Exploiting Agility for Advantage - by David L Francis (Paperback)

About the Book

Explores how the construct of organisational agility has evolved over the past twenty years. It begins by describing how the agile paradigm was identified in the late 1980s. Then the findings of a major study into the characteristics of agile organi

Book Synopsis

Many argue that all organisations should strive to be agile. Exploiting Agility for Advantage takes a radically different view. The author's research shows that requisite agility is required, meaning 'not too much, not too little, of the right type and delivering wanted agility deliverables'.

This is a book for managers who want their enterprise to be intelligently agile but don't know how to achieve this. Part One shows why agility is a strategic option for commercial and not-for-profit enterprises. Part Two describes, in detail, a seven-step agility-orientated development programme for work-groups or entire organisations. Part Three provides academic underpinning on organisational agility for researchers and students of management.

"Agility isn't easy and developing it is going to need much more than a simple slogan. This book offers very helpful insights into the detailed mechanisms that underpin this capability, and practical guidance around how to build and embed them." (Prof. John Bessant)

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About the Author

David L. Francis, PhD, CENTRIM, University of Brighton and Henley Business School, UK