Definition:
The organisation built to adjust its process and performance to current conditions is called an Adaptive Organisation.
Adaptive Organisations are able to keep up with the rapid changes in its environment. One of the strategies these organisations employ (to stay fast and flexible) is entrusting of more decision making powers and associated resources to the employees. Organisations invest in training program for employees where engineers would be assigned a mentor, who would help the employee work through a curriculum of systems, concepts and techniques so that he or she should be productive. This is where process of orientation is subjected to constant experimentation and revision so that it grew more effective and less burdensome over time.
Further Reading:
BOOK: The Lean Startup – Eric Ries