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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook of Responsible Management
Book SynopsisOutlining both historical foundations and the latest research trends, this Research Handbook offers a unique and cutting-edge overview of the numerous avenues to responsible management. Opening with a conceptual mapping of the field, thought leaders such as Henry Mintzberg and Archie Carroll present foundational and controversial views. Frameworks such as sustainability management, responsible leadership, humanistic and biomimetic management are introduced. Glocal approaches include responsible management with Chinese characteristics, West African Yoruba, and American Pragmatism. Exploring frameworks for the responsible management process, such as theories of practice, and for responsible management learning and innovation, readers are introduced to key methods responsible management research, such as participatory action research. Groundbreaking in scope and depth, this Handbook caters to the responsible management research community, particularly to the Academy of Management and to United Nations PRME signatory business schools. Policymakers and practitioners will benefit from its insight into the latest advances in responsible management research. Contributors include: N.J. Adler, S. Almeida, O. Andrianova, E. Antonacopoulou, J.M. Bartunek, M. Beckmann, A.J. Beveridge, L. Bizzi, V. Blok, N. Bocken, L. Carollo, A.B. Carrol, R. Colbourne, M. Constantinescu, F. Cooren, S. Dmitrieva, S. Dmytrev, R.E. Freeman, P. Fu, M. Gentile, S. Gherardi, L. Godwin, J.F.S. Gomes, M. Guerci, T. Hahn, E. Iñigo, D. Jamali, H. Jiang, D.A. Jones, M. Kaptein, S. Kennedy, D. King, N. Kuriyama, O. Laasch, C. Land, N.E. Landrum, K. Langmead, T.B. Long, S. Looser, J. Mair, M. Manidis, T.M.G. Marques, L. McCarthy, T. Mead, D. Melé, S. Mena, J.P. Mika, H. Mintzberg, N. Nguyen, W. Ocasio, O. Ogechi, K. Ogunyemi, E. Osagie, T. Padan, S. Parker, I. Pavez, M. Pirson, O.M. Price, S. Pulcher, Q. Qu, M. Racz, N. Radoynovska, A. Rasche, H. Rintamäki, D.E. Rupp, S. Schaltegger, A. Strati, C. Stutz, R. Suddaby, C. Tams, S. Tams, H. Trittin, C. Van der Byl, E. van Mil, R. van Tulder, S. Waddock, R. Wesselink, C.R. Willness, B. Yang, I. Yi RenTrade Review'This Research Handbook includes the ''who's who'' of responsible management, from the most established senior scholars who have shaped the field to the new emerging voices who will shape the future of the field. This Research Handbook is a critical resource for any serious scholar in responsible management.' --Tima Bansal, Western University, Canada'We have, at long last, entered a period of transformation with regard to capitalism and the role of business in society. The age of shareholder primacy is coming to a close. During such turbulent times, it helps to have a roadmap to help us navigate our way to the future. This Research Handbook of Responsible Management provides the intellectual guide needed.' --Stuart L. Hart, University of Vermont, US, author of Capitalism at the Crossroads'Management has made the world that we live in. The world that we live in could now be destroyed by management. Massive inequalities, a sense that the elites are failing the people and a very real climate emergency have been caused by contemporary forms of organization. Now, more than ever, we need to rethink management, and this book makes a real contribution to that project.' --Martin Parker, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContents PART I SETTING THE STAGE 1 Mapping the emerging field of responsible management: domains, spheres, themes, and future research 2 Oliver Laasch, Roy Suddaby, R. Edward Freeman and Dima Jamali 2 Can management ever be responsible? Alternative organizing and the three irresponsibilities of management 40 Kiri Langmead, Chris Land and Daniel King 3 What ‘are’ responsible management? A conceptual potluck 56 Archie B. Carroll, Nancy J. Adler, Henry Mintzberg, François Cooren, Roy Suddaby, R. Edward Freeman and Oliver Laasch PART II ICONIC VIEWS 4 Mintzberg on (ir)responsible management 73 Henry Mintzberg and Oliver Laasch 5 From managerial responsibility to CSR and back to responsible management 84 Archie B. Carroll and Oliver Laasch 6 Responsible management as re-enchantment and retrovation 91 Roy Suddaby and Oliver Laasch 7 Responsible leadership and management: key distinctions and shared concerns 100 Nancy J. Adler and Oliver Laasch 8 From ‘management sucks’ to ‘responsible management rocks!’ 113 R. Edward Freeman and Oliver Laasch PART III MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS 9 Sustainability management from a responsible management perspective 122 Markus Beckmann, Stefan Schaltegger and Nancy E. Landrum 10 Responsible leadership and/versus responsible management 138 Tânia M. G. Marques and Jorge F. S. Gomes 11 Ethics management and ethical management: mapping criteria and interventions to support responsible management practice 155 Mihaela Constantinescu and Muel Kaptein 12 Responsible governance: broadening the corporate governance discourse to include positive duties and collective action 175 Rob van Tulder and Eveline van Mil 13 Humanistic management as integrally responsible management? 195 Michael Pirson 14 Bioinspiration as a guide for responsible management 212 Taryn L. Mead and Nancy E. Landrum PART IV GLOCAL AND SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVES 15 The United Nations Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals 228 Andreas Rasche 16 The multinational perspective on responsible management: managing risk-responsibility trade-offs across borders 242 Rob van Tulder 17 Responsible management: an Indigenous perspective 260 Jason Paul Mika, Rick Colbourne and Shamika Almeida 18 Islamic perspective of responsible management 277 Yusuf Sidani 19 Catholic social teaching and responsible management 292 Domènec Melé 20 Responsible management with Chinese characteristics 304 Pingping Fu, Qing Qu, Bo Yang and Huihua Jiang 21 The Japanese perspective on responsible management 318 Naoki Kuriyama 22 Responsible managers for the common good: African (Igbo and Yoruba) perspectives on responsible management 332 Kemi Ogunyemi and Ogechi Obiorah 23 “Honorable merchant” and “handshake quality”: interpretations of individually responsible leadership 345 Stéphanie Looser and Joachim Schwalbach 24 American pragmatism and responsible management: the role of John Dewey 364 Svetlana N. Dmitrieva, R. Edward Freeman and Sergiy D. Dmytriyev PART V CONCEPTUALIZING PROCESS AND PRACTICES 25 Corporate social responsibility at the individual level of analysis: research findings that inform responsible management “in the wild” 375 Chelsea R. Willness, David A. Jones, Nicole Strah and Deborah E. Rupp 26 Enacting responsible management: a practice-based perspective 392 Oriana Milani Price, Silvia Gherardi and Marie Manidis 27 Beauty of responsible management: the lens and methodology of organizational aesthetics 410 Antonio Strati 28 The emerging logic of responsible management: institutional pluralism, leadership, and strategizing 420 Nevena Radoynovska, William Ocasio and Oliver Laasch 29 Responsible management of sustainability tensions: a paradoxical approach to grand challenges 438 Connie Van der Byl, Natalie Slawinski and Tobias Hahn 30 Consensus vs. dissensus: the communicative constitution of responsible management 453 Dennis Schoeneborn, Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich and François Cooren 31 Managing the past responsibly: a collective memory perspective on responsibility, sustainability and ethics 470 Sébastien Mena and Jukka Rintamäki PART VI LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT 32 Responsible managers’ workplace learning 485 Olga Andrianova and Elena Antonacopoulou 33 Responsible management unlearning 501 Tali Padan and Nhien Nguyen 34 Differentiating CSR managers’ roles and competencies: taking conflicts as a starting point 516 Renate Wesselink and Eghe R. Osagie 35 Giving voice to values: responsible management as facilitation of ethical voice 532 Carsten Tams and Mary C. Gentile 36 A strength-based approach to responsible management: professional moral courage and moral competency 549 Leslie E. Sekerka 37 The dynamics of responsible careers and their impact on societal issues: a conceptual framework 565 Svenja Tams PART VII INNOVATION AND CHANGE 38 Responsible job crafting 583 Lorenzo Bizzi 39 Whistleblowing as a crucial practice for responsible management 594 Luca Carollo, Simone Pulcher and Marco Guerci 40 Responsible management of innovation in business 606 Thomas B. Long, Edurne Iñigo and Vincent Blok 41 Social innovation: specifying pathways for impact 624 Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair 42 Innovating business models for sustainability: an essential practice for responsible managers 640 Steve Kennedy and Nancy Bocken 43 Institutional work and (ir)responsible management 654 Lauren McCarthy and Sébastien Mena 44 Memes, transformational change, and responsible leadership 670 Sandra Waddock PART VIII ENGAGED RESEARCH 45 Critically responsible management: agonistic answers to antagonistic questions 686 Marton Racz and Simon Parker 46 Realizing the critical performative potential of responsible organizational research through participant action research 700 Kiri Langmead and Daniel King 47 Inquiring into change and innovation for greater responsibility through an appreciative inquiry lens 715 ‘Alim J. Beveridge, Lindsey Godwin and Ignacio Pavez 48 Creating standards for responsible translation of management research for practitioners 729 Isabelle Yi Ren and Jean M. Bartunek 49 Using the past responsibly: what responsible managers and management academics can learn from historians’ professional ethics 745 Christian Stutz and Judith Schrempf-Stirling Index 759
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Business Teaching Beyond Silos: Interdisciplinary
Book SynopsisBusiness Teaching Beyond Silos focuses on the application of business education to the teaching of other subject areas and how other subject areas inform business teaching. It outlines the benefits of using inter- and multi-disciplinarity to enhance business education and to influence and inform business practice within other disciplines. Drawing on case studies and the contributors’ own experiences, the book showcases what cross-, inter- and multi-disciplinary learning and teaching means, and how it impacts academia and the real world. Chapters explore interdisciplinarity in STEM, as well as the humanities and social science areas, examining key topics including business teaching philosophies, cultivating business skills and team coaching. Presenting examples of where interdisciplinary teaching has been both successful and challenging, the book will enable practitioners to understand and utilise the worked examples to adapt their own practice. This practical book will be a useful resource for higher education teachers and academics who are interested in the teaching benefits of educating students with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills.Trade Review‘Traditional academic silos have developed refined pedagogies to enable knowledge transfer from the classroom to the workplace. Yet, in these silos, we’ve lost connections that facilitate greater learning opportunities for our students. Traczykowski, Goddard, Knight, and Vettraino bridge STEM, business, and the arts and humanities pedagogies and remind us to put the learner at the heart of what we do.’ -- Anthony R. Wheeler, Widener University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: reflecting a diverse community in the curriculum xxiii Helen E. Higson and Hannah Bartlett Introduction to Business Teaching Beyond Silos 1 Lauren Traczykowski, Alan D. Goddard, Gillian Knight and Elinor Vettraino PART I INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN STEM 1 People management for techies: the challenges of teaching leadership and people management to technically-focused apprentices 13 Jude Preston 2 Effectively leveraging business teaching philosophies across engineering 24 Iftakar Hassan Abdulla Haji and Uche Ogwude 3 Embedding business skills through the Bioscience placement year 37 Alan D. Goddard, Stuart D. Greenhill, Alice J. Rothnie, James Heritage, Lucy Holder and Joanne R. Gough 4 Shaping design entrepreneurs in higher education: the development of a UK integrated master’s degree programme – MSci Design, Enterprise and Innovation 49 Wei Liu, Simon Finley and Lyndon Buck 5 Exclusive online delivery to work-based learners: the good, the bad, and the promising 61 Alina Patelli PART I CASE STUDIES 6 Embedding sustainable development (SD) and interdisciplinary project based learning (PBL) in the EPS: an opportunity to break down silos in engineering 75 Goudarz Poursharif, Tamer Panagiotis Doss, Rebecca Broadbent and Gillian Knight 7 A case study: post-graduation, post-formation support through facilitated peer group learning 79 Rosy A. Jones and Greg J. Sandford PART II BRINGING BUSINESS TO INTERDISCIPLINARITY 8 Moving from the why to the what: the role of the arts in executive and consulting education 84 Elinor Vettraino, Warren Linds and Leah Vineberg 9 Making the case for theory in the accounting classroom: invoking the self when teaching accounting and accountability 99 David Yates 10 Teaching accounting with inspiration from moral philosophy (ethics) 109 Richard Kenyon 11 Cultivating business skill development in healthcare courses 121 Saira Hussain 12 Teaching the business of sport (beyond the disciplinary boundary) 132 Daniel Fitzpatrick and Johan Rewilak 13 Engagement and empathy in teaching economics to non-specialists 144 Dean Garratt, Matthew Olczak and Robert Riegler PART II CASE STUDIES 14 International business in a foreign language: developing linguistic and intercultural competencies 156 Céline Benoit and Aurélia Robert 15 Team coaching as an interdisciplinary learning medium 160 Aimee Postle and Jordan Shaw PART III BEYOND BUSINESS: INTERDISCIPLINARITY FROM THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 16 Multidisciplinary foundation years as an entry to higher education 166 Darren Campbell 17 Multidisciplinary teaching of business and law: getting the focus right 176 Daniel Cash and Adam Shaw-Mellors 18 Islands in the (learning) stream: why multidisciplinary teams are more than just the sum of their parts 186 Paul Dale, Elizabeth Dolan, Basma Ikram, Wendy Leadbeater, Kris Lines and Claire Stocker PART III CASE STUDIES 19 Using interdisciplinary teaching within a Living Lab to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals into higher education 199 Caroline Coles 20 Clinical legal education: utilising a law clinic in an interdisciplinary setting 204 Laura Hyde Afterword 208 Ruth Ayres Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Key Questions and Inspiring Answers in
Book SynopsisAs a fascinating interdisciplinary and emerging field of research and practice, cross-cultural management is shaped and enriched by women scholars. This book takes an engaging narrative approach to insightful conversations with 12 women academics to illuminate key concepts, methods and issues within this ever-evolving field.This captivating book encapsulates how these influential women academics approach and perceive culture and interculturality in management. Through the interweaving of scholarly achievements and biographical experiences, chapters portray cross-cultural management as tangible, dynamic and contextualized. They provide an essential overview of the origins, development and current state of cross-cultural management, while also offering insights into personal life stories and motivations of the interviewees and the context of their research.Key Questions and Inspiring Answers in Cross-Cultural Management provides scholars, students and practitioners of management, international business and organization with a unique opportunity to explore the field of cross-cultural management from an original and personal perspective.Trade Review‘Christoph Barmeyer and Constanze Ruesga Rath have provided the field of cross-cultural management with a priceless, historical tour de force of the lives, crucible experiences, and wisdom of the pioneering women scholars in the field. In reviewing the manuscript for endorsement, I could not put it down - their insights and the “behind-the-scenes” revelations of their motivations, adversities, triumphs, and the subsequent wisdom engendered from their varied experiences, were riveting. Everyone in the field should read this book and return to it often, not only for professional guidance but for light and edification of the soul. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.’ -- Mark Mendenhall, University of Tennessee, US‘An inspiring and life-affirming book, and not just for academics working in the field of cross-cultural management! Anyone with an interest in doing research that matters will find this book a stimulating read. I thoroughly enjoyed both its analysis of the field and its fascinating life stories of 12 amazing women academics.’ -- Anne-Wil Harzing, Middlesex University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface: The becoming of this book vii PART I INTRODUCTION Cross-cultural management and women pioneers Christoph Barmeyer and Constanze Ruesga Rath PART II CONVERSATIONS WITH CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT WOMEN PIONEERS 1 Conversation with Nancy Jane Adler 2 Conversation with Zeynep Aycan 3 Conversation with Ariane Berthoin Antal 4 Conversation with Nakiye Boyacigiller 5 Conversation with Mary Yoko Brannen 6 Conversation with Paula Caligiuri 7 Conversation with Sylvie Chevrier 8 Conversation with Martha Maznevski 9 Conversation with Joyce Osland 10 Conversation with Sonja Sackmann 11 Conversation with Susan Carol Schneider 12 Conversation with Lena Zander PART III CONCLUSION Women pioneers of cross-cultural management: key findings from the conversations Index
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Emerald Publishing Limited Responsible Management and Taoism, Volume 1:
Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking Volume One of the series, Managing Responsibly for Sustainable Business Development in the VUCA World, We embark on a transformative journey towards sustainable and excellent management practices. As the world grapples with the complexities and uncertainties of the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) era, it has become imperative to explore new approaches that align with responsible management and Taoist principles. This volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to the 3C Model of Taoism - compassion, conservation, and compliance, which forms the foundation for sustainability and excellence. Through a deep exploration of the relationships among business, management, leadership, sustainability, and excellence, readers gain valuable insights into how these aspects intertwine to shape responsible management in today's dynamic landscape. Furthermore, Volume One explores the adaptive challenges and wicked problems that organizations face in the VUCA world. It provides guidance on shifting the management paradigm to adapt to these challenges and effectively address wicked problems within complex organizations. When adopting the 3C Model of Taoism, managers and leaders will discover how to manage people with compassion, embracing social responsibility; manage organizations with conservation, fostering ecological sustainability; and manage businesses with compliance, upholding strong business ethics. Volume One is an indispensable resource for managers, leaders, and scholars seeking innovative solutions and a deeper understanding of responsible management practices. Drawing from the profound wisdom of Taoism, this volume offers practical insights and strategies to navigate the complexities of the VUCA world while upholding values of compassion, conservation, and compliance. Volume One is one of a two-volume series. Volume Two, Transforming Management Education for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), explores the crucial role of transforming management education to meet the challenges and goals of sustainable development. Together, these volumes provide a comprehensive and enlightening exploration of responsible management, Taoism, and their impact on overcoming challenges in the VUCA era.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. The Trilogy of 3C Model of Taoism for Sustainability & Excellence: An Introduction Chapter 1. Why A Trilogy of Responsible Business, Responsible Management and Responsible Leadership? Chapter 2. The 3C Model of Taoism: The Foundation of the Trilogy of Responsible Business, Responsible Management and Responsible Leadership Chapter 3. Tao of Business, Management and Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Sustainability & Excellence Chapter 4. The Tao of the Reverse “U” Model for Sustainability & Excellence Part II. Why Responsible Management? The Adaptive Challenges and Wicked Problems in the VUCA Era Chapter 5. The Challenges in the 21st Century: Context for Designing New Model of Management Chapter 6. Management Shift in Complex Organizations Chapter 7. Overcoming Sustainability Challenges: The Role of Responsible Management and Leadership Part III. The 3C Model of Taoism and Responsible Management Chapter 8. 3C Model of Taoism vs. 3P Model of Sustainability Chapter 9. Managing People with Compassion: Social Responsibility Chapter 10. Managing Organizations with Conservation: Ecological Sustainability Chapter 11. Managing Business with Compliance: Business Ethics
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Emerald Publishing Limited Braver Leaders in Action: Personal and
