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In a VUCA world, contemporary organizations are impacted by many triggers invoked due to government rules, external business environment, and at times by the interaction of people within the organization. This paper focuses on how the changing organizational culture impacts and influences the work outcomes of agile teams operating as complex adaptive systems (CAS) in pandemic situations. During the COVID19 pandemic, the organizational culture of organizations has undergone a remarkable change and more staff are working from home and this impacts the work outcome of the agile teams.
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Srinivasan, B., Mukherjee, D. (2023). Influence of the Changing Organizational Culture on the Work Outcomes of Agile Teams in the Pandemic Era. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A. (eds) Sustainable Finance, Digitalization and the Role of Technology. ICBT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 487. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08084-5_44
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