Organizational theory and behaviour Books
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Instrumente systemischen Handelns: Eine
Book SynopsisDas Zusammenwachsen der Welt und der rasche Wandel fordern uns alle heraus, als Einzelne, aber auch als Organisationen, Unternehmen und menschliche Gemeinschaften. Was systemisches Handeln bei diesen schwierigen Anpassungsprozessen leisten kann, zeigt dieses Buch anhand einer inspirierenden Einführung in die Welt des systemischen Denkens und einer Auswahl praktischer Instrumente. Die Themen sind: Großgruppenarbeit, Umfeldanalyse, Strategieentwicklung,Steuerung, Kompetenzentwicklung, Evaluation und viele mehr. „Instrumente systemischen Handelns“ ist Handbuch, Lese- und Lernbuch zugleich. Es wendet sich an Führungskräfte in Organisationen und Verwaltungen, Lehrer/innen, Trainer/innen und Coaches, Politiker/innen und politisch Aktive, die erkannt haben, dass es darum geht, im eigenen Verantwortungsbereich schöpferisch tätig zu sein und neue Antworten auf bestehende, vorausgeahnte und – ja, unvorhersehbare Probleme zu geben.Trade Review„Dieses Buch ist aus großer Erfahrung gespeist und von praxisrelevanter Systemtheorie durchdrungen. Ich kenne kein vergleichbares Buch – unbedingt empfehlenswert.“Prof. Dr. Christoph Mandl, Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Wien, Direktor von Mandl, Lüthi & Partner, WienTable of ContentsSystemisch denken, systemisch handeln.- Komplexe Systeme steuern.- Praktische Hinweise.- Sprechen.- Visualisieren.- Inszenieren.- Situation analysieren.- Umfeld analysieren.- Strategie entwickeln.- Planen.- Steuern.- Managen.- Verhandeln.- Kompetenz entwickeln.- Wissen.- Evaluieren.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Leistung und Leichtigkeit: Das wahre Potenzial
Book SynopsisLeistung gepaart mit Leichtigkeit, das ist es. Erst diese Kombination stellt das wahre Potenzial von Menschen, Teams und Organisationen dar. Wenn die Menschen ihre Möglichkeiten ausschöpfen und ganze Organisationen wie gut eingespielte Mannschaften agieren, dann ist ein Unternehmen nicht nur wirtschaftlich erfolgreich, sondern alle ziehen an einem Strang und alle identifizieren sich mit der gemeinsamen Leistung. Wie es gelingt, in den Zustand dieser organisatorischen Top-Liga zu kommen, zeigt dieses inspirierende Buch auf. Es beweist, dass Leistung und Leichtigkeit gleichzeitig gelingen können, aber nur gemeinsam, als Mannschaft.Table of ContentsDie kühne Idee.- Organisationen: Ein Schatten ihrer selbst.- Traditionelle Ansätze haben Grenzen.- Coaching: Mehr davon!.- Non-Profit: Motivation pur.- Sport: Das Team und der Einzelne.- Die Organisation als Mischpult.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Methodische Probleme in der empirischen
Book SynopsisDas Buch diskutiert zentrale Methoden und methodische Probleme der empirischen Organisationsforschung. In modernen Gesellschaften sind in nahezu allen Lebensbereichen Organisationen – wie z.B. Betriebe und Unternehmen, Verwaltungen, Schulen und Hochschulen, Krankenhäuser oder Vereine – von entscheidender Bedeutung. Organisationsbezogene Fragestellungen besitzen damit sowohl in der soziologischen als auch in der ökonomischen Forschung einen großen Stellenwert. Daraus resultiert nicht nur ein vermehrter Bedarf an Organisationsdaten, sondern es ergeben sich zugleich auch spezifische Fragen des methodischen Vorgehens im Rahmen von empirischen Organisationsstudien. Der vorliegende Band widmet sich diesen Fragen und dokumentiert Beiträge zum interdisziplinären Workshop an der Universität Bielefeld.Table of ContentsGrundsätzliche Fragen zur Methodologie der Organisationsforschung.- Spezifische methodische Herausforderungen der empirischen Organisationsforschung.- Mixed Method Designs.- Quantitative und qualitative Forschungsdesigns in der Organisationsforschung.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Carsharing und die Gesellschaft von Morgen: Ein
Book SynopsisAnhand einer quantitativen Befragung von ca. 1500 Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen aus Baden-Württemberg weist Sarah Witzke eine zurückhaltende Tendenz hinsichtlich der Intention, zukünftig Carsharing-Fahrzeuge anstelle eines eigenen Autos nutzen zu wollen, nach. Sie zeigt, dass der Besitz eines eigenen Wagens für diese Gruppe demnach von großer Bedeutung ist. Durch eine lineare Regressionsrechnung konnten zudem zentrale Einflussfaktoren hinsichtlich der Carsharing-Intention identifiziert werden. Insbesondere der Einfluss bedeutsamer Dritter, die wahrgenommene Carsharingverfügbarkeit sowie das Bewusstsein um die umweltbelastende Wirkung des motorisierten Individualverkehrs sind demnach maßgebend.Table of ContentsProblemaufriss: Nachhaltigere Mobilität als Herausforderung der Zukunft.-Carsharing – ein klassisches Beispiel des gemeinschaftlichen Konsums.-Die Jugend und das Konzept Carsharing.-Theoretische Erklärungsmodelle zur Verkehrsmittelwahl.-Quantitative Hauptstudie: Carsharing als Alternative zum eigenen Pkw?
