firm is$,$ the more responsive it will be to changing competitive demands and market realities. Managers in adaptive companies place $d$ premium on being able to act fast. They want to act in accordance with customer needs and other outside pressures. They want to take actions to correct past mistakes and also to prepare for an uncertain future. They want to be able to respond to threats and opportunities.

The particular form and degree of organic structure the organization adopts to accomplish the goals of a responsive organization will depend on a variety of factors that fall into four categories. In this exercise, you will have a chance to recall some of the categories used in designing an organization for agility, and then consider the different organizational mechanisms in terms of the categories they represent.

Drag the mechanisms to appropriate ways through which organizational agility can be achieved.

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