RESILIENCE: REQUIRED FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

摘要

It should seem obvious that organizations, business and otherwise, must be resilient. But what do we really mean by the term? And what qualities make up resilience in both organizations and in people? Two recent articles help point the way, and provide valuable information for executives in any type of organization: "Resilience in Business and Management Research: A Review of Influential Publications and a Research Agenda," by Martina K. Linnenluecke, in International Journal of Management Reviews (2015); and "A Primer in Resiliency: Seven Principles for Managing the Unexpected," by Erica Seville, Debra Van Opstal, and John Vargo, in Global Business and Organizational Excellence (March/April 2015). Linnenluecke teaches at the UQ Business School, University of Queensland, in Australia; Seville is coleader of the Resilient Organisations Research Programme in New Zealand; Van Opstal is executive director of the US Resilience Project; and Vargo is a senior researcher and coleader of the Resilient Organisations Research Programme.