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Interkulturelle Führung in Organisationen:
Book SynopsisIn diesem Essential wird auf Grundlage neuester Forschungsbefunde ein Modell zur Führung von Mitarbeitern vorgestellt und herausgearbeitet, das insbesondere im interkulturellen Kontext von Bedeutung ist. Des Weiteren werden konkrete Maßnahmen zur Förderung von Führungskompetenzen vermittelt. Dabei wird darauf eingegangen, was es bei der Gestaltung von Auswahlverfahren und Führungskräfteentwicklungsprogrammen zu beachten gilt, um Personen mit interkulturellen Führungskompetenzen zu identifizieren und systematisch zu fördern. Trade Review Table of Contents
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Grundlagen der Organisation: Basiswissen für
Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch bietet eine kurz gefasste Einführung in die Grundfragen des Themenfeldes der Organisation. Es behandelt dabei neben der formalen Seite des Organisierens auch die in den letzten Jahren immer wichtigeren informalen Prozesse, so dass ein vollständiges Bild organisatorischer Wirkfaktoren vermittelt wird. Ausgangspunkt sind jeweils praktische Probleme des Organisierens in Verbindung mit theoretischen Lösungsansätzen, wie zum Beispiel: technologische Reaktionsfähigkeit, Motivationsaufbau, Wandelbarrieren usw. Ziel ist es, den Leser zu befähigen, die Probleme des Organisierens und ihre Querverbindungen zu verstehen und sich die Grundlagen praktischer Organisationsarbeit anzueignen. Das Buch ist direkt für die Verwendung in einer Lehrveranstaltung zugeschnitten. Es ist in 13 Kapitel gegliedert und orientiert sich am typischen Verlauf eines integrierten Lehrmoduls, das Vorlesungs- und Übungselemente beinhaltet.Table of ContentsTeil I: Formale StrukturgestaltungKapitel 1: Grundlagen des OrganisierensKapitel 2: Organisatorische DifferenzierungKapitel 3: Organisatorische IntegrationTeil II: Bestimmungsfaktoren der OrganisationsgestaltungKapitel 4: Umwelt und OrganisationKapitel 5: Technologie und OrganisationKapitel 6: Strategie und OrganisationKapitel 7: Motivation und OrganisationTeil III: Informale OrganisationKapitel 8: Verschiedene Handlungsmuster in OrganisationenKapitel 9: Politische Prozesse in OrganisationenKapitel 10: OrganisationskulturTeil IV: Übergreifende OrganisationsfragenKapitel 11: Ethisches Handeln in OrganisationenKapitel 12: Interorganisationale BeziehungenKapitel 13: Organisatorischer Wandel und Innovation
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsdidaktische Lerndiagnostik und
Book SynopsisTill Sender stellt das Verfahren einer komplexitätswissenschaftlichen, wirtschaftsdidaktischen Lerndiagnostik zum Monitoring ökonomischer Lernprozesse vor. Mit dem Verfahren zeigt der Autor einen Weg auf, wie die Lokalisierung besonders prekärer und zugleich emergenter Lernphasen (sog. liminale Unsicherheitsphasen) während des ökonomischen Lerngeschehens gelingen kann. Dazu werden die Befunde zweier Welten – der qualitativen Schwellenkonzeptliteratur und der quantitativen Komplexitätswissenschaften – zu einem einheitlichen Modell zusammengeführt. Zwei empirische Diagnostikstudien zeigen auf, wie das Verfahren in die lerndiagnostische Praxis eingebracht werden kann. Table of ContentsKomplexitätswissenschaftliche, wirtschaftsdidaktische Lerndiagnostik in liminalen Unsicherheitsphasen.- Diagnostikstudien (Langfristperspektive und Kurzfristperspektive)für die lerndiagnostische Forschung und Praxis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Finanzkommunikation und Vertrauen im
