Exam Practice – Reading Passage 1

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Agile Management
Too much or too little, a business’s ability to move with the times leads to some surprising sector
contractions and expansions.
Primarily used in the software development industry around 2001, flexible or ‘agile’ practises are now becoming core elements in the way companies interact and work with their customers and
employees. Agility refers to the ability to create and exploit opportunities and to nullify threats. Swiftly implementing changes is often accompanied by a new vision and strategies for the
company. The ‘agile movement’ emphasises the capacity to react rapidly to sudden and unpredictable changes in the marketplace to survive…