...Organizational agility is the capability of a company to rapidly change or adapt in response to changes in the market. A high degree of organizational agility can help a company to react successfully to the emergence of new competitors, the development of new industry-changing technologies, or sudden shifts in overall market conditions. Change puts pressure on organizations, putting a premium on adapting; the faster the pace of change, the greater the premium. Without change, there is no reason to adapt. If you are working in an environment in which things are routine and nothing changes, every day is the same and every project is just like the last. There are no surprises and everything is nice and predictable. That is not the case in the reality of today’s market conditions. Enterprises that do not adapt are in for a lot of trouble. To quote Darwin, “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” The organization that doesn’t adapt and evolve is in danger of going the way of the Dodo bird. Managers of agile organizations need to be champions of their teams. They need to build trusting relationships with all of their team members. These managers need to remove obstacles in the organization, as well as be able to coach their team members, providing appropriate levels of feedback. If they are able to do these things they will be ideally placed to see how to grow strategically. They will see when more people...
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...in training that ranges from basic obedience to complicated areas such as training assistance animals for the handicapped. The most popular training option available to customers is agility training, a sport in which dogs are trained to compete on an obstacle course and points are awarded for time and accuracy. K9 College has always provided a limited product line. Dog toys, leashes, and grooming supplies are available for purchase in the training facility, but with the increasing popularity of agility training dog owners are asking to purchase the obstacles for practice at home in preparation for agility events. K9 College has started to stock a small inventory of obstacles that can be purchased at the training facility. Dog agility events are increasing in popularity nationwide and K9 College participates in events held in many different venues across the country. Because of their training background, K9 College is invited to present workshops during events to help beginners learn the basics of the sport and give experienced participants an opportunity to hone their skills. With this increasing exposure, K9 College is seeing a steady increase in the amount of traffic visiting their website and Facebook page. The most common questions posted by visitors are related to purchasing agility obstacles for personal practice. K9 College has determined that a stronger online presence is necessary to meet the increased demand that nationwide exposure will bring to the business...
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...Case Study: Agility in Practice As boundaries within and between enterprises become increasingly permeable, there is a greater need for information flow. This is inhibited by the "information silos" formed by traditional software applications. Service oriented architecture (SOA) replaces these silos with loosely-coupled services, enabling information to flow as needed, and delivering enterprise agility. This is a case study from ING Card, a division of the ING Group, member of the Jericho Forum of The Open Group. It describes the first phase of their SOA implementation, with services that are hard-wired rather than dynamically discoverable. It illustrates how even this stage of SOA can deliver real business agility, and contains some interesting lessons for SOA implementation. The case study was written by Alcedo Coenen. Alcedo has built his experience in IT since 1987, although he originally graduated in musicology in 1986. He has been working as programmer, information analyst, and since 1997 as (information) architect for ING and other companies in the Netherlands. Within ING Alcedo has been working on multi-channel architecture, a global SOA for ING Europe, a credit card system and on knowledge systems. Recently he has established a working group on the Business Rules Approach, producing articles and presentations for several architecture conferences and meetings. Open Group SOA Case Study http://www.opengroup.org Open Group SOA Case Study SOA Agility in Practice ...
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...The Need for Strategic Agility: How to introduce strategic renewal and rebuild corporate strategies Copenhagen Conference on Strategic Management 2007 Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, December 11-12, 2007 The Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation Visiting Professor, Helsinki School of Economics/CKIR © Yves Doz, Mikko Kosonen, 2007 Professor Yves Doz INSEAD Sources of Sustained Growth and High Performance • Clear Focus • We should have a clear vision for the future of our core business • We should have a sustained effort at maximally leveraging our core business • We should have a tight focus on continuous improvement • We should have a leadership position in everything we do • High Efficiency • We should have strong business units with sufficient autonomy as they grow • We should have highly efficient business systems and processes • We should have deep collaborative relationships with our key customers and partners • Quick Commitment • We should have clear charters for all organizational units • We should have strong and experienced leaders with proven track record © Yves Doz, Mikko Kosonen, 2007 Single-minded attention to ‘clear direction and focus leads to… Driver •Clear vision for the future of our core business •Sustained effort at maximally leveraging our core business •Tight focus on continuous improvement •Leadership position in everything we do •High action orientation and self-confidence Consequence •Considering everything...
