The concept of realignment is central to strategic management processes. In formulating a corporate strategy for an organization, it is imperative to fit or align the organizational strategy with internal assessment and external assessment of the environment. Strategic alignment is a “method for understanding the nature of a business through the correlation of business processes and strategies. The use of strategic alignment allows an organization to contemplate/visualize its longevity and to find out how achievable its visions for the future are” (Morrison, Ghose, Dam, Hinge, and Hoesch-Klohe 2012:1). Realignment helps decision-makers to gather meaningful insights based on its present processes.
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Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Applying the Dynamic Capability Framework in University Libraries
Samuel Owusu-Ansah (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana) and Thomas van der Walt (University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6449-3.ch004
Abstract
To continue to remain the backbone in research-intensive universities and centre for educational excellence, academic libraries must have the capacity to renew library competences to respond rapidly and promptly towards the new global health crisis, and effectively adapt, integrate, and reconfigure the internal and external organizational repertoire to match the needs of users. During COVID-19 pandemic, academic libraries need to be innovative and operate more virtual than traditional. The dynamic capability framework assists library managers and policymakers in recognizing aspects of enhancement capacity that require improvement. In conclusion, the dynamic capability framework is an optimal decision-making alternative for library management and academic libraries in the context of isolation, quarantine, and physical distance during the COVID-19 era.