Title: Integrating the impact of consultative leadership and agile leadership dimensions in meeting Holonic manufacturing system requirements

Authors: Jamal Ahmed Hama Kareem; Sarhang Muhammad Rahim; Farooq Hussain Muhammad

Addresses: College of Administration and Economics, Sulaymaniyah University, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ' College of Commerce, Sulaymaniyah University, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ' College of Administration and Economics, University of Human Development, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

Abstract: This research aims to obtain a better understanding of the role that consultative leadership and the dimensions of agile leadership can play in establishing the requirements of the Holonic manufacturing system in the industrial sector, specifically in large factories in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. To achieve this goal, a quantitative method was chosen, and data were collected using a structured questionnaire that had already been tested. The results revealed that consultative leadership and the dimensions of agile leadership, particularly flexibility, play a vital and decisive role in enhancing the establishment of the Holonic manufacturing system requirements in the factories studied. This response aims to achieve the efficient and effective use of available resources, which is crucial for producing high-quality products in a competitive contemporary market environment. Based on these results, the research recommended careful attention to the concepts of consultative leadership and the dimensions of agile leadership, prioritising them to develop and improve the ability to adapt and change in the face of successive challenges that any industrial system may face in an era characterised by intense competition.

Keywords: consultative leadership; agile leadership; Holon manufacturing system; industrial project; Iraq.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2025.148085

International Journal of Applied Management Science, 2025 Vol.17 No.3, pp.311 - 332

Received: 13 Apr 2024
Accepted: 05 Jul 2024
Published online: 25 Aug 2025 *

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