International Journal of Agile Systems and Management
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. John Mo
- ISSN online
- 1741-9182
- ISSN print
- 1741-9174
- 4 issues per year
- CiteScore 2.7 (2023)
IJASM addresses agility, responsiveness, competitiveness and management of systems, defined as regularly interacting or interdependent groups of items or bodies forming a unified whole. IJASM highlights systems specified, designed, controlled, implemented, commissioned, operated, serviced or maintained with human and society requirements in mind. Examples include engineering assets, environment, building, transport, computers, supply chains, manufacturing, enterprises, and complex engineering products such as aircraft. IJASM acknowledges the need for better understanding of content/context/processes in systems and their interaction with the ever-changing environment.
Topics covered include
- Agile systems design/evaluation; agility theory, strategy, content, context, processes
- Agile organisation, methodology, framework, tools, techniques
- Systems engineering science, engineering of complex enduring systems
- Risks assessment, strategies and methodologies for risks mitigation
- Sustainable systems design, development, operation, maintenance and services
- Supply chain agility, responsiveness, planning, execution, modelling and optimisation
- Operations management and strategy, process improvement
- Benchmarking, metrics and performance drivers for agile organisations
- Clusters, industrial districts and competitiveness
- Enterprise resource planning, modelling, architecture design and methodologies
- Complexity and uncertainty in supply chains and agile diagnostic tools
- Knowledge management, managerial effectiveness and organisational agility
- Decision support systems, performance-based contracting, strategic development for system agility
- Service operations/organisation agility, versatility evaluation in socio-economic systems
- Agile information systems, agile manufacturing technologies, rapid product/service design
Objectives
The objective of IJASM is to establish an effective channel of communication between academia, industry and persons concerned with the design and development of systems. Change is eternal and perpetual, irrespective of type of system. Systems created in the course of the advance of human civilization need to be functionally and operationally sustainable amid changes in technological, political, socio-economical, financial, cultural and other environmental challenges. IJASM aims to promote and harmonize knowledge developments in the emerging fields of agile systems research, sustainability and vulnerability analysis, risk assessments methodologies, complex systems science, e-organisation and e-supply chain management, with emphasis on the international dimension, particularly breaking cultural barriers, and on national contexts, globalisation and new business practices.
As such, we aim to publish papers presenting new research, innovative theoretical approaches, changes in agile management paradigms, and action (both examples of successes and failures as long as there are important lessons to be learned) from leading scholars and practitioners. Papers generally fall into two broad categories:
- those grounded in theory and/or papers using scientific research methods (e.g., reports of original empirical studies, models, critical reviews of existing empirical research, theory pieces that clearly extend current thinking); and
- those focusing on innovative agile approaches that are based on well reasoned extensions of existing research, experiential knowledge, or exemplary cases (e.g., thought pieces, case studies, etc).
Readership
IJASM provides a vehicle to help practitioners, academics and business leaders working in systems design, organisational development, logistics and support, performance improvement, to disseminate and publicise their research work in enabling high level of agility in their systems, fostering debate and facilitating greater learning processes among them.
Contents
IJASM publishes original and substantial pieces of work of empirical, theoretical, computational, research and developmental nature. Review papers, technical reports, case studies, selected conference papers, and management reports that demonstrate significant contribution to knowledge are also considered. Special Issues devoted to important topics in agile systems and organisation, competitiveness, responsiveness and versatility will occasionally be published.
IJASM is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- Asian Digital Library
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
IJASM is listed in:
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
- Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Academic Journal Guide
Editor in Chief
- Mo, John, RMIT University, Australia
(john.mormit.edu.au)
Executive Editor
- Stjepandic, Josip, PROSTEP AG, Germany
Associate Editors
- Chen, Bernard, Monash University, Australia
- Elgh, Fedrik, Jönköping University, Sweden
Editorial Board Members
- Afsarmanesh, Hamideh, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Biahmou, Alain, EDAG AG, Germany
- Bititci, Umit S., Heriot Watt University, UK
- Borsato, Milton, Federal University of Technology - Parana, Brazil
- Camarinha-Matos, Luis M., New University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Chan, Felix T.S., Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao
- Fukuda, Yoshiro, Hosei University, Japan
- Gunasekaran, Angappa, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
- Gupta, Surendra M., Northeastern University, USA
- Hsu, John C., California State University, USA
- Jie, Ferry, Edith Cowan University, Australia
- Lau, Henry C. W., University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Mak, K.L., University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- McFarlane, Duncan, University of Cambridge, UK
- Moore, Philip, University College Falmouth, UK
- Moser, Bryan R., Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA
- Oh, Kok-Boon, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ortiz, Angel, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
- Ostrosi, Egon, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France
- Peruzzini, Margherita, University of Bologna, Italy
- Rajendran, Chandrasekharan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
- Ren, Jun, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
- Roy, Rajkumar, University of London, UK
- Schoensleben, Paul, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
- Singh, Valdew, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
- Trappey, Amy J.C., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Province of China
- Verhagen, Wim J. C., RMIT University, Australia
- Wognum, Nel, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
- Wong, Chee, University of Leeds, UK
- Xu, Wensheng, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
- Xu, Xun, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Yu, Hongnian, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Zeadally, Sherali, University of Kentucky, USA
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Journal news
Hybridise to survive
27 August, 2024
The business environment is constantly changing, and sometimes does so very rapidly. Research in the International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, discusses how Agile Portfolio Management (APM) has emerged as a useful approach to allow companies to align their organizational strategies with the demands of this dynamic and complex environment. Conventionally, portfolio management has relied on predictive methods that work across a range of project sizes and levels of complexity. However, as businesses increasingly adopt agile methodologies – originally designed for small, closely-knit teams – there has been a shift in portfolio management practices. Indeed, this shift has become necessary for continued success. Agile methodologies emphasize flexibility and responsiveness and work well with small-scale projects but can be problematic when they are used for larger, more complex portfolios. Kwete Mwana Nyandongo of the School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, has demonstrated that scaled agile frameworks, which have been developed to manage large-scale implementations, offer some value, but even these are often inadequate. He found that this is especially true in industries, such as information technology, where rapid technological change and complex project interdependencies are the stock-in-trade of the industry [...]
More details...Understanding social systems for healthier eating
28 August, 2024
Research in the International Journal of Agile Systems and Management has investigated the relationship between people and their environment, with a particular focus on food. The research by Ysanne Yeo and Masahiro Niitsuma of the Graduate School of System Design and Management at Keio University in Yokohama, Japan, suggests that standard approaches to analysing human behaviour need an upgrade. They suggest a more holistic view that recognizes the complexity of human systems is needed. The work could lead to a change in the way we design social systems and behavioural interventions. Traditional methods of studying human behaviour often break down complex systems into separate components. This has the unfortunate side effect of ignoring the interactions seen in real-world situations, and so can result in fragmented understanding that then leads to interventions that do not take into account all the issues underlying that situation. The new study adopts a model-based systems approach to bring together different aspects of human behaviour and to create a more comprehensive framework for studying them. This, the researchers suggest, should allow a better understanding of the various factors that affect attitudes to healthy eating or otherwise. This could then be used to guide how policymakers and healthcare providers encourage healthier eating habits in a way that does not lead to unintended consequences [...]
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