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Handbook of Research on
Complex Dynamic Process Management:
Techniques for Adaptability in Turbulent
Environments
Edited
by
Maggie Minhong Wang, The University of Hong Kong, China
Zhaohao Sun,
Introduction
Business process
management (BPM) is increasingly being recognized as a critical factor in business success. BPM
helps to improve business processes, reduces operational costs, and promotes
real-time visibility in business performance. In recent years, business environments have been changing from centralized-and-closed to
distributed-and-open. Business processes are becoming increasingly complex
and dynamic as they seek to cope with a wide range of internal and external
interactions and changes. Traditional approaches to process
management
are often inadequate for complex and dynamic situations due to their
lack of flexibility and adaptability.
Against this background,
business process flexibility and adaptability at
an operational and strategic level
has shown its significance, with a view to
managing dynamic changes as well as fostering
flexible interactions within and
between
organizations. Given the limitation of
traditional approaches to business process management, we are facing challenges
and chances to further enhance business processes in the following aspects:
․
Dealing with increased changes arising
from turbulent environments
․
Managing complex and interactive
processes across multiple organizations
․
Integrating organizational and
managerial perspectives into process management
․
Creating and maintaining the fit between business processes and supporting approaches
The Handbook
of Research on Complex Dynamic Process Management: Techniques for Adaptability
in Turbulent Environments aims to provide a systematic understanding on
and investigations into the complex and
dynamic business processes with advanced approaches to managing the processes. This Handbook of Research will address various issues, trends, opportunities, and problems faced by researchers and practitioners in complex and dynamic process environments,
followed by principles, approaches and tools developed for solving the problems
as well as their applications in practical situations. The book will be a compilation of
contributed chapters based on experiences, knowledge, and research and practical findings of
experts working in business
process and workflow management and other related fields.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to
·
Requirement analysis of complex and dynamic business processes
·
Modeling of complex and dynamic business processes
·
Patterns of flexibility and adaptability in business processes
management
·
Human, organizational and managerial issues in
process management
·
Knowledge and experience management for business
process management
·
Data mining in business process management
·
Rule-based business process management systems
·
Knowledge construction in business process
management systems
·
Flexible exception handling in business process
management systems
·
Agent-based computing in business process
management
·
Process planning with flexibility
·
Service composition for flexible e-business
processes
·
Semantics
for process flexibility
and interoperability
·
Flexible processes in virtual organizations
·
Dynamic process management in various applications
·
Industry research/project in business process
management
·
Case study or survey on process management practice
Editorial
Advisory Board
W.M.P.
van der Aalst, Eindhoven University of Technology
Christoph
Bussler, BEA Systems, Inc
Akhil
Kumar,
Qing Li,
Mike
P. Papazoglou,
Doug Vogel,
Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University
J. Leon Zhao,
Timetable
January 05, 2008
Chapter proposal submission deadline
January 31, 2008
Notification of the acceptance/rejection of chapter proposal
May 15, 2008 Full chapter submission deadline
July 31, 2008 Review
results and notification of authors
September 15, 2008 Revised
chapter submission deadline
October 15, 2008 Notification
of authors of final acceptance/rejection
October 30, 2008 Final
chapter submission deadline
OBJECTIVES
Recognizing the dynamic nature
of business
processes, researchers are paying
increased attention
to adaptive approaches and
technologies for managing complex processes in increasingly
turbulent environments. This book introduces
recent investigations and findings in this area, including
various understandings, analyses, strategies, architectures, methodologies
and techniques for developing adaptive approaches to business process management. Moreover, the book
aims to fill the gap between practical requirements and supporting approaches. It will benefit professionals,
researchers, and practitioners with advanced analysis,
approaches, and practical implications in this field. The book may also provide
insights and support executives concerned with organizational strategic
development via adaptive process management in today’s turbulent environments.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The book is
intended for professionals, practitioners,
executives, researchers, PhD students, and graduate
students working in the field of business
process and workflow
management from various disciplines, e.g. information
technology, industrial engineering, management information systems,
organizational management, electronic commerce/business, supply chain
management, customer relationship management, etc.
Authors are invited
to submit their book chapter proposals by January 05,
2008, as a 2-5 page manuscript
proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter
via e-mail to Maggie Minhong Wang (magwang@hku.hk),
editor.
Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by January 31,
2008 about the status of their proposals and will receive the
guidelines for preparing the chapter and terms and definitions.
The authors of
accepted proposals will have to submit the final chapter by May
15, 2008. Chapters, consisting of 8,000-10,000 words (including 7-10 related
terms and their appropriate definitions), should be original and should not
have been submitted for publication or published elsewhere. Guidelines for
preparing for the book chapters and terms and definitions will be sent to the
author upon acceptance of the proposal. All submitted chapters
will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
Guideline
for Final Submission
BOOK
PUBLICATION
The Handbook of Research on Complex Dynamic Process
Management: Techniques for Adaptability in Turbulent Environments will be published
by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.) (http://www.igi-global.com), an
imprint of Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference)
(http://www.igi-global.com/reference/), in early 2010.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded
electronically or by mail to:
Maggie Minhong
Wang
The University of Hong Kong, Division of Information & Technology Studies
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
magwang@hku.hk
Phone:
(852) 2859 2474
http://web.edu.hku.hk/magwang/
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