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Can Organisational Theory and Multi-agent Systems Influence Next Generation Enterprise Modelling?

verfasst von : Balbir S. Barn, Tony Clark, Vinay Kulkarni

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Abstract

This paper proposes that the current enterprise modelling approaches are overly reliant on the know how or tacit knowledge of enterprise architects for addressing organisational challenges such as business-IT alignment. Furthermore, current modelling languages only encourage linear thinking. By drawing upon existing research on (computational) organisation theory and multi-agent systems, we propose implementation requirements for a next generation enterprise modelling language that supports agent based simulation. The language is motivated by a detailed case study that illustrates the benefit of using simulation style languages.

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Metadaten
Titel
Can Organisational Theory and Multi-agent Systems Influence Next Generation Enterprise Modelling?
verfasst von
Balbir S. Barn
Tony Clark
Vinay Kulkarni
Copyright-Jahr
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25579-8_12