Given today's context of tough change, organizations need to be able to innovate as well as develop and implement strategy quickly and efficiently. The key to this is agility - a set of capabilities that can help organizations to rapidly adapt to changing circumstances. At the same time, resilience is also essential if benefits are going to endure over the longer term and if employees are to be kept on board. The Agile Organization focuses on how to build both agility and resilience at individual, team and organizational levels. It draws on a wealth of research, including the lived experience and learning of managers and HR and organization development (OD) professionals to show how it is possible to 'square the circle', becoming more sustainably agile while also enhancing employee engagement and resilience. The Agile Organization showcases the latest thinking - new organizational models, ground-breaking themes and case studies - that illustrate how organizations are addressing the challenge of developing organizational agility. Packed with helpful checklists and practice pointers, this book is a 'go to' guide for senior leaders and managers, HR and OD specialists who want to help bring about organizational transformation and create the new resiliently agile 'business as usual'.
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Bring about rapid change, performance and innovation while keeping employees 'on board' and engaged with this practical guide.
Chapter - 00: Introduction;Chapter - 01: Why go agile?;Chapter - 02: Why are agility and resilience so elusive?;Chapter - 03: The resiliently agile organization;Chapter - 04: Agile strategizing;Chapter - 05: Agile implementation;Chapter - 06: HR's role in building a high-performance work climate;Chapter - 07: Agile linkages;Chapter - 08: Agile people processes;Chapter - 09: Nurturing employee engagement and resilience;Chapter - 10: Change and transformation;Chapter - 11: Building a change-able culture;Chapter - 12: Agile leadership
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Equips readers with the strategies and methods they need to make a positive difference to the efficiency and flexibility of their business whilst also emphasizing fairness to employees Offers a psychological perspective on the shifts affecting individuals in today's world of work, and offers tools and examples of practice that demonstrate how to increase agility and resilience via employee engagement Provides a practical focus, including case studies, self-assessment tools, guidelines and checklists to help readers create truly agile organizations
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780749471316
Publisert
2015-06-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Kogan Page Ltd
Vekt
434 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
158 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Biographical note

Dr Linda Holbeche is a developer, consultant, researcher and coach in the fields of leadership, strategy, HR development, change management and organization design and development. She is Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London and a Visiting Professor at City University's Cass Business School, at the University of Derby, and at London Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law where she is Co-Director of the Centre for Progressive Leadership. She is also an Honorary Fellow at Roffey Park and the Institute for Employment Studies.