Book SynopsisBraver Leaders in Action explains why it is vital for ordinary leaders to be brave in the context of unprecedented global challenges. Exercises and practical examples from experienced leaders help you to grow your awareness and understanding, boosting your potential to be a braver leader and prompting reflection on your development in eight key areas. Each area explores the braver forms of personal and corporate leadership necessary for future leaders via four related “cornerstones” derived from literature reviews, discussions with leaders, and many years of developmental and coaching conversations. This well-referenced and practical book is essential reading for a range of readers across sectors including management and leadership, coaching, mentoring and followership. Supporting the case for new ways of thinking about leadership in current conditions – and what its core purpose may actually be – Braver Leaders in Action fills a gap in the current leadership literature by exploring how leaders can truly bring a braver stance to their life and work.Trade ReviewLeaders can no longer instruct, direct and command from on high. In the new world of hybrid and remote working leaders need to step up, connect, understand and engage: they need to be braver. McLaughlin and Cox build on their previous work on leadership to offer guidance on how awareness, EQ, values, and a servant heart can enable leaders to succeed in the new normal. Essential reading for a post-covid world. -- Prof. Jonathan Passmore,SVP Coaching, CoachHub and Henley Business SchoolMaking a positive impact on our world, challenging the status quo, stepping outside of our comfort zone - many of us would like to know how to do this and where to start. We can just open this book! Thanks to their established expertise and experience as educator, coach and consultant in coaching and leadership development, McLaughlin and Cox have designed a self-help book that will accompany us in this transition. This research-informed manual makes top academic work accessible through thought-provoking reflexive activities and meaningful illustrative cases. Forge your own leadership with “Braver Leaders in Action” by your side! -- Prof. Pauline Fatien,Associate Professor, Grenoble Ecole de Management, FranceIn this powerful text, research and theory meet deep experience in the practice of leadership in ways that will authentically speak to the reader. With values forefront and centre, McLaughlin and Cox bring both an urgency and a “how-to” for braver leaders to do the right thing when facing contemporary challenges. The reflective exercises, feedback, recommended readings and case studies from experienced leaders gently guide the reader through such concepts as awareness, desire, ego-lite, ethical practice, humility, legacy and well-being - of leaders themselves, of others, and of the planet. This is a wonderful text for those who want to be braver leaders, knowing what a difference they could make in the world. -- Dr. Jan Robertson,Academic Consultant, Author of Coaching Leadership, New Zealand.Table of ContentsForeword; Chris Surch Introduction Chapter 1. Becoming Aware Chapter 2. Generating Desire, Motivation and Commitment Chapter 3. Challenging Mindsets Chapter 4. Practicing Emotional Intelligence Chapter 5. Generating Personal Capacity Chapter 6. Exploring Values Chapter 7. Regulating the Ego: Ego-Lite Chapter 8. Doing the Right Thing Chapter 9. Conclusion: Braver Leadership in Action
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How to Do Relevant Research: From the Ivory Tower
Book SynopsisAmidst rapid and fundamental shifts in the economic, geo-political, technological, and societal landscape, this cutting-edge book makes the timeless case that research can be informed by problems in the 'real world' and make important contributions to theory and practice.Throughout the book, the authors argue that there is a 'sweet spot' where both scholarly and practical research can be done simultaneously. It offers readers insightful and rich examples of how this can be achieved, including frameworks, examples, ideas, and tools which will guide researchers in the lifelong task of defining themselves as researchers and crafting their own unique research practice. It also features critical insights into careers oriented toward having impact on practice, reflective questions that make the principles personal and relevant, and a framework to help develop the network of connections required for research to impact practice.Speaking to the graduate student in all of us, How to Do Relevant Research will greatly benefit Ph.D. students and early career academics who gravitate towards this kind of research but worry about its feasibility and instrumentality, mid-to-late career scholars who do research for practice and teach young scholars how to do it, and to researchers in a think-tank or consultancy who want their work to be scientifically sound and practically useful.Trade Review‘This book is a very powerful statement of how management research can be relevant for management practice and why that is important. I used a preprint with my doctoral students to enable them to think about how their scholarship can be both rigorous and relevant. The reflective questions scattered throughout the book are an added bonus that guide students to reflect for themselves about what matters to them about research. I strongly recommend this book for academics pondering their links with practice.’ -- Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, US‘Minimizing the rigor-relevance trade-off is the holy grail not only of management research but for all the social sciences. This ingenious and timely book is full of actionable insights and wisdom on what its authors call “sweet spot research” as organizations confronting pervasive disruption need the research of business schools more than ever.’ -- Geoffrey Garrett, The University of Southern California, US‘How to Do Relevant Research shows how to achieve both rigor and relevance by building a solid bridge between academics in the ivory tower and practitioners in the world. It inspires meaning, purpose and action in a community of scholars where research is often void of societal relevance and filled with instrumental careerism. It provides a compelling explanation of why sweet spot research is responsible research, why it is good for everyone, and how it can inspire a collective dream of making the world a better place for all people. This book is a wonderful gift to all current and aspiring scholars, not only those in management but in all professional disciplines.’ -- Anne S. Tsui, Co-founder, Responsible Research in Business and Management (www.rrbm.network) 67 President, Academy of Management (www.aom.org); Founding President, International Association for Chinese Management Research (www.iacmr.org)‘This book is a treasure. Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley have named and confronted head-on the challenges and struggles of the research philosophies and practices in our field. Through erudite summaries, penetrating questioning and reflective exercises they have built an integrating framework that can be a transformational force in the future of organizational scholarship. This is a book, not only to be read, but also to be subjected to deep reflection and application.’ -- David Coghlan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland‘Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley have written the definitive primer on how to do research that matters to both academics and practitioners. For those early in the journey of doing relevant research, the book is a “must read.” Clear, informative, and useful. For those with experience doing relevant research, the book is a “thankful read.” Illuminating, evocative, confirming.’ -- Thomas G. Cummings, The University of Southern California, US‘At last a book that is philosophically sound and demonstrates there is no tradeoff between rigor and relevance. How to Do Relevant Research needs to be required reading for every management and business school professor and graduate student. It gives us lots of examples of how to do research that makes a difference. This will be the saving grace of business schools – if people pay attention.’ -- R. Edward Freeman, University of Virginia, US‘If you want to make a difference to practice and theory, How to do Relevant Research by Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley is on target. I wish I had the wisdom in this book when I was a doctoral student or in early career – it would have helped me accelerate my contributions to theory and practice.’ -- Michael Beer, Harvard Business School; Co-founder TruePoint; Co-Founder Center for Higher Ambition Leadership‘This is an indispensable guide for scholars and practitioners. Mirvis, Mohrman, and Worley offer decades of exceptional experience. Their practical frameworks and vivid examples show practitioners how to tap the vast trove of useful evidence produced by scholars, and show scholars how to connect and ground their research in the pivotal issues, values, and decision frameworks used by practitioners.’ -- John Boudreau, University of Southern California, US‘An important and engaging contribution to doing research that enhances practice. More than a “how to” guide, Mirvis, Mohrman, and Worley’s years of experience in engaged research compel us to pay attention to the necessity of relevant scholarship. If you aren’t already doing and communicating useful, relevant research, this elegant book should inspire you to act. And if you are, then this exploration should energize you to build and connect.’ -- – Gavin M. Schwarz, University of New South Wales Business School, Australia‘At a time when executives seek evidence-based insight into effective practice, academics pursue opportunities for thought leadership, and accrediting bodies and funding agencies call for greater impact from research, this book guides scholars about how to best balance theory, rigor, and relevance. I strongly recommend this book to practitioner scholars and academics who are seeking to elevate their engaged scholarship and potential impact.’ -- John Mooney, Pepperdine University, US‘This is an important book on relevant and useful research that should be read by any scientist who is interested in making a difference to both practice and the academy. Based on decades of work, Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley provide a coherent roadmap for the complex and exciting journey into the borderland between academy and industry.’ -- Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, California Polytechnic State University, US and Co-Author of Collaborative Inquiry for Organization Development and Change‘Many organizational scholars, including Presidents of the Academy of Management, have urged us to do research that is both rigorous and relevant. This book shows us HOW to do this – at all academic career-phases. Coming from world-renowned scholars who have done this (and still do), this book’s refreshingly reflective and authentic tips promise to inspire and enable more organizational scholars to rigorously conduct relevant research thereby exponentially increasing the reach and impact of organizational science. This is needed now more than ever!’ -- Debra L. Shapiro, University of Maryland, US and Past President, Academy of Management (2016)‘This excellent book is must reading for anyone who wants to conduct relevant research that advances knowledge for theory and practice. It finds the sweet spot between contributing to theory and producing knowledge relevant to the problems faced in management and organizational practice. It suggests practical and proven ways to engage in a network of activities and relationships that enable relevant research.’ -- Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota, US‘A most welcome and well written guide to practical scholarship that is both rigorous and useful. For those stuck in the ivory tower, it’s also a liberatory call to action research!’ -- Hilary Bradbury, Editor in Chief, Action Research Journal, Curator, Foundation AR+‘This book offers a time-tested methodology on how to execute research that delivers relevant knowledge for practice. It resonates with the CEEMAN Manifesto on excellence and relevance in education and research and answers the question of professors and their doctoral students: “How do you do it”?!’ -- Danica Purg, President of IEDC-Bled School of Management, Bled, Slovenia and President of CEEMAN, The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies‘This book is timely given the current global crisis and potential ones that businesses will likely face. Social science researchers have a role to play in solution making but are often missing from the solution making space occupied by managers. Mirvis, Mohrman and Worley provide concrete guidance to researchers to get to the ‘sweet spot’ where knowledge produced is both relevant and rigorous. They ask us to reflect on our research paradigms and professional identity, and to find inspiration in the many examples of research-practice collaborations that they share in the book. A must-read for researchers at any stage of their career seeking to produce research insights that impact practice.’ -- Garima Sharma, Georgia State University, US‘This book is long overdue. With examples of relevant research all over the world, it enables scholars to smell the aroma of practice and practitioners to taste the cooking of academics. I recommend this work to academics around the globe. For practitioners who are venturing into the scholarly world (i.e., getting doctoral degrees), this is must have book.’ -- Baniyelme D. Zoogah, President; Africa Academy of Management; Xavier University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements PART I WHAT AND WHY 1. Theory-driven, practice-driven, and “sweet spot” management research 2. Developing your research philosophy 3. Creating value in organizational research: a relational view 4. Relevant research: yesterday and today PART II HOW 5. Theorizing and practice 6. Research and practice 7. Communicating research to scholars and practitioners 8. Managing research relationships in the field 9. Being a sweet spot researcher Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations
Book SynopsisPresenting the emergence of new organizational designs in a novel way, this insightful book blends theory and practice to examine major trends and directions, the key ideas that underpin organizational design and how these ideas might be applied. The authors explore how, in a world characterized by relentless change and volatility, traditional bureaucracies of the past are increasingly regarded as being too slow and centralized. Instead, emerging ideas, such as platforms, ecosystems, holacracies, agility and improvisation are gaining purchase. Focusing on key trends and forms of design, the book offers an approach to organizing that accommodates paradoxes and offers a fresh view on managing organizational design. Rich in anecdotes and examples, the Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations will be a useful guide for business and management scholars and advanced students with a focus on organizational studies and innovation. It will be beneficial for business managers thinking about how to design their organization so that it is fit for contemporary purposes.Trade Review‘A must-read book to those interested in the art of management in a fast-evolving world. A complex environment wherein organizations face increasing paradoxical tensions among their goals and accountabilities. Relying on their valuable knowledge on paradox theory, the authors offer the readers key insights from theory and real organizational cases, helping them understand why different organizational designs emerge and when it is fruitful to apply them.’ -- Francesco Sguera, Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal‘I recommend the Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations to practicing managers or MBA students who enjoy deep dives into the dynamics of their organizations. I’ll also share the book with Ph.D. students as their first introduction to organizational design. The authors have spanned history and perspectives in an interesting and thoughtful read.’ -- Terri Griffith, Simon Fraser University, Canada‘This book has a unique and powerful message: being “…fit for contemporary purposes…” entails understanding and practicing organizational design as a paradoxical effort, and therefore cycle between stability and change, temporally reach a balance, abandon status quo, embrace uncertainty, accept misfits, learn to flow through contradictions. A truly interesting read for both organizational scholars and practitioners.’ -- Andrea Prencipe, Luiss University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations 2. The fundamentals of organizational design 3. Organization design and change 4. The traditional organization: hierarchy meets bureaucracy 5. Less hierarchical organizations: the fall of the traditional pillars (part I: hierarchy) 6. The agile organization: the fall of the traditional pillars part II: task design and allocation) 7. Final reflections: patterns, principles and practices References Index
£90.76
Edward Elgar Global Leadership and Wisdoms of the World
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Edward Elgar How Do I Conduct Ethnographic Research
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Edward Elgar Publishing How Do I Conduct Ethnographic Research
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Emerald Publishing Limited The BOSS for 21st Century Organizations
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Emerald Publishing Limited Quality 4.0
£71.25
Emerald Publishing Limited Decision Making with Exponential Technologies for Leaders
£80.75
Emerald Publishing Limited Gen Z Around the World: Understanding the Global
Book SynopsisAs Generation Z transitions into adulthood, communication, technology, commerce, education, politics, health, travel, and work have become increasingly globalized. But, most studies about Generation Z have been conducted independently by researchers in various countries regarding their specific populations. While this is useful from a national perspective, these studies typically employ different methodologies, survey questions, and even timing, making it challenging to compare data across geographic and cultural boundaries. More so, it becomes challenging to gain an understanding of the global Generation Z cohort. Gen Z Around the World, however, incorporates research from eighty-one countries to provide a holistic view of Generation Z. The researchers present chapters on everything ranging from communication, happiness, and learning styles to emotional wellbeing, career values, and social change. Learning about Generation Z from a worldwide perspective can expand our understanding to better work with, engage with, supervise, and educate young people in every corner of the globe.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction; Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace Chapter 2. Characteristics and Motivations; Meghan Grace and Corey Seemiller Chapter 3. Happiness and Outlook; Niva Dolev, Eman Tarabia, and Keba T. Modisane Chapter 4. Communication Preferences and Behaviors; Shefaly Shorey, Daria Vyugina, Natalia Waechter, and Niva Dolev Chapter 5. Developing and Fostering Relationships; Gudrun Quenzel, Francesca Beretta, Niva Dolev, Natalia Waechter, Stepanka Kadera, Mariya Karaivanova, and Radka Massaldjieva Chapter 6. Family Dynamics; Shefaly Shorey, Gonzalo Aza Blanc, Isabel Muñoz-San Roque, and Marta Hernández Arriaza Chapter 7. Navigating Interpersonal Dynamics; Corey Seemiller, Niva Dolev, and Meghan Grace Chapter 8. Learning Preferences; Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace Chapter 9. Health, Nutrition, and Exercise; Diana Bogueva and Dora Marinova Chapter 10. Parameters of Wellbeing; Radka Massaldjieva and Mariya Karaivanova Chapter 11. Financial Literacy and Money Management; Zahrotur Rusyda Hinduan and Muhamed Irfan Agia Chapter 12. Career and Entrepreneurship Values and Pursuits; Alfe M. Solina, Tamather M. Shatnawi, Liane Vina G. Ocampo, Luisa M. Martinez, and Ronalyn I. Garcia Chapter 13. Societal Concerns; Diana Bogueva, Dora Marinova, Natalia Waechter, and İsmail Hakkı Tekiner Chapter 14. Civic Engagement and Social Change; Elena Botezat, Ioan Fotea, Daniela Crisan, and Silvia Fotea Chapter 15. Leaving a Legacy instead of Leaving Their Legacy?; Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace Chapter 16. The Global Peer Personality of Generation Z; Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace
£71.25
Emerald Publishing Limited Family Firms and Family Constitution
Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Family constitutions in family-owned firms are becoming increasingly popular around the world. While some, though not much, research examining this trend has come from a management research perspective, legal scholarship of family constitutions is even scarcer. The first volume of this new series brings together chapters from the ‘Law and Management of Family Firms’ conference which took place at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, presenting legal, managerial, historical and comparative perspectives of family constitutions. Family Firms and Family Constitution delves deeply into topics as diverse as ownership, succession, governance, justice and more, all from a managerial and legal perspective from around the world. The pioneering Law and Management of Family Firms series publishes volumes following the annual Hamburg Conference: Law and Management of Family Firms, the international and interdisciplinary forum for family business research. The conference is organized by the Max Planck Institute and the Institute for Mittelstand and Family Firms (HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration). It brings together two distinct and previously disconnected disciplines of law and management, benefiting scholars, lawyers, consultants, and family office practitioners.Table of ContentsPart 1. Legal and Managerial Foundations Chapter 1. Family Companies and Family Constitutions: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; Holger Fleischer Chapter 2. Family Firms and Family Constitution – A Management Perspective; Stefan Prigge and Katharina J. Mengers Chapter 3. Discussion Report Part 1: Legal and Managerial Foundations; Felix Thiele Part 2. Managerial Research I: Conceptual and Qualitative Analyses Chapter 4. A Receiver Approach to Governance in Family Firms: The Role of Justice Perceptions; Isabel C. Botero and Tomasz A. Fediuk Chapter 5. Family Governance in Practice: Lessons Learned from a 100-Year-Old Entrepreneurial Family Firm; Ilse Matser, Rachel Heeringa, and Jan Willem van der Vloot van Vliet Chapter 6. Managing Dispersed Ownership within the Owner Family: The Role of Family Governance; Lena Jungell Chapter 7. Analysis of Critical Incidents for the Design of the Governance System; Hermut Kormann Chapter 8. Discussion Report Part 2: Managerial Research I: Conceptual and Qualitative Analyses; Julia Mara Rückert and Felix Thiele Part 3. Managerial Research II: Survey and Quantitative Analyses Chapter 9. An Examination of the Relationship between Governance Mechanisms and Performance: Evidence from the Australian Family Business Context ; Chris Graves, Donella Caspersz, and Jill Thomas Chapter 10. The Family Constitution as an Instrument of Corporate Governance in Family-Owned Companies; Patrick Ulrich and Sarah Speidel Chapter 11. Discussion Report Part 3: Managerial Research II: Survey and Quantitative Analyses; Felix Thiele Part 4. Legal Research Chapter 12. Facets of Family Constitutions: Conceptual Origins, Practical Approaches and Legal Implications; Sebastian Bong Chapter 13. Discussion Report Part 4: Legal Research I; Holger Fleischer Chapter 14. Succession in Family Businesses – Legal Frameworks; Susanne Kalss Chapter 15. Family Firms and Family Constitutions in France – A General Overview; Katrin Deckert Chapter 16. Discussion Report Part 4: Legal Research II; Holger Fleischer Chapter 17. Family Constitutions and the Complexity of Family Businesses from a Counsel´s Point of View; Lorenz Holler Chapter 18. Discussion Report Part 4: Legal Research III; Holger Fleischer Part 5. Conclusion Chapter 19. Directions for Future Research; Holger Fleischer and Stefan Prigge
£23.52
Emerald Publishing Limited Green Management
Book SynopsisGreen Management brings together works by specialists from different disciplines and continents to reflect on the nexus between Green Management and its impact on businesses.
