Provides a framework for flexibility in resource management

Details the links to and integration of flexibility in resource management

Presents high-quality research and case studies in the area of resource management and associated flexibilities

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Prof. Sushil is Abdulaziz Alsagar Chair Professor (Professor of Strategic, Flexible Systems and Technology Management), and chair of the Strategic Management Group at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has served as a visiting professor and held seminars at many leading universities, including the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, to name just a few. He is an active researcher with over 300 papers in various refereed journals and conferences and 20 books in the areas of flexibility, strategy, systems thinking, and technology management to his credit. He has pioneered the area of flexible systems management and made original contributions to the field of knowledge in the form of interpretive approaches in management. He is the founder editor-in-chief of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management and s erves on the editorial boards of leading international journals. He is the founder president of the professional body, Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management. He has acted as a consultant to both governmental and industrial organizations. He served as independent director on the boards of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) and the Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCC). Dr. Tejinder Paul Singh , dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Director Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India completed his graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1978, his masters in Industrial Engineering in 1989 and Ph.D in Engineering in 1994, all at the prestigious Thapar University, Patiala, India. He has more than 27 years of teaching and research experience and 10 years of industrial experience. He has held the positions of professor and head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, dean of academic affairs, dean resource planning and generation, director of the CII-TDB-T NET and acting director of Thapar University, Patiala. In industry, Dr. Singh has worked in maintenance, production and inspection functions and has been involved in various projects related to product development and process improvements. He has a large number of publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals. He has also presented papers in conferences at both international and national levels and has also been actively engaged in consultancy and sponsored research and development (R & D) projects. His areas of interest are quality systems, total quality management, lean systems, waste minimization and Six Sigma. Anand J. Kulkarni holds a Ph.D in Distributed Optimization from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, MS in Artificial Intelligence from University of Regina, Canada, Bachelor of Engineering from Shivaji University, India and Diploma from the Board of Technical Education, Mumbai. He worked as a research fellow on a cross-border supply-chain disruption project at Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor at the Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India. His research interests include optimization algorithms, multi-objective optimization, continuous, discrete and combinatorial optimization, multi-agent systems, complex systems, cohort intelligence, probability collectives, swarm optimization, game theory, self-organizing systems and fault-tolerant systems. He is the founder and chairman of the Optimization and Agent Technology (OAT) Research Lab. Anand has published over 30 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

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Provides a framework for flexibility in resource management Details the links to and integration of flexibility in resource management Presents high-quality research and case studies in the area of resource management and associated flexibilities

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Provides a framework for flexibility in resource management

Details the links to and integration of flexibility in resource management

Presents high-quality research and case studies in the area of resource management and associated flexibilities

Inhalt
Valuation of Flexibility Initiatives A Conceptual Framework.- Analysis of Impact of Asset, Strategic Intent on Product Family Engineering Flexibility for IT Organizations.- Measuring Innovation by Universities & Higher Academic Technical Institutions in India: Total Interpretive Structural Modelling Based Framework.- How Can Network Science Help to Make an Organization Resilient and Successful.- Organizational Flexibility and Entrepreneurship: Knowledge Management Perspective.- Managing Workplace Diversity through Organizational Climate: A Case of Indian Organizations.- A Conceptual Framework for Studying the Relationship between Workplace Spirituality and Knowledge Sharing: The Theory of Planning Behavior Perspective.- Analysis of Drivers of GSCM in Power Industry Using Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (TISM).- A New Methodology for Computer Aided Process Planning Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Technique.- Analysis of Growth of High-Tech Ventures and the Role of Management of Technology in Venture Scale-Up.- Financial Flexibility through Share Repurchases: A Case of Indian Companies.- Relative Financial Performance Indicator Approach for Portfolio Selection: A Case of Indian Stock Market.- Mitigation of Supply Risk through Scenario Modelling.