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...Business Agility and the True Economics of Cloud Computing B u s i n e s s W H iTe PA P e R Business Agility and the True Economics of Cloud Computing Executive Summary New groundbreaking global survey findings demonstrate the true value of cloud computing to the business. While it is understood in the industry that cloud computing provides clear cost benefits, CIOs are having difficulty getting a true fix on the business value that cloud might offer beyond cost reduction. These survey results reveal a direct link between cloud computing and business agility—how business outcomes are associated with agility, the role of IT for agile companies and the importance of cloud computing to business leaders. value to the enterprise. It shows that the hype around cloud computing is maturing into facts about what cloud can really deliver to both IT and the business. Game-changing CIOs think business transformation first, then how technology enables it. They are the ones strategizing with their CEOs and other business leaders to look beyond simple cost calculations to the business agility that cloud computing can enable. Defining Business Agility Business agility is the ability of a business to adapt rapidly and cost-efficiently in response to changes in the business environment. According to McKinsey & Company, the leading global management consulting firm, the benefits of agility include faster revenue growth, greater and more lasting cost reduction, and more effective...
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... When referring to agility, most common the thought of aggression comes to mind. When reading this article and supporting articles you find that being agile helps performance, and helps define processes. I chose this article simply because of the title, and the challenge that it poses. It makes the reading, question processes and offers insight as to how to improve. Challenges the reader to take an in- places process and improve it in a timely manner. Once into the article you can only view agility as a helpful tool for process improvement. Reading this article affords the reader to look differently at processes, it teaches the reader that agility is not only physical, but mental as well. It helps you apply the philosophy of agility to process performance for the betterment of a project that affects a group. “Agility is not only physical, but mental as well. It helps you apply the philosophy of agility to process performance for the betterment of a project that affects a group. “Agility is synonymous with quickness, lightness, ease of movement, nimbleness”- Bruce McGraw. After reading related articles on Agile Project Management, it provides an understanding as to how agility is applied according to the subject matter. For example a basketball player’s agility would differ from an IT Project Manager’s. Although the basketball player and the manager both have to execute a practiced decision in a timely fashion, the mindset is different. When agility is used as a tool it...
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...Types of hero atributes in Dota 2 Topic sentence: People who always playing real time strategy such as Dota 2 or Dota will know this types of hero according to their primary atributes. These are three primary attributes, first is strength, second is agility and the last is intelligent. Strength * Toughness and endurance * Determines maximum health and health regeneration * Take part as a initiator or tank roles Agility * Swiftness and dexterity * Determines hero’s armor and attack speed * Take part as a carry or gank roles Intelligent * Wit and wisdom * Determines maximum mana and mana regeneration * Take part as a support, gank and pusher roles Types Of Hero in Dota 2 There are a lot of genre in online games, for example real time strategy like dota 2. Here I will classify the types of hero in Dota 2 based on their primary attributes First is the strength heroes,this is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration Strength heroes tend to have more health and thus tend to be able to take more damage than other heroes. Because of this, they often fit into initiator and tank roles. Initiators means that the heroes who can safely and advantageously start a team fight. These heroes typically have strong area of effect damage or disable or some skill to affect the positioning of the enemy team. This tank role means they are heroes who have the potential to sustain large amount of incoming damage from the enemy. They tend to...
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...The purpose of this task is to make a recommendation to the touch football coach of the position that I am most suited to. It will state the most important fitness components for each of the positions and will include results of the class fitness component testing and a game analysis to support the recommendation. As a touch player myself I believe that the following positions require the stated components, however, the class game analysis differs. The mid require speed to gain as much ground from either a ruck or breakthrough and catch the defenders offside. Coordination and agility are important to catch and pass the ball while running and changing direction sharply. Power is used in a simple tactic, which is to drive or accelerate to gain...