Book SynopsisMarc Hansmann verbindet Erkenntnisse aus BWL, Psychologie und Soziologie, um Vertrauen in Kreditprozessen - aber auch darüber hinaus in allen Prinzipal-Agenten-Beziehungen - zu untersuchen: Vertrauen ist demnach ein zusätzlicher Lösungsmechanismus für Agentur-Probleme im Kreditprozess. Mit der Erweiterung um den Faktor „Vertrauen“ erklärt er darüber hinaus ein weiteres Phänomen, dessen Existenz zwar nachgewiesen, aber schwer begründbar scheint: die freiwillige Finanzkommunikation. Für die Praxis generiert der Autor konkret anwendbare Handlungsempfehlungen, um eine zielgerichtete Kommunikation mit dem Kapitalgeber zu ermöglichen.Table of ContentsRaum für Vertrauen und die Rolle von Finanzkommunikation im Kreditprozess.- Theoretische Überlegungen zur Integration von Vertrauen in eine Modellierung des Kreditprozesses.- Entwicklung eines integrierten Modells zur Erklärung von Aufbau und Wirkung von Vertrauen im Kreditprozess.- Empirische Untersuchung zum Aufbau von Vertrauen.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Verhandelte Verrechnungspreise: Determinanten und
Book SynopsisFlorian Tellge geht der Frage nach, welche Anreizwirkungen von Determinanten verhandelter Verrechnungspreise ausgehen. Ausgangspunkte bilden theoretische bzw. forschungshistorische Grundlagen sowie themenrelevante Aspekte der Organisations-, Personal- und Verhandlungsforschung. Auf dieser Basis werden Determinanten verhandelter Verrechnungspreise systematisch aufgearbeitet und ausgewählte Determinanten im Rahmen einer Vignettenstudie empirisch überprüft. Die Ergebnisse der empirischen Untersuchung liefern Hinweise auf die Anreizwirkungen von Verhandlungsgeschick sowie auf die anreizbezogenen Wirkungen eines Eingriffes Dritter in Verrechnungspreisverhandlungen. Table of ContentsBegriffliche und theoretische Grundlagen von verhandelten Verrechnungspreisen.- Themenrelevante Aspekte der Organisations-, Personal- und Verhandlungsforschung.- Systematisierung und Analyse von Determinanten verhandelter Verrechnungspreise.- Empirische Studie zu den Anreizwirkungen verhandelter Verrechnungspreise.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Verhaltensökonomie und Verhaltensfinanzökonomie:
Book SynopsisDieses Buch untersucht menschliche Entscheidungsfindung und erklärt wie die Verhaltenswissenschaft Menschen helfen kann, rationalere Entscheidungen zu treffen. Moderne ökonomische Erkenntnisse werden realitätsnah auf politische Themen angewandt, um verhaltensorientiert dem Gemeinwohl zu nutzen.Die Autorin beginnt mit einer Beschreibung der aktuellen Literatur über menschliche Entscheidungsfehler in Europa und Nordamerika. Eine breite Palette von behavioralen Möglichkeiten wird vorgestellt, die eingesetzt wird, um menschliche Fehlbarkeit zu vermeiden. Es wird erörtert, wie mentale Heuristiken und Anstubser im Finanzbereich und an Wirtschaftsmärkten anhand von einfachen Kommunikationsstrategien genutzt werden können. Schließlich schlägt die Autorin klare Richtlinien für Führungskräfte sowie deren Mitarbeiter*innen vor, um verhaltensorientierte Hilfen im Zuge der Digitalisierung unter ethischen Gesichtspunkten zu verbessern. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Wissenschaftler*innen und politische Entscheidungsträger*innen, die an rationalen Entscheidungen und dem Einsatz von Verhaltensökonomie im digitalen Zeitalter interessiert sind. Table of Contents
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Resilienz durch Organisationsentwicklung:
