1st Edition
Coping With Dynamic Business Environments New Management Approaches for Resilience During Difficult Economies
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Shall organizations be ready, mature, or resilient?
1.1 Readiness
1.1.1 Are you ready?
1.1.2 Measuring and assessing readiness
1.1.3 Conclusion
1.2 Maturity
1.2.1 Could you be more mature?
1.2.2 Measuring and assessing maturity
1.2.3 Conclusion
1.3 Resilience
1.3.1. Resilience is the key!
1.3.2. Measuring and assessing resilience
1.3.3 Conclusion
1.4. Readiness, maturity, and resilience
2. Management Excellence Model
2.1. Exogenous approach to changes
2.1.1 Turbulence in an organization’s environment
2.1.2 Sustainability in an organization’s environment
2.2. Endogenous approach to changes
2.2.1 Definition and classification of resources
2.2.2 Resources management
2.2.3 Contemporary management
2.3 Conclusion
3. Readiness, Maturity, and Resilience Model
3.1. Readiness, Maturity, and Resilience Model
3.2 Maturity assessment
3.3 Case study: Readiness, Maturity, and Resilience of a Paper Industry Representative
3.3.1 Diagnosis results
3.3.2 Conclusions and recommendations
Summary
References
Biography
Agnieszka Stachowiak studied at the Poznań University of Technology, majoring in Management and Marketing, specializing in Logistics. After completing her master's studies, she started doctoral studies and in 2005 she obtained a doctoral degree. She started working at the Poznań University of Technology the same year. Her scientific interests include organizational resilience and maturity for agility and implementing modern solutions in production and logistics (Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0). Research in this area was completed in 2019 and she was conferred the degree of habilitated doctor.
She is the author and co-author of over 100 publications, including monographs and articles published in national and foreign journals, and presented at conferences around the world. She reviews scientific papers and serves as an assistant supervisor and supervisor in doctoral proceedings. He manages projects carried out by international consortia and performs research and design work for manufacturing and service companies. She is involved in organizational activities at the university and beyond, she is a member of PTL, TNOIK, and PTE, a member of the board of the International Foundation for Production Research and a member of the Women in Production Research Forum, and an expert of the Future Industry Platform. She co-organizes cyclical scientific conferences (Economy and Efficiency, International Conference on Production Research), and is a member of scientific committees of national and international conferences. Since 2020, she has been the vice dean for science at the Faculty of Management Engineering at the Poznań University of Technology.
