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Enterprise Resilience by Design: Embedding Strategic Risk Foresight into Integrated Management Systems
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Digital Transformation
DOI: 10.64388/IREV8I10-1714650
Abstract
Enterprise resilience has traditionally been framed as the capacity to recover from disruption. However, in structurally complex and digitally interdependent environments, recovery alone is insufficient. Resilience must be engineered proactively through system design rather than activated reactively after crisis onset. This article advances the concept of resilience by design, arguing that sustainable enterprise stability emerges when strategic risk foresight is embedded within integrated management systems. While conventional risk management relies on periodic assessments, compliance checklists, and static risk registers, such approaches are increasingly misaligned with real-time operational velocity and cross-functional interdependence. This study introduces a Risk-Foresight-Embedded Resilience Model (RFERM) structured across three interdependent layers: the strategic intent layer (defining resilience invariants and risk appetite), the risk intelligence layer (integrating predictive analytics, early-warning indicators, and scenario modeling), and the system-embedded enforcement layer (encoding threshold triggers and escalation protocols within enterprise systems). By embedding foresight mechanisms within ERP platforms, capital governance structures, performance dashboards, and workflow logic, enterprises can transform resilience from an aspirational objective into an architectural property. The article contributes to strategic management and risk governance scholarship by reframing resilience as a system-level design challenge rather than a cultural or procedural attribute.
Keywords
Enterprise Resilience; Strategic Risk Foresight; Integrated Management Systems; ERP Governance; Risk Intelligence; Digital Control Systems; Organizational Adaptability; Liquidity Resilience; Cross-Functional Risk Synchronization; Strategic Governance Architecture
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How to cite this paper
@article{1714650,
author = {Ugur Unlu},
title = {Enterprise Resilience by Design: Embedding Strategic Risk Foresight into Integrated Management Systems},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2025},
volume = {8},
number = {10},
pages = {1713-1723},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1714650.pdf},
abstract = {Enterprise resilience has traditionally been framed as the capacity to recover from disruption. However, in structurally complex and digitally interdependent environments, recovery alone is insufficient. Resilience must be engineered proactively through system design rather than activated reactively after crisis onset. This article advances the concept of resilience by design, arguing that sustainable enterprise stability emerges when strategic risk foresight is embedded within integrated management systems. While conventional risk management relies on periodic assessments, compliance checklists, and static risk registers, such approaches are increasingly misaligned with real-time operational velocity and cross-functional interdependence. This study introduces a Risk-Foresight-Embedded Resilience Model (RFERM) structured across three interdependent layers: the strategic intent layer (defining resilience invariants and risk appetite), the risk intelligence layer (integrating predictive analytics, early-warning indicators, and scenario modeling), and the system-embedded enforcement layer (encoding threshold triggers and escalation protocols within enterprise systems). By embedding foresight mechanisms within ERP platforms, capital governance structures, performance dashboards, and workflow logic, enterprises can transform resilience from an aspirational objective into an architectural property. The article contributes to strategic management and risk governance scholarship by reframing resilience as a system-level design challenge rather than a cultural or procedural attribute.},
keywords = {Enterprise Resilience; Strategic Risk Foresight; Integrated Management Systems; ERP Governance; Risk Intelligence; Digital Control Systems; Organizational Adaptability; Liquidity Resilience; Cross-Functional Risk Synchronization; Strategic Governance Architecture},
month = {April},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV8I10-1714650}
}