دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی رشد سازمانی و رقابت پذیری صنعتی: نقش انعطاف پذیری استراتژیک در موسسات - اشپرینگر 2017

Abstract

The internationalization of human resources, supply chains and technology management is driving the rise of institutes from Asia. The focus may shift from institutional growth to dynamism for technology-based focal institutes keen to contribute to industrial competitiveness. The role of strategic flexibility to enhance the contribution of institutes to competitiveness is an unexplored area. We study situations and trends in the growth of select leading institutes in India to explore patterns and problems. We attempt to structure the key problem factually to find root causes. While literature review is of limited help to detect any key patterns, interactions and observations indicate that flexibility in the ability to shift proportion of paths in the portfolio of an institute may enhance its vitality and competitiveness. The study contributes to the method of ‘problem structuring’ by proposing ‘actor-based root cause diagram’, and ambiguities to evolve sharper research questions. The study identifies several topics for further research to accelerate catch-up by institutions on quality and vitality.

Concluding Remarks

India had been a strong country in business, economy and technology for many centuries, till the 1700s. Despite enduring invasions of many kinds, India is now quickly reemerging as a contributing competitive country due to hard work, entrepreneurship, education and her noble values such as वसुधैव कुटुंबकम. Institutes of national importance are also expected to contribute to competitiveness through relevant actions and better balances. Choices on the dimensions of institutional excellence are posing key strategic dilemma for the top leadership of accomplished Indian institutes that aspire for next levels in the journey towards becoming world class. The leadership has started appreciating the challenges posed by the accelerating international competition in India and the need for enhancing contributions to competitiveness, particularly of companies. While the serendipitous internationalization of IIT students or alumni can be of some help, without impactful contributions to the industrial competitiveness of local focal firms or clusters, even leading IITs may start ‘stagnating prematurely’, a phenomenon observed for many Indian firms and even industrial houses. India cannot afford to let the IITs slump (Gulhati 2007), but other key stakeholders should not underestimate their responsibility. Among the stakeholders, faculty will have to demonstrate higher energy to be role models for other stakeholders. How do we create people with values to realize an ambitious vision 2020 (Kalam and Tiwari 2015; p. 4), is a vexing problem for India and focal institutes should strive to address it. Dimensions of institutional excellence are emerging to be more complex than envisaged, and hence, we were less able to explore the role of strategic flexibility in depth. However, the paper makes significant contributions in conceptualizing alternate pathways between institutional growth and industrial competitiveness, and the role of strategic flexibility in enhancing balances among them.