Two Speeds of EAM - A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective
ISBN
978-3-642-34162-5
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-10-23
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
We discuss how enterprise architecture management (EAM) supports different types of enterprise transformation (ET), namely planned, proactive transformation on the one hand and emergent, reactive transformation on the other hand. We first conceptualize EAM as a dynamic capability to access the rich literature of the dynamic capabilities framework. Based on these theoretical foundations and observations from two case studies, we find that EAM can be configured both as a planned, structured capability to support proactive ET, as well as an improvisational, simple capability to support reactive ET under time pressure. We argue that an enterprise can simultaneously deploy both sets of EAM capabilities by identifying the core elements of EAM that are required for both capabilities as well as certain capability-specific extensions. We finally discuss governance and feedback mechanisms that help to balance the goals of flexibility and agility associated with dynamic and improvisational capabilities, respectively.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research and Practice-Driven Research on Enterprise Transformation
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
Berlin, Heidelberg
Volume
LNBIP 131
Start page
111
End page
128
Pages
18
Event Title
7th Workshop on Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research (TEAR) 2012, and 5th Working Conference, PRET 2012 at The Open Group Conference 2012
Event Location
Barcelona
Event Date
23.-24.10.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
217320
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