Agility is a big topic in almost every company and I often have conversations with decision-makers or students who are looking for a topic related to agility for their thesis. In the numerous conversations I noticed, one thing struck me: When it comes to agility, it’s always a question of perspective. I differentiate between corporations and SMEs (small and medium-sized companies – up to 249 employees and 50 million sales). For a long time I thought about how exactly the differences could be and couldn’t come up with a meaningful answer myself. Piercy, N., & Rich, N. (2015) examined in the study: “The relationship between lean operations and sustainable operations” in 5 case studies the connection between agility and stability in companies. It struck me that the study did not directly examine my question, but showed me two exciting goals of agility: Introduction of agility with the aim of increasing…
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