The author ’s treatment of the essence of an enterprise adaptability as its most important quality in the changing environment conditions and methodology of its research are stated
in the article, the definitions of tire terms «enterprise adaptability» and «adaptation» are defined and the theoretical justification of the hypothesis about the interrelation of the enterprise
potential quantity and its adaptability level is cited; the enterprise adaptation process as the process of actualization of its flexibility and development potency is also regarded in this
article. On basis of the stated treatment of the essence of adaptability as an enterprise quality two methods of evaluation of its level are suggested: retrospective and perspective. There i s
also the essence of each of the adaptability evaluation methods, activities that are used for this purpose and their interpretation, use environment, merits and demerits.