The Agile Paradigm and Organisation Development in Higher Educational Institutions

Dave Francis

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Abstract

This article has two objectives. First, is to provoke consideration as to whether a set of constructs known as ‘the Agile Paradigm’ provides a relevant model for organisation development in Higher Education Institutions as they confront a period of increasingly VUCA (volatile + uncertain + complex + ambiguous) conditions, a changing and threatening competitive environment, a need to become stronger in facilitating personal development and a different landscape of opportunities and threats largely provoked by the onset of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The second objective is to outline the findings of a scoping research study into the range of competences that will be needed by future students of Management to enhance their ability to be agile – resilient, efficient and effective - when facing 21st century challenges.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’22)
Place of PublicationValencia
PublisherUniversitat Politècnica de València
Pages833-840
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9788413960036
ISBN (Print)9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2022
Event8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances - Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain
Duration: 15 Jun 202217 Jun 2022
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Publication series

Name8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'22)
PublisherEditorial Universitat Politecnica De Valencia
ISSN (Electronic)2603-5871

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period15/06/2217/06/22
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Bibliographical note

David L Francis has been undertaking research into Agility-Orientated Organisation Development since 1998 and his recent book on this topic (Exploiting Agility for Advantage: A Step-by-Step Process for Acquiring Requisite Organisational Agility) provides the conceptual underpinning for this current conference paper.

Keywords

  • Agile Paradigm;
  • 4th Industrial Revolution;
  • Requisite Agility
  • Organisation Development in HE;
  • Competences of Students of Business; Entrepreneurship and Management.

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