Becoming Agile
How the SEAM Approach to Management Builds Adaptability
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Beschreibung
An in-depth example of The Agility Factor in action
Becoming Agile: How the SEAM Approach to Management BuildsAdaptability illustrates the process of becoming an agileorganization. Reflecting the principles presented in The AgilityFactor, readers are taken on a real-world journey oftransformation and change. This short-format case study of theFrench company Brioche Pasquier highlights how one organizationsuccessfully implemented the principles of agility using thesocio-economic approach to management, detailing each step of theprocess and describing how every decision brought the goal closerwithin reach. Readers get inside the heads of decision makers togain insight into how tough decisions were made, how new,important, and flexible management tools were implemented, and howthe necessary changes ultimately benefitted both the organizationand the people who made it work. From overarching policy today-to-day procedure, the story provides a clear example of how anagile organization is developed, giving readers a foundation uponwhich to implement similar changes in their own organization.
Smart companies understand the importance of agility, butidentifying where and how to initiate those first steps often leadsto paralysis by analysis. This case study allows readers to learnfrom an organization that got through the inertia and put theprinciples of agility into action, with incredible results.
* Understand how the principles of agility can be implementedusing a specific intervention strategy
* Tailor those principles to suit any organization
* Calculate and convert the "hidden costs" of traditionalorganizational design into flexible, value added activities
* Formulate and execute an actionable agility strategy
Big changes require a deep understanding of the problem at hand,and a viable plan for steering the organization in a betterdirection. By seeing how it's been done before, organizations cantake a proven approach and tailor it to their specific needs. Forthose tasked with formulating the agility strategy, BecomingAgile: How the SEAM Approach to Management Builds Adaptabilityprovides invaluable insight.
Autor*in
Christopher G. Worley
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Business & Management Organisationsentwicklung Organizational Development Wirtschaft u. Management