The Agile Organization

How to Build an Engaged, Innovative and Resilient Business

Linda Holbeche

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9780749482664
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

In today's volatile and ambiguous world, organizations need to have the capacity and flexibility to respond rapidly to changes in their environment, both internally and externally. The key to retaining this competitive advantage is agility, a set of capabilities that help organizations adapt with the full co-operation of their employees. Packed with helpful checklists, tips and advice, The Agile Organization is a practical blueprint to building both agility and resilience at individual, team and organizational levels. This revised second edition contains a new chapter on the latest approaches to agile organization design in light of digitization and customer-centricity, as well as new and updated case studies from the University of California, Berkeley, the UK National Health Service (NHS), SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business and General Electric (GE). It remains the 'go to' guide for HR and OD specialists, senior leaders and managers who want to help bring about organizational transformation and build a sustainably agile business while enhancing employee engagement and resilience.

INDEX

Abrahamson, E 13–14, 50, 252

Adaptability 11, 14, 16, 21, 23, 32–33, 42, 51–53, 55–57, 61, 63, 69–70, 75, 82, 87, 89, 113, 133, 141, 159, 175, 189, 213, 230–31, 235, 272

Adobe 128, 209

Agile

Manifesto 30

Methodology 110–17

Movement 31

Project management 58, 99, 112–16, 261

Teams 103–04, 158–59

Work planning 103

Workforce skills 191–95

(Resiliently) Agile reference model 48–67

Implementation 5, 36, 56, 58–60, 70, 81, 96–120, 123, 213–14, 222, 226, 232, 235

Linkages 5, 56, 60–62, 121–47

People processes 39, 56, 62, 176–204

Strategizing 5, 55–58, 68–96

Agility (Organizational)

Barriers to 31–43

Business case 8–9

Capabilities 50–53, 97

Definition 9–11

Strategic 9

Theory 29–31

Aldrich, HE 30

Alignment 11, 33, 77, 82, 148, 156, 161, 164, 182, 206, 27...