Agile Approaches to Organizational Governance: Towards a Resilient and Sustainable System
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Practice in Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 1266
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Interests: corporate firm strategic behaviour; director, board and leadership dynamics; private, public and third sector governance innovation; global governance agendas; CSR, sustainability and ethics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is crucial that entrepreneurs and corporate leaders adopt agile strategies in order to steer organizational adaptability and ensure the robustness of systemic sustainability. The quality of their decision-making is influenced by the ability of individuals and boards to assess the current, known context. This includes being aware of strategic competitive positions, understanding personal motives and political agendas, critically evaluating evidence, gaining the trust of stakeholders, and effectively engaging with authorities and regulators. These decision outcomes, in turn, shape the organizational dynamics within the broader business system. As such, examining governance mechanisms that enable leaders to make high-quality decisions while ensuring accountability has become increasingly important.
Resilience refers to a system's ability to absorb shocks and its ability to manage and adapt to changing situations. Sustainability, which is sensitive to various factors, often requires leaders to make strategic adjustments to maintain continuous resilience. Organizational leaders must be adept at responding to internal factors, such as engagement with management teams, coordination between headquarters and subsidiaries, innovation, or the management of mergers. They must also address external challenges, including climate change, technological disruption, evolving market demands, and pressures from activist and investor stakeholders.
This Special Issue welcomes research that focuses on agile governance approaches that foster resilience. Contributions are especially welcome from those that examine the role of entrepreneurs, board members (including Chairs, CFOs, CEOs, and Non-Executive Directors), corporate leaders and senior managers in enhancing organizational agility and resilience.
Dr. Nadeem Khan
Prof. Dr. Nada Korac Kakabadse
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- governance
- board
- entrepreneurship
- resilience dynamics
- sustainability performance
- system impact
- leadership behaviors
- high-quality decision making
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