Flexibility : flexible companies for the uncertain world /
We are in an era of high volatility and uncertain outcomes, driven by accelerating technologies, shortened product cycles, fast-changing information, an increasingly mobile workforce, more demanding customers, complex financial markets, ad-hoc public policies, and many other factors that add layers...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
©2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | We are in an era of high volatility and uncertain outcomes, driven by accelerating technologies, shortened product cycles, fast-changing information, an increasingly mobile workforce, more demanding customers, complex financial markets, ad-hoc public policies, and many other factors that add layers of uncertainty to all future possibilities. While most believe that good management requires better prediction of the future and better planning, Gill Eapen instead contends that the best way to manage effectively in an uncertain world is through the conscious application of flexibility - an ability. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439816332 1439816336 9781439887950 1439887950 |