This is a key issue. In a nut-shell and based on a couple of decades of work in this area, I would suggest that the traditional organizational design (as reflected in conventional organizational charts) prevents the kind of flexibility that you are describing, and the first thing an organization must do if it wants strategic flexibility is to adopt an effective organizational design. The second requirement is the introduction of team-based functions within the organization. The third requirement is ad hoc leadership, and the fourth, in my experience, is truly supportive and flexible administrative systems, whether they are automated or manual. 
 
Lawrence de Bivort
 
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How can organizations adjust structures and processes so that the goal of competitive advantage can be met by bending rather than breaking? What is a strategy to be flexible?
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