Resilience: the concept, a literature review and future directions

In an ever-more interconnected world (social, technological and environmental), no organisation can retain a competitive position and survive disruptions as an independent entity. This article provides a review of resilience literature in its widest context and later its application at an organisati...

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Published in:International journal of production research 2011-09, Vol.49 (18), p.5375-5393
Main Authors: Bhamra, Ran, Dani, Samir, Burnard, Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
business continuity
disaster preparedness
Disruption
Human
literature review
Operations management
Operations research
Organization theory
Origins
Resilience
risk
Strategic management
Strategy
Studies
uncertainty
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Summary:In an ever-more interconnected world (social, technological and environmental), no organisation can retain a competitive position and survive disruptions as an independent entity. This article provides a review of resilience literature in its widest context and later its application at an organisational level context. The origins of the concept are reported and consequently, the various fields of research are analysed. The concept is shown to remain essentially constant regardless of its field of enquiry and has much to inform the fields of organisation theory, strategy and operations management. This article identifies a number of areas for advancing resilience research, in particular: the relationship between human and organisational resilience; understanding interfaces between organisational and infrastructural resilience.
ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2011.563826