Heimicke, JonasJonasHeimickeKrüger, MaditaMaditaKrügerNg, Gha-LengGha-LengNgBursac, NikolaNikolaBursacAlbers, AlbertAlbertAlbers2023-08-312023-08-312020-12The Proceedings of ISPIM Connects Global 2020: 1-11 (2020)978-952-335-566-8https://hdl.handle.net/11420/43114More and more companies are implementing agility in their organization. Therefore, it has to be considered that different organizational structures exist, each with different characteristics. Some of these characteristics favor the introduction of agility, while others make it difficult or even impossible. In the context of this contribution, essential characteristics of agile organizational structures are identified and four different, established forms of organization are considered. The characteristics of agile organizational structures basically exist in every organizational structure, but the type of characteristics is decisive in how far the organizational structure favors or hinders the introduction of agility. The four established forms of organization are then examined for the existence and the specification of the identified characteristics. This results in an overview of which organizational forms already favor the introduction of agility …enConference Paper10.15480/882.847710.15480/882.8477Conference Paper