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10 Jan 2002


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Subject: cfp:  Special issue on Organizational Strategy Formulation and              Flexibility
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:14:45 -0500
From: Jeet Gupta jgupta@BSU.EDU
To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Note:  A pdf file of this call for papers is also available at:
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special issue of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management on
Organizational Strategy Formulation and Flexibility
The formulation and implementation of organizational strategy are
recognized as key aspects of the management of all modern successful
organizations. However, it has become a daunting task to cope up with
changes in today's hyper competitive market place. With increasingly more
global competition and the infusion of the internet in the business world,
flexibility in the strategy formulation and strategy's implementation
process has become a requirement to survive and develop new business. Many
researchers over time have stressed the importance of incorporating
flexibility in the formulation of business strategy, as it may help achieve
better business performance. In such an environment, traditional strategic
planning methods do not suffice.  To keep organizations competitive, policy
makers will have to overhaul the process of formulating and implementing
strategic initiatives to explicitly consider flexibility at various levels
in the organization. Many challenges await companies as they formulate
their organizational strategy and create flexibility in business processes.
Thus, organizations are obliged to continuously explore new and innovative
strategies, and to seek powerful methodologies that will confer competitive
advantage.
The purpose of this special issue is to group together highquality papers
that lie at the intersection of flexibility and organizational strategy
issues.  The term flexibility is adapted in its most generic sense and
includes both the service and manufacturing environments.  Examples of the
subject matter of the papers suitable for this special issue include, but
are not limited to, the following:
«       Recent developments in strategy formulation that consider the
issues related to flexibility that can help practitioners, and their
integration with information technology and management sciences tools and
techniques.
«       Development of appropriate concepts to understand the role and
significance of flexibility in organizational strategy formulation.
«       Empirical research in understanding the practice of organizational
strategy formulation that includes flexibility and the types and levels of
flexibility possible in organizations.
«       Impact of e-commerce and the internet on organizational strategy
formulation and the consideration of flexibility.
«       Strategy formulations to achieve effective and flexible supply
chain solutions for extended multi-national enterprises.
«       Strategy formulations to create and manage virtual enterprises of
the future.
«       Identification of critical success factors to ensure flexibility in
organizations.
«       Description and evaluation of information technology and software
packages available to help include flexibility in organizational strategy
formulation.
«       Application papers of specific interest to the business community.
All manuscripts will be promptly and carefully refereed.  Authors should
follow the Instructions to Authors for the Global Journal of Flexible
Systems Management  (available from the guest editors) when preparing their
manuscripts.  Please submit five copies in English, in a machine readable
form as an attachment to an e-mail, by no later than February 28, 2002, to
one of the following guest editors:
Dr. Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Guest Editor
Department of Management
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306, U.S.A.
Tel:  1-7652855301
FAX:  1-765-285-8024
email: jgupta@bsu.edu
Dr. Sushil K. Sharma, Guest Associate Editor
Department of Management
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306, U.S.A.
Tel:  1-7652855315
FAX:  1-765-285-8024
email: ssharma@bsu.edu
Dr. .Michael G. Goldsby, Guest Associate Editor
Department of Management
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306, U.S.A.
Tel:  1-7652855320
FAX:  1-765-285-8024
email: mgoldsby@gw.bsu.edu
Best regards,
_________________________________________________________________
Jatinder (Jeet) Gupta, Professor                        765-285-5301 (Off)
Department of Management                                765-747-9105 (Home)
Ball State University                                   765-285-8024 (FAX)
Muncie, IN 47306, USA                           e-mail:jgupta@bsu.edu
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