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Building organisational resilience: Four configurations
journal contribution
posted on 2018-03-05, 15:13 authored by Kevin J. Burnard, Ran Bhamra, Christos TsinopoulosThis paper empirically explores the organizational processes at the onset of disruptions and the factors that determine
different configurations of responses. It examines how processes of response, both before and in the aftermath of a disruption, support the building and development of organizational resilience. Using case study data from three U.K. based organizations, this
paper makes the following three contributions. First, it identifies the common elements involved in decision making at the onset of
a disruption, and explains the iterative stages and processes that led to the development of resilience. It explains the criticality and
relationships between the elements of detection, activation, and response. Second, this paper explains why responses vary from one situation to another, by identifying two dimensions that determine the configurations of organizational resilience, namely Preparedness and Adaption. Third, this paper presents the resilience configurations matrix that gives rise to and establishes four distinct
types of organizational configurations, which are Process Based, Resourceful, At High Risk, and Resilience Focused. This paper concludes by discussing the implications for theory and practice of resilience.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
IEEE Transactions on Engineering ManagementVolume
65Issue
3Pages
351-362Citation
BURNARD, K.J., BHAMRA, R.S. and TSINOPOULOS, C., 2018. Building organisational resilience: Four configurations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65 (3), pp.351-362.Publisher
© Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Acceptance date
2017-12-18Publication date
2018-02-23Copyright date
2018Notes
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0018-9391eISSN
1558-0040Publisher version
Language
- en