TY - JOUR
T1 - Enterprise transformation
T2 - Why are we interested, what is it, and what are the challenges?
AU - Purchase, Valerie
AU - Parry, Glenn
AU - Valerdi, Ricardo
AU - Nightingale, Deborah
AU - Mills, John
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge and thank BAE Systems, the ATTAC program industry, and UK MoD partners for their engagement with our work. This research was supported by BAE Systems, the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and by the Lean Advancement Initiative at MIT.
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The concept of enterprise transformation has become increasingly popular as companies recognize the need to achieve an integrated perspective within and across organizational boundaries to address complex challenges. Yet, there is little clarity concerning what constitutes an “enterprise” or indeed “enterprise transformation.” This article is conceived as an initial step along the journey towards this clarity. There is considerable work to be done in delineating this area of interest and this article is offered as a stimulus for debate on what constitutes enterprise transformation. Drawing on themes from the management and systems engineering disciplines, the article will propose four characteristics of “enterprise” as a unit for transformation and look at why this holistic unit of analysis has become critical to businesses. The article will also ask what constitutes transformation, and offer characterizing criteria to distinguish this magnitude of change from more incremental changes. A recent empirical case study will be examined to further elucidate challenges faced in defining, leading, and transforming multi-organizational enterprises. Finally, a near-term research agenda is outlined for the evolving discipline of enterprise transformation.
AB - The concept of enterprise transformation has become increasingly popular as companies recognize the need to achieve an integrated perspective within and across organizational boundaries to address complex challenges. Yet, there is little clarity concerning what constitutes an “enterprise” or indeed “enterprise transformation.” This article is conceived as an initial step along the journey towards this clarity. There is considerable work to be done in delineating this area of interest and this article is offered as a stimulus for debate on what constitutes enterprise transformation. Drawing on themes from the management and systems engineering disciplines, the article will propose four characteristics of “enterprise” as a unit for transformation and look at why this holistic unit of analysis has become critical to businesses. The article will also ask what constitutes transformation, and offer characterizing criteria to distinguish this magnitude of change from more incremental changes. A recent empirical case study will be examined to further elucidate challenges faced in defining, leading, and transforming multi-organizational enterprises. Finally, a near-term research agenda is outlined for the evolving discipline of enterprise transformation.
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U2 - 10.1080/19488289.2010.549289
DO - 10.1080/19488289.2010.549289
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84971377814
VL - 1
SP - 14
EP - 33
JO - Journal of Enterprise Transformation
JF - Journal of Enterprise Transformation
SN - 1948-8297
IS - 1
ER -