HRM operational models and practices to enable strategic agility in PBOs: Managing paradoxical tensions

Paradoxical Leadership to Enable Strategic Agility

Strategic agility evokes contradictions, such as stability-flexibility, commitment-change, and established routinesnovel approaches. These competing demands pose challenges that require paradoxical leadership—practices seeking creative, both/and solutions that can enable fast-paced, adaptable decision making. Why is managing paradox critical to strategic agility? And which practices enable lead...

Managing Information Systems: Policy Planning, Strategic Planning and Operational Planning

Strategic Hrm Practices and Their Impact on Company Performance in Chinese Enterprises

R esearchers have argued that human resources may be seen as a source of sustained competitive advantage for organizations (Barney, 1991, 1995; Becker & Gerhart, 1996). The underlying assumption is that human resources are unique to the extent that competitors cannot imitate them. This research has led to the identification of a number of human resource management practices that contribute to c...

Presenting a paradoxical cognitive strategy model on human resource agility

Background: Educational organizations are one of the main pillars in human society and the development and survival of societies depends on the good performance of these organizations. Universities are among the social systems. In which real power arises from recognizing patterns of change, measuring and seizing opportunities. In this type of environment, human resources need many competencies ...

Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Require New Operational and Technology Models to Enable Collaboration and Efficiency