Business process flexibility in virtual organizations

Pnina Soffer; Johny Ghattas

Business process flexibility in virtual organizations

Department of Information Systems

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Abstract

Virtual organizations are perceived as a means for achieving flexibility. However, shared inter-organizational business processes may pose additional constraints on the internal processes of an organization and reduce their flexibility. The paper builds on a conceptual model of business processes in a virtual organization. The model aimes at identifying a minimal process definition to support the collaborative process while allowing flexibility of the internal processes. The model is informally presented through a case study of an inter-library loan process, and its implications on flexibility are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	188-197
Number of pages	10
Journal	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume	236
State	Published - 2006
Event	7th Workshop on Business Process Modeling, Development, and Support: Requirements for Flexibility and the Ways to Achieve It, BPMDS 2006 - Workshop at the 18th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAISE 2006 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg Duration: 5 Jun 2006 → 9 Jun 2006

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science

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