‘‘Change’’ seems to be one of enterprises’ major characteristics in this new competitive era. Agile enterprise whereby an organization can change and adapt quickly to changing circumstances is increasingly viewed as a winning strategy. However, in embracing agile enterprise, there are important questions to be asked: what precisely is agility and how can it be measured? How can one assist in ac...

Received date: 11 September, 2016 Review date: 12 October 2016 Accepted date:13 November 2016 Printed on line: 5 January Purpose: The aim of the current study was to explain the impact of organizational citizenship behavior on organizational agility Customs staff of Zahedan city, the present study in terms of purpose is functional and in terms of collection method of data is descriptive s...

For an organization to sustain in the dynamic environment today, agility has become a key solution in its survival struggle. In attaining agility capability the standard formula for an organization is to achieve high flexibility in responding to stimulus and change. From this perspective, we have found a unique case study in which a hospital has successfully implemented three healthcare IT syst...

Abstract Modern organizations need to adapt quickly on‐going changes. The present study sought examine employees' agility during periods of sudden, unplanned, and planned change. It was investigated what extent one's trust in the organization resistance change could predict proactive adaptive agility. Data came from employees ( N = 188) two different organizations, one undergoing an unplanned a...

Organizations are permanently confronted with the need for adaptation to a complex business environment that is in a continuous change and transformation. Thus, the organization’s agility represents a key element in obtaining the strategic advantage and the market success. The paper analyzes the connection between the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), the Business Process Management (BPM) an...

This paper takes the NATO SAS-050 Approach Space, a widely accepted model of command and control, and gives each of its primary axes a quantitative measure using social network analysis. This means that the actual point in the approach space adopted by real-life command and control organizations can be plotted along with the way in which that point varies over time and function. Part 1 of the p...