Nowadays, human resource empowerment is the one of the noteworthy attitudes of new age which has been applied by organizations these days. On the other hand the Agility is new approach in organization`s management. It is also a conscious and comprehensive response to the constantly changing needs of an organization and the success of the opportunities that the company acquired. Therefore the purpose of this research is the study of the Relationship between Empowering Employees with Organization`s Agility. In this context, the questionnaire included four indicators relating to the capabilities of organizational agility and five dimensions of empowerment among the 90 employees of the Registry of Deeds and Properties Organization of Sistan and Baluchistan Province distributed. Data were analyzed by statistical software, which ultimately results suggest a relationship of empowerment with organizational agility.
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