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Title: | The fallacies of non-agility: Approaching organizational agility through a dialectical practice perspective |
Author: | Armstrong, Ryan Manitsky, Daniel |
Keywords: | Aprenentatge organitzatiu Control de canvis Gestió de projectes Dialèctica Organizational learning Exchange control Project management Dialectic |
Issue Date: | 1-Nov-2023 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Abstract: | Complexity, paradox, tension, and contradiction are increasingly seen as permeating all aspects of organizational life. Yet despite ongoing advancement, both our understanding of the nature of complexity as well as how to use this increased appreciation of it in practice are still developing. In this spirit, this paper considers organizational agility and how to achieve it. Here, current discussions of organizational agility have failed to sufficiently address the fundamental tensions inherent in learning stemming from conflicting goals and incentives, evident in an ongoing discussion of theory-informed approaches for bringing about organizational agility. In this paper, we claim that incorporating a dialectical perspective of learning would provide a means of understanding the successes and failures of practices aimed at bringing about agility. We consider the maligned dialectic, four fallacious ways of thinking that hinder agility, and the extent to which these can be overcome. As evidence, we present a case of Agile implementation in which one of the authors acted as a consultant and involving a large-scale social change. Considering this from a dialectical perspective, we discuss ways that dysfunction in achieving agility might be reduced through disruptive interventions like Agile. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076221100924 |
It is part of: | Management Learning, 2023, vol. 54, num.4, p. 605-629 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/205700 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076221100924 |
ISSN: | 1350-5076 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Empresa) |
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