Building the Flexible Firm - How to Remain Competitive

Zusatztext An important addition to our overall understanding of flexibility. Informationen zum Autor Henk W. Volberda is codirector of the Erasmus Strategic Renewal Program and secretary of the Dutch-Flemish Academy of Management. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Organization Science (USA). Klappentext How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award winning study! Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Offering a wealth of insights and based on extensive interviews with practitioners! Henk Volberda provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness. Zusammenfassung How do managers reconcile the conflicting forces of change and stability? How do they promote order and control, while having to learn to innovate and respond? This book shows how, for many firms, flexibility has become a strategic challenge. It develops a strategic framework which helps managers to organize for flexibility.

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• Autori: Henk W. Volberda, Henk W. (Professor of Strategic Manageme Volberda, Henk W. (Professor of Strategic Management Volberda, Volberda Henk W.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.01.1999
• EAN: 9780198295952
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829595-2
• Pagine: 374
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, business strategy, Management & management techniques, Management and management techniques, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises