Adaptability

Authors

  • Olivia Parr Rud OLIVIAGroup

Keywords:

Organization, alignment, speed of change, economic volatility, market shift, Total Quality Management, Business Reprocess Engineering, living systems, chaos, evolution,, fifth discipline, learning organization, system thinking

Abstract

For the last several decades, organizations have dealt with economic shifts using change management. Based on the new science, there are two major flaws with this approach. First, the word change implies an event with an ending. Second, it implies that change can be managed. In a world of economic volatility, this approach is no longer viable. The continuous climate of uncertainty and volatility demands another view, one that supports adaptability and resilience.

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Published

2011-12-31

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Invited Article