VUCA

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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  2. ^ Bennis, Warren; Nanus, Burt (1985). Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge. Harper & Row. ISBN 9780060152468.
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  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Wolf, Daniel (2007). Prepared and Resolved: The Strategic Agenda for Growth, Performance and Change. dsb Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-9791300-0-7.
  6. ^ Kapoor, Anil. "VUCA, BANI, FAANG and Corporate Leadership Lessons".
  7. ^ "Fingertip Knowledge" (PDF). Converge Magazine: 34. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  8. ^ 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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