KOMB (VUCA) World and New Leadership Skills

Year 2020, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 1638 - 1664, 30.06.2020

Engin Yurdasever Yahya Fidan

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.705576

Cited By: 6

Abstract

The fast changing, complex, volatile, ambiguous and uncertain environment surrounding us, is called VUCA in the USA. VUCA is an abbreviation consist-ing of the initials of the words volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambigui-ty. In this study, VUCA is adapted to the Turkish language as KOMB (karmaşıklık, oynaklık, muğlaklık, belirsizlik). The fact that the VUCA world has very different features from the relatively stable business world of the past has revealed the necessity of developing new skills to the managers who have to deal with this new situation. In this theoretical study, firstly, the compo-nents and features of this new business world, which is called as VUCA, are discussed. Next are explained the new leadership skills developed by Bob Johansen that must be gained by today's senior executives and leaders in or-der to be successful in the VUCA World.

Keywords

Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity, VUCA, New Leadership Skills

KOMB (VUCA) Dünyası ve Yeni Liderlik Becerileri

Abstract

İçinde bulunduğumuz ve geçmişle kıyaslanamayacak hızda değişen, birbirle-riyle karşılıklı ilişki içinde pek çok faktörün oluşturduğu karmaşık, oynak, muğlak ve belirsiz ortam, ABD’de VUCA olarak isimlendirilmektedir. VUCA, volatility, uncertainty, complexity ve ambiguity kelimelerinin baş harflerin-den oluşan bir kısaltmadır. Bu çalışmada VUCA, dilimize KOMB (karmaşık-lık, oynaklık, muğlaklık, belirsizlik) olarak uyarlanmıştır. KOMB dünyasının, geçmişin nispeten istikrarlı iş dünyasından çok farklı özellikler göstermesi, bu yeni durumla baş etmek durumunda olan yöneticilerde yeni beceriler ge-liştirme zorunluluğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu kuramsal (teorik) çalışmada öncelikle, KOMB olarak nitelendirilen bu yeni iş dünyasının bileşenleri ve özellikleri ele alınmış, ardından Bob Johansen tarafından geliştirilen ve KOMB dünyasında başarılı olabilmek için günümüz üst düzey yönetici ve liderlerinin taşıması gereken yeni liderlik becerileri açıklanmıştır.

Keywords

Karmaşıklık, Oynaklık, Muğlaklık, Belirsizlik, KOMB, Yeni Liderlik Becerileri

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