Super-Flexibility for Knowledge Enterprises

• Main Authors: Bahrami, Homa (Author), Evans, Stuart (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Organization.; Planning.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.

Living with uncertainty is an everyday reality for most business entities today. This is especially the case for knowledge-intensive enterprises, such as those in technology, financial services, biotechnology and telecommunications, where new innovations and shifting customer preferences can radical...

Table of Contents:

• The Need for Super-Flexibility
• Conceptual Foundations of Super-Flexibility
• The Research Laboratory: Silicon Valley's Knowledge Ecosystem
• Recycling: Life after Death in the Ecosystem
• Maneuvering: Navigating a Dynamic Trajectory
• Recalibrating: Learning by Exploring and Revising
• Orgitechting: Balancing Hard Wire and Soft Glue
• Aligning: Placing an Iron Hand into a Velvet Glove
• Transitioning Guidelines: Evolving from Dukedoms to Ecosystems
• References and Additional Readings.