agility is perceived as the dominant competitive vehicle for all organizations in an uncertain and ever-changing business environment. many of the enterprises in present competitive environment need to have strategic plan for achieving agility. for this purpose, they should identify strategies in order to centralize on the agility capabilities and providers. indeed, each enterprise for achievin...

agility metrics are difficult to define in general, mainly due to the multidimensionality and vagueness of the concept of agility itself. in this paper, a knowledge-based framework is proposed for the measurement and assessment of public sector agility using the a.t.kearney model. fuzzy logic provides a useful tool for dealing with decisions in which the phenomena are imprecise and vague. in th...

in this context and for helping to manufacturing industries in this research an attempt has been made to provide a method to managers of evaluating and ranking of agility strategies by using of a fuzzy inference system which is a branch of artificial intelligence. this research has been performed in three sequential phases. firstly, some variables, as factors of agility drivers, agility capabil...

This article looks at the relationship between the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and organizations agility requirements. The concept of IT infrastructure agility has captured the attention of researchers and practitioners. Although the importance of IT infrastructure agility has been established, the development of a valid, reliable instrument to measure this construct has not been...

Agility is regarded as important by many modern Defence forces, but the concept of agility is defined in many different ways. Flexibility, speed, and adaptability are some of the characteristics often associated with agility. In this paper, we outline a taxonomy which distinguishes six kinds of agility: tactical/operational agility, organisational agility, deployment agility, sustainment agilit...

Received: 18 May 2005 Revised: 19 June 2005 Accepted: 9 January 2006 Abstract The current highly dynamic business environment requires businesses to be agile. Business agility is the ability to swiftly and easily change businesses and business processes beyond the normal level of flexibility to effectively manage unpredictable external and internal changes. This study reports on a crossindustry...

The aim of this article is to discuss the merits of organizational learning agility as it relates to organizational leadership, organizational culture, and the mindset and behavior of the organization. An extensive definition of agility and its importance is presented as a precursor to individual learner agility, leadership agility, and organizational agility. This paper outlines the characteri...

Information technology is generally considered an enabler of a firm’s agility. A typical premise is that greater IT investment enables a firm to be more agile. However, it is not uncommon that IT can also hinder and sometimes even impede organizational agility. We propose and theorize this frequently observed but understudied IT–agility contradiction by which IT may enable or impede agility. We...