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...Faculty of Management Technology Working Paper Series Supply Chain Management in the Home Appliance Industry Evaluating Alternative Strategies by Ehab A. Yaseen Sameh N. Mohamed Working Paper No. 32 September 2012 Supply Chain Management in the Home Appliance Industry: Evaluating Alternative Strategies by Ehab A. Yaseen Sameh N. Mohamed September 2012 Abstract The increasing dynamics and complexity of today’s supply chains resulted in the need to select from a wide variety of the developed supply chain approaches. In this paper, a business case study is conducted to answer the research question: “How can the agility best fit within the supply chain strategies?” This research contributes to the literature by developing the DESC (differentiated enlightened supply chain) framework that consolidates necessary analysis in order to discover the scope and priorities of the supply chain from multiple perspectives. It is a guideline for the enlightened differentiated supply chain management. Through this, every different supply chain is managed differently to serve for different order winning criteria that are considered from multiple perspectives. It was concluded that in such significant and rapid changes in the requirements of different products and markets, differentiation is the clue to satisfy customer requirements and firms’ competitive position. Different priorities are to be managed differently. Also, the research concluded that postponement strategies...
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...USAWC course paper key competencies for 21st century strategic leaders by LTC JP Moore Strategic Leadership 24 October 2012 U.S. Army War College Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013 It became clear to me [as the Chief of Staff of the Army]…I would have to learn new tricks that were not taught in the military manuals or on the battlefield. In this position [as a strategic leader] I am a political soldier and will have to put my training in rapping-out orders and making snap decisions on the back burner; and have to learn the arts of persuasion and guile. I must become an expert in a whole new set of skills. George C. Marshall After a review of the aforementioned George C. Marshall quote and the research conducted for this piece, the author draws the conclusion that the success – or failure – of a strategic leader depends on his or her abilities as an intellectual, culturally aware team builder, influencer, and a communicator above the tactical and operational levels of leadership. With this judgment, the following piece will answer two questions. What key competencies should a strategic leader possess in order to align their organizations to a constantly changing and complex – VUCA and JIIM – environment? How do these competencies facilitate his or her strategic organization’s alignment to the constantly changing and complex – VUCA and JIIM – environment? Strategic leader competencies generally consist of the “knowledge, skills, attributes, and...
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...Personal Exercise Plan Personal Exercise Plan Alex Etim Alex Etim Personal Profile Name: Alex Etim Date of Birth: 09/01/1997 Weight: 75kg Height: 5’’8 Medical Info: None Past Injuries: Torn tendon in left foot and tight quads Sporting History: Football and Basketball clubs from 2007 PAR – Q Every day many people are getting involved in physical activity and due to wrong or inefficient preparation they are injured and are/or left mentally scarred. A PAR-Q is designed to keep you safe and to let your gym or trainer know any physical or mental illness that could hinder different activities and an instructor would like to know them. Do you have a bone or joint problem such as arthritis, which has been aggravated by exercise or might be made worse with exercise? | Yes / No | To your knowledge, do you have high blood pressure? | Yes / No | To your knowledge, do you have low blood pressure? | Yes / No | Do you have Diabetes mellitus or any other metabolic disorder? | Yes / No | Has your doctor ever said that you have raised cholesterol (serum level above 6.2mmol/L)? | Yes / No | Do you have or ever suffered a heart condition? | Yes / No | Have you ever felt pain in your chest when you do physical exercise? | Yes / No | Is your doctor currently prescribing you drugs or medication? | Yes / No | Have you ever suffered from shortness of breath at rest or with mild exercise? | Yes / No | Is there any history of Coronary...
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...Personal Exercise Plan Personal Exercise Plan Alex Etim Alex Etim Personal Profile Name: Alex Etim Date of Birth: 09/01/1997 Weight: 75kg Height: 5’’8 Medical Info: None Past Injuries: Torn tendon in left foot and tight quads Sporting History: Football and Basketball clubs from 2007 PAR – Q Every day many people are getting involved in physical activity and due to wrong or inefficient preparation they are injured and are/or left mentally scarred. A PAR-Q is designed to keep you safe and to let your gym or trainer know any physical or mental illness that could hinder different activities and an instructor would like to know them. Do you have a bone or joint problem such as arthritis, which has been aggravated by exercise or might be made worse with exercise? | Yes / No | To your knowledge, do you have high blood pressure? | Yes / No | To your knowledge, do you have low blood pressure? | Yes / No | Do you have Diabetes mellitus or any other metabolic disorder? | Yes / No | Has your doctor ever said that you have raised cholesterol (serum level above 6.2mmol/L)? | Yes / No | Do you have or ever suffered a heart condition? | Yes / No | Have you ever felt pain in your chest when you do physical exercise? | Yes / No | Is your doctor currently prescribing you drugs or medication? | Yes / No | Have you ever suffered from shortness of breath at rest or with mild exercise? | Yes / No | Is there any history of Coronary...
