The Impact of Organizational Ambiguity on Strategies for Containing It: A Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Employees in the National Company for Home Furniture in Mosul

Abstract

Organizational ambiguity represents one of the key obstacles in the business field due to its emergence from diverse and varying factors. This necessitates the adoption of a strategic approach, as it offers effective contributions to mitigating and even avoiding ambiguity. Accordingly, the study problem arises from the following question Does the absence of a proactive approach in strategies for dealing with organizational ambiguity constitute a major cause of its emergence in the workplace at the researched organization? The study relied on a questionnaire as the primary tool for collecting data on the phenomenon under investigation at the researched organization (the National Company for Home Furniture in Mosul). A random sample of 19 individuals from the organization was selected. The researchers utilized several statistical tools, including frequencies, percentages, and arithmetic means, standard deviations, and regression analysis. The study reached several conclusions, the most prominent of which was the weak impact of organizational ambiguity on containment strategies at the researched organization. Based on these conclusions, the study proposed several recommendations.