January 2007
Intermediate to advanced
760 pages
23h 12m
English
TOM DEVANE
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
—Winston Churchill
An organization or community that constantly scans the external environment and subsequently reacts to changes in it is exercising passive adaptation. For example, an electronics firm introduces a new product in reaction to a competitor’s recent launch, or an inner-city group organizes protests in response to funding cuts for local city parks.
The concept of active adaptation, however, is quite different. It espouses that not only should an organization or community react to changes in its surroundings, but it should also be proactive in exerting influence on its external environment. For instance, ...
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