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1、一個企業(yè)轉型的理論外文翻譯 外文翻譯原文 a theory of enterprise transformation material source: volume8,issue4,pase ges279-295,2005 author: william b.rouse the information technology revolution has driven the pace of competition and rapid globalization.consequently,enterprises increasingly need to consider and pursue f

2、undamental change transformation to maintain or gain competitive advantage.this need raises impor-tant research issues concerning how transformation is best understood and pursued.thispaper outlines a theory of enterprise transformation to guide research on these issues.the theory focuses on why and

3、 how transformation happens,as well as ways in which transformation is addressed and pursued in terms of work processes and the architecture of these processes.a variety of industry and corporate vignettes is used to illustrate the theory.a portfolio of research initiatives are discussed in terms of

4、 how they can advance the proposed theory,while also enhancing practices of enterprise transformation. business transformation is an extremely complex operation process of transformation of business activities prior to the transformation of the economic, policy, legal and other issues have take into

5、 consideration, and restructuring costs, risks and goals to be achieved by a comprehensive analysis of issues such as and on this basis, the feasibility study on the restructuring activities the enterprises are facing a critical period in transition, strategies affect the situation as a whole, the b

6、usiness owners in this area should be devoted a lot of energy. business leaders if they can not invest in strategy formulation enough energy, it can not lead the company to do the right thing. pick up the sesame seeds of the watermelon story will repeat itself often in small and medium enterprises.

7、enterprises to restructuring, business leaders bear the brunt. entrepreneurs directly restricts the realm of its own business development ideas business transformation is carried out in the specific context. specific context of enterprise transformation joint decision with its own characteristic pat

8、tern of its transformation. as the complexity of the background of each business transformation and enterprise of individual differences, determines the diversity of business transformation and difficult imitative pattern. enterprise transformation concerns change,not just routine change but fundame

9、ntal change that substantially alters an organizations relationships with one or more key constituencies,e.g customers,employees,suppliers,and investors.transformation can involvenew value propositions in terms of products and services,how these offerings are delivered and supported,and how the ente

10、rprise is organized to provide these offerings.transformation can also involve old value propositions provided in fundamentally new ways.transformation can be contrasted with business process improvement.adoption of the principles of total quality managementdeming,1986has resulted in many enterprise

11、s focusing on their business processes and devising means to continually improve these processes.the adoption of tqm may be transformative for an enterprise.however,as judged by the definition of transformation provided here,the ongoing use of tqm subsequent to implementation is not transformative.t

12、he whole point of tqm is to make continual change a rountine undertaking. this paper has outlined an initial formulation of an overarching theory of enterprise transformation.this theory is very much a work in progress.a wide range of colleagues from numerous disciplines has offered comments and sug

13、gestions on the evolving theory,providing rich evidence of the diversity of perspectives that different disciplines bring to this broad problem area.indeed,it can reasonably be argued that there are few problems so central to our society and economy as the problem of how complex systems address fund

14、amental changes. business process reengineering can be much more transformative.adoption of bpr has led to much fundamental redesign of business processes.this rethinking followed the guidance“dont automate,obliterate.”in this way,both the adoption and implementation of bpr tends to be transformativ

15、e,although success is,by no means,guaranteed.one can then apply the principles of tqm to continually improve the reengineered business processes. rather than routine,transformation tends to be discontinuous,perhaps even abrupt.change does not occur continually,yielding slow and steady improvements.i

16、nstead,substantial changes occur intermittently,hopefully yielding significantly increased returns to the enterprise.transformation and routine change converge when,as with bpr and tqm,the transformation involves fundamental new ways of pursuing routine change. this paper outlines a theory of enterp

17、rise transformation.the theory focuses on why and how transformation happens,as well as way in which transformation is addressed and pursued in terms of work processes and the architecture of these processes.as later discussion elaborates,the theory argues for the following definition: enterprise tr

18、ansformation is driven by experiencedand anticipated value deficiencies that result in significantly redesigned and new work processes as determined by managements decision making abilities,limitations,and inclinations,all in the context of the social networks of management in particular and the ent

19、erprise in general. a variety of industry and corporate vignettes are used to illustrate the elements of this theory and definition.a portfolio of research initiatives are discussed in terms of how they can advance the proposed theory,while also enhancing practices of enterprise transformation. the

20、study and pursuit of enterprise transformation is very much a transdisciplinary endeavor.the types of initiatives discussed later in this paper involve disciplines ranging from artists and architects,to engineers of all types and economists,as well as management,public policy,and so on.the efforts o

21、f research teams pursuing these initiatives often begin with intense discussions of the fundamental basis for these pursuits. in essence,these discussions involve two questions.first,what is the theoretical basis for our research in itsecond,how do the emerging results of these efforts contribute to

22、 and advance theory? giventhe range of disciplines just noted,it is important tounderstand what is meant by“theory”in the context of our investigations of enterprise transformation. are we like newton or einstein postulating an axiomatic basis for the universe and working to derive“l(fā)aws”or are we mo

23、re like darwin,combing the south seas for evidence of our origins? for the former,we would formulate mathematical models from which we could deduce system behaviors and then compare those behaviors with observations.eventually,we would devise theorems and proofs regarding behavioral phenomena such a

24、s response,stability,observability,and controllability in our“model worlds”rouse,2003b. for the latter,we would rely on statistical inference to gain an understanding of what affects what,and under what conditions.this choice reflects the complex nature of the world of interest,with a wide range of

25、players,forces,and factors interacting dynamically to slowly yield long-term changes.this complexity precludes creating a model world of sufficient validity to enable reaching defensible conclusions about the real world.thus,we must experiment in the real world. the distinction just elaborated contr

