Enterprise agility being agile in a changing world

Enterprise Agility is practical framework for enhancing Agility and equipping your company with the tools to survive. About This Book Prepare your company to navigate the rapidly-moving business world Enhance Agility in every component of your organization Build a framework that meets the unique req...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mundra, Sunil, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing Ltd [2018]
Edición:1st edition
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Packt Upsell
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 - Fast-Paced Change - Threat or Opportunity?
  • The significance of the fourth industrial revolution
  • Change as an opportunity
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 2 - From Agile to Agility
  • The values and principles of Agile
  • The need for enhancing agility
  • Adopting Agile is not enough
  • Enhancing agility is not the same as Agile transformation
  • Capabilities underlying agility
  • Properties of agility
  • Characteristics of enterprises with high agility
  • Optimal agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Part Two
  • Chapter 3 - The Enterprise as a Living System
  • The mechanistic approach that is outdated for enterprise modeling
  • Need to reinfuse "life" into enterprises
  • Complex adaptive systems (CAS) - a proven model of high agility
  • What are CAS?
  • Characteristics of a CAS
  • Reasons for high agility in a CAS
  • Implications for enterprises
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 4 - Mindset and Culture
  • Significance
  • What is mindset?
  • What is culture?
  • The culture and mindset ecosystem
  • Changing mindset and culture
  • Values aligned to agility
  • Behaviors aligned to agility
  • Enabling behavior changes
  • Aligning the workplace to an agility-enabling culture
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 5 - Leadership
  • Significance
  • Dimensions of leadership
  • Personal traits
  • Behavioral capabilities
  • Summary
  • References
  • Part Three
  • Chapter 6 - Organization Structure
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • Enablers for enhancing agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 7 - Process
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • Enablers for enhancing agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 8 - People
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • Enablers to agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 9 - Technology.
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • COTS products for core capabilities
  • Enablers to agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 10 - Governance
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • Enablers to agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 11 - Customer
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to the effectiveness of agility
  • Enablers to the effectiveness of agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Part Four
  • Chapter 12 - Distributed Teams
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • Enablers for enhancing agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 13 - Technology Partners
  • Significance
  • Inhibitors to agility
  • Enablers for enhancing agility
  • Summary
  • References
  • Part Five
  • Chapter 14 - Framework for Action
  • Leadership alignment on the need for change
  • Redefine/validate the purpose of the enterprise
  • Define the capabilities underlying agility
  • Translate intent into action
  • Agility as a journey and not a destination
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 15 - Facilitating Change
  • Significance
  • Learnings
  • Summary
  • References
  • Summary
  • Other Books You May Enjoy
  • Index.