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Agility.X

How Organizations Thrive in Unpredictable Times
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In recent years, the concept of agility has captured the executive imagination, and leaders in a variety of industries and companies of all sizes are now searching for ideas on how to effectively utilize agile thinking. This book provides insights on agility from world-class experts on leadership, strategy and organization, alongside seasoned practitioners who have successfully implemented agility programs for companies such as Daimler, Ford Motor Company, J. W. Thompson, Siemens, and NASA. By combining theoretical expertise with a variety of managerial experiences, it provides a wide-ranging yet succinct guide for companies seeking to engage in the transformative journey towards becoming more agile. As such, it will be of great use and interest to executives in all industries, executive education participants and consultants, M.B.A. students and researchers interested in agile. Agility.X prepares leaders for managing under uncertainty and organizations for thriving in turbulent environments.

Author Biography:

Christiane Prange is Professor of Global Strategy at Tongji University, China and Director of the AgileVentureLab, a think tank researching and helping companies to better cope with ambiguity and unpredictability. In the last twenty years, she has consulted numerous multinational companies on internationalization strategies, global innovation management, and agility. Her research has been published in six books and numerous research papers in leading journals, such as, Organization Studies, the Journal of World Business, International Business Review, and others. Loizos Heracleous is Professor of Strategy and Organization at Warwick Business School (where he has received a DSc for lifetime contributions to his field) and Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College and the Said Business School at Oxford University. His research on strategic management and organization change and development has been published in six books, including Strategy and Organization (Cambridge, 2003); Discourse, Interpretation, Organization (Cambridge, 2006); and Crafting Strategy (Cambridge, 2011). He has also written over sixty-five research papers in leading periodicals and his writings have been honored by several awards including three Best Paper Awards from the US Academy of Management and three research awards from Emerald.
Release date NZ
March 15th, 2018
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Christiane Prange
  • Edited by Loizos Heracleous
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 4 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white
Pages
240
Dimensions
157x235x16
ISBN-13
9781108424202
Product ID
27302351

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