Crafting a human resource strategy to foster organizational agility: A case study

Human Resource Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-211

  Shafer, Richard A ^a,b   Dyer, Lee ^c   Kilty, Janine ^d   Amos, Jeff ^e   Ericksen, Jeff ^a,c  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^b Organizational Agility Associates   (United States)

^c and History   (United States)

^d EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^e Cornell university ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0039838339     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.1011     Document Type: Article

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