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

A decade ago, the Chief Executive Officer of Albert Einstein Healthcare Net work (AEHN), anticipating a tumultuous and largely unpredictable period in its industry undertook to convert this organization from one that was basic ally stable and complacent to one that was agile, "nimble, and change-hardy ". This case study, while briefly addressing AEHN approaches to business st rategy and organization design, foci ises primarily on the human resource s trategy that emerged over time to foster the successful attainment of organ izational agility Although exploratory the study suggests a number of lesso ns for those who are-or will be-studying or trying to create and sustain th is promising new organizational paradigm. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.