Resilient by Design Creating Businesses That Adapt and Flourish in a Changing World /

• Main Author: Fiksel, Joseph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Political theory.; Public policy.; Environment, general.; Public Policy.; Political Theory.

This book explains how to connect the health and viability of important external systems—stakeholders, communities, infrastructure, supply chains, and natural resources—to create innovative, dynamic organizations that will find a way to survive and prosper. As managers grapple with the challenges of...

Table of Contents:

• PART I. Resilience as Competitive Strategy
• 1. Embracing Change
• 2. From Risk to Resilience.
• Resilience In Action: Entergy and Swiss Re
• 3. Systems Thinking
• -Resilience In Action: Applications of Systems Thinking
• 4. The Resilient Enterprise
• PART II. Practicing Enterprise Resilience
• 5. Generating Business Value
• 6. Resilience in Supply Chain Management
• -Resilience In Action: Assuring Continuity at L Brands
• 7. Resilience in Environmental Management
• -Resilience In Action: Dow Chemical
• 8. Organizational Resilience
• -Resilience In Action: Emergency Response at American Electric Power
• 9. Tools for Managing Resilience
• -Resilience In Action: Crisis Management at IBM
• PART III. Designing Resilient Systems
• 10. Design for Resilience
• 11. Connecting With Broader Systems
• -Resilience In Action: IBM And Smarter Cities
• 12. Looking Ahead: From Resilience To Sustainability.