Managing In A Vuca World

Author : Oliver Mack
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319168894
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing in a VUCA World written by Oliver Mack and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) and addresses the need for broader knowledge and application of new concepts and frameworks to deal with unpredictable and rapid changing situations. The premises of VUCA can shape all aspects of an organization. To cover all areas, the book is divided into six sections. Section 1 acts as an introduction to VUCA and complexity. It reviews ways to manage complexity, while providing examples for tools and approaches that can be applied. The main focus of Section 2 is on leadership, strategy and planning. The chapters in this section create new approaches to handle VUCA environments pertaining to these areas including using the Tetralemma logics, tools from systemic structural constellation (SySt) approach of psychotherapy and organizational development, to provide new ideas for the management of large strategic programs in organizations. Section 3 considers how marketing and sales are affected by VUCA, from social media’s influence to customer value management. Operations and cost management are highlighted in Section 4. This section covers VUCA challenges within global supply chains and decision-oriented controlling. In Section 5 organizational structure and process management are showcased, while Section 6 is dedicated to addressing the effects of VUCA in IT, technology and data management. The VUCA forces present businesses with the need to move from linear modes of thought to problem solving with synthetic and simultaneous thinking. This book should help to provide some starting points and ideas to deal with the next era. It should not be understood as the end of the road, but as the beginning of a journey exploring and developing new concepts for a new way of management.

Author : Jacobus (Kobus) Kok
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319988840
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leading in a VUCA World written by Jacobus (Kobus) Kok and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book brings together works by specialists from different disciplines and continents to reflect on the nexus between leadership, spirituality and discernment, particularly with regard to a world that is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA). The book spells out, first of all, what our VUCA world entails, and how it affects businesses, organizations, and societies as a whole. Secondly, the book develops new perspectives on the processes of leadership, spirituality, and discernment, particularly in this VUCA context. These perspectives are interdisciplinary in nature, and are informed by e.g. management studies, leadership theory, philosophy, and theology.

Author : Sharda S. Nandram
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319522310
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing VUCA Through Integrative Self-Management written by Sharda S. Nandram and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, experts discuss whether volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) represent a challenge or a business opportunity. More intense debates on global climate change, increased turbulence in financial quarters, increased job insecurity and high levels of stress at the workplace are attracting attention in the context of organization behavior and entrepreneurship. Fear and confusion have become part and parcel of business, often undermining trust, cooperation and inspiration. As a response, a new way of organizing self-management has emerged. The book combines practical wisdom from East and West, to develop integrative self-management theory and practice; provides direction to support an integrative mind-set, integrative organization and integrative leadership; and presents VUCA as an opportunity and necessity for development and growth, rather than a threat.

Author : Rob Elkington
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787149145
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World written by Rob Elkington and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context, is the thoughtful analysis of nine expert authors from around the globe who put VUCA under the microscope and take the reader on a journey that looks at VUCA from a number of different leadership perspectives.

Author : William B. Joiner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0787979139
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership Agility written by William B. Joiner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-10-20 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership Agility is the master competency needed for sustained success in today’s complex, fast-paced business environment. Richly illustrated with stories based on original research and decades of work with clients, this groundbreaking book identifies five levels that leaders move through in developing their agility. Significantly, only 10% have mastered the level of agility needed for consistent effectiveness in our turbulent era of global competition. Written in an engaging, down-to-earth style, this book not only provides a map that guides readers in identifying their current level of agility. It also provides practical advice and concrete examples that show managers and leadership development professionals how they can bring greater agility to the initiatives they take every day.

Author : Sanjay Dhir
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811089264
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flexible Strategies in VUCA Markets written by Sanjay Dhir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the concepts of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) that are the core of various paradigms used in strategic management to understand competitive advantage as well as flexibility in organizational boundaries. It serves as a valuable reference resource in the area of VUCA markets. An increase in the levels and types of uncertainty has important implications potentially for the durability of a company’s advantages, the way firms learn and adapt, approaches for managing innovation and knowledge, and the attractiveness of different strategies and organizational models. In today’s world, strategic flexibility in VUCA is essential for business leaders to sustain market advantage and attain a clear vision amid the chaos. Business leaders who stay focused and are aware of external volatility as the prevalent characteristic are successful, while those who are not flexible in this VUCA world and lock themselves into fixed positions lose out. The book includes empirical and conceptual research papers along with case studies and models discussing strategies for emerging markets in volatile and uncertain environments. It also covers a variety of issues, including innovation, people and processes, financial management, and leadership and strategies in VUCA markets. Apart from research fraternity and academia, the contents of the book will be useful for practitioners as well as industry watchers.

Author : David F. Hoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692995365
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning Agility written by David F. Hoff and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning agility is not a new concept, but it took years of research to prove that it really does exist, and can be quantified on an individual level. Out of that research came the introduction of the Burke Learning Agility Inventory¿ (Burke LAI) as the first reliable, theoretically grounded way to measure learning agility. This book explains how learning agility is measured, and explores the ways that this information can be developed and applied by individuals and organizations.

Author : Zeger van der Wal
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 : 1137507438
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 21st Century Public Manager written by Zeger van der Wal and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truly global in scope and ambition, The 21st Century Public Manager addresses key trends, challenges and opportunities facing public managers across contexts and regimes. This accessible and timely textbook aims to inspire students of public management in rethinking their roles, skills and values as they enter a VUCA world - one characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Grounded in the latest empirical evidence, but translated to the operating environment of the 21st century public manager, it looks beyond Western settings and perspectives to serve the global market of programs and schools in public management, public administration and public policy. Insightful and comprehensive, this book makes for the perfect introduction for students interested in the theories, practices and functions of public management. -- from back cover.

Author : Michael Fuchs
Publisher : Haufe-Lexware
ISBN 13 : 3648121510
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership in a VUCA World written by Michael Fuchs and published by Haufe-Lexware. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VUCA is not just another acronym. Originally coined by the American military to describe a situation fraught with a variety of challenges, it now has a permanent place in the realms of strategic leadership. Those who have made it into an enterprise management role are finding that their leadership skills are truly being tried and tested on account of the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment we are in. Agility is now the name of the game. Developing one's leadership skills to match this requirement, and to not only surmount the challenges posed by the VUCA world but do so in a mature and authentic way, is what this book is all about. It gently submerges the reader into an impressive tank of knowledge that the authors, experts in the field of personal development, have amassed during their careers. Psychology, mythology and examples of real-life enterprises are accompanied by the excellent analogy of one of our best-known heroes, Luke Skywalker of the Star Wars films, to illustrate that there is nothing to fear, that we all have the potential to act courageously. At regular intervals throughout the book, the reader is presented with thought-provoking questions and statements, the answers to which will help them eventually resurface with a clear picture of how to use their skills and talents to motivate themselves and others to proceed wisely in the corporate landscape. Contents: An expert guide from three vastly experienced and accomplished executive coaches Learn effectively at your own pace, any time and anywhere Convincing background knowledge and examples

Author : Robert Johansen
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609944887
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaders Make the Future written by Robert Johansen and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDWhat are the new leadership skills needed to succeed in the decade ahead? In this second edition Bob Johansen, bestselling author and longtime CEO of the Institute for the Future, teams with the prestigious Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), not only describing and updating the 10 new essential leadership skills but also offering tools and techniques for developing and applying them.