Systemic Flexibility and Business Agility

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sushil, (Editor), Chroust, Gerhard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Flexible Systems Management,
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Production management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; IT in Business.

This book provides a conceptual framework for systemic flexibility and business agility, drawing on a basis of research/case applications in various types of flexibility and agility in business. The selected papers address a variety of issues concerning the theme of systemic flexibility and business...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Systemic and Strategic Flexibility
• Chapter 1. Diverse Shades of Flexibility and Agility in Business
• Chapter 2. New Research Perspectives on Managing Diversity in International ICT Project Teams
• Chapter 3. Elements of Flowing Stream Strategy Crystal for Telecom Service Providers
• Chapter 4. Interaction of Continuity and Change Forces and   E-government Performance
• Chapter 5. Development of Flexible Strategy Game-card: A Case Study
• Chapter 6. Flexible Strategy Game Card: Framework for Effective Strategy Execution
• Part II: Information and Business Agility
• Chapter 7. Strategic Flexibility in Exploiting Economies of Scope on 70-30 Principle – A Case Study of Japanese Electronics Industry
• Chapter 8. Developing Personal Flexibility as a Key to Agile Management Practice
• Chapter 9. Flexibility in e-learning through Knowledge Management Practices: A Case Study
• Chapter 10. Flexibility of Processes and e-Governance Performance
• Chapter 11. Workflow Automation Process for a Reinsurance Company using BPM Tool: A Stakeholder Engagement Perspective
• Chapter 12. Localization, Cultural Preferences and Global Commerce - Software Like a Cooperative Partner
• Part III: Flexibility, Innovation and Business Excellence
• Chapter 13. Critical Processes for Organization Vitality: A Conceptual Study
• Chapter 14. How Flexible is the Strategic Innovative Performance Target Design without Sacrificing Lead Time?
• Chapter 15. Time Bound Formalization and its Role in Building Team Flexibility in Product Development Organizations
• Chapter 16. Next Generation Business Excellence Model: Integrating Flexibility Dimension
• Chapter 17. Flexibility as a Strategy for Reducing Cost of Renovation in Building Construction Projects
• Chapter 18. Establishing Visibility across Value Chain of a Beverage Giant by Implementing Flexible Systems
• Part IV: Flexibility in Value and Supply Chains
• Chapter 19. Structural Flexibility in Supply Chains:TISM and FISM Approach
• Chapter 20. A Model for Enablers of Supply Chain Flexibility
• Chapter 21. Decision Modeling Approach for Eco-Driven Flexible Green Supply Chain
• Part V: Financial Flexibility and Mergers & Acquisitions
• Chapter 22. Innovative Mode of Financing and Abnormal Returns to Shareholders of Indian Acquiring Firms
• Chapter 23. Multiple Perspectives of Mergers and Acquisitions Performance
• Chapter 24. A System Dynamics Model of Post Merger Integration. .