期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2007
卷号：4
页码：703-712
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：Government organizations and universities are traditional and bureaucratic institutions. One government-
sponsored graduate-level college undertook a transformation to develop agility in spite
of academic traditions and a risk-averse culture to take advantage of Information Age concepts,
opportunities, and tools. As a result, the college, dedicated to developing information leaders
who can leverage information and information technology for strategic advantage, is becoming
increasingly agile. By engaging stakeholders, the college is sensing the learning needs of government
organizations, and re-designing current, and developing new programs and tailored educational
services. Through its large distributed learning program, the college is reaching students
around the world, and is expanding its global reach by supporting communities of practice. College
leaders streamlined the organizational design to create teams of faculty to develop and deliver
programs responsive to student needs. Replacing command-and-control systems, the leaders
are re-framing the organization¡¯s reason for being, governing principles, and high-level business
process design.
关键词：Agility, sense-and-respond, transformation, netcentricity, information age
