How Long to Read Building the Flexible Firm

How Long Does it Take to Read Building the Flexible Firm?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Building the Flexible Firm by Henk Wijtze Volberda

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? How can we measure a firm's flexibility? Can a more flexible firm be created? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award-winning study and now available for the first time in paperback, Henk Volberda's Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Although traditional organizational forms have worked well in the relatively stable environments of thepast, the globalization of markets, rapid technological change, shortening product life cycles, and increasing aggressiveness of competitors have radically altered the ground rules for competing in the 1990s and beyond. Increased competition forces firms to move more quickly and boldly than before, and to experiment in ways that do not conform to traditional administrative theory. This book offers a wealth of insights into the way firms can increase their flexibility. It is based on extensive interviews with practitioners and supported by many longitudinal case studies on flexibility improvement within large corporations. The author provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness.

How long is Building the Flexible Firm?

Building the Flexible Firm by Henk Wijtze Volberda is 388 pages long, and a total of 100,104 words.

This makes it 131% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Building the Flexible Firm Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 7 minutes to read Building the Flexible Firm aloud.

What Reading Level is Building the Flexible Firm?

Building the Flexible Firm is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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