The Effect of Knowledge Management Capabilities on Organizational Agility with an Emphasis on the Role of Strategic Flexibility and Organizational Learning

Abstract

In recent years, organizations operate in a dynamic, unpredictable and competitive business environment, and therefore the ability to react quickly and adapt to change, in other words, achieve agility, in such an environment has become essential. Agility requires organizations to use knowledge management capabilities in order to gain a sustainable competitive advantage and improve accountability. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of knowledge management capabilities on organizational agility by considering the mediating role of strategic flexibility and organizational learning in knowledge-based companies of Bushehr Science and Technology Park. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the study was the experts of 142 knowledge-based companies that using the Cochran limited society formula, 208 people were selected based on the judgment-purposeful sampling method. Data were collected using a Likert-based questionnaire. The results of data analysis using the partial least squares approach indicated that knowledge management capabilities have a significant effect on organizational agility through strategic flexibility and organizational learning.

Keywords

• knowledge management capabilities
• organizational agility
• strategic flexibility
• organizational learning