The Agility Advantage: A Survival Guide for Complex Enterprises

615 Pages·2011·9.13 MB·English

by  David S. Alberts

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Focus
& Convergence
for Complex Endeavors
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Ms. Teri M. Takai
&
Director of Research
Dr. David S. Alberts
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Alberts, David S. (David Stephen), 1942-
The agility advantage : a survival guide for complex enterprises
and endeavors / David S. Alberts.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-893723-23-8
1. Organizational eff ectiveness--Evaluation--Methodology.
2. Adaptability (Psychology) 3. Complexity (Philosophy) 4.
Command and control systems--Evaluation. 5. United States.
Dept. of Defense. 6. United States--Armed Forces--Organization.
I. Title. II. Title: Survival guide for complex enterprises and
endeavors.
HD58.9.A445 2011
355.6’84--dc23
2011037767
September 2011

The Agility
Advantage
A Survival Guide
for
Complex Enterprises
and
Endeavors
David S. Alberts

Table of Contents
List of Figures ..........................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................xxi
Prologue
A Call to Action ...............................................................3
1. Agility Myths ..................................................................................7
2. Organization of this Book ...........................................................17
Part I
Fundamental Concepts ..................................................23
3. Problem Diffi culty ........................................................................25
4. Complexity ....................................................................................47
5. Introduction to Agility .................................................................61
Part II
A New Age ..........................................................................75
6. Understanding a New Age .........................................................81
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7. The Information Age ....................................................................91
8. An Information Age Military ....................................................119
9. A Dawning of a New Age .........................................................141
Part III
A Plan to Improve Agility ..........................................161
10. Accept Reality and the Agility Imperative .............................163
11. Understand and Improve Agility .............................................179
Part IV
Understanding Agility ................................................185
12. Defi ning Agility ..........................................................................187
13. Basics of Agility ..........................................................................197
14. Components of Agility ..............................................................203
15. Conceptual Model of Agility ....................................................229
16. From Manifest Agility to Potential Agility .............................245
17. Agility Related Hypotheses ......................................................255
18. Measuring Agility .......................................................................271
Part V
Agility Experiments and Analysis ............................283
19. Experimental Campaign Framework ......................................287
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