the relationship between organizational structure and organizational agility

Background: Organizations realize the importance of being quick and responsive, but many do not have the right structure to do so,The flexible structure is the best for practicing agility. Design: A descriptive – correlational research design was used in the current study. Setting : the study was conducted at Public Chest hospital at Zagazig which affiliated to Ministry of Health in Egypt. Subjects: A convenience sample of nurses were included (N=70). Data collection tools: Two tools were used for data collection. 1st Tool: Organizational structure scale. 2nd Tool: Organizational Agility Questionnaire. Results: More than half and two-third of the studied nursing personnel have a high level of organizational structure and organizational agility respectively. Conclusion: The study concluded that, there was a highly statistically significant positive strong correlation between organizational structure and organizational agility among the studied nursing personnel Recommendations: Improving flexibility through decentralization and adopting flexible structures. Utilizing flexible service support systems to adapt with changeable conditions to order policy insurances.