The Flexible Enterprise (eBook)

Sushil is Abdulaziz Alsagar Chair Professor (Professor of Strategic, Flexible Systems and Technology Management), and Chair, Strategic Management Group at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he is currently Dean (Faculty). He has served as Visiting Professor and delivered seminars in many leading universities; such as, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, among others. He is an active researcher and supervised more than 50 doctoral dissertations. He has 18 books to his credit in the areas of Flexibility, Strategy, Systems Thinking, and Technology Management and over 250 papers in various refereed journals and conferences. He is the Founder Editor-in-chief of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management and serving on the Editorial Boards of leading international journals. Currently he is serving as Independent Director on Boards of RINL, HSCC, and River Engineering. Edward A. Stohr is Professor of Information Systems and Co-Director of the Center for Technology Management Research at the Howe school of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ. Prior to joining Stevens in 2001, Professor Stohr was a faculty member at NYU’s Stern School of Business for over 20 years. During this time period, he served as Chair of the Department of Information Systems and as Director of Stern’s Center for Research on Information systems. His research focuses on the problems of developing computer systems to support work and decision making in organizations. He has published in leading management journals and co-edited three books on information systems. He was visiting professor at INSEAD in France, the University of Business and Economics in Vienna, the Hongkong University of Science and Technology, and Melbourne University. He is currently working on a research grant funded by NASA.

Preface I     Enterprise and Strategic Flexibility The Concept of Flexible Enterprise      Sushil Creating Enterprise Flexibility through Service Oriented Architecture      Ozgur Erol, Brian J. Sauser and John T. Boardman             Defining Strategic Flexibility      Norm Roberts and Garry J. Stockport Flexible Strategy Framework for Managing Continuity and Change in E-government       Saboohi Nasim and Sushil  Government Regulator’s Role   in Managing Competition through Flexibility in Telecom Industry of India: A Policy Perspective       Manoj K. Sharma            Theoretical Roots of Flexible Strategy Game-card: An Evolving Strategic Performance Management Framework       Neetu Yadav and Sushil              II    Organizational Flexibility Architecting Flexible OrganizationsJoseph Morabito, Ira Sack, Edward Stohr and Anilkumar Bhate Towards Understanding the Effects of Outsourcing on the Flexibility Dynamic of System of SystemsS. Jimmy Gandhi, Alex Gorod and Brian J. Sauser  Creating Order out of Disorder through Intuitive FlexibilityR. C. Pathak and H.D. Patil Framework for Utilization of Global Resources for Knowledge Creation and Application through Flexible OrganizationsBabu Lal Flexibility, Controllability and Risk Measurement Metrics in Changing Pattern of Business EnvironmentArnab Mitra  III   Business Process and Information Systems Flexibility On How Agile Systems Gracefully Migrate Across Next-Generation Life Cycle    BoundariesRick Dove and Garry Turkington  In Pursuit of Workflow Breakthroughs Using Just Enough Process ManagementRobert Zotti Developing Flexible Business Process Management Systems Using Modular Computing TechnologiesMinhong Wang and Kuldeep Kumar Rapid Deployment Approach through Flexible System Design: Breakthrough in Technology Innovation and Process Optimization for eClinical TrialsMaryAnne F. Rizk Information Systems Flexibility in Organizations: Conceptual Models and Research IssuesRamaraj Palanisamy  IV  Operations Flexibility Flexibility via Virtual Cellular System for VariabilityJ Bansee and B. V. Chowdary Role of Manpower Flexibility in Lean ManufacturingT.P. Singh Supply Chain Flexibility: Some PerceptionsBibhushan, Anuj Prakash and Bharat Wadhwa  Marketing Flexibilities: Lessons from the CorporateNripendra Singh