As a result of developments such as globalization, the fusion of business and IT, the introduction of new technologies, novel business models, etc., enterprises are confronted with an increasing variety of options to deal with an ever faster changing environment. This results in a need for enterprises to be able to innovate and to adapt themselves quickly to these changes in the environment, and a desire to proactively exploit these developments in an attempt to create new business opportunities. This puts a major challenge on the enterprise’s management to make the right decisions at the right time. To accommodate management in their decision-making and governance tasks, a new instrument is needed. This need is stressed even more by the complexities of the challenges and their consequences, as well as the diversity of stakeholders and their concerns.
Access provided by Autonomous University of Puebla. Download to read the full chapter text
Chapter PDF
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Op ’t Land, M., Proper, E., Waage, M., Cloo, J., Steghuis, C. (2009). The Need for a New Instrument. In: Enterprise Architecture. The Enterprise Engineering Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85232-2_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85232-2_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-85231-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-85232-2
eBook Packages: Business and EconomicsBusiness and Management (R0)