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Exploring the Impact of Decentralization of Decision Making and Complexity on Supply Chain Resilience

The purpose of this three-essay dissertation is to synthesize and extend the effects of decentralization in decision-making and supply chain complexity in the context of supply chain resilience (SCRES).First essay contributes to theory and practice by expanding resilience thinking into including supply chain orientation and organizational structure and their implications and also responds to prior research arguing for the importance of identifying organizational factors that improve supply chain resilience. Second essay contributes to the supply chain organizational structure and SCRES literature by not just providing empirical support for decentralization of decision making in times of disruptions but more precisely by showing the factors that either impede or facilitate decentralization at the organizational level. Understanding the interplay among these factors is critical to explaining the lack of success for decentralization in the context of SCRES. Third essay contributes to practice by reviewing some of the major complexity drivers present in the supply chains and providing strategies along with a four-step process that practitioners can use to manage complexity.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1707293
Date08 1900
CreatorsAdana, Saban
ContributorsManuj, Ila, Niranjan, Suman, Pelton, Lou E.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatviii, 93 pages : illustrations, Text
RightsPublic, Adana, Saban, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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