£80.75
Emerald Publishing Limited Responsible Management and Taoism, Volume 2:
Book SynopsisThis second volume builds upon the core themes explored in volume one, which focused on 'Managing Responsibly for Sustainable Business Development in the VUCA World'. This volume explores the transformative power of management education. It delves into the crucial shift from knowledge-inquiry to wisdom-inquiry, advocating for a holistic and insightful approach in management education that transcends traditional boundaries. This volume further examines how the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in management education is essential for nurturing future leaders who are equipped to address the pressing challenges of our time. An integral part of responsible management education is its contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This volume discusses the profound impact that responsible management education can have on advancing the SDGs, highlighting the interconnectedness between education, responsible business practices, and sustainable development. It also explores the vision for a sustainable and inclusive world through the implementation of 'Our Common Agenda', a ground-breaking initiative spearheaded by the United Nations, which emphasizes the importance of a new social contract. When embracing the profound wisdom of Taoism and integrating responsible management education into the fabric of our educational systems, we can pave the way for a sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous world for all. This volume is part of a two-volume series, together providing a comprehensive exploration of responsible management, Taoism, and their transformative potential in overcoming challenges in the VUCA era.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Taoist Principles in Responsible Management Education Chapter 1. Transforming Management Education: An Urgent Imperative for Sustainable Future Chapter 2. Philosophy and Management Education: A Global Agenda for Change Chapter 3. Responsible Management Education: From the Perspective of Taoism Chapter 4. PRME: A Framework for Responsible Management Education Part II Tao of Responsible Management and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Chapter 5. Taoism’s Wisdom: A Contribution to Realization of SDGs Chapter 6. From CSR to Sustainable Development: The Role of the United Nations Chapter 7. Pathways to A Sustainable & Inclusive World for All beyond the Year 2030 Chapter 8. Being Harmony with Nature: A Systemic View of Taoism Chapter 9. “Our Common Agenda”: A New Vision for a Better World
£76.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Research and Theory to Foster Change in the Face
Book SynopsisThis book contains an Open Access chapter. Healthcare organizations today face widespread change as they confront varied grand challenges in uncertain environments. Leaders in healthcare require a comprehensive understanding of effective approaches to organizational change, yet the theoretical and practical landscape is evolving rapidly. Volume 22 of Advances in Health Care Management focuses on environmental uncertainty and the responsiveness of health care organizations, the mechanisms of change and how leaders within organizations frame and execute change, and investigates organizational preparedness and response in the face of acute crisis. The authors highlight the key ways in which organizations must orient toward, and build adaptive resilience to weather, an environment of persistent uncertainty and change.Table of ContentsSection 1. Persistent drivers of environmental uncertainty Chapter 1. Back to the Future: What Healthcare Organizations Need to Thrive in the Face of Persistent Environmental Uncertainty; Rachel Gifford, Arno van Raak, Mark Govers,and Daan Westra Chapter 2. Measure Twice, Change Once: Using Simulation to Support Change Management in Rural Healthcare Delivery; Clair Reynolds Kueny, Alex Price, and Casey Canfield Chapter 3. Examining Knowledge Management and the Culture Change Movement in Long-Term Care: A Study of High-Medicaid-Census Nursing Homes; Tory H. Hogan, Larry R. Hearld, Ganisher Davlyatov, Akbar Ghiasi, Jeff Szychowski, and Robert Wheech Maldonado Section 2. Mechanisms of change – how leaders within organizations frame and execute change Chapter 4. Towards a Theory of Organizational DNA: Routines, Principles, and Beliefs (RPBs) for Successful and Sustainable Organizational Change; Mark Govers, Rachel Gifford, Daan Westra, and Ingrid Mur-Veeman Chapter 5. Innovation Diffusion Across 13 Specialties and Associated Clinician Characteristics; Zhanna Novikov, Sara J. Singer, and Arnold Milstein OPEN ACCESS Chapter 6. Safe Surgery Checklist Implementation: Associations of Management Practice and Safety Culture Change; Maike Tietschert, Sophie Higgins, Alex Haynes, Raffaella Sadun, and Sara J. Singer Section 3. Organizational preparedness and response in the face of acute crisis Chapter 7. Hospital Finances During The First Two Years of The Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Washington State Hospitals; Nathan W. Carroll, Shu-Fang Shih, Saleema A. Karim, and Shoou-Yih D. Lee Chapter 8. Sustaining Preparedness in Hospitals; Elveta D. Smith Section 4. Socio-political and demographic shifts require preparedness outside of acute crisis Chapter 9. The Co-production of Health Framework: Seeking Instructive Management Models and Theories; Anne M. Hewitt Chapter 10. Perceived Value of the Inclusion of Parent-to-Parent Support in Case Conferences and Care Planning for Children with Special Health Care Needs; Valerie A. Yeager, Jyotsna Gutta, Lisa Kutschera, and Sarah M Stelzner Chapter 11. Organizational and Policy Challenges and Priorities for Integrating Family Care Partners into the Health Care Team; Minakshi Raj
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Elgar Introduction to Organizational Paradox
Book SynopsisThis insightful Elgar Introduction comprises the first effort to provide a succinct overview of the field of organizational paradox theory, exploring contradictions and tensions in organizational settings. By conceptually mapping the field, it offers guidance through the literature on paradox, making space for new interpretations and applications of the concept.Opening with a critical analysis of research to date, the authors explore ideas related to dialectics and ambidexterity in organizations, as well as pragmatic approaches to organizational paradox. Chapters propose new ways to analyse responses to paradox, bringing together influential contributions that consider the nestedness of paradox, the relation between power and paradox, and paradoxes of positive organizational scholarships.Providing novel approaches to the discipline, this cutting-edge book is crucial for graduate students and management scholars interested in employing organizational paradox theory as a conceptual framework for their research.Trade Review'In an era in which paradox theory, research, and practice has grown exponentially, this book is a landmark contribution to the work on organizational tensions. As a highly accessible guide to the paradox terrain, it offers a number of unique features: 1) a broad historical picture of the evolution of paradox theory, 2) a succinct and insightful discussion of both the positive and negative sides of paradox, 3) a vivid expose on paradox complexity, 4) an exploration of the role of power in exercising and responding to paradox, and 5) recommendations for extending the vitality of this theory as well as avoiding practices that might reify it. The clarity of its presentation, sophistication of its ideas, and use of rich vignettes make it a “must read” for practitioners as well as academics interested in how contradictions and tensions pervade organizational experiences.' -- Linda L. Putnam, University of California, Santa Barbara, US'Berti, Simpson, Cunha, and Clegg‘s thoughtful map of the paradox terrain offers deep insight to any traveler - whether they are just stepping into this world for the first time looking to understand the landscape or whether they are a seasoned explorer who can see old experiences with a new lens. Their focus on how features of power inform our experiences of paradox offers important ideas that allows us to grapple with tensions in new ways. I found myself delighted with the ideas, eager to read more, and energized to engage with paradox studies in new ways.' -- Wendy Smith, University of Delaware, US'This book is a tour de force, covering the field of paradox theory and all of the key concepts whilst also sketching out a compelling vision of how paradox theorising can both provide novel insights and also be taken to the next level in studying the grand societal challenges of our time. I strongly recommend it for new and established paradox scholars and those who are ''‘paradox-curious''.' -- Paula Jarzabkowski, Cass Business School, City University of London, UK'With this book, the exciting new wave of paradox studies comes of age. It encourages and enables readers to go beyond managerial ‘‘both-anding‘‘ rhetoric and approaches. It unashamedly exhorts paradox scholars to look up and look around, at the absurdity and contradictions embedded in our lives and work in a society of organizations and the role of power and politics in framing paradoxes and our responses to them. Its stronger and bolder approach to paradox theory will speak to those who feel trapped in iron cages of contradictions, excite critical scholars who wish to deepen the treatment of paradox, and broaden student’s understanding and appreciation of the tensions, dilemmas and contradictions that bedevil life inside and outside modern institutions.' -- Richard Badham, Macquarie University, Australia'This book is a true guide to organizational paradox theory. It offers a multifarious picture of the landscape of organizational paradox with its gently rolling hills but also its sharp cliffs and deep abysses. It does a brilliant job in offering guidance into paradox research without tracing out a path to follow. Every word of this book reflects the deep and long-lasting engagement, dedication, and passion that the authors have devoted to studying paradox. It is a great service to our burgeoning field and to those who want to join the fascinating endeavor of venturing the winding roads of researching and navigating organizational paradox.' -- Tobias Hahn, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. What is paradox? Tensions, contradictions and oppositions in organization studies 2. How to deal with paradoxes: the role of responses in the construction of paradoxical tension 3. The bright side: paradoxes and positive organizational scholarship 4. The dark side: absurdity and pragmatic paradoxes 5. Nested, multiple and multidimensional paradoxes 6. Paradoxes of power, control and empowerment 7. The sociological futures of paradox: incorporating grand challenges References
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Decision Making and Business Performance
Book SynopsisHow and to what extent do decisions affect business performance? Despite years of study by academic researchers and industry practitioners, there still remains a need to draw a clear and established connection between decision making and performance. By closely examining consequential business decisions made by key executives, this book offers a better understanding of business performance and recommendations for improved business practices.Through the use of case studies and interviews with business leaders based on 17 theorized measures of performance, this breakthrough study not only clarifies the impact of decisions on business performance, but also defines and distinguishes decisions that lead to successful and unsuccessful performance. Recommendations are made to optimize decision making for businesses of all sizes and projections about the future of decision making and performance are provided. This book can be used both as a reference source for academic researchers and students seeking further research on the subject, and as a practical guide for leaders and business professionals seeking advancement and better decision making within the industry.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Decisions 3. Performance 4. Modeling Performance and Research Approach 5. First Round Findings 6. Detailed Findings and Analysis 7. Underlying Performance Factors 8. Overall Research Conclusions 9. Recommendations for Business 10. Deciding and Performing in the Future Index
£28.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial
Book SynopsisTo effectuate is to engage in a specific type of entrepreneurial action. It has special importance for situations where the future is truly unknowable or human agency is of primary importance. In this new and updated edition of the bestselling Effectuation, Saras Sarasvathy explores the theory and techniques of non-predictive control for creating new firms, markets and economic opportunities.Using empirical and theoretical work done in collaboration with Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon, the author employs methods from cognitive science and behavioral economics to develop the notion of entrepreneurial expertise and effectuation. Supportive empirical evidence is provided by the author’s study of 27 entrepreneurs as well as other independent studies. The book then traces the consequences of effectuation for business management, economics and social philosophy. The author finds that effectuators generate constraint-satisfying solutions rather than searching for optimal ones, make rather than find opportunities, and in a deep sense, convert ‘as-if’ propositions into ‘even-if’ ones. The way they accomplish this is the central discussion of the book.Students and scholars of entrepreneurship will find this path-breaking research of great value. The book’s conclusions will also be of interest to those in the fields of behavioral and evolutionary economics, cognitive science and management.Praise for the first edition:‘The concept of effectuation is as subtle as it is profound. On the one hand, it challenges long held beliefs about the nature of cause and effect in social science. On the other hand, it generates a host of new insights about social phenomena. This concept is particularly well suited to analyzing entrepreneurial behavior – behaviors undertaken in settings where the relationship between cause and effect is understood, at best, very poorly.’– Jay B. Barney, The Ohio State University, US‘Things rarely turn out as we expected or intended. Neither rational choice between well-defined prospects nor commitment to a vision, which can be realised by will power or persuasion, offers a credible representation of much human activity – even the activities of entrepreneurs. But although uncertainty (or unknowledge) is inescapable it may be productively managed. If we understand our present circumstances and some of its possibilities, build constructive relationships with others, and be ready to adjust both our objectives and the means of achieving them in order to take advantage of new contingencies, then we can at least participate in shaping our own future. By taking this perspective Saras Sarasvathy makes entrepreneurship a natural human activity, expressing the limitations and potential of human motivation and human intelligence.’– Brian J. Loasby, University of Stirling, UK‘In Effectuation Saras Sarasvathy presents a carefully researched and reasoned view of entrepreneurial behavior that both challenges and extends prevailing wisdom in the field. There is little doubt that these ideas will serve as an important foundation for anyone desirous of stimulating positive action in the world. With Effectuation we are equipped to provide a generation of students and managers with the methods to make and find opportunities that create value. . . everywhere.’– Leonard A. Schlesinger, President, Babson College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword to the first edition by Lester Lave Foreword to the first edition by S. Venkataraman Introduction PART I THE EMPIRICAL JOURNEY – ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERTISE 1. What I set out to study and why 2. What I found and how 3. Interpreting what I found PART II THE THEORETICAL JOURNEY – EFFECTUATION 4. Understanding effectuation: problem space and solution principles 5. Understanding effectuation: dynamics of the effectual process 6. Relating effectuation to performance PART III WAYPOINT 7. Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial 8. Competitive advantages and entrepreneurial opportunities 9. Philosophy and methodology of effectual economics 10. Markets in human hope PART IV THE WAY AHEAD 11. Worlds in the making Afterword to Effectuation: what comes next? References Index
£122.40
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation in Global Entrepreneurship Education:
Book SynopsisAs entrepreneurship education grows across disciplines and permeates through various areas of university programs, this timely book offers an interdisciplinary, comparative and global perspective on best practices and new insights for the field. Through the theoretical lens of collaborative partnerships, it examines innovative practices of entrepreneurship education and advances understanding of the discipline.Exploring and showcasing how global collaboration can foster entrepreneurship education, international contributors share their experiences as educators, scholars and thought-leaders involved in the Babson Collaborative. Chapters illustrate the challenges faced by educators and creative methods for tackling them, offering useful insights from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Highlighting the significance of the field to higher education environments, this book encourages active participation in entrepreneurial practice and collaboration between stakeholders and disciplines to ensure high-quality education in a variety of settings.This insightful book is a rousing and inspiring view of entrepreneurship education for scholars and academic entrepreneurs who are working to build robust education ecosystems in the field.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction xxii Heidi M. Neck (Babson College, USA) and Yipeng Liu (Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK) PART I BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1 Entrepreneurship education ecosystems: the case of Babson College 2 Candida G. Brush (Babson College, USA) 2 From incubator to full internal entrepreneurship education ecosystem: the example of TBS 18 Servane Delanoë-Gueguen and Christina Theodoraki (TBS Business School, France) 3 Integrated, not inserted: a pedagogic framework for embedding entrepreneurship education across disciplines 32 Darryl Cummins, Paul Joseph-Richard and Margaret Morgan (Ulster University, Northern Ireland), Sofhia Harbs (FACENS, Brazil) and Florian Kerber (University of Applied Sciences, Germany) 4 Entrepreneurship education at Waseda University, Japan: challenges in integrating entrepreneurship education programs across universities and beyond 52 Mikiko Shimaoka, Toru Asahi, Tatsuhiko Inoue, Tomomi Kito, Takahiro Ohno and Shozo Takata (Waseda University, Japan) 5 Entrepreneurial education and youth development in Central Asia 69 Iskender Usupbaev and Kseniya Yuzhaninova-Karadenizli (Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan) 6 Revitalizing the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at Universidad de Piura 82 Álvaro Tresierra, María Mercedes Henriquez, Carlos Rodrich, Cinthya Posso, Eddie Valdiviezo and Nicolas Vásquez (Universidad de Piura, Peru) 7 Tec21 educational model: defining new ways to entrepreneurship education 95 María de los Dolores González-Saucedo (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico) PART II TEACHING AND LEARNING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8 Do you have what it takes? Developing entrepreneurial competencies for creative discovery and problem-solving at CETYS Universidad 108 Ricardo D. Alvarez (CETYS Universidad, Mexico) 9 Entrepreneurship education in Egypt and the MENA Region: experiential learning in an entrepreneurship course 130 Tarek Hatem and Ashraf Mohamed Sheta (The American University in Cairo, Egypt) 10 Innovative approaches to entrepreneurship education at FLAME University in India 138 Bharat Damani and Amarpreet Singh Ghura (FLAME University, India) 11 EAE Lab Pyramid 150 Marcelo Leporati, Carmen Goytre, Rocío Alvarez-Ossorio, Aleksandra Olszewska and Santiago Tobón (EAE Business School, Spain) 12 The dynamism of entrepreneurship education: the evolving role of an entrepreneurship educator in an emerging economy 167 Abhinav Chaturvedi (Bennett University, India) 13 The development of high-potential intrapreneurs: an executive education approach to drive innovation in Latin American companies 182 Cris Bravo Monge and Cristian Granados Sánchez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico) 14 Feasibility studies at CERN: CERN as a technology provider for startups 196 Karoline Kaspersen and Lise Aaboen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 15 From challenge to reality: the magic to make a business flourish 211 Jorge Villagrasa and Colin Donaldson (EDEM School of Business, Spain) 16 Student peers as facilitators and mentors in practice-based entrepreneurship education 229 Marianne Arntzen-Nordqvist and Bjørg Riibe Ramskjell (Nord University, Norway) PART III THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND NEW DIRECTIONS 17 Tracking the entrepreneurial journey: from inspiration to perspiration 243 Colin Donaldson, Jorge Villagrasa and Felipe Sánchez (EDEM School of Business, Spain) 18 Responsible entrepreneurship: a new challenge for entrepreneurship education and training 259 Matthias Pepin, Maripier Tremblay and Luc K. Audebrand (Université Laval, Canada) 19 Venture creation programs: what kinds of ventures do students create? 274 Roger Sørheim, Torgeir Aadland and Dag Håkon Haneberg (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 20 Empowered to change the game: students guiding students 286 Raquel M. C. Barbosa Rogoschewski and Sofhia Harbs (FACENS, Brazil) Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation in Global Entrepreneurship Education:
