Managers on Diploma programmes or candidates working towards Level 5 S/NVQs will find that this demanding but insightful book can challenge their thinking about their role in determining organisational flexibility. Centres which offer consultancy services to public and private sector organisations may find that this book opens up a completely new set of opportunities for them in providing services to their clients ... There will be few practitioners who, having read Volberga's thought-provoking analysis, will not feel that meeting the challenge presented by the book has not been worth the effort.

Business Planning

Volberda's book brings together much that has been written on strategic management thinking over the last thirty or forty years, and doesn't pretend to offer simple solutions to complex problems ... What it does offer is a thorough-going analysis of the nature of flexibility and well worked out programme for action to develop flexibility in organisations.

Business Planning

A 'must read' for students and scholars in Strategic Management who desire a comprehensive review and synthesis of the extant literature on organizational flexibility and adaptivity.

Organization Studies