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		<title><![CDATA[Are You Agile Enough for an Upturn?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/03/24/are-you-agile-enough-for-an-upturn/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  The world is changing and will never be the same again. Incremental tweaks to your business are unlikely to create long-term gains.    Instead, organisations must combine shorter-term profit protection with more fundamental changes to their strategy and the way they operate.    There...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Responding quickly to changing markets: Anticipate, Adapt, Excel]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=339573]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Market change is relentless: ever-higher customer expectations, shrinking product life cycles, and new rivals on the scene all accelerate the pace. But small businesses and midsize companies have one distinct advantage over larger competitors: agility. With fewer organizational layers and less-rigid processes, smaller businesses can act much faster than the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Impact of Work Force Agility on Business Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=352718]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different organizational units. But one common thread persists: the accelerating speed of change....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forrester - Assess Your Enterprise Agility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1148981]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Firms and government organizations are constantly buffeted by changes in their business environment — from changing customer tastes to economic changes affecting raw material prices to government regulations that make hitherto smart business strategies irrelevant. Firms must respond well to these changes to survive and thrive. While firms have used...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Agility Through Scenario Development And Continuous Implementation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=276893]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper examines a business and IS/IT initiative at Volvo that involves managing the development and implementation of an agile aftermarket supply chain. The case is based on Volvo's global initiative to create a platform, Web services, and a Web portal for selling spare parts over the Internet. Creating and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Agile IT Architecture]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=143660]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With companies worldwide under pressure to develop greater 'business agility', technology vendors and analysts are praising the benefits of the 'service oriented enterprise' business processes broken down into manageable and measurable components, supported by information technology, and treated as services by internal and external users. Creating an agile IT framework...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BPO Viewpoint: When Agility Outweighs Efficiency]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=145512]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Agility may soon overtake efficiency in terms of its importance to businesses and government. Business process outsourcing BPO is one of the keys to maintaining agility, but BPO must mature into transformational and business-utility relationships. This white paper describes how the most innovative outsourcing approaches will provide visibility into the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Essence Of Business Agility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this cutthroat, weakness-revealing economy, companies can no longer afford to ignore the problem of managerial procrastination, so the case for agility is obvious. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the article suggests that line managers represent the basic building blocks of agility and lists three emerging prerequisites for corporate agility. It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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