Concept in leadership studies
VUCA is an acronym based on the leadership theories of Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus , to describe or to reflect on the volatility , uncertainty , complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations.[ 1] [ 2] The U.S. Army War College introduced the concept of VUCA in 1987, to describe a more complex multilateral world perceived as resulting from the end of the Cold War .[ 3] More frequent use and discussion of the term began from 2002.[ 4] [need quotation to verify ] It has subsequently spread to strategic leadership in organizations , from for-profit corporations [ 5] [ 6] to education .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
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^ Stiehm, Judith Hicks ; Nicholas W. Townsend (2002). The U.S. Army War College: Military Education in a Democracy . Temple University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-56639-960-9 .
^ Wolf, Daniel (2007). Prepared and Resolved: The Strategic Agenda for Growth, Performance and Change . dsb Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-9791300-0-7 .
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Rouvrais, Siegfried; Gaultier Le Bris, Sophie; Stewart, Matthew (July 2018). "Engineering Students Ready for a VUCA World? A Design based Research on Decisionship" . Proceedings of the 14th International CDIO Conference, KIT, Kanazawa, Japan : 872–881. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2019-04-25 . Alternate URL
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