Book SynopsisDieses Open-Access-Fachbuch beleuchtet empirische und theoretische Aspekte einer Organisationsentwicklung, die auf Resilienz als strategischem Leitprinzip abhebt. Vor dem Hintergrund der gegenwärtigen weltweiten Coronakrise ist besonders deutlich geworden, wie wichtig zukunftsfähige und krisenresistente Strukturen und Prozesse für erfolgreiche Organisationen und Unternehmen sind. Resilienz als Fähigkeit zu kontinuierlichem Wandel spielt dabei neben Beständigkeit, dynamischem Wachstum und Innovation eine wichtige Rolle. Vor diesem Hintergrund beschäftigen sich die Beiträge dieses Herausgeberbandes u.a. mit den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Einsatzes agiler Methoden in Unternehmen, den Konsequenzen agiler Strukturen für das HRM von Unternehmen sowie den zukünftig benötigten Skills von Mitarbeitenden, um digitale Transformationsprozesse erfolgreich mitgestalten zu können.Alle Beiträge basieren auf empirischen Analysen und wurden durch bewährte Autorenteams aus Lehrenden und Forschenden sowie Unternehmenspraktikern mit akademischem Background erarbeitet. Table of ContentsResilienz und Organisationsentwicklung.- Resilienz durch Unternehmenskultur.- Businessmodell Coworking.- Mögliche Rollen der Energieversorger bei der E-Mobilität.- Resilienz durch soziale Innovation: Erfolgsfaktoren und Barrieren von sozialen Innovationen in der Stadtregion Bern.- Resilience through Innovation.- Mit agilem Mindset zur Resilienz.- Resilienz durch kontinuierliche Prozessoptimierung.- Kann ein Growth Mindset die Agilität im Unternehmen erhöhen?.- Führen in agilen Organisationsstrukturen.- Agiles Human Resource Management.- Flexible Arbeitsmodelle zur steigenden Mitarbeitendenbindung.- Too Big to Fail Applied to Non-Financial Companies.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Holacracy: Funktionen und Folgen eines
Book SynopsisAngesichts der vielfältigen Herausforderungen, mit denen sich Organisationen heute konfrontiert sehen, werden Lösungen häufig in Management-Konzepten vermutet. In diesem Fachbuch untersuchen die Autoren die faktische Ausprägung des Management-Konzepts „Holacracy“ in verschiedenen Organisationen. Sie analysieren, wie das Managementkonzept funktioniert und welche Folgen sich aus dieser spezifischen Funktionsweise ergeben. Beruhend auf den Erkenntnissen, die die Autoren aus der empirischen Analyse ausgewählter holakratischer Organisationen gewinnen, erarbeiten sie generalisierbare Thesen und tragen dazu bei, die Forschungslücke hinsichtlich der empirischen Forschung zur Holacracy zu verkleinern. Zentrale Themen wie die Rolle des Purpose, die Zurechnung von Verantwortung oder die Bedeutung von Regelwerken erscheinen so in einem neuen Licht.Table of ContentsKreise, Komplexität und Krisen – Holacracy auf dem organisationswissenschaftlichen Prüfstand.- Führen ohne Weisungshierarchie. Über die informale Kompensation hierarchischer Kontrolle in holakratischen Organisationen.- Purpose und Selbstorganisation. Über Funktionen und Folgen von Zwecken in holakratischen Organisationen.- Das Holacracy-Paradox. Wie durch präzise Regeln diffuse Regellosigkeit entsteht.- Agilität durch Autonomie? Entscheidungshemmnisse im Konzept der Holacracy.- Schattenorganisationen. Zur Ausbildung informaler Strukturen in holakratischen Unternehmen.- Tauschgeschäfte. Das Verhältnis von Formalität und Informalität in der holakratischen Organisation.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Organisationsberatung: Gestaltungshinweise zur
Book SynopsisKlienten und Berater haben unterschiedliche Bilder und Vorstellungen über Beratungsprozesse. Diese unausgesprochenen Bilder sind handlungsleitend und damit von zentraler Bedeutung für die Arbeitsbeziehung und die Erfolgschancen in der Beratung. Aufgrund ihrer empirischen Forschung ermitteln die Autoren drei typische Bilder und die damit verbundenen Spiele in der