Business Agility

Sustainable Prosperity in a Relentlessly Competitive World

Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Information Management
Cover of the book Business Agility by Michael H. Hugos, Wiley
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Michael H. Hugos ISBN: 9780470455067
Publisher: Wiley Publication: March 4, 2009
Imprint: Wiley Language: English
Author: Michael H. Hugos
ISBN: 9780470455067
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: March 4, 2009
Imprint: Wiley
Language: English

The relentless pursuit of industrial efficiency no longer yields the profits it once did because it requires a level of business predictability that no longer exists. Instead, the Internet and global video and telecom systems provide a massive and continuous flow of data that causes the whole world to behave like a giant stock market, with all the volatility and uncertainty that goes along with such markets. Responsiveness now trumps efficiency*.*

By being responsive to the evolving needs and desires of specific groups of customers, companies can wrap their products and services in a tailored blanket of value-added services to consistently earn an additional four percent or more gross margin than they would otherwise earn for the product or service alone. This customer and market specialization is the most promising and the most sustainable source of profits in our fluid, real-time economy.

Part of the Microsoft Executive Leadership Series, Business Agility discusses the three fundamental process loops that drive an agile enterprise and how they work together to deliver the responsiveness that generates profits in a high-change economy. Providing strategies for innovative and pragmatic use of people, process, and technology to drive operations in an agile enterprise, this book reveals the principles of the agile enterprise, backed by real-world case studies from the author's own experience.

Michael Hugos is a speaker, writer, and practitioner in IT and business agility, and agile system development methods. He writes a column for Computerworld and a blog titled "Doing Business in Real Time" for CIO magazine.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The relentless pursuit of industrial efficiency no longer yields the profits it once did because it requires a level of business predictability that no longer exists. Instead, the Internet and global video and telecom systems provide a massive and continuous flow of data that causes the whole world to behave like a giant stock market, with all the volatility and uncertainty that goes along with such markets. Responsiveness now trumps efficiency*.*

By being responsive to the evolving needs and desires of specific groups of customers, companies can wrap their products and services in a tailored blanket of value-added services to consistently earn an additional four percent or more gross margin than they would otherwise earn for the product or service alone. This customer and market specialization is the most promising and the most sustainable source of profits in our fluid, real-time economy.

Part of the Microsoft Executive Leadership Series, Business Agility discusses the three fundamental process loops that drive an agile enterprise and how they work together to deliver the responsiveness that generates profits in a high-change economy. Providing strategies for innovative and pragmatic use of people, process, and technology to drive operations in an agile enterprise, this book reveals the principles of the agile enterprise, backed by real-world case studies from the author's own experience.

Michael Hugos is a speaker, writer, and practitioner in IT and business agility, and agile system development methods. He writes a column for Computerworld and a blog titled "Doing Business in Real Time" for CIO magazine.

More books from Wiley

Cover of the book Social Engineering by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Bayesian Networks for Probabilistic Inference and Decision Analysis in Forensic Science by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Autodesk Maya 2013 Essentials by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Wave Technology in Mechanical Engineering by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Essential Guide to Reading Biomedical Papers by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Rapid Emergency and Unscheduled Care by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book The Peak Performing Professor by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Right and Wrong by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Seeing the Elephant by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Catullus by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Epilepsy by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Addiction Treatment Homework Planner by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Squarespace 6 For Dummies by Michael H. Hugos
Cover of the book Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration by Michael H. Hugos
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy