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How Enterprises Adopt Agile Structures: A Multiple-Case Study
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Abstract
Increasing speed and flexibility is of strategic importance to almost any company in times of digital transformation. While startups or "born digital" companies are agile by nature, traditional companies are struggling with the question of how to increase organizational agility. Little knowledge exists about how enterprises adopt and scale agile practices and structures. This exploratory study with twelve global cases examines how traditional companies adopt and scale agile structures. We found that (1) agile structures are currently adopted by enterprises at large scale, (2) agile structures are adopted not only by IT, but also by business units, and (3) while Spotify's organization serves as a widespread template for a fully agile unit, enterprises adapt and fine-tune this template according to their needs and scale. Furthermore, we identified three additional models for fully agile structures where a fully agile unit with cross-product support is the most frequently observed model.
Language
English
Keywords
Agile organization
agile transformation
enterprise agility
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Book title
HICSS 2019 Proceedings
Event Title
52th Hawaiian Conference on Systems Science
Event Location
Maui, HI, USA
Event Date
07.01.2019 - 11.01.2019
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Contact Email Address
daniel.gerster@student.unisg.ch
Eprints ID
256617