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Agile Enterprise: A Human Factors Perspective
Author(s) -
RaginSkorecka Katarzyna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20610
Subject(s) - agile software development , perspective (graphical) , affect (linguistics) , knowledge management , business , identity (music) , process management , management , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , physics , communication , acoustics , economics
The results of the case study showed that the organizational identity includes the attributes that affect the organization's ability to be agile. Comparison of 2 companies, one of which has the characteristics of an agile organization and the other that operates in the traditional manner, showed that the evaluation of these attributes is some kind of a prerequisite for assessing the agility of the organization. This issue may become the next research problem. The article also presents the results of a study concerning the values important for Wielkopolska residents. Analysis of the results shows that Wielkopolska residents have the potential to take agile action and develop agile organizations. The role of managing staff in this organizations is to make the proper use of available social capital and to develop entrepreneurial and pro‐innovative attitudes among their subordinates.