322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents cutting-edge research and thinking on agile information systems. The concept of agile information systems has gained strength over the last 3 years, coming into the MIS world from manufacturing, where agile manufacturing systems has been an important concept for several years now. The idea of agility is powerful: with competition so fierce today and the speed of business so... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Editor
About the Contributors
1. Strategizing for agility: Confronting information systems inflexibility in dynamic environments, Robert D. Galliers
2. Agile information systems for agile decision making, William B. Rouse
3. The logic of knowledge: KM principles support agile systems, William E. Halal
4. Producing and consuming agility, Anders Mårtensson
5. Business agility: Need, readiness and alignment with IT-strategies, Marcel van Oosterhout, Eric Waarts, Eric van Heck, and Jos van Hillegersberg
6. Achieving economic returns from IS support for strategic flexibility: The roles of firm-specific, complementary organizational culture and structure, Michael J. Zhang
7. Balancing stability and flexibility: The case of the California Energy Commission, Miguel Gabriel Custodio, Alan Thorogood, and Philip Yetton
8. Enabling strategic agility through agile information systems: The roles of loose coupling and web services oriented architecture, John G Mooney and Dale Ganley
9. Agile information systems as a double dream, Silvia Gherardi and Andrea Silli
10. Degrees of agility: Implications for information systems design and firm strategy, Tsz-Wai Lui and Gabriele Piccoli
11. Integration management for heterogeneous Information Systems, Joachim Schelp and Robert Winter
12. Investigating the role of information systems in contributing to the agility of modern supply chains, Adrian E. Coronado M. and Andrew C. Lyons
13. Clumsy Information Systems: A critical review of Enterprise Systems, Sue Newell, Erica L Wagner, and Gary David
14. Enterprise information systems and the preservation of agility, Anthony Wensley and Eveline van Stijn
15. Interpretative flexibility and hosted ERP systems, Sarah Cadili and Edgar A. Whitley
16. Agile drivers, capabilities and value: An over-arching assessment framework for systems development, Kieran Conboy and Brian Fitzgerald
17. Vigilant information systems: The Western digital experience, Bob Houghton, Omar A. El Sawy, Paul Gray, Craig Donegan, and Ashish Joshi
18. Coors Brewing point of sale application suite: An agile development project, Jack Buffington and Donald J. McCubbrey
19. Organizational agility with mobile ICT? The case of London Black Cab Work, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood and Carsten Sørensen
20. Co-evolution and Co-design of agile organizations and information systems through agent-based modeling, Mark E. Nissen and Yan Jin
Acknowledgements
About the Editor
About the Contributors
1. Strategizing for agility: Confronting information systems inflexibility in dynamic environments, Robert D. Galliers
2. Agile information systems for agile decision making, William B. Rouse
3. The logic of knowledge: KM principles support agile systems, William E. Halal
4. Producing and consuming agility, Anders Mårtensson
5. Business agility: Need, readiness and alignment with IT-strategies, Marcel van Oosterhout, Eric Waarts, Eric van Heck, and Jos van Hillegersberg
6. Achieving economic returns from IS support for strategic flexibility: The roles of firm-specific, complementary organizational culture and structure, Michael J. Zhang
7. Balancing stability and flexibility: The case of the California Energy Commission, Miguel Gabriel Custodio, Alan Thorogood, and Philip Yetton
8. Enabling strategic agility through agile information systems: The roles of loose coupling and web services oriented architecture, John G Mooney and Dale Ganley
9. Agile information systems as a double dream, Silvia Gherardi and Andrea Silli
10. Degrees of agility: Implications for information systems design and firm strategy, Tsz-Wai Lui and Gabriele Piccoli
11. Integration management for heterogeneous Information Systems, Joachim Schelp and Robert Winter
12. Investigating the role of information systems in contributing to the agility of modern supply chains, Adrian E. Coronado M. and Andrew C. Lyons
13. Clumsy Information Systems: A critical review of Enterprise Systems, Sue Newell, Erica L Wagner, and Gary David
14. Enterprise information systems and the preservation of agility, Anthony Wensley and Eveline van Stijn
15. Interpretative flexibility and hosted ERP systems, Sarah Cadili and Edgar A. Whitley
16. Agile drivers, capabilities and value: An over-arching assessment framework for systems development, Kieran Conboy and Brian Fitzgerald
17. Vigilant information systems: The Western digital experience, Bob Houghton, Omar A. El Sawy, Paul Gray, Craig Donegan, and Ashish Joshi
18. Coors Brewing point of sale application suite: An agile development project, Jack Buffington and Donald J. McCubbrey
19. Organizational agility with mobile ICT? The case of London Black Cab Work, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood and Carsten Sørensen
20. Co-evolution and Co-design of agile organizations and information systems through agent-based modeling, Mark E. Nissen and Yan Jin
Biography
C. Desouza Kevin
