Abstract

This paper focuses on a new trend in management – business agility. This term is brand new in the field of management, but agile practices are well known in project management, especially in the IT sector. Purpose – the purpose of the paper is to clear the ify the relevance of a brand new topic – business agility. This purpose will be divided into six partial purposes. Research methodology – the research methodology consists of literature reviews as the first step followed by hypothesis and questionnaire survey. Findings – the findings and results derived from the research and reported at the end of the paper. The questionnaire survey is carried out to support or disprove the hypothesis. The most significant chapters are finding results and conclusion. Practical implications – the practical implications can be found in the model of business agility transformation that can be used in business, the potential risk of business agility transformation and benefits related to business agility. Research limitations – there is one research limitation and it is basically because there are not many companies that are agile in the Czech Republic and the term of business agility is new and it can influence a number of the filled questionnaire. Originality/Value – the originality and value can be seen in the contribution of this paper: the model of implementation business agility into the company

Highlights

  • Globalization and the expansion of the interface have allowed many companies to enter the global market

  • This paper presents a complete definition of agility, business agility, agility leader built to form a combination of systematic literature review and experience gain from research within companies

  • Hypothesis 1: Agile approach is mostly used in the IT sector in the Czech Republic; Hypothesis 2: Most of the companies are using SCRUM methodology in the Czech Republic; Hypothesis 3: Term business agility is a brand new in the Czech Republic

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Introduction

Globalization and the expansion of the interface have allowed many companies to enter the global market. Business Agility is agility from the point of view of the organization as a whole, it is a change in the culture and functioning of the whole organization, its ability to adapt, regenerate, rapid change based on internal but above all external changes. Unlike many classical firms, have a very clearly defined direction It works like a fleet of small ships that all sail for one goal but have autonomous management within their mission (Šochová, 2014). The company's management is much more dynamic than usual, the iteration of the enterprise, unlike the classic annual plans, shorter intervals (cycles)

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