Book SynopsisAs entrepreneurship education grows across disciplines and permeates through various areas of university programs, this timely book offers an interdisciplinary, comparative and global perspective on best practices and new insights for the field. Through the theoretical lens of collaborative partnerships, it examines innovative practices of entrepreneurship education and advances understanding of the discipline.Exploring and showcasing how global collaboration can foster entrepreneurship education, international contributors share their experiences as educators, scholars and thought-leaders involved in the Babson Collaborative. Chapters illustrate the challenges faced by educators and creative methods for tackling them, offering useful insights from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Highlighting the significance of the field to higher education environments, this book encourages active participation in entrepreneurial practice and collaboration between stakeholders and disciplines to ensure high-quality education in a variety of settings.This insightful book is a rousing and inspiring view of entrepreneurship education for scholars and academic entrepreneurs who are working to build robust education ecosystems in the field.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction xxii Heidi M. Neck (Babson College, USA) and Yipeng Liu (Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK) PART I BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1 Entrepreneurship education ecosystems: the case of Babson College 2 Candida G. Brush (Babson College, USA) 2 From incubator to full internal entrepreneurship education ecosystem: the example of TBS 18 Servane Delanoë-Gueguen and Christina Theodoraki (TBS Business School, France) 3 Integrated, not inserted: a pedagogic framework for embedding entrepreneurship education across disciplines 32 Darryl Cummins, Paul Joseph-Richard and Margaret Morgan (Ulster University, Northern Ireland), Sofhia Harbs (FACENS, Brazil) and Florian Kerber (University of Applied Sciences, Germany) 4 Entrepreneurship education at Waseda University, Japan: challenges in integrating entrepreneurship education programs across universities and beyond 52 Mikiko Shimaoka, Toru Asahi, Tatsuhiko Inoue, Tomomi Kito, Takahiro Ohno and Shozo Takata (Waseda University, Japan) 5 Entrepreneurial education and youth development in Central Asia 69 Iskender Usupbaev and Kseniya Yuzhaninova-Karadenizli (Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan) 6 Revitalizing the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at Universidad de Piura 82 Álvaro Tresierra, María Mercedes Henriquez, Carlos Rodrich, Cinthya Posso, Eddie Valdiviezo and Nicolas Vásquez (Universidad de Piura, Peru) 7 Tec21 educational model: defining new ways to entrepreneurship education 95 María de los Dolores González-Saucedo (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico) PART II TEACHING AND LEARNING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8 Do you have what it takes? Developing entrepreneurial competencies for creative discovery and problem-solving at CETYS Universidad 108 Ricardo D. Alvarez (CETYS Universidad, Mexico) 9 Entrepreneurship education in Egypt and the MENA Region: experiential learning in an entrepreneurship course 130 Tarek Hatem and Ashraf Mohamed Sheta (The American University in Cairo, Egypt) 10 Innovative approaches to entrepreneurship education at FLAME University in India 138 Bharat Damani and Amarpreet Singh Ghura (FLAME University, India) 11 EAE Lab Pyramid 150 Marcelo Leporati, Carmen Goytre, Rocío Alvarez-Ossorio, Aleksandra Olszewska and Santiago Tobón (EAE Business School, Spain) 12 The dynamism of entrepreneurship education: the evolving role of an entrepreneurship educator in an emerging economy 167 Abhinav Chaturvedi (Bennett University, India) 13 The development of high-potential intrapreneurs: an executive education approach to drive innovation in Latin American companies 182 Cris Bravo Monge and Cristian Granados Sánchez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico) 14 Feasibility studies at CERN: CERN as a technology provider for startups 196 Karoline Kaspersen and Lise Aaboen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 15 From challenge to reality: the magic to make a business flourish 211 Jorge Villagrasa and Colin Donaldson (EDEM School of Business, Spain) 16 Student peers as facilitators and mentors in practice-based entrepreneurship education 229 Marianne Arntzen-Nordqvist and Bjørg Riibe Ramskjell (Nord University, Norway) PART III THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND NEW DIRECTIONS 17 Tracking the entrepreneurial journey: from inspiration to perspiration 243 Colin Donaldson, Jorge Villagrasa and Felipe Sánchez (EDEM School of Business, Spain) 18 Responsible entrepreneurship: a new challenge for entrepreneurship education and training 259 Matthias Pepin, Maripier Tremblay and Luc K. Audebrand (Université Laval, Canada) 19 Venture creation programs: what kinds of ventures do students create? 274 Roger Sørheim, Torgeir Aadland and Dag Håkon Haneberg (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 20 Empowered to change the game: students guiding students 286 Raquel M. C. Barbosa Rogoschewski and Sofhia Harbs (FACENS, Brazil) Index
£31.30
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How Do I Collect Documentary Evidence?
Book SynopsisThis insightful book introduces a range of innovative strategies for collecting contemporary textual documentary evidence. Featuring insightful vignettes, it comprises a critical guide to the various challenges of collecting documents to realize each of those strategies.Bill Lee explains how the epistemological and ontological assumptions of the researcher may influence their choice of a research strategy for surveys, comparative case studies, critical narratives and constitutive discourses when collecting documents. The book offers examples of published studies in the different branches of management and considers the strengths and weaknesses of grounding research studies in the collection of documentary evidence. Providing step-by-step guidance for the operationalization of a chosen research strategy for collecting documents, it also builds a crucial list of different repositories of documents that might be employed in research.This cutting-edge book presents useful guidance and illuminating insights for business and management students of all levels hoping to improve their use of documents in dissertations and research projects. It will also be useful for researchers utilizing documentary evidence for the first time.Trade Review‘Documents are part and parcel of organizational life and consequently warrant thorough investigation. Professor Lee has produced an insightful book for master's students, arguing and illustrating clearly how document analysis may be conducted across a range of research approaches and disciplines. This makes Professor Lee’s take on document analysis very refreshing. Hence, I warmly recommended this book.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Philosophical underpinnings 3. Components of text in documents 4. Collection and compilation of text in documentary research 5. Examples of published studies using documentary evidence 6. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: sources of documents Index
£73.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How Do I Collect Documentary Evidence?
Book SynopsisThis insightful book introduces a range of innovative strategies for collecting contemporary textual documentary evidence. Featuring insightful vignettes, it comprises a critical guide to the various challenges of collecting documents to realize each of those strategies.Bill Lee explains how the epistemological and ontological assumptions of the researcher may influence their choice of a research strategy for surveys, comparative case studies, critical narratives and constitutive discourses when collecting documents. The book offers examples of published studies in the different branches of management and considers the strengths and weaknesses of grounding research studies in the collection of documentary evidence. Providing step-by-step guidance for the operationalization of a chosen research strategy for collecting documents, it also builds a crucial list of different repositories of documents that might be employed in research.This cutting-edge book presents useful guidance and illuminating insights for business and management students of all levels hoping to improve their use of documents in dissertations and research projects. It will also be useful for researchers utilizing documentary evidence for the first time.Trade Review‘Documents are part and parcel of organizational life and consequently warrant thorough investigation. Professor Lee has produced an insightful book for master's students, arguing and illustrating clearly how document analysis may be conducted across a range of research approaches and disciplines. This makes Professor Lee’s take on document analysis very refreshing. Hence, I warmly recommended this book.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Philosophical underpinnings 3. Components of text in documents 4. Collection and compilation of text in documentary research 5. Examples of published studies using documentary evidence 6. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: sources of documents Index
£21.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Philosophies of Organizational Change:
Book SynopsisThis revised and extended second edition evaluates the diverse approaches to organizational change that have defined the field. Explaining the assumptions and implications that accompany these diverse philosophies, this book demystifies the complexities of conflicting perspectives and delivers valuable insights into the research and practice of organizational change. Philosophies of Organizational Change employs a critical analysis of scholarly writings that have shaped the evolution of alternative perspectives on change. It examines twelve unique approaches to change, charting the territory from philosophy and theory to practice and implications. By uncovering the deep assumptions associated with organizational change, the book supplies readers with a comprehensive analytical toolkit with which to pursue change in an unprecedented era of organizational disruption.Offering a guide through contradictory approaches to implementing change, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers in organization theory. It will also be valuable for MBA and DBA students, as well as undergraduate business students engaging with critical debates on theories and tools for introducing change.Trade Review‘With impressive clarity and depth, this new edition of Philosophies of Organizational Change provides a map to guide us through the expansive terrain of change theory. It disentangles nearly a century of different interpretations and reveals how making sense of competing perspectives can lead to new insights. Philosophies of Organizational Change is a great resource for any scholar, student or practitioner who wants to prosper in a turbulent and uncertain organizational world where change is the only remaining constant.’ -- Wendy K. Smith, University of Delaware, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction – ‘changing philosophies’ 2. The theory philosophy: ‘changing theories’ 3. The rational philosophy: ‘changing plans’ 4. The biological philosophy: ‘changing organisms’ 5. The models philosophy: ‘changing consultants’ 6. The institutional philosophy: ‘changing conformity’ 7. The resource philosophy: ‘changing opportunities’ 8. The psychological philosophy: ‘changing minds’ 9. The systems philosophy: ‘changing everything’ 10. The cultural philosophy: ‘changing values’ 11. The critical philosophy: ‘changing realities’ 12. The innovation philosophy: ‘changing ideas’ 13. The dualities philosophy: ‘changing tensions’ 14. Conclusion: ‘changing futures’ Index
£999.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Origins of Organizing
Book SynopsisThe origins of organizing are conventionally seen as emerging from the historiographical works of Western social scientists in the early 20th century. Here, the authors address a gap in current literature by exploring previously unrecognized or marginalized global origins in both modern and ancient history. This innovative collection of original, research-based work covers a variety of historical epochs and theoretical streams from ancient civilizations to modern movements in philosophy and the social sciences. Among other topics, the chapters evaluate ideas of organizing by Quakers, 16th-century Jesuits and communities in the Roman Empire and ancient China. The authors creatively and insightfully engage with the historiography and philosophy of organizing, presenting alternatives to the dominant Western-focused development of organizational theory and practice. Origins of Organizing is significant in expanding the field of organizational theory to incorporate key examples that move away from mainstream and traditional perspectives. It will serve as a complementary text for graduate students in the fields of organization theory, management history and critical management studies.Contributors include: J. Bento da Silva, C. Bettin, M. Brigham, G. Burrell, P. Case, B. Czarniawska, W. Dai, H. Gaggiotti, I. Iordanou, D. Kavanagh, M. Kostera, P. Krzyworzeka, A.J. Mills, T. PeltonenTrade Review'We need to reflect upon the historical origins of organizing that extend far further than people usually think. This reflection must be critical and open to alternative histories and explanations. Origins of Organizing does just that. This book offers fascinating insights not only for those interested in organization and management history or critically oriented management and organizational studies, but for anyone engaged with organization theory or management practice, seeking for a deeper understanding of what organizing is all about. This is because the book is compiled and written in a reflexive manner that does not offer one truth but a number of perspectives that help to enrich our understanding of organizing and its various origins.' --Eero Vaara, Aalto University School of Business, Finland'Origins of Organizing is a major contribution to the ''historic turn'' in organization theory. For those wishing to explore this fascinating aspect of organizational analysis I can think of no better source. Simply an outstanding collection of essays by some of the world's foremost thinkers in the field. Highly recommended.' --John Hassard, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizing Tuomo Peltonen, Hugo Gaggiotti and Peter Case PART I THEORETICAL ORIGINS 1. Chaos: The Unspeakable Other to Origins and Organizing Gibson Burrell 2. Revisiting the sociological origins of organization theory: The forgotten legacy of Pitirim Sorokin Tuomo Peltonen 3. Neglecting the Anthropological Origins of Organizing: causes and consequences Hugo Gaggiotti, Monika Kostera and Paweł Krzyworzeka 4. She Came and Stayed: A de Beauvoirean Approach to Organizing Caterina Bettin and Albert J. Mills PART II HISTORICAL ORIGINS 5. Organizing in the Roman Empire Barbara Czarniawska 6. A Daoist epistemology for understanding an alternative origin of organizing Wenjin Dai 7. The Origins of Organizing in the Sixteenth Century Jose Bento da Silva and Ioanna Iordanou 8. The Quakers: Forgotten Pioneers Donncha Kavanagh and Martin Brigham Index
£28.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How Business Organizes Collectively: An Inquiry
Book SynopsisCollective action by firms is a central phenomenon in society, seen for example in standards setting, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and in relation to climate change, environmental and human rights issues. This incisive book reveals how firms set up specific devices, referred to by the authors as FCADs (Firms' Collective Action Devices), of which trade associations and chambers of commerce are the traditional forms, and investigates how firms organize themselves collectively, and their impact on the economy and democracy. Delving deeply into previously under-explored aspects of collective actions by firms, using the concepts of meta-organization and heterarchy, the book combines and expands on insights from history, political science, economics, sociology, management and organization theory. It demonstrates empirically how FCADs function on the basis of compromise and consensus, and analyzes their forms of action, their organizational dynamics and their recent evolution. This rigorous and pluridisciplinary evaluation of how businesses organize collectively will appeal to researchers and PhD students in organization studies and business management, as well as those in other disciplines who are interested in firms' collective action. It will also be a useful resource for business practitioners, public servants and politicians in contact with firms' collective action, and NGO members.Trade Review'This study is an important contribution to our knowledge of meta-organizations. Trade associations are more dynamic and important than is usually assumed. Dumez and Renou clearly show why trade associations are a theoretical and empirically fruitful area of research with great political significance, not least in global contexts. The theoretical analysis of trade associations as meta-organizations provides important new insights that are tested in an analysis of multi-stakeholder organizations.' --Göran Ahrne, Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research, Sweden'In times when a small number of powerful corporations rule the global economy, it is easy to overlook the fact that firms act collectively through large organizations to protect their interests or define the rules of the game. What are the historical roots of these collective action organizations? What are the political and economic implications of their operations? How do they operate internally? How can we analyze them? Dumez and Renou systematically answer these questions in this groundbreaking study.' --Marcelo Bucheli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USTable of ContentsContents: Part 1 Firms collective action: A synoptic view 1. The emergence and evolution of business meta-organizations 2. On political and economic problems raised by business meta-organizations Part 2 Within trade associations and other meta-organizations 3. FCADs as a mix of heterarchy and hierarchy 4. Dynamic Analysis of a business meta-organization 5. The ways of acting of business meta-organizations 6. Other types FCADs Conclusion References Index
