Abstract
A Virtual Organization (VO) consists of independent organizations
collaborating for a common goal. Towards the customers and the
outer world, they are assumed to look and behave as they were a
single organization. Proper governance principles and operative
management are needed in order to achieve the objectives. The focus
is on the enforcement of the collaboration between independent
partners with their own internal aims and own internal processes and
management means. The paper presents results and solutions to
support the management of virtual organizations in a dynamic
environment.
collaborating for a common goal. Towards the customers and the
outer world, they are assumed to look and behave as they were a
single organization. Proper governance principles and operative
management are needed in order to achieve the objectives. The focus
is on the enforcement of the collaboration between independent
partners with their own internal aims and own internal processes and
management means. The paper presents results and solutions to
support the management of virtual organizations in a dynamic
environment.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Methods and Tools for Collaborative Networked Organizations |
| Editors | Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Martin Ollus |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Chapter | 3.1 |
| Pages | 221-238 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-387-79424-2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-387-79423-5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |