What recent innovations or disruptions can you identify that make agile organization designs a necessity? Compare a recent disruption to one from a decade ago. How do the two situations differ?
Agility is known to capture an organizations ability to develop and quickly apply any flexible, spry, and dynamic capabilities (Anderson, 2019). Agility can also help an organization have design capabilities that can help sense the need for any change from either internal or external informants (Anderson, 2019). Agile strategies can be extremely beneficial because they are known to be conducive to change and since the environments are constantly changing, it tends to benefit companies with an agile strategy. They don’t have a set procedure to follow. It’s more of a process of how to monitor and evaluate any information. The strategy is constantly driven to help adapt to the situation and needs of the environment. Skype is an example of disruption in the market. They changed the way people were able to communicate through chat, voice call or video call. They replaced any mainstream form of communication for millions around the world. Another disruption would be how Amazon has completely taken over. They have run places like Toys R Us and Kmart out of business. The situations differ because one disrupted the communication market while the other disrupted the shopping market.

Would you like to work in an organization that is pursuing a holacracy? Why or why not? What other agile practices covered in this chapter would make an organization a more attractive employer to you? What practices would make that organization less attractive place to work
I don’t think that I would like to work in an organization that is pursuing holacracy. I think that since I’ve always worked for organizations that have people doing certain jobs. However, I do think that holacracy can help get employees any experience and knowledge in any different jobs or positions. That can then lead the company to have employees that have higher value. Plus, if any changes occur within the company, employees do not have to worry about adapting to different roles, or a new environment that may arise. This would benefit any organization that would want to use holacracy. Well-trained employees will thrive in a situation like this because they have knowledge of multiple roles and jobs.

Anderson, Donald L., (2019) Organization Design: Creating Strategic & Agile Organizations Chapter 9.

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What recent innovations or disruptions can you identify that make agile organization designs a necessity? Compare a recent disruption to one from a decade ago. How do the two situations differ?

Recent innovations or disruptions have forced agile organization designs into becoming a necessity. Otherwise, the original organizations face the threat of being rendered obsolete by new market entrants who brought these innovations and disruptions with them. These recent innovations include technological advancements such as embracing online retailing or online stock trading to improve trading practices and drive up profits. Disruptions such as computer-based distance education have recently cropped up to disrupt the traditional education system that required the physical presence of students. A recent disruption can be observed in the digital cameras that replaced the film cameras. Though images from both cameras can be printed, the high resolution for digital cameras allows larger prints. Digital cameras offer instant gratification where images can be instantly viewed and edited on computers or in the cameras, which is faster and more convenient than for film where images have first to be printed in a print lab before they are viewed.

Would you like to work in an organization that is pursuing a holacracy? Why or why not? What other agile practices covered in this chapter would make an organization a more attractive employer to you? What practices would make that organization less attractive place to work

I prefer working in an organization pursuing holacracy because, in such an organization, I can directly feel the impact of my contributions on decision-making. Holocracy organizations make it easier for their employees to interact with the relevant authorities and help to inform on policies making the running of the organization a collaborative effort. Other agile practices that would make an organization more attractive as an employer include prototyping and experimenting and capitalizing on the failed experiments as learning opportunities. Arguably, the rewarding practice in agile organizations is ultimately the most attractive feature. An organization limited to the hierarchy system of management practices, where employees can only report to their immediate seniors, will make these organizations less attractive to work in. Organizations that fail to emphasize on both leadership and learning agility are generally less attractive to work in because of their limiting practices.

References

Anderson, D. L. (2019). Organization Design: Creating Strategic & Agile Organizations. SAGE Publications.