£75.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Magic of Organization
Book SynopsisExploring magic as a creative necessity in contemporary business, this book clarifies the differences between magic as an organizational resource and magic as fakery, pretence and manipulation. Using this lens, it highlights insights into the relationship between anthropology and business, and organizational studies. The Magic of Organization looks at our economy and its dependence on magic, as success depends on innovation and creativity to produce the unexpected and amazing; but perhaps also the bogus and deceitful. Exposing the unpredictability of magic, the book reveals clear links between magic and uncontrollable and non-linear ways of organizing. Chapters discuss the double-edged sword of magic: while organizations, economies and finance depend on magical thought and actions for inspiration and surprise, they also fear them; what if the magic is real? With its clarity on how the turn-to-ontology in anthropology is significant for organizational studies, this book will be an illuminating read for students of creativity and innovation.Table of ContentsContents: List of contributors vii 1 Introduction 1 Hugo Letiche, Stephen A. Linstead and Jean-Luc Moriceau PART I MAGIC AND IMAGINATION 2 Introductory chapter to Part I – magic and imagination: taking strategy into the unknown 26 Per Olof Berg 3 The return of the Magi: image magic and the institutionalisation of kitsch therapeutic fantasy 59 James Fairhead 4 The persistence of magic: management and the new alchemy 82 Iain Munro 5 The intra-act of accounting 99 Ivo De Loo, Alan Lowe and Philip Smith 6 Risk management and the magical arts: rituals of risk calculation in the banking industry 125 Peter Case and Peter Pelzer 7 Markets and machines: the magic of predicting, obscuring and securing value 143 Geoff Lightfoot and Simon Lilley PART II MAGIC AND ITS TRANSGRESSIONS 8 Introductory chapter to Part II – magic being re-understood 160 Hugo Letiche 9 Grammarye, grammatization, grammatology: interviewing technique as a magic trick 190 Jean-Luc Moriceau 10 Artaud’s dissolute magic: some thoughts on ambivalent desires 207 Heather Höpfl 11 Magification as bunny(-fication) 224 Hugo Letiche 12 Magic or the presence of absence 239 Michael Lazarin 13 Schwung magic: aesthetic subversion of organization in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari 263 Pierre Guillet de Monthoux Afterword 275 Hugo Letiche, Stephen A. Linstead and Jean-Luc Moriceau
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Theories of Social Innovation
Book SynopsisAs we grapple with how to respond to some of the world's most pressing problems, there is growing global interest in 'social innovation' as a potential solution. But what exactly is 'social innovation'? And how can it help us to think about problems such as inequality, poverty and climate change? Danielle Logue theorizes social innovation as a contemporary manifestation of the historical tensions between 'economy' and 'society' and the simultaneous pursuit of economic and social progress. Going back to the historical work of Adam Smith and his discussion of markets and morality, the author draws on organizational and management theory to present three theoretical lenses for understanding social innovation. These lenses include theorizing social innovation as social value creation, capture and distribution; social innovation as polysemous; and social innovation as institutional change. She then considers some of the current issues confronting social innovation in practice and the challenges for organizations in 'doing good' and 'being good'. This generative introduction is targeted at graduate and doctoral students, as well as non-specialist academics. It aims to stimulate further discussion and analysis by providing a comprehensive understanding of social innovation and a choice of frameworks when examining complex and wicked problems and the organization and management of efforts to solve them. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the aim and structure of the book 1. Social innovation and its contemporary evolution 2. Social innovation as social value creation, capture and distribution 3. Social innovation as polysemous 4. Social innovation as institutional change 5. Social innovation: Morality, markets and theories of impact 6. Social innovation: Tensions in purpose and practice Index
£27.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Elgar Introduction to Theories of Organizational
Book SynopsisWith organizational environments becoming increasingly unstable, uncertain and equivocal, the concept of resilience has become increasingly significant for management studies and practice. Resilience connotes organizational, team and individual capacities to absorb external shocks and to learn from them, while simultaneously preparing for and responding to external jolts. This book pinpoints the essential aspects of managerial and organizational resilience and offers insights that stimulate critical thinking. As the concept of resilience is essentially made up of contrasting forces, the volume presents some innovative synthetic interpretation that allows a deeper comprehension of the phenomenon and provides managers and policy makers with a solid basis for taking their decisions.This book provides an accessible yet rigorous systematization of individual resilience, team resilience and organizational resilience. Rich with real-life concept illustrations and containing practice-oriented tools, reflection questions and exercises, it shows how resilience can be cultivated across levels of organizational aggregation: individuals, teams, organizations and communities. The authors distinguish individual and collective resilience from related constructs and shed light on the boundaries of resilience and its potential implications for management practice. Elgar Introduction to Theories of Organizational Resilience will serve as a key resource for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students as well as academics and practitioners who are interested in deepening their understanding of resilience.Trade Review‘The book is full of real-life examples that distinguishes the boundaries of resilience and its potential implications on organisational practices [...] It describes many contrasting forces and deeper interpretations of the resilience phenomenon. It is a knowledge source for researchers of interest in resilience engineering, resilience economy and the subject of resilience in general.’ -- Mohamed Buheji, International Journal of Inspiration & Resilience Economy‘The Elgar Introduction to Theories of Organizational Resilience sets itself apart from other works by acknowledging the jargon-filled wasteland of meanings that has undermined scholarship in resilience. The book has clear goals: shedding light on the definition of resilience, distinguishing it from related ideas, setting forth models of organizational resilience, and offering a dialectical understanding of the term in practice as a process, dependent on the interaction of adaptation and reaction.’ -- Christopher L. Atkinson, International Journal of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction. The aim and structure of the book 2. Resilience in management and organization studies 3. Resilience in individuals 4. Resilience in collectives 5. The diffusion of resilience via cross-level interactions 6. Resilience as dialectical synthesis 7. Future trajectories for research on resilience Index
£28.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Learning and Teaching in Higher Education:
Book SynopsisThere is often little guidance available on how to teach in universities, despite there being increasing pressure to raise teaching standards, as well as no official requirement for academics to have any specific teaching qualification in many countries. This invaluable book comprehensively addresses this issue, providing an overview of teaching in a business school that covers all stages of student learning. This book demonstrates various ways to engage students and offers techniques to enhance teaching practice, focusing on particular challenges such as large group teaching, increasing attendance and engagement, and successful professional development. All the contributors have current experience of teaching in a business school, allowing them to offer honest, personal assessments of what is effective in practice. Chapters address specific topics such as technology enhanced learning, while useful 'thoughts' provide creative and innovative suggestions on improving participation and outcomes. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education will be an important resource for those teaching in a business school setting, as well as having significant value to anyone teaching in higher education more generally.Trade Review'This is an intensely practical and practice-inspired book aimed at the new, and not so new, HE instructor. Illustrations, thoughts, reflections and tips for the practitioner are generously provided throughout. Old and new tools and techniques, from storytelling to the virtual classroom, are brought to life; challenging and encouraging the reader to broaden their practice.' --Ann Davis, University of Sydney, Australia'This conversational collection offers an array of practical tips, personal anecdotes and examples for teaching in business and management contexts. Lecturers who are new to teaching will no doubt find it very useful to get started, while more experienced colleagues may want to dip into it for fresh ideas.' --Alison James, University of Winchester, UK'This is an essential resource for anyone teaching and supporting learning in a business school. The variety and richness of practical approaches, pedagogic reflections and initiatives presented in the context of business and management education is simply outstanding. Well done for this must-read collection of inspirational ideas and tried and tested approaches that will inspire us all to get more creative in the business classroom.' --Sally Everett, King's College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword Introduction 1. Theorising about learning and knowing Keith Schofield Engaging Students 2. How to engage students Alison Lindon and Michael Butler 3. Icebreakers for business school students Ilias Basioudis Thought 1 Alison Lindon and Michael Butler 4. Trumping Truancy: Maintaining student attendance and engagement Gayatri Patel Thought 2 Kathy Daniels 5. Helping our students to think critically Elaine Clarke Thought 3 Daniel Cash 6. How to introduce and integrate creativity Bimal Arora 7. How to invigorate group presentations Matthew Olczak Thought 4 Gayatri Patel 8. Bridging the Gap: Writing in Higher Education Daniel Cash Enhancing Teaching Practice 9. Getting the most out of large group teaching Caroline Elliott and Jon Guest 10. Storytelling as a technique for teaching Sudeshna Bhattacharya Thought 5 Geetha Ravishankar 11. Experiential learning: Use of business simulations Clive Kerridge Thought 6 Kris Lines 12. How to do a confident presentation Chris Jones Thought 7 Caroline Elliott and Jon Guest 13. Making teaching relevant for the business student Kathy Daniels 14. Problem based learning Chris Owen Thought 8 Alison McPherson 15. Teaching students struggling because English is not their first language Pieter Koornhof 16. How to teach students from a range of different countries Uche Ogwude Thought 9 Matthew Olczak 17. Teaching small groups Alison McPherson Technology Enhanced Learning 18. Technology enhanced learning activities and student participation Bahar Kazmi and Umair Riaz Thought 10 Elaine Clarke 19. Cultivating students’ digital literacy Soumyadeb Chowdhury, Oscar Rodríguez-Espindola, Ahmad Beltagui and Pavel Albores-Barajas Thought 11 Uche Ogwude 20. Designing and teaching an online module Jon Taylor, Richard Terry and Matt Davies Thought 12 Soumyadeb Chowdhury, Oscar Rodríguez-Espindola, Ahmad Beltagui and Pavel Albores-Barajas 21. Successful teaching in virtual classrooms Richard Terry, Jon Taylor and Matt Davies Thought 13 Soumyadeb Chowdhury, Oscar Rodríguez-Espindola, Ahmad Beltagui and Pavel Albores-Barajas 22. Managing online learning Nicholas Theodorakopoulos, Teaching Content 23. The use of short in-class games Jon Guest, Maria Kozlovskaya and Matthew Olczak 24. Teaching maths to non-mathematical standards Geetha Ravishankar Thought 14 Pieter Koornhof 25. How to embed CSR in teaching Muhammed Al Mahameed and Umair Riaz 26. Teaching Law to business students Adam Shaw-Mellors and Pieter Koornhof Thought 15 Adam Shaw-Mellors 27. Practitioner module partnership and sponsorship Keith Glanfield Assessment 28. Demystifying the assessment criteria Gayatri Patel Thought 16 Bimal Arora 29. Using posters in academic assessments Kris Lines 30. Writing effective multiple choice questions Simon Finley Thought 17 Kathy Daniels 31. Peer assessment Elaine Clarke 32. Providing effective feedback Jon Guest Index
£32.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Business Strategy and
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides readers with an advanced and applied approach to traditional international business that integrates key cross-cultural management topics. Its ten chapters give profound insights into analysing, selecting and entering international markets, strategic partnerships, strategic positioning, global value chains, organizational designs, intercultural interaction, leadership and motivation and international human resources management. For each of these topics, advanced and contemporary theoretical and analytical frameworks are discussed and translated into toolsets that will assist readers in solving practical challenges.Key Features: A strong connection of theoretical foundations with illustrative case studies Integration of current trends and challenges, such as intercultural competence, migration and digitalization, offshoring and global value chains Comprehensive practical examples from multinational firms that demonstrate the value of the frameworks and toolsets included in each chapter An integrative case study that picks up key practical challenges in each chapter and invites the reader to apply theories, frameworks and toolsets A supplementary website that provides multiple materials for furthering readers’ knowledge, including toolsets, further cases and exercises, accompanying videos, quizzes, and presentation slides International Business Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management is a key resource for postgraduate courses on international business management, globalization and entrepreneurship, international human resource management and global marketing. It will also serve as a complementary text for lecturers and students involved in the X-Culture project.Trade Review‘International Business Strategy and Cross-cultural Management: An Applied Approach is not just another standard IB textbook. The book excels in several ways. First, it fulfils the title’s promise of an applied approach by translating IB and cultural theory into many exciting real life company cases and a constructed but realistic case, “Magic Juice”, which reappears in each chapter covering its key topics. The successful application of theory makes the book appealing to students as well as managers facing the challenges of international business, not least the question of how to navigate intercultural interactions. Here, the authors bring two interesting concepts to the table: “the culture map” and “cultural intelligence”. Often, textbooks focus on either IB strategy or cross-cultural management. However, the two topics are closely related and this book offers a happy marriage of the two. I give the book my warmest recommendations.’ -- Bent Petersen, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Analyzing international markets 2. Selecting international markets 3. Analyzing and selecting modes to enter, operate in and exit international markets 4. Entering markets with a partner 5. Developing strategy and strategic positioning in international markets 6. Designing global value chains 7. Designing the MNE organization 8. Navigating intercultural interactions 9. Leading and motivating people in an international environment 10. Building an effective international workforce Index
£109.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Business Strategy and
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides readers with an advanced and applied approach to traditional international business that integrates key cross-cultural management topics. Its ten chapters give profound insights into analysing, selecting and entering international markets, strategic partnerships, strategic positioning, global value chains, organizational designs, intercultural interaction, leadership and motivation and international human resources management. For each of these topics, advanced and contemporary theoretical and analytical frameworks are discussed and translated into toolsets that will assist readers in solving practical challenges.Key Features: A strong connection of theoretical foundations with illustrative case studies Integration of current trends and challenges, such as intercultural competence, migration and digitalization, offshoring and global value chains Comprehensive practical examples from multinational firms that demonstrate the value of the frameworks and toolsets included in each chapter An integrative case study that picks up key practical challenges in each chapter and invites the reader to apply theories, frameworks and toolsets A supplementary website that provides multiple materials for furthering readers’ knowledge, including toolsets, further cases and exercises, accompanying videos, quizzes, and presentation slides International Business Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management is a key resource for postgraduate courses on international business management, globalization and entrepreneurship, international human resource management and global marketing. It will also serve as a complementary text for lecturers and students involved in the X-Culture project.Trade Review‘International Business Strategy and Cross-cultural Management: An Applied Approach is not just another standard IB textbook. The book excels in several ways. First, it fulfils the title’s promise of an applied approach by translating IB and cultural theory into many exciting real life company cases and a constructed but realistic case, “Magic Juice”, which reappears in each chapter covering its key topics. The successful application of theory makes the book appealing to students as well as managers facing the challenges of international business, not least the question of how to navigate intercultural interactions. Here, the authors bring two interesting concepts to the table: “the culture map” and “cultural intelligence”. Often, textbooks focus on either IB strategy or cross-cultural management. However, the two topics are closely related and this book offers a happy marriage of the two. I give the book my warmest recommendations.’ -- Bent Petersen, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Analyzing international markets 2. Selecting international markets 3. Analyzing and selecting modes to enter, operate in and exit international markets 4. Entering markets with a partner 5. Developing strategy and strategic positioning in international markets 6. Designing global value chains 7. Designing the MNE organization 8. Navigating intercultural interactions 9. Leading and motivating people in an international environment 10. Building an effective international workforce Index
£34.15
Emerald Publishing Limited Knowledge Management and the Practice of
