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By
Janice Burn, Foundation Professor and Head of School of Management Information Systems, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
Peter Marshall, Associate Professor in the School of Management Information Systems, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
Martin Barnett, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
Description
'e-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations' enables IT managers and directors to develop and implement IT strategies and infrastructures
for new models of doing business based on the Internet.
The authors provide a brief introduction to the concepts and strategic issues
surrounding information warfare, managing organizational knowledge, and the information economy. The virtual organization is now an
important business model for contemporary business organizations and the flexibility and adaptability of the virtual organization make
it ideal for survival in today's highly competitive and dynamically changing markets. Modern corporations may utilize some of the features
of the virtual organization to develop the ideal organization to a greater or lesser extent depending on individual business circumstances.
This book covers the issues involved in planning, realizing and managing such a virtual organization, and the role of information and
communication technologies in supporting virtual organizations and virtual organizing is addressed throughout.
Audience
IT professionals/IT managers/IT directors; Information and communication management professionals; Other senior managers with strategic and/or operational responsibility.
Contents
The nature and rationale of virtual organizations and virtual organizing - Virtual organizations: new rationale for 21st century; Characteristics
of the virtual organization; Virtual competition; The role of information and communication technologies in the virtual organization;
Strategies for transitioning to the virtual organization - Models of virtual organizations; Virtual value chains; Virtual organizing;
Evaluating strategies for change; Management issues in the virtual organization - Virtual re-engineering; virtual teams and outsourcing;
Knowledge management in the virtual organization; Virtual cultures; International cases of e-business.
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Paperback, 272 pages, publication date: NOV-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-4943-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-4943-7
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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