important of which is what is the impact of strategic flexibility in crisis management at the level of the Directorate of Combating Crime in Baghdad, and the importance of the study lies in enabling security leaders to develop their skills related to Crisis management according to the strategic resilience approach, and I adopted the descriptive analytical approach, The questionnaire was used to collect data and information and then analyze it using statistical methods and programs such as: (SPSS, Amos, reliability coefficient, simple correlation analysis, structural equation modeling), and the most important conclusions were (there is a significant effect of strategic flexibility on crisis management), and the study recommended the necessity of Work on developing strategic flexibility and developing it positively for successful crisis management.
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