Book SynopsisAs organizations continue to discover the power of storytelling to shape, transform and transfer knowledge, the need for complex resources to harness that power and meet business goals increases. At the forefront of this challenge are knowledge management practitioners, change management leaders, and organizational development professionals who need information to obtain a practical advantage to implement sustainable storytelling initiatives. Knowledge Management and the Practice of Storytelling: The Competencies and Skills Needed for a Successful Implementation offers practical advice and guidance on the skills and competencies needed to meet those challenges. Discussing the competencies needed to use language and performance effectively to tell stories that will elicit tacit knowledge, this volume focuses on coaching strategies to help others develop storytelling skills, and provides background knowledge useful to champion and promote storytelling practices across organizational cultures and communities. Knowledge Management and the Practice of Storytelling will prove especially useful to practitioners who are charged with the development and leadership of storytelling initiatives but may lack a robust background on the practicalities of organizational storytelling. To meet those challenges, the book offers practical applications rooted in ethnographic research to find and select stories, conduct storytelling interviews, and analyse organizational communities and cultures to the meet the needs of target audiences. Most importantly, Knowledge Management and the Practice of Storytelling offers practical advice on assessment and evaluation strategies to measure the effectiveness and organizational impact of storytelling.Table of ContentsSection I. Conceptual Review Chapter 1. Understanding the concept of storytelling Chapter 2. The practice of storytelling as knowledge management Chapter 3. Literacy, competencies and skills Section II. Competencies and Skills Chapter 4. Rhetorical competencies and skills Chapter 5. Performative competencies and skills Chapter 6. Ethnographic competencies and skills Section III. Assessment and Evaluation Chapter 7. Assessing storytelling competencies and skills Chapter 8. Evaluating the effectiveness of storytelling Section IV. Lessons and Takeaways Chapter 9. Lessons learned
£62.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Business Leadership and Culture: National
Book SynopsisHow do business leaders think as a result of their national culture? This book provides a discussion and comparative analysis of five major cultures - American, Arab, Chinese, Japanese and Scandinavian - and how they reveal themselves in business practice.The author begins by introducing the concept of culture and why it is important, addressing issues such as values, beliefs and assumptions and the consequences of these. Bjorn Bjerke then goes on to address corporate culture and business strategy as well as some myths associated with national cultures. Looking at the five specific cultures he addresses cultural themes and presents a typified picture of the business leader in each of these. He concludes that there are five different capitalist systems governing these cultures, and that the business leader plays a different role in each. Extending this discussion, the author questions whether the culture-free business leader exists and, if so, what the characteristics of such a person might be.Business Leadership and Culture will enlighten students, scholars and business people about the consequences of culture for international business and management.Trade Review'A thorough, insightful, piece of work that should be included on any "leadership" reading list.' -- Long Range Planning'Throughout, Bjerke carefully cites the supporting literature of the general social sciences as well as that of management and business organization. The volume's cumulative development is impressive in its marshalling of the diverse approaches and insights while probing into the special characteristics of each of the five national cultures selected. . . Recommended for international business collections, upper-division undergraduate through professional.' -- J.C. Thompson, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. To Understand Culture 2. Corporate Culture 3. Business Leadership and National Culture 4. American Culture 5. Arab Culture 6. Chinese Culture 7. Japanese Culture 8. Scandinavian Culture 9. A Comparative Analysis and Interpretation 10. The Cultural Business Leader References Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Beyond the New Public Management: Changing Ideas
Book SynopsisBeyond the New Public Management is an important book which provides a comprehensive analysis of current conceptual debates in public management and governance; and critically reviews attempts made over the last two decades to apply the 'new public management' model in developed and developing countries.The book brings together a number of outstanding specialists who examine the range of ideas and concepts of the new models of reform, paying particular attention to the 'new public management' model and to strategies of good governance. It evaluates progress made by governments and aid donors in putting these ideas into practice. Using case studies from both the developed and developing world, it emphasises the extent to which public management and governance reforms are being applied throughout the international arena. The examples used focus on the problems of policy and institutional transfers between the industrialised world and developing countries. Multidisciplinary in its approach, the book draws on literature and research from management studies, political science, sociology, economics and development studies; and points to issues likely to dominate the future research agenda.This thoughtful and wide-ranging book will be essential reading for academics, students and practitioners of public management, public policy, governance and development.Trade Review'This book constitutes an effort to address what can be learned from the recent experiences to adopt new public management ideas in the context of developing countries. It is well worth reading for this reason alone.' -- Peter Aucoin, Canadian Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Analysis of Public Management and Governance Part I: Changing Ideas about Public Management and Governance 2. Changing the State 3. Policy Transfer 4. The New Public Management and Policy Transfer 5. Public Management for Social Inclusion 6. Towards Synergy in Social Provision 7. Public Management 8. Professionalism, Participation and the Public Good Part II: Changing Institutions and Practices in Public Management and Governance 9. Civil Service Reforms 10. Civil Service Reform Equals Retrenchment? 11. Management Decentralization in Practice 12. Private Markets, Public Identities, Management and Tertiary Education in Contemporary Vietnam 13. Civil Society and Social Provision 14. Central–Local Relations in the Asia–Pacific 15. Public Service, Complex Emergencies and the Humanitarian Imperative 16. Conclusions
£33.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Firms, Governments and Economic Change: An
Book SynopsisThis topical book interprets firms, governments and economic change from an entrepreneurial perspective. Essentially, it applies the Austrian theory of human agency and evolutionary theories of the firm to explain economic organisation, the state and institutional change. Tony Yu begins by discussing the nature of entrepreneurship and the firm followed by an analysis of the role of entrepreneurship in economic change. He thoroughly analyses the process of economic development in late industrialisers, within an entrepreneurial framework outlined within the book. The author argues that ordinary and extraordinary discovery are associated with routine or imitative entrepreneurship and Schumpetarian entrepreneurship respectively. Using this classification, the author shows how it is the interaction of various types of entrepreneurial activities that transformed East Asian latecomers such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong from traditional agrarian and fishing economies into international centres of trading, service industries and finance.Firms, Governments and Economic Change will be of special interest to scholars of industrial economics, entrepreneurship and Asian studies. It will also be of use to governmental organisations responsible for economic development, as the analysis is thoroughly up to date easy to understand.Trade Review'This very clearly written book is written foremost for an academic and postgraduate audience, although undergraduate students would be likely to find much of the book readable, particularly the empirical observations and chapters.' -- Caroline Elliott, Business History'This is an entrepreneurial book, not just a book about entrepreneurship. As chapter 1 points out, entrepreneurship involves seeing the world in a new way, a way that is slightly different to how other people see it. And that is what Tony Yu does in this book. He sees the theory of the firm - and of business institutions more generally - in a new and potentially revealing light.' -- From the preface by Richard N. LangloisTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Richard Langlois Introduction Part I: Entrepreneurship 1. Entrepreneurial Alertness and Discovery Part II: Firms 2. A Praxeological Theory of the Firm 3. The Chinese Family Firm and Guerrilla Entrepreneurship Part III: Governments 4. Government Entrepreneurship 5. The State as a National Coordinator 6. Asian Entrepreneurial States Part IV: Economic Change 7. An Entrepreneurial Perspective of Institutional Change 8. Economic Development in Latecomer Economies References Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Successful Innovation: Towards a New Theory for
Book SynopsisInnovation as an activity is not new - what has changed is the pace at which firms have to innovate. This book analyses innovation success at the company, rather than the project, level and contributes to the development of a new theory on innovation management in small and medium-sized enterprises. The author uses studies from 63 companies from 35 different industry and service sectors in order to obtain non-sector specific findings. He concludes that innovative success is based on a combination of technological, marketing and organizational competencies and that successfully innovating companies can be said to have a strong internal locus of control.Trade Review'For years the focus of innovation management has been solely on large corporations. With Successful Innovation, Jan Cobbenhagen has paved a new way for managing the innovative process in small and medium-sized enterprises. This book provides a valuable and insightful framework for not only understanding but also harnessing innovation. A particular attraction of the book is that it speaks to both scholars as well as practitioners. Just as novel theoretical insights about the role of innovative activity in SMEs are provided, so too are practical lessons for organising and managing an innovative firm.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany'This is a wonderful book. For all those interested in innovation, it is a must read.' -- Zoltan J. Acs, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Theory and Methodology 1. Practical Framework 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Methodology 4. Sketching the Model Part II: Empirical Findings 5. Technological Competencies 6. Marketing Competencies 7. Organisational Competencies 8. The Competencies Triad Part III: Discussion 9. Locus of Control References Index
£131.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cross-Cultural Management
Book SynopsisThis text frames the key areas of cross-cultural management and selects a mix of classic and modern readings. The two volumes cover conceptual and empirical articles which have shaped, and are redefining, the field.Trade Reviewi>’Together the two volumes provide encyclopedical information on cross-cultural management. . . A must for anyone, every student, practitioner and researcher of cross-cultural management.’ -- V. Chandra, Global Business Review’The dual volume set Cross-Cultural Management is by any measure a definitive work. In total it contains probably an aggregation of the best writings on culture. Whilst other separate single works stand alone this set serves to provide some of the most definitive analysis undertaken. . . The collection of works is at one level academic and appears that way but at another level is extremely well referenced and easy to access. The effective linking together of definitive studies by world class academics and others provides an excellent repository of much of the definitive research undertaken over the past 40 years. The editors have chosen very carefully material which aligns itself to their overall framework and, indeed, the explanations offered at the beginning of volume one frame the material superbly. Having established a sound theory base in volume one the editors then draw our attention to the side array of cultural differences with which people in management are confronted today. From a human resources management viewpoint, for example, there are no areas left untouched. . . From an applied viewpoint, apart from the excellent research facility afforded by these books, they offer first rate assistance to the educator, to the learning and development professional and to the human resource professional, particularly from an advisory viewpoint. Universities and major global entities will buy these books and senior HR professionals and consulting firms will as well. They are an excellent acquisition to the current material available.’ -- Geoffrey N. De Lacy, Australian Human Resource Institute Journal’Professors Redding and Stening have done a masterful job of both framing the key areas of cross-cultural management and selecting an excellent mix of classic and modern readings. These two volumes are “must reading” and cover conceptual and empirical articles which have shaped, and are redefining, the field. Students, professors and practitioners will all benefit enormously from the editors’ work and judgement. Thanks for your significant contribution to us.’ -- Joseph J. DiStefano, IMD International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland’Professors Redding and Stening, as leaders in the field, have done a superb job in putting together some of the key research articles into two volumes, both are a must read for business executives and research scholars interested in cross-cultural management.’ -- Tan Chin Tiong, Singapore Management University, Singapore’A much needed volume combining the theory and application of cross-cultural management, by two authors who have had teaching and research experiences in every corner of the globe.’ -- Chong Ju Choi, Australian National University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: The Theory of Culture Acknowledgements Introduction Gordon Redding and Bruce W. Stening PART I WHAT CULTURE IS 1. Clifford Geertz (1973), ‘Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture’ 2. Robert A. LeVine (1984), ‘Properties of Culture: An Ethnographic View’ 3. Marc Maurice, François Sellier and Jean-Jacques Silvestre ([1982] 1986), ‘Appendix: Societal Analysis as a Critical and Theoretical Tool’ PART II HOW CULTURE WORKS TO SHAPE SOCIETY 4. Edward T. Hall ([1959] 1981), ‘The Vocabulary of Culture’ 5. Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckman (1967), ‘Society as Objective Reality: 1. Institutionalization’ 6. Jean-Philippe Platteau (1994), ‘Behind the Market Stage Where Real Societies Exist – Part II: The Role of Moral Norms’ 7. Geert Hofstede (1991), ‘I, We, and They’ PART III CULTURE AND THE ECONOMY 8. Karl Polanyi ([1944] 1980), ‘Societies and Economic Systems’ 9. Paul DiMaggio (1994), ‘Culture and Economy’ 10. Mark Granovetter (1985), ‘Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness’ 11. Max Weber ([1930] 1965), ‘The Spirit of Capitalism’ 12. Max H. Boisot (1995), ‘Culture as Economizing’ PART IV MAPPING INTERCULTURAL DIFFERENCES 13. Ronald Inglehart and Wayne E. Baker (2000), ‘Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values’ 14. Charles Hampden-Turner and Fons Trompenaars (1997), ‘Response to Geert Hofstede’ 15. Mark F. Peterson and Peter B. Smith (1997), ‘Does National Culture or Ambient Temperature Explain Cross-National Differences in Role Stress? No Sweat!’ 16. Joyce S. Osland and Allan Bird (2000), ‘Beyond Sophisticated Stereotyping: Cultural Sensemaking in Context’ 17. Mark F. Peterson, Mary Yoko Brannen and Peter B. Smith (1994), ‘Japanese and United States Leadership: Issues in Current Research’ 18. Roland Calori and Bruno Dufour (1995), ‘Management European Style’ 19. David Veale, Lynn Oliver and Kees van Langen (1995), ‘Three Coca-Cola Perspectives on International Management Styles’ PART V PUTTING CULTURE INTO THE EXPLANATION 20. S. Gordon Redding (1994), ‘Comparative Management Theory: Jungle, Zoo or Fossil Bed?’ 21. John Child (2000), ‘Theorizing about Organization Cross-Nationally’ Name Index Volume II: Managing Cultural Differences Acknowledgements Introduction Gordon Redding and Bruce W. Stening PART I GLOBALIZATION AND THE GLOBAL MANAGER 1. Hal B. Gregersen, Allen J. Morrison and J. Stewart Black (1998), ‘Developing Leaders for the Global Frontier’ 2. Ben L. Kedia and Ananda Mukherji (1999), ‘Global Managers: Developing a Mindset for Global Competitiveness’ 3. Shaker A. Zahra and Hugh M. O’Neill (1998), ‘Charting the Landscape of Global Competition: Reflections on Emerging Organizational Challenges and their Implications for Senior Executives’ 4. Vladimir Pucik and Tania Saba (1998), ‘Selecting and Developing the Global Versus the Expatriate Manager: A Review of the State-of-the-Art’ 5. Geert Hofstede (1993), ‘Cultural Constraints in Management Theories’ 6. Lisa Hoecklin (1995), ‘Culture: What It Is, What It Is Not and How It Directs Organizational Behaviour’ PART II MANAGING THE GLOBAL ORGANIZATION 7. Sumantra Ghoshal and Nitin Nohria (1993), ‘Horses for Courses: Organizational Forms for Multinational Corporations’ 8. Karen Roberts, Ellen Ernst Kossek and Cynthia Ozeki (1998), ‘Managing the Global Workforce: Challenges and Strategies’ 9. Nancy J. Adler (1994), ‘Competitive Frontiers: Women Managing Across Borders’ 10. Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Thomas D. Dretler (1998), ‘"Global Strategy" and its Impact on Local Operations: Lessons from Gillette Singapore’ 11. Roger L.M. Dunbar and Suresh Kotha (2000), ‘Managing Institutional and Cultural Contrasts: The Case of Sanyo Electric in the United States’ 12. Sidney Gray (1995), ‘Cultural Perspectives on the Measurement of Corporate Success’ 13. Karl Moore and Julian Birkinshaw (1998), ‘Managing Knowledge in Global Service Firms: Centers of Excellence’ 14. Hartmut H. Holzmüller and Barbara Stöttinger (2001), ‘International Marketing Managers’ Cultural Sensitivity: Relevance, Training Requirements and a Pragmatic Training Concept’ 15. Marie-Claude Boudreau, Karen D. Loch, Daniel Robey and Detmar Straub (1998), ‘Going Global: Using Information Technology to Advance Competitiveness of the Virtual Transnational Organization’ 16. Timothy Kayworth and Dorothy Leidner (2000), ‘The Global Virtual Manager: A Prescription for Success’ PART III MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY 17. Joseph J. DiStefano and Martha L. Maznevski (2000), ‘Creating Value with Diverse Teams in Global Management’ 18. Taylor H. Cox and Stacy Blake (1991), ‘Managing Cultural Diversity: Implications for Organizational Competitiveness’ 19. Aminu Mamman (1995), ‘Employee Intercultural Effectiveness in a Multicultural Workplace: Theoretical Propositions, Strategies and Direction for Future Research’ 20. Denice Welch and Lawrence Welch (1997), ‘Being Flexible and Accommodating Diversity: The Challenge for Multinational Management’ PART IV NEGOTIATING ACROSS CULTURES 21. Stephen E. Weiss (1994), ‘Negotiating with "Romans" – Part 1’ 22. Stephen E. Weiss (1994), ‘Negotiating with "Romans" – Part 2’ 23. Allan G. Thompson (1996), ‘Compliance with Agreements in Cross-Cultural Transactions: Some Analytical Issues’ 24. James K. Sebenius (1998), ‘Case Study: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions’ PART V INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES 25. Paul W. Beamish (2000), ‘The Design and Management of International Joint Ventures’ 26. Aimin Yan and Ming Zeng (1999), ‘International Joint Venture Instability: A Critique of Previous Research, A Reconceptualization, and Directions for Future Research’ 27. Steven X. Si and Garry D. Bruton (1999), ‘Knowledge Transfer in International Joint Ventures in Transitional Economies: The China Experience’ 28. Andrew C. Inkpen (1998), ‘Learning and Knowledge Acquisition through International Strategic Alliances’ 29. Arvind Parkhe (1998), ‘Building Trust in International Alliances’ 30. T.K. Das and Bing-Sheng Teng (1997), ‘Sustaining Strategic Alliances: Options and Guidelines’ PART VI EXPATRIATION AND REPATRIATION: ISSUES OF CULTURAL ADAPTATION 31. David C. Thomas (1998), ‘The Expatriate Experience: A Critical Review and Synthesis’ 32. J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen (1992), ‘Serving Two Masters: Managing the Dual Allegiance of Expatriate Employees’ 33. Michael Harvey (1996), ‘Addressing the Dual-Career Expatriation Dilemma’ 34. J. Stewart Black and Mark Mendenhall (1990), ‘Cross-Cultural Training Effectiveness: A Review and a Theoretical Framework for Future Research’ 35. Michael Harvey, Cheri Speier and Milorad M. Novicevic (1999), ‘The Role of Inpatriation in Global Staffing’ 36. Hilary Harris and Chris Brewster (1999), ‘The Coffee-Machine System: How International Selection Really Works’ 37. Rosalie L. Tung (1998), ‘A Contingency Framework of Selection and Training of Expatriates Revisited’ 38. Myrtle P. Bell and David A. Harrison (1996), ‘Using Intra-National Diversity for International Assignments: A Model of Bicultural Competence and Expatriate Adjustment’ PART VII ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT 39. Thomas Donaldson (1996), ‘Values in Tension: Ethics Away From Home’ 40. John Hendry (1999), ‘Universalizability and Reciprocity in International Business Ethics’ 41. William A. Wines and Nancy K. Napier (1992), ‘Toward an Understanding of Cross-Cultural Ethics: A Tentative Model’ 42. Daniel W. Skubik (1995), ‘Ethics and Australian International Business: Which Way to Asia?’ 43. David J. Fritzsche, Y. Paul Huo, Sakae Sugai, Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai, Cheong Seok Kim and Helmut Becker (1995), ‘Exploring the Ethical Behavior of Managers: A Comparative Study of Four Countries’ 44. Paul F. Buller and Glenn M. McEvoy (1999), ‘Creating and Sustaining Ethical Capability in the Multi-National Corporation’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Entrepreneurship and the Firm: Austrian
