Designing Agility Enablers Model in Universities

Academic agility refers to the notion that the need for improvement never ceases and modern standards are tomorrow's outdated methods. To achieve the agility every organization needs a set of tools that are called enablers. The purpose of this research is to identify the agility enablers of universities by qualitative method. Instrument is a semi-structured interview. The statistical population was the members of the board of directors of the public universities of Tehran. Using a proposing sampling method, ten of them were selected for interview and data were analyzed by content analysis method. Factors of the model are: formation of knowledge-based organization, rules and procedures, agile workforce, organization culture, information technology, cooperation, team work, renovation capability, management, future studies, financial capabilities, Evolution in educational curriculum and planning, independence. Based on the present research, three factors consist of futures studies, financial capabilities and evolution in educational curriculum and planning, were identified for the first time as agility enablers in universities that enriching the literature and can applied to agility in universities.