The Mediating Role of Strategic Flexibility in the Relationship between Strategic Fit and Strategic Drift in the Great Amman Municipality

Abstract

This study aimed to know the impact of Strategic Fit in Strategic Drift. Moreover, the mediating role of Strategic Flexibility in the relationship between Strategic Fit and Strategic Drift in the Great Amman Municipality. The study population and its sample consisted of (193) employee’s with job titles (deputy city managers, executive directors, district managers, directors, heads of engineering departments, and project managers). The questionnaire adopted as a tool to measure the variables of the study through data collection and the use of descriptive and inferential statistical methods, most notably the structural equation model through AMOS software. The study reached several results, the most important of which is that strategic fit contributes to avoiding strategic drift in the Greater Amman Municipality. The strategic fit affects the strategic flexibility of the Greater Amman Municipality. The strategic flexibility contributes to avoiding strategic drift in the Greater Amman Municipality. The strategic flexibility (resources and coordination) has a mediator impact in the relationship between the strategic fit and the strategic drift of the Greater Amman Municipality.

Several recommendations were presented, the most important of which is the need to enhance the requirements of strategic flexibility by the Greater Amman Municipality to benefit from its implications in avoiding strategic drift by integrating with strategic fit.