000			01930nam a2200241 4500
020			_a 9788132223795
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a658.406 _bM311
245			_aManaging flexibility _bpeople, process, technology and business _cedited by Sushil, Kanika T. Bhal and Surya Prakash Singh
260			_aNew Delhi _bSpringer India _c2016
300			_axvii, 335p
440			_aFlexible systems management
490			_a/ edited by Sushil
520			_aThis edited book provides a conceptual framework of managing flexibility in the areas of people, process, technology and business supported by researches/case applications in various types of flexibilities in business. The book is organized into following five parts: (i) Managing Flexibility; (ii) People Flexibility; (iii) Process Flexibility; (iv) Flexibility in Technology and Innovation Management; and (v) Business Flexibility. Managing flexibility at the level of people, process, technology and business encompasses the requirements of both choice and speed. The need for managing flexibility is growing to cope with the developments and challenges in the global business environment. This can be seen from reactive as well as proactive perspectives. Flexibility is a major dimension of business excellence and deals with a paradoxical view point such as stability and dynamism, continuity and change, centralization and decentralization, and so on. It needs to be managed at the levels of people, process, technology and various business functions and it is important to create flexibility at the level of people to create and manage flexibility in processes and technologies in order to support flexible business requirements.
650			_aStrategic planning
650			_aManagement
650			_aOrganization
700			_aSushil [ed.]
700			_aBhal, Kanika T. [ed.]
700			_aSingh, Surya Prakash [ed.]
942			_cBK
999			_c561228 _d561228