Preface

I Enterprise and Strategic Flexibility

1. The Concept of Flexible Enterprise

Sushil

1. Creating Enterprise Flexibility through Service Oriented Architecture

Ozgur Erol, Brian J. Sauser and John T. Boardman

1. Defining Strategic Flexibility

Norm Roberts and Garry J. Stockport

1. Flexible Strategy Framework for Managing Continuity and Change in E-government

Saboohi Nasim and Sushil

1. Government Regulator's Role in Managing Competition through Flexibility in Telecom Industry of India: A Policy Perspective

Manoj K. Sharma

1. Theoretical Roots of Flexible Strategy Game-card: An Evolving Strategic Performance Management Framework

Neetu Yadav and Sushil

II Organizational Flexibility

1. Architecting Flexible Organizations

Joseph Morabito, Ira Sack, Edward Stohr and Anilkumar Bhate

1. Towards Understanding the Effects of Outsourcing on the Flexibility Dynamic of System of Systems

S. Jimmy Gandhi, Alex Gorod and Brian J. Sauser

1. Creating Order out of Disorder through Intuitive Flexibility

R. C. Pathak and H.D. Patil

1. Framework for Utilization of Global Resources for Knowledge Creation and Application through Flexible Organizations

Babu Lal

1. Flexibility, Controllability and Risk Measurement Metrics in Changing Pattern of Business Environment

Arnab Mitra

III Business Process and Information Systems Flexibility

1. On How Agile Systems Gracefully Migrate Across Next-Generation Life Cycle Boundaries

Rick Dove and Garry Turkington

1. In Pursuit of Workflow Breakthroughs Using Just Enough Process Management

Robert Zotti

1. Developing Flexible Business Process Management Systems Using Modular Computing Technologies

Minhong Wang and Kuldeep Kumar

1. Rapid Deployment Approach through Flexible System Design: Breakthrough in Technology Innovation and Process Optimization for eClinical Trials

MaryAnne F. Rizk

1. Information Systems Flexibility in Organizations: Conceptual Models and Research Issues

Ramaraj Palanisamy

IV Operations Flexibility

1. Flexibility via Virtual Cellular System for Variability

J Bansee and B. V. Chowdary

1. Role of Manpower Flexibility in Lean Manufacturing

T.P. Singh

1. Supply Chain Flexibility: Some Perceptions

Bibhushan, Anuj Prakash and Bharat Wadhwa

1. Marketing Flexibilities: Lessons from the Corporate

Nripendra Singh

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.