Today management agility as an inter-corporate competitive advantage cannot be realized unless given all of the following quickness： （a） quick recognition of changes in the management environment, （b） quick decis...Today management agility as an inter-corporate competitive advantage cannot be realized unless given all of the following quickness： （a） quick recognition of changes in the management environment, （b） quick decision-making on countermeasures against these changes, and （c） quick implementation of the countermeasures chosen. With a focus on （c） and assuming flexibility as a core property that an MIS （Management Information System） should have to make management agile, this study aims to clarify how MIS flexibility could be enhanced. With this aim in mind, the authors will first survey the sources and types of change demands on an MIS and consider in a structured way the flexibility characteristics of an MIS, enhancement of which will conduce to its efficiency in dealing with these change demands. With this groundwork laid, the authors will go on to discuss practical methods to enhance MIS flexibility, and wind up their discussion by presenting the evaluation procedure for this property.展开更多
文摘Today management agility as an inter-corporate competitive advantage cannot be realized unless given all of the following quickness： （a） quick recognition of changes in the management environment, （b） quick decision-making on countermeasures against these changes, and （c） quick implementation of the countermeasures chosen. With a focus on （c） and assuming flexibility as a core property that an MIS （Management Information System） should have to make management agile, this study aims to clarify how MIS flexibility could be enhanced. With this aim in mind, the authors will first survey the sources and types of change demands on an MIS and consider in a structured way the flexibility characteristics of an MIS, enhancement of which will conduce to its efficiency in dealing with these change demands. With this groundwork laid, the authors will go on to discuss practical methods to enhance MIS flexibility, and wind up their discussion by presenting the evaluation procedure for this property.