Book SynopsisWhile characteristically 'Austrian' themes such as entrepreneurship, economic calculation, tacit knowledge and the temporal structure of capital are clearly relevant to the business firm, Austrian economists have said relatively little about management, organization, and strategy. This innovative book features 12 chapters that all seek to advance the understanding of these issues by drawing on Austrian ideas. Building on existing research in transaction cost economics, agency theory, evolutionary economics and the resource-based theory of the firm, the authors cover a wide range of theoretical and applied topics. These include knowledge management, authority and hierarchy, modularity, corporate restructuring, telecommunications regulation and competitive advantage. They clearly show how Austrian ideas can usefully engage, challenge and extend more mainstream perspectives on economic organization. There are many books on Austrian economics and many more on the theory of the firm, but virtually none that integrate these two bodies of literature. Scholars of Austrian economics and academics interested in strategy, organization and the theory of the firm will draw great value from this insightful book.Trade Review'This volume is a positive contribution to Austrian economics. . . The contributors cast new light on problems that were not considered from the outset as genuine to Austrian economics: this includes theoretical problems, such as property rights, learning, and incentives, as well as empirical, and perhaps more exotic problems from an Austrian point of view, such as corporate governance and industrial organization.' -- Jacques-Laurent Ravix, Journal of Evolutionary Economics'. . . a very interesting book which goes a considerable way towards linking economic analysis of the firm with empirical study of business decisions and with ideas which have been discussed in studies of business policy and management. . . This is a book which calls for, and repays, careful reading.' -- A.L. Minkes, International Journal of Management and Decision Making'This is a most informative book for both the non-specialist and specialist alike. The non-specialist can get a feel for the literature on the entrepreneur whilst the specialist is given some significant ideas that will move forward the debate as to what contributions Austrians can make in the area of the theory of the firm, particularly with a capabilities approach.' -- David Gray, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation'For researchers interested in Austrian economics and those interested in the theory of the firm the book gives a valuable summary of what can be derived from the Austrian approach to the theory of the firm.' -- Helge Peukert, European Business Organization Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction – Entrepreneurship and the Firm: Austrian Perspectives on Economic Organization Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein 1. Explaining Firms Brian J. Loasby 2. Modularity in Technology and Organization Richard N. Langlois 3. Economic Organization in the Knowledge Economy: An Austrian Perspective Nicolai J. Foss 4. Knowledge: A Challenge for the Austrian Theory of the Firm Pierre Garrouste 5. Schumpeter’s and Kirzner’s Entrepreneur Reconsidered: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Subjectivism and the Need for a Theory of the Firm Wolfgang Gick 6. Economic Organization and the Trade-offs between Productive and Destructive Entrepreneurship Kirsten Foss and Nicolai J. Foss 7. Entrepreneurship, Contracts and the Corporate Firm: Austrian Insights on the Contractual Nature of Business Organization Stavros Ioannides 8. Costs of Contracting, Psychology of Entrepreneurship and Capabilities of Firms Martti Vihanto 9. Do Entrepreneurs Make Predictable Mistakes? Evidence from Corporate Divestitures Peter G. Klein and Sandra K. Klein 10. Telecommunications Mergers and Theories of the Firm 11. Rents and Resources: A Market Process Perspective Jerry Ellig 11. Rents and Resources: A Market Process Perspective Peter Lewin and Steven E. Phelan 12. Resource-Advantage Theory and Austrian Economics Shelby Hunt Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Institutions, Contracts and Organizations:
Book SynopsisThis outstanding book presents new original contributions from some of the world's leading economists including Ronald Coase, Douglass C. North, Masahiko Aoki, Oliver E. Williamson and Harold Demsetz. It demonstrates the extent and depth of the New Institutional Economics research programme which is having a worldwide impact on the economics profession.The book lays out the fundamental dimensions of the research programme with special emphasis on the interaction between institutional factors, both formal and informal, and the performance of different arrangements that organize transactions. After examining the foundations of New Institutional Economics and honouring Ronald Coase's contribution to the field, it presents controversial and conflicting views on the sources of growth. It places special emphasis on organizations and transactions, focusing on issues of trust, corruption, enforcement of contracts and modes of organization. Written by an eminent group of scholars, Institutions, Contracts and Organizations is an important landmark in the development of New Institutional Economics.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Foundations Part II: Homage to Ronald H. Coase Part III: Sources of Growth: Technology, Natural Endowments or Institutions? Part IV: Trust, Distrust and Corruption Part V: Enforcement Issues Part VI: Institutions and Modes of Organizations Part VII: Models and Measures Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation in Multinational Corporations in the
Book SynopsisInnovation in Multinational Corporations in the Information Age investigates the production of information communication technology (ICT) through multinational corporations worldwide, and particularly in Europe. Questions relating to the management of corporate technological portfolio and the management of corporate research activity are addressed, and sectoral specialisation along with the geographical location of corporate technological development are analysed. The book imparts enlightening viewpoints on the changing boundaries of the international firm and the evolution of corporate learning in a more complex technological system. The increasing significance of regions as units of spatial competition is highlighted, and the analysis of ICT provides an insight into business strategy and policy making agendas.Providing useful insights into the dynamics of innovation at company level in an international context, this book will be of great interest to international, political, industrial and business economists and scholars.Trade Review'. . . Grazia D. Santangelo has added enormously to our understanding of the nature of international R&D. Hence, I strongly recommend the book to researchers and interested practitioners who work in the field of ICT innovation and international R&D.' -- Oliver Gassmann, R&D Management'Innovation in Multinational Corporations in the Information Age is highly recommended for any professional interested in the role of information technology in multinational corporations. Although most of the analysis in this book is focused on Europe, the findings can be easily extrapolated to other regions of the world. The highly structured analysis of empirical data sets this book apart from others in this topic.' -- Roberto Vinaja, Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM)'This book deals with issues that will be of particular interest to those who wish to learn about the location of corporate R&D. In line with earlier studies on international business, this book concludes that although ICTs encourage the geographical dispersion of R&D activities, the location of these is not in fact random. On the contrary, the book shows that the location patterns of multinational corporations reflect regional technological advantages and are affected by agglomeration economies. The collection of data presented in this work bears several implications for the management of multinational corporations and public policy.' -- Salvatore Torrisi, Universita di Camerino and St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Location, Innovative Activity and MNCs 2. The Geography of Innovation and Local Embeddedness: Tacit versus Codified Knowledge 3. The Management of Corporate Technological Portfolios: Rationalisation versus Diversification 4. Globalisation and Innovation Management Part II: The Experience of the European ICT Industry 5. The Evolution of European Corporate Competencies in ICT 6. The Dynamics of Corporate Competencies and STPs 7. Locational Aspects of ICT Corporate Technological Development: Some Evidence from German, Italian and UK Regions Part III: Concluding Remarks and Implications 8. Conclusions: Context-Dependency, Industrial Models of Innovation and Corporate Learning 9. Management Issues and Policy Implications Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The International Library of Leadership
Book SynopsisThe International Library of Leadership brings together in one place the most significant writings on leadership, the process by which groups, organizations, and societies seek to satisfy their needs and achieve their objectives. Volume 1 focuses on classic discussions of perennial leadership issues including the moral purpose of leadership, the nature of legitimate authority, and the role of followers. Volume 2 turns to investigations of leadership in the modern era and makes available the seminal social scientific works that inaugurated the modern theories of leadership. Volume 3 builds upon the analyses of power, culture, and gender in the first two volumes to address current ethical, democratic, and international challenges of leadership. This three-volume collection is designed to offer a sophisticated and substantive understanding of what is perhaps the most important social phenomenon of our age.Trade Review'. . . absolute classics. . . they comprise one of the finest compendiums of works on the subject. The collection superbly addresses an eclectic analysis of leadership while illustrating the evolution of its study. . . The university and teaching fraternity will use the material widely, and major organisations in the HR and learning and development fields, leadership analysts and serious students would all benefit from having it on the shelves. As well as being a reference, The International Library of Leadership will have a strong applied focus.' -- Geoff De Lacy, HR Monthly'The editors should be commended for undertaking this initiative. They have certainly succeeded in accomplishing one of their objectives which was to "provide easy access to the best thinking of the great minds of past and present" . . . I applaud the inclusion of substantial portions of each writer's argument so that the reader can gain a firsthand appreciation of the author's position. . . this collection is obviously ideally placed to become a valuable desk reference book.' -- Brad Jackson, Journal of Management Studies'This collection is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in the study of leadership. With readings that span from ancient times to the present, we see how questions about the power, morality, and the leader-follower relationship are an ongoing part of the human condition.' -- Joanne B. Ciulla, University of Richmond, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Traditional Classics on Leadership Acknowledgements Preface J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks and Terry L. Price Introduction J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks and Terry L. Price PART I THE MORAL PURPOSE OF LEADERSHIP 1. Plato, The Republic (336B-347E) 2. Aristotle, Politics (1280a-1284b) 3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (Book I) 4. Immanuel Kant, ‘An Answer to the Question: “What is Enlightenment?”’ 5. James Madison, The Federalist (Number X) 6. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals (Second Essay, Sections 17-25) PART II IDEAL LEADERSHIP 7. Plato, The Republic (471C-474B and 484A-502C) 8. Thomas Aquinas, On the Government of Rulers (Book I, Prologue and Chapters 1-4) 9. Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (Chapters XV-XIX) 10. Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Part VI, Section II, Chapter II) 11. John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government (from Chapter III) 12. Christine De Pizan, The Book of Three Virtues (Chapters 8-10) 13. Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (Chapter 6) 14. Sigmund Freud, Moses and Monotheism (Section II, I-IV) PART III THE NATURE OF LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY 15. John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Book IV, Chapter XX, Sections I-XIII and XXII-XXXII) 16. King James I of England, ‘The Trew Law of Free Monarchies’ 17. The Levellers, from ‘An Agreement of the People’ 18. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Chapters XIII, XIV and XVII) 19. John Locke, Two Treatises on Civil Government (Book II, Chapters VIII-XI) 20. David Hume, Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary (Essay XII) PART IV THE STATUS OF FOLLOWERS 21. Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (Book I, Chapter LVIII) 22. W.F. Hegel, from The Phenomenology of Mind 23. Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (from Chapter IV) 24. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, ‘Address to the American Equal Rights Association’ 25. Ralph Waldo Emerson, ‘Man the Reformer’ 26. John Dewey, Democracy and Education (Chapter VII) PART V CHALLENGES TO AUTHORITY 27. Philippe Duplessis-Mornay, from A Defence of Liberty against Tyrants 28. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, from The Manifesto of the Communist Party 29. David Walker, David Walker’s Appeal (Article III) 30. Henry David Thoreau, ‘Civil Disobedience’ 31. W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (Chapter VI) Name Index Volume II: Modern Classics on Leadership Acknowledgements Preface J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks and Terry L. Price Introduction J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks and Terry L. Price PART I THE NATURE OF LEADERSHIP 1. Bernard M. Bass (1990) ‘Concepts of Leadership’ PART II EARLY APPROACHES 2. Frederick Winslow Taylor (1919), ‘Fundamentals of Scientific Management’ PART III TRAIT THEORY 3. Ralph M. Stogdill (1948), ‘Personal Factors Associated with Leadership: A Survey of the Literature’ PART IV BEHAVIORAL THEORY 4. Kurt Lewin, Ronald Lippitt and Ralph K. White (1939), ‘Patterns of Aggressive Behavior in Experimentally Created “Social Climates”’ 5. Andrew W. Halpin and B. James Winer (1957), ‘A Factorial Study of the Leader Behavior Descriptions’ 6. David G. Bowers and Stanley E. Seashore (1966), ‘Predicting Organizational Effectiveness with a Four-Factor Theory of Leadership’ 7. Robert R. Blake and Jane Srygley Mouton (1964/1971), ‘The Managerial Dilemma’ PART V CONTINGENCY THEORIES 8. Fred E. Fiedler (1972), ‘How Do You Make Leaders More Effective? New Answers to an Old Puzzle’ 9. Robert J. House and Terence R. Mitchell (1974), ‘Path-Goal Theory of Leadership’ 10. Victor H. Vroom (1973), ‘A New Look at Managerial Decision Making’ PART VI TRANSACTIONAL APPROACHES 11. Edwin P. Hollander (1974), ‘Processes of Leadership Emergence’ 12. George Graen and James F. Cashman (1975), ‘A Role-Making Model of Leadership in Formal Organizations: A Developmental Approach’ PART VII TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 13. Bernard M. Bass (1985), ‘Leadership: Good, Better, Best’ PART VIII CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP 14. Max Weber (1947/1964), ‘Charismatic Authority’ 15. Robert J. House (1977), ‘A 1976 Theory of Charismatic Leadership’ PART IX POWER APPROACHES 16. John R.P. French, Jr. and Bertram Raven (1959), ‘The Bases of Social Power’ 17. Gary Yukl and Cecilia M. Falbe (1990), ‘Influence Tactics and Objectives in Upward, Downward, and Lateral Influence Attempts’ PART X COGNITIVE APPROACHES 18. Linda Smircich and Gareth Morgan (1982), ‘Leadership: The Management of Meaning’ 19. Bobby J. Calder (1977), ‘An Attribution Theory of Leadership’ PART XI ROLE OF FOLLOWERS 20. William Haythorn, Arthur Couch, Don Haefner, Peter Langham and Launor Carter (1956), ‘The Effects of Varying Combinations of Authoritarian and Equalitarian Leaders and Followers’ 21. Charles N. Greene (1975), ‘The Reciprocal Nature of Influence Between Leader and Subordinate’ PART XII LEADER SUBSTITUTES 22. Steven Kerr and John M. Jermier (1978), ‘Substitutes for Leadership: Their Meaning and Measurement’ PART XIII ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 23. Edgar H. Schein (1983), ‘The Role of the Founder in Creating Organizational Culture’ PART XIV GENDER AND LEADERSHIP 24. Alice H. Eagly and Blair T. Johnson (1990), ‘Gender and Leadership Style: A Meta-Analysis’ Name Index Volume III: New Perspectives on Leadership Acknowledgements Preface J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks and Terry L. Price Introduction J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks and Terry L. Price PART I CONCEPTUALIZING LEADERSHIP 1. James MacGregor Burns (1978), ‘Toward a General Theory’ 2. Joseph C. Rost (1991), ‘The Nature of Leadership’ 3. Howard Gardner with Emma Laskin (1995), ‘Lessons from the Past, Implications for the Future’ 4. Robert K. Greenleaf (1970/1991), excerpt from The Servant as Leader 5. Peter M. Senge (1990), ‘Give Me a Lever Long Enough. . . and Single-Handed I Can Move the World’ PART II POWER, AUTHORITY, AND LEADERSHIP 6. Hannah Arendt (1951), ‘The Totalitarian Movement’ 7. Bertrand Russell (1962), ‘Leaders and Followers’ 8. Michel Foucault (1975/1979), excerpt from ‘Panopticism’ 9. Jane Mansbridge (1996), ‘Using Power/Fighting Power: The Polity’ PART III ETHICS, VALUES, AND LEADERSHIP 10. Isaiah Berlin (1959/1990), ‘The Pursuit of the Ideal’ 11. James MacGregor Burns (1978), ‘The Structure of Moral Leadership’ 12. Michael Walzer (1973), ‘Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands’ 13. Thomas E. Hill, Jr. (1991), ‘Servility and Self-Respect’ 14. Norman Bowie (2000), ‘A Kantian Theory of Leadership’ 15. Joanne B. Ciulla (1998), ‘Leadership Ethics: Mapping the Territory’ PART IV LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL CHANGE 16. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1986), ‘Letter from Birmingham City Jail’ 17. Clayborne Carson (1987), ‘Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle’ 18. Paulo Freire (1970/2000), Chapter 1 from Pedagogy of the Oppressed 19. Richard A. Couto (1993), ‘Narrative, Free Space, and Political Leadership in Social Movements’ PART V INCLUSION AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP 20. Benjamin R. Barber (1984), ‘Strong Democracy: Politics as a Way of Living’ 21. Ronald A. Heifetz (1994), ‘On a Razor's Edge’ 22. Cornel West (1993), ‘The New Cultural Politics of Difference’ 23. Anne Phillips (1993), ‘Must Feminists Give up on Liberal Democracy?’ 24. Jean Lipman-Blumen (1992), ‘Connective Leadership: Female Leadership Styles in the 21st-Century Workplace’ PART VI INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP 25. Geert Hofstede (1980), ‘Motivation, Leadership, and Organization: Do American Theories Apply Abroad?’ 26. Nancy J. Adler (1996), ‘Global Women Political Leaders: An Invisible History, An Increasingly Important Future’ 27. Robert J. House, Paul J. Hanges, S. Antonio Ruiz-Quintanilla, Peter W. Dorfman, Mansour Javidan, Marcus W. Dickson, Vipin Gupta et al (1999), ‘Cultural Influences on Leadership and Organizations: Project GLOBE’ 28. Martha C. Nussbaum (2003), ‘Compassion and Terror’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Modern Business Enterprise