26、asts the role of theory in axiomatic and empirical traditions in science and engineering.however,the research initiatives of interest also include participants from art,literature,music,politics,law,and so on.this suggests that we might need to consider the role of theory in the arts and humanities

27、vs.science and engineeringsnow,1962;rouse,2003a,as well as the role of theory in legal,political,and social systemsdiesing,1962. these elaborations might be overwhelming were it not for the fact that the theory we need is to drive our research rather than explain or motivate change,perhaps of artist

28、ic or social nature,for instance.the theory should drive our hypotheses,determine the variables of interest,and specify potentially relevant environmental factors.research results should confirm or reject our hypotheses,support or refute the effects of variables,and assess the relevance of environme

29、ntal factors.the rules of statistical inference will govern these evaluations. therefore,we are very much like darwin combing the enterprise seas to gain understanding of the origins and processes of transformation.the theory presented in this paper is intended to help us determine where to look and

30、 what to look for.specifically,the theory helps us to recognize enterprises of potential interest and the variables of importance to identifying enterprises that have attempted transformation,how they have pursued it,and the consequences of these pursuits.thus,our theory fits into the empirical trad

31、ition.the possibility of an axiomatic theory depends on the relationships and patterns that our empirical studies will unearth. the patterns of transformation in computing revolve around power and speed.more and more computing operations,faster and faster,differentiate the main frame,mini,and micro

32、eras.increasing user control has also been an element of these patterns,although this has resulted with increasing numbers of layers between users and computation.further,it has been argued that pervasive networking is only possible with increased centralized management of standards,protocols,etc. t

33、hus,the latest pattern of transformation may inherently borrow from old pattern this paper has outlined an initial formulation of an overarching theory of enterprise transformation.this theory is very much a work in progress.a wide range of colleagues from numerous disciplines has offered comments a

34、nd suggestions on the evolving theory,providing rich evidence of the diversity of perspectives that different disciplines bring to this broad problem area. indeed,it can reasonably be argued that there are few problems so central to our society and economy as the problem of how complex systems addre

35、ss fundamental changes. business transformation is the overall business environment and industry in the face of changes of a fundamental, comprehensive, large-scale revolutionary reform, enterprise development in order to survive, a breakthrough operating difficulties, an attempt to adjust and chang

36、e the companys existing operating structure, breaking status quo, the strategic thinking and a new business model to adapt to the future, to make the core of the capacity and competitiveness to effective change and reform.譯文 a theory of enterprise transformation 資料來源:volume8,issue4,pase ges279-295,2

37、005 作者:william b.rouse 一個企業(yè)轉型的理論 信息技術革命已經(jīng)迅速地推進全球化競爭。因此,企業(yè)越來越需要考慮和追求利益獲得競爭優(yōu)勢。這需要加強研究問題,關于如何加快轉變是追趕好效益的根本。本文概述了企業(yè)轉型理論指導對這些問題的研究,這個理論關注為何及如何發(fā)生轉變,以及變化的方法。加快研究過程和這些過程用來改造的各種行業(yè)和企業(yè),用來解釋的理論研究行動進行了討論,在條件的允許下所提出的理論,能有效地提高學生的實踐并加強企業(yè)轉型。 企業(yè)轉型是一個極其復雜的運作過程,轉型企業(yè)事先對轉型活動所涉及的經(jīng)濟、政策、法律等方面的問題有個通盤考慮,并對轉型的成本、風險和所要達到的目標等問題進

38、行全面分析,然后在此基礎上對轉型活動進行可行性研究。 在企業(yè)面臨轉型的關鍵時期,戰(zhàn)略是牽一發(fā)而動全身的,企業(yè)老板應該在這方面傾注大量的精力。企業(yè)領導如果不能在戰(zhàn)略制定上投人足夠的精力,那就無法帶領企業(yè)去做正確的事。撿了芝麻,丟了西瓜的故事也就經(jīng)常會在中小企業(yè)身上重演。企業(yè)要轉型,企業(yè)領導首當其沖。企業(yè)家自身的境界直接制約著企業(yè)的發(fā)展思路。 企業(yè)轉型都是在特定背景下進行的。企業(yè)轉型的特定背景與自身的特點共同決定其轉型的模式。由于每個企業(yè)轉型背景的復雜性和企業(yè)個體的差異性,決定了企業(yè)轉型模式的多樣性和難以模仿性。 企業(yè)轉型問題變更,而不是常規(guī)的改變是根本的變化。改變組織的關系本質上與一個或一個以上

39、的關鍵選區(qū)。顧客、員工、供應商、投資者改造方面涉及到新價值主張的產(chǎn)品和服務,而企業(yè)如何組織提供這些,還能通過轉變提供的價值主張完全不同的新方法變換?？梢蕴岣邩I(yè)務過程與對比通過全面質量管理的原則deming,1986。工業(yè)帶來了許多企業(yè)業(yè)務流程和主要關注的設計手段,不斷提高這些過程采用tqm可能轉變?yōu)橐粋€企業(yè)。然而,就像被轉化的定義,提供了繼續(xù)使用后不實施全面質量管理的轉變全面質量管理的關鍵一道改變一個方法的事業(yè)。 業(yè)務流程再造的轉變,多采用bpr導致了許多基本的新業(yè)務流程。這個反思跟從指導“不要自動化”。這樣的話,兩個采用并實施重組的往往是變化的,雖然成功,但絕不會保證那么你可以將這些原則應用tqm身上,不斷提高業(yè)務進程。 而不是常規(guī)、轉化往往是不連續(xù)的,也許甚至是突然的。不發(fā)生變化創(chuàng)造出緩慢且持續(xù)不斷的改進相反,實質性的變化發(fā)生顯著增加間歇式屈服希望回到了企業(yè)改造和常規(guī)改變集中在,就像bpr和tq