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.
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 language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’22) |
| Place of Publication | Valencia |
| Publisher | Universitat Politècnica de València |
| Pages | 833-840 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788413960036 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036, 9788413960036 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Jun 2022 |
| Event | 8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances - Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain Duration: 15 Jun 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 http://headconf.org |
Publication series
| Name | 8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'22) |
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| Publisher | Editorial Universitat Politecnica De Valencia |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2603-5871 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances |
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| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Valencia |
| Period | 15/06/22 → 17/06/22 |
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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.