Advancing the Understanding of Agility and Agile Methods in Organizations

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to advance our understanding regarding the underlying mechanisms that promote agility and the impact of agile methods on performance and other psychological factors. Specifically, the papers included in the symposium report empirical evidence on previously unexplored antecedents and outcomes of agility across a range of organizational contexts. The presentations span a range of topics including innovation, leadership, team processes and states, and performance in agile settings. Specifically, they describe how novel ideas emerge during agile meetings (Presentation 1), how the agile method Scrum impacts team processes and emergent states (Presentation 2), how team work crafting supports agility and adaptiveness to dynamic environments (Presentation 3), how agile information systems development practices increase managerial role ambiguity (Presentation 4), and through which mechanism temporal leadership benefits agile team functioning (Presentation 5). This symposium contributes to the growing stream of research insights into the agile movement and expands the perspective beyond the previous focus on software development by adding empirical evidence from an organizational behavior perspective. Fostering Collaborative Emergence Through Agile Meeting Interactions Presenter: Friederike Redlbacher; U. of Hamburg Presenter: Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock; U. of Hamburg The Impact of Scrum on Team Processes and Emergent States: A Qualitative Study Presenter: Eleni Georganta; TUM School of Management, Technical U. of Munich Presenter: Kristin Knipfer; Technical U. of Munich Team Work Crafting in High-Tech Manufacturing Teams: Effectiveness Through Team Flexibility Presenter: Josette Gevers; Technical U. Eindhoven Presenter: Joen Giebels; Graduate Student Presenter: Ruobing Zhang; Eindhoven U. of Technology The Ambiguous Role of Managers in Agile Information Systems Development Projects Presenter: Veronika Huck-Fries; Technical U. of Munich Presenter: Barbara Prommegger; TUM School of Management, Technische U. München Presenter: Manuel Wiesche; TU Dortmund U. Presenter: Helmut Krcmar; TUM School of Management, Technische U. München Temporal Leadership in Agile Teams. Presenter: Wendelien Van Eerde; Amsterdam Business School, U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Claudia Buengeler; Kiel U.