Enabling and impeding factors for organizational adaptive capacity – a review of the literature
(2022) 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 In Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 - Understanding and Managing Risk and Reliability for a Sustainable Future p.204-211- Abstract
Organizations responsible for maintaining critical societal functions must be able to handle both events that can be foreseen and events that come more or less as surprises. Therefore, proactive risk management strategies that build on capacity to adapt to new and unforeseen circumstances must complement strategies that build on the ability to plan for events that can be anticipated on beforehand. In this paper, a literature review is presented of factors that are claimed to enable or impede organizational adaptive capacity. The identified factors, which varied greatly in character, were grouped in six themes: 1) Resources 2) Organizational structure 3) Trust, 4) Diversity, 5) Experience. The identified factors can be used as a starting... (More)
Organizations responsible for maintaining critical societal functions must be able to handle both events that can be foreseen and events that come more or less as surprises. Therefore, proactive risk management strategies that build on capacity to adapt to new and unforeseen circumstances must complement strategies that build on the ability to plan for events that can be anticipated on beforehand. In this paper, a literature review is presented of factors that are claimed to enable or impede organizational adaptive capacity. The identified factors, which varied greatly in character, were grouped in six themes: 1) Resources 2) Organizational structure 3) Trust, 4) Diversity, 5) Experience. The identified factors can be used as a starting point for developing methods to assess adaptive capacity or how to improve adaptive capacities in organisations. At the same time, more research is needed on how these factors interrelate with each, with the goal of developing a systemic understanding of enabling and impeding factors for adaptive capacity.
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- Hassel, Henrik LU and Cedergren, Alexander LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adaptive capacity, anticipation, critical societal functions, resilience
- host publication
- Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 - Understanding and Managing Risk and Reliability for a Sustainable Future
- series title
- Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 - Understanding and Managing Risk and Reliability for a Sustainable Future
- editor
- Leva, Maria Chiara ; Patelli, Edoardo ; Podofillini, Luca and Wilson, Simon
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Horizon Research Publishing Corporation
- conference name
- 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022
- conference location
- Dublin, Ireland
- conference dates
- 2022-08-28 - 2022-09-01
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85208279907
- ISBN
- 9789811851834
- DOI
- 10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R06-02-345-cd
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 54b0bb7f-813b-41ce-ab37-912f37eb3669
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- 2025-02-26 10:58:55
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abstract = {{<p>Organizations responsible for maintaining critical societal functions must be able to handle both events that can be foreseen and events that come more or less as surprises. Therefore, proactive risk management strategies that build on capacity to adapt to new and unforeseen circumstances must complement strategies that build on the ability to plan for events that can be anticipated on beforehand. In this paper, a literature review is presented of factors that are claimed to enable or impede organizational adaptive capacity. The identified factors, which varied greatly in character, were grouped in six themes: 1) Resources 2) Organizational structure 3) Trust, 4) Diversity, 5) Experience. The identified factors can be used as a starting point for developing methods to assess adaptive capacity or how to improve adaptive capacities in organisations. At the same time, more research is needed on how these factors interrelate with each, with the goal of developing a systemic understanding of enabling and impeding factors for adaptive capacity.</p>}},
author = {{Hassel, Henrik and Cedergren, Alexander}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 - Understanding and Managing Risk and Reliability for a Sustainable Future}},
editor = {{Leva, Maria Chiara and Patelli, Edoardo and Podofillini, Luca and Wilson, Simon}},
isbn = {{9789811851834}},
keywords = {{Adaptive capacity; anticipation; critical societal functions; resilience}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{204--211}},
publisher = {{Horizon Research Publishing Corporation}},
series = {{Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2022 - Understanding and Managing Risk and Reliability for a Sustainable Future}},
title = {{Enabling and impeding factors for organizational adaptive capacity – a review of the literature}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R06-02-345-cd}},
doi = {{10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R06-02-345-cd}},
year = {{2022}},
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