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...| Business Environment | MARKETING | | Jacob Braziel | 8/12/2012 | | MARKITING MIX Abstract Starting a business is not as easy as it looks. It can be complex and pressing difficult time. It takes persistence and diligence, and a lot of money will change hands. They will be a big job trying to find investors who will be able to put a lump sum of money into the sociality. But the one thing that is good about the whole thing and that is that there is money out there and it is the right time to get it. At this time the market prices are low so that drop the prices for material. It will take persistence and consistency on your part to get into the business world. At this time people are getting the knowledge and the skills to do just that, Support program for business and other organization has the money to get you started. Michigan Economic Development compaction (MED) and the government in general are funding the lesser stable people. Now this comes from a small business that is just making it. So it’s good news for him, and to all. When you enter into the world of business the risk will be there. That is the first concerns that you will have, then how to supply our company. What come to my mind is offshore. Their dollars are low enough to afford. That way you kill two birds with one stone. You got your product for almost nothing. The information that an investor gets the more that they will want to finance you. For example: The general...
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...Enterprise Systems Center Lehigh University Roger N. Nagel © 2006 Topics This Presentation Organizational Culture Characteristics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Innovation and risk taking Attention to detail Outcome orientation People orientation Team orientation Aggressiveness Stability Agility eleventh edition organizational behavior stephenp. ro s bbin 2 Organizational Culture USA & China What Do Cultures Do? How Employees Learn Culture “Organizational behavior” “Organizational behavior” Eleventh Edition Eleventh Edition By Steve Robbins By Steve Robbins ISBN 0-13-191435-9 ISBN 0-13-191435-9 Reference Book Reference Book 2 CSE & Enterprise Systems Center Lehigh University Roger N. Nagel © 2006 What Is Organizational Culture? Organizational Culture A common perception held by the organization’s members; a system of shared meaning. Characteristics: Characteristics: 1. Innovation and risk 1. Innovation and risk taking taking 2. Attention to detail 2. Attention to detail 3. Outcome orientation 3. Outcome orientation 4. People orientation 4. People orientation 5. Team orientation 5. Team orientation 6. Aggressiveness 6. Aggressiveness 7. Stability 7. Stability 8. Agility 8. Agility Page 485 Page 485 3 CSE & Enterprise Systems Center Lehigh University Roger N. Nagel © 2006 Culture Characteristics A Closer look 1. Innovation and risk taking. The degree to which employees are encouraged to do both 2. Attention to detail. Degree to which employees...
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...Matrix Organizations: Design for Collaboration and Agility Nick Horney, Ph.D. & Tom O’Shea, CMC, Principals, Agility Consulting 9/1/2009 M A T R I X O R G A N I Z A T I O N S Matrix Organizations Success in a matrix happens when you focus on building a new organization rather than simply installing a new structure. “S I C O N K E Y ince the end of World War II, corporate strategy has survived several generations of painful transformations and has grown appropriately agile and athletic. Unfortunately, organizational development has not kept pace, and managerial attitudes lag even farther behind. As a result, corporations now commonly design strategies that seem impossible to implement, for the simple reason that no one can effectively implement third-generation strategies through secondgeneration organizations run by first-generation managers. Today, the most successful companies are those where top executives recognize the need to manage the new environmental and competitive demands by focusing less on the quest for an ideal structure and more on developing the abilities, behavior, and performance of individual managers.” This assessment of matrix management, published in the Harvard Business Review in 1990, is a stinging portrayal of the state of matrix organizations at the time the article was written. Fortunately, both the times and the ability of organizations to adapt have changed. Organizations have become much more adept in implementing complex...
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