Perkembangan definisi agilitas
organisasi terus berkembang.
Berawal dari kecepatan dalam
pengambilan keputusan berubah
menjadi fleksibilitas, lalu berubah
lagi menjadi fleksibiltas strategis,
dan akhirnya agilitas organisasi
(Schnackenberg et al, 2011).
Perkembangan definisi agilitas
organisasi seiring dengan
perkembangan dimensi agilitas
organisasi. Penjelasan agilitas
organisasi menurut Iacocca Institute
of Lehigh University (Iacocca, 1991,
dalam Dove, 1992) adalah sebagai
berikut: A manufacturing system with
capabilities (hard and soft
technologies, human resources,
educated management, and
information) to meet the rapidly
changing needs of the market
place (speed, flexibility, customers,
competitors, suppliers,
infrastructure, and responsiveness).
In the other words, a system
which faces rapidly to change and
reaction to these changes is through
variety in product models or midline
change (flexibility) and ideally,
immediate response to customer
demands