Book SynopsisMartin Ricketts, a leading scholar in this field, has selected the seminal papers from a variety of traditions that illustrate the evolution of thinking on 'the firm' over a considerable period of time. The firm as a vehicle for entrepreneurial initiative and the exercise of business judgement is contrasted throughout with the firm as a policing mechanism in response to known contractual hazards. The selection is in three volumes that cover respectively the general theoretical background; the ownership and scope of the firm - its degree of vertical and transnational integration; and agency issues relating to employee incentives and the control of managers. This authoritative collection will provide a valuable reference, of interest to students, postgraduates and professional economists seeking an overview of the subject and its evolution.Trade Review‘The Economics of Modern Business Enterprise, edited by Martin Ricketts, focuses upon the historical development of the transaction cost view of the firm - with “transaction cost” interpreted rather broadly. Its three volumes comprise the most influential papers in the field, introduced by the editor with an extremely well written introduction. The three volumes address graduate students of business economics. They are so well selected, ordered and introduced that they may as well serve as a handbook on “the new institutional economics of the firm.”’ -- Rudolf Richter, Saarland University, Germany and The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, US‘Martin Ricketts’ collection of leading articles on “The Economics of Modern Business Enterprise” is organized in three volumes: “Transaction Costs, Property Rights and the Entrepreneur,” “Ownership and Scope,” and “Incentives and Control.” No student of business and economic organization can fail to be impressed by Ricketts’ knowledge of this literature. Equally important is the manner in which this collection is organized: Ricketts tracks the historical development of key ideas in this area from early contributions in the 1970s to the present and uses “transaction costs,” broadly construed, as the organizing theme. This vast literature is given added meaning and perspective in the process, to the benefit of both new and active participants. This collection not only, therefore, records the significant accomplishments of this exciting research arena but will serve as a springboard for the continuation thereof.’ -- Oliver E. Williamson, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Transaction Costs, Property Rights and the Entrepreneur Acknowledgements Introduction Martin Ricketts PART I TRANSACTIONS COSTS, THE MARKET AND THE FIRM 1. Frank H. Knight (1921), ‘Enterprise and Profit’ 2. R.H. Coase (1937), ‘The Nature of the Firm’ 3. Fritz Machlup (1967), ‘Theories of the Firm: Marginalist, Behavioral, Managerial’ 4. Armen A. Alchian and Harold Demsetz (1972), ‘Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization’ 5. Oliver E. Williamson (1979), ‘Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractual Relations’ 6. Oliver E. Williamson (1981), ‘The Modern Corporation: Origins, Evolution, Attributes’ 7. Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Robert D. Tollison (1980), ‘Mercantilist Origins of the Corporation’ 8. Armen A. Alchian and Susan Woodward (1987), ‘Reflections on the Theory of the Firm’ PART II THE ENTREPRENEUR 9. Alfred Marshall ([1925]1953), ‘Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management’ 10. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1950), ‘Crumbling Walls’ 11. Israel M. Kirzner (1973), ‘The Entrepreneur’ 12. B.J. Loasby (1982), ‘The Entrepreneur in Economic Theory’ 13. Ulrich Witt (1987), ‘How Transaction Rights Are Shaped to Channel Innovativeness’ 14. Nicolai Juul Foss (1993), ‘Theories of the Firm: Contractual and Competence Perspectives’ 15. Mark Casson (2000), ‘An Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm’ PART III PRINCIPAL AND AGENT 16. Kenneth J. Arrow (1985), ‘The Economics of Agency’ 17. Steven Shavell (1979), ‘Risk Sharing and Incentives in the Principal and Agent Relationship’ 18. Martin Ricketts (1986), ‘The Geometry of Principal and Agent: Yet Another Use for the Edgeworth Box’ 19. Harold Demsetz (1995), ‘Agency and Nonagency Explanations of the Firm’s Organization’ PART IV PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE FIRM 20. Sanford J. Grossman and Oliver D. Hart (1986), ‘The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration’ 21. Oliver Hart and John Moore (1990), ‘Property Rights and the Nature of the Firm’ 22. Oliver Hart (1995), ‘Established Theories of the Firm’ and ‘The Property Rights Approach’ 23. Bengt Holmström and John Roberts (1998), ‘The Boundaries of the Firm Revisited’ Name Index Volume II: Ownership and Scope Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM 1. Adam Gifford, Jr. (1991), ‘A Constitutional Interpretation of the Firm’ 2. Henry Hansmann (1996), ‘A Theory of Enterprise Ownership’ 3. Benjamin Ward (1958), ‘The Firm in Illyria: Market Syndicalism’ 4. Eirik G. Furubotn (1988), ‘Codetermination and the Modern Theory of the Firm: A Property-Rights Analysis’ 5. Eugene Kandel and Edward P. Lazear (1992), ‘Peer Pressure and Partnerships’ 6. Henry Hansmann (1987), ‘Economic Theories of Nonprofit Organization’ 7. Edwin G. West (1989), ‘Nonprofit Organizations: Revised Theory and New Evidence’ PART II THE SCOPE OF THE FIRM A The Franchise Contract 8. Paul H. Rubin (1978), ‘The Theory of the Firm and the Structure of the Franchise Contract’ 9. G. Frank Mathewson and Ralph A. Winter (1985), ‘The Economics of Franchise Contracts’ 10. Robert E. Martin (1988), ‘Franchising and Risk Management’ 11. Antony W. Dnes (1992), ‘”Unfair” Contractual Practices and Hostages in Franchise Contracts’ 12. Alanson P. Minkler (1992), ‘Why Firms Franchise: A Search Cost Theory’ B Vertical Integration 13. Kenneth J. Arrow (1975), ‘Vertical Integration and Communication’ 14. Benjamin Klein, Robert G. Crawford and Armen A. Alchian (1978), ‘Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process’ 15. Kirk Monteverde and David J. Teece (1982), ‘Appropriable Rents and Quasi-Vertical Integration’ 16. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Daniel F. Spulber (2000), ‘The Fable of Fisher Body’ 17. Ronald Coase (2006), ‘The Conduct of Economics: The Example of Fisher Body and General Motors’ 18. Benjamin Klein (2007), ‘The Economic Lessons of Fisher Body-General Motors’ 19. John M. Vernon and Daniel A. Graham (1971), ‘Profitability of Monopolization by Vertical Integration’ 20. Richard Schmalensee (1973), ‘A Note on the Theory of Vertical Integration’ 21. Martin K. Perry (1980), ‘Forward Integration by Alcoa: 1888–1930’ C Transnational Integration 22. John H. Dunning (1973), ‘The Determinants of International Production’ 23. Alfred D. Chandler (1980), ‘The Growth of the Transnational Industrial Firm in the United States and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis’ 24. John Cantwell (2000), ‘A Survey of Theories of International Production’ 25. Keith Cowling and Roger Sugden (1987), ‘The Rise of Transnationals and International Division of Labour’ Name Index Volume III: Incentives and Control Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT 1. Oliver E. Williamson, Michael L. Wachter and Jeffrey E. Harris (1975), ‘Understanding the Employment Relation: The Analysis of Idiosyncratic Exchange’ 2. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1975), ‘Incentives, Risk, and Information: Notes Towards a Theory of Hierarchy’ 3. Carl Shapiro and Joseph E. Stiglitz (1984), ‘Equilibrium Unemployment as a Worker Discipline Device’ 4. Edward P. Lazear and Sherwin Rosen (1981), ‘Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts’ 5. Edward P. Lazear (1981), ‘Agency, Earnings Profiles, Productivity, and Hours Restrictions’ 6. Robert M. Hutchens (1989), ‘Seniority, Wages and Productivity: A Turbulent Decade’ 7. Edward P. Lazear (2000), ‘The Future of Personnel Economics’ 8. Bruno S. Frey (1993), ‘Does Monitoring Increase Work Effort? The Rivalry with Trust and Loyalty’ PART II MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES 9. Armen A. Alchian (1969), ‘Corporate Management and Property Rights’ 10. Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling (1976), ‘Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure’ 11. Michael C. Jensen and Kevin J. Murphy (1990), ‘Performance Pay and Top-Management Incentives’ 12. Joseph G. Haubrich (1994), ‘Risk Aversion, Performance Pay, and the Principal-Agent Problem’ 13. Brian J. Hall and Jeffrey B. Liebman (1998), ‘Are CEOs Really Paid Like Bureaucrats?’ 14. Eugene F. Fama (1980), ‘Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm’ 15. Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen (1983), ‘Agency Problems and Residual Claims’ 16. Oliver D. Hart (1983), ‘The Market Mechanism as an Incentive Scheme’ PART III THE MARKET IN CORPORATE CONTROL 17. Henry G. Manne (1965), ‘Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control’ 18. Sanford J. Grossman and Oliver D. Hart (1980), ‘Takeover Bids, the Free Rider Problem, and the Theory of the Corporation’ 19. Michael C. Jensen (1988), ‘Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences’ 20. Andrei Shleifer and Lawrence H. Summers (1988), ‘Breach of Trust in Hostile Takeovers’ 21. Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1986), ‘Large Shareholders and Corporate Control’ PART IV COMPARING GOVERNANCE TYPES 22. Masahiko Aoki (1990), ‘Toward an Economic Model of the Japanese Firm’ 23. Jens Köke and Luc Renneboog (2005), ‘Do Corporate Control and Product Market Competition Lead to Stronger Productivity Growth? Evidence from Market–Oriented and Blockholder-Based Governance Regimes’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research in Corporate Sustainability: The
Book SynopsisManaging for sustainable development has become increasingly accepted worldwide by corporate, public, and non-profit organizations as vital to the continued existence and development of both these organizations and their natural and social environments. This collection of original papers provides various perspectives on sustainable management practices, particularly as practiced by large corporations. The ten studies in this volume represent the latest theoretical and empirical research in the field of organizations and the natural environment. The contributors present a range of unique perspectives on issues including the impact of globalization on sustainability, cross-cultural comparisons of the impact of institutional contexts on environmental practices of Japanese and Chinese firms, comparisons of voluntary environmental initiatives undertaken by public and private sector organizations, processes of organizational change in response to stakeholder pressures, the transfer of environmental capabilities during mergers and acquisitions, why some companies keep the environmentally friendly features of their products secret, and the influence of emissions and health-impacts information on attitudes toward the environment. This volume opens and closes with two essays that comprehensively review the state of research in organizations and the natural environment and suggest directions for future researchers. This insightful book presents studies from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives: Human Resources Management, Strategy, Operations Management, Accounting, International Business, Marketing, and Development. It represents the latest state of knowledge in organizations and the natural environment and provides interesting perspectives for academics, environmental consultants as well as environmental managers from business, the public sector, NGOs, international development institutions, and government.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Research in Corporate Sustainability: What Really Matters? 2. Globalization and Environmental Sustainability: An Analysis of the Impact of Globalization using the Natural Step Framework 3. Community Sustainability Comes to the Southern Appalachian Region of the USA: The Case of Johnson County, Tennessee 4. Eco-sustainability Orientation in China and Japan: Differences between Proactive and Reactive Firms 5. Motivations for Participating in a US Voluntary Environmental Initiative: The Multi-state Working Group and EPAs EMS Pilot Program 6. Factors Influencing Successful and Unsuccessful Environmental Change Initiatives 7. The Altering of a Firm’s Environmental Management Capability During the Acquisition Integration Process 8. Strategic Environmental Human Resource Management and Organizational Performance: An Exploratory Study of the Canadian Manufacturing Sector 9. Information Disclosure in Environmental Policy and the Development of Secretly Environmentally-Friendly Products 10. Sustainable Stakeholder Accounting Beyond Complementarity and Towards Integration in Environmental Accounting 11. Enhancing Environmental Management Teaching Through Applications of Toxic Release Information 12. Childhood’s End? Sustaining and Developing the Evolving Field of Organizations and the Natural Environment Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Supernetworks: Decision-Making for the
Book SynopsisThe advent of the Information Age has transformed the ways in which individuals work, travel, and conduct their daily activity. Anna Nagurney and June Dong lay out the theory of supernetworks, networks that exist over and above existing electronic networks, in order to formalize decision-making in the Information Age. Supernetworks are conceptual in scope, graphical in perspective, and, with the accompanying theory, predictive in nature. In this book, the authors provide a unifying framework for the study of decision-making by a variety of economic agents including consumers and producers as well as distinct intermediaries in the context of today's networked economy. They provide the conceptual, analytical, and computational tools for the study of supernetworks. Their approach is rigorous and of sufficient generality and detail to give added insight into the behavior and structure of large-scale, interacting and competitive network systems, such as transportation, telecommunication, and financial networks. Areas studied include: supply chain networks with electronic commerce, financial networks with intermediation, telecommunicating versus commuting decision-making, teleshopping versus shopping decision-making, as well as transportation and location decisions. Case studies drawn from practice are provided for illustration purposes. Academics and practitioners in economics, business, and operations research along with management scientists, transportation and logistics researchers, computer scientists and applied mathematicians will find this book fascinating and useful.Trade Review'The book provides a fair argument for the use of equilibrium models to represent systems involving several layers of independent agents. Since the topics addressed are important in the current 'Information Age,' this book is certainly relevant.' -- Patrice Marcotte, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction and Foundations 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Background 3. Foundations of Supernetworks Part II: Multitiered Networks 4. Supply Chain Networks and Electronic Commerce 5. A Multilevel Perspective for Supply Chain Dynamics 6. Dynamic Financial Networks with Intermediation Part III: Multicriteria Networks 7. Multicriteria Network Equilibrium Modelling 8. A Space-Time Network for Telecommuting versus Commuting 9. Urban Location and Transportation in the Information Age Part IV: New Directions 10. Supernetworks of Producers and Consumers 11. Multicriteria Decision-Making in Financial Networks 12. Paradoxes and Policies A. Optimization Theory B. Variational Inequalities and Projected Dynamical Systems C. Algorithms Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Writing on the Wall: The Campaign for Commonsense
Book SynopsisThis is the business book we have been waiting for. Whilst we watch in horror as the consultants, the gurus and the management experts interfere with our jobs and lives with no apparent benefit, along comes this latest book from Geoff Burch that confirms that all our fears were true.This waspish, funny and often downright vicious expose of everything from marketing to HRM and even change management leaves no stone unturned and no taboo untrampled.But this is no mere hatchet job. Writing on the Wall exposes the stupidity of fashionable management fads, but by stripping the subject to the bone, the true secrets are uncovered. By facing the stark truth of poor products, difficult customers and mutinous staff, Burch is able to show, with bizarre examples such as the child with the squashed head, and hard hitting advice such as "smile or sling your hook", just how we can make success inevitable.Trade Review"...this book pulls no punches. Thought provoking, insightful and downright funny in parts, its a must read for business people at any stage of their career..." (Gloucestershire Echo, 16 June 2002) ...waspish, funny, and often downright vicious, expose of everything from marketing to process re-engineering..." (Manager, July/August 2002) "…it just takes a clever book like this to present them so clearly…" (City To Cities, October/November 2002) "…Takes us on an insightful journey through a scary business world…" (Business Executive, 1 October 2003)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Arming the Peasants – A Very Risky Business Indeed 3 2 The Process 21 3 Customer Care … That Offer’s Finished! 47 4 The Global Market 95 5 Everyone Can Sell – Everyone Should Sell 117 6 The Power of Persuasion 147 7 Next 173 Index 197
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