Develop an Enabling framework for Strategic Agility in IT Knowledge-Based businesses

Extensive literature on strategic agility in organizations has been presented. Each of the thinkers in this field has pointed to one of the dimensions and aspects of strategic agility, but so far a comprehensive framework of strategic agility anabler factors and the relationship between them in the businesses of information technology knowledge based firms has not been provided. In this research, first, based on the content analysis approach through semi-structured interviews with managers of knowledge-based companies in the field of information and communication technology and computer software, basic and organizer themes identified and in the next step with Using structural-interpretive modeling methodology, the levels of enablers were extracted in a framework consisting of seven factors and five levels, and finally the type of variables was determined according to the effectiveness of other variables in MICMAC analysis. The results show that the effective leadership factor with the degree of influence of seven is the most important enabler of strategic agility of knowledge-based IT businesses. The variables of effective leadership, strategic foresight and resources in accordance with the VRIN framework were included in the cluster of key/independent variables. Clusters of linked variables include; Absorption capacity, technological capability and organizational ambidexterity are that have high impact power and effectiveness. The team entrepreneurship orientation variable was included in the cluster of dependent variables with the least impact on other variables.