Modeling the Agility of Education Departments with a Digital Transformation Approach

The purpose of this study is to provide a model of organizational agility in education departments with a digital transformation approach. This study is an applied research from the perspective of agile modeling of education departments' digital transformation strategy. Based on the data collection method, it is a mixed research done by qualitative-quantitative methods. The participants include experts familiar with the structure and organizational relationships in education. Using the purposive sampling method, 15 people participated in this study. The main tools for collecting data are interviews and questionnaires. The interview consisted of 6 initial questions in a semi-structured manner. Content analysis has been used to identify the underlying categories of the research. The structural-interpretive modeling method has been used to design the initial model. Data was processed in the qualitative phase with ATLAS TI software and the quantitative phase with MicMac software. Using qualitative analysis, the views of experts were identified through content analysis, and 5 categories and 19 components were identified. Then, based on the interpretive structural model, a model was designed for organizational agility of the Department of Education. There are 5 main themes of maturity, visionary leadership, structural flexibility, knowledge-based organization and socialism and 19 organizing themes in this model. Managers think about the interests of society and stakeholders such as students, their parents,and respond to the needs of society, and prioritize group interests over individual interests. In this study, socialism refers to digital strategies and employees and digital governance. An organization that considers itself committed to meeting the needs of stakeholders; Due to the participation of stakeholders in all matters, they become aware of environmental changes faster, and as a result, they feel obliged to respond and become more agile day by day. To develop a country, its education structure must first be optimal; Therefore, the condition for Iran's complete success in using smart services is to have an educational system equipped with the latest technologies. They are responsive to the needs of society and consider group interests of more importance than individual ones.