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Achieving agility depend on the ability to respond to strategies, technologies, personnel and processes. The aim of this study was to determine status of organizational agility and factors affecting it in Iran’s national Olympic committee. This study was a descriptive survey. Population of this study made up all employees of the national Olympic committee of Iran’s (n = 115) that according to Morgan chart, 86 people were randomly selected. The data collection instrument was and its content validity was approved by 11 members of the faculty of sport management. in this study were identified that information technology, human resources and organizational culture have a significant effect on organizational agility. Ratings of these also showed that human resource is the first place. Iran’s national Olympic committee requires efficient human resources, organizational culture that encourages creativity, innovation and high-technology communication and flexible information systems to these means be able to adapt to unstable and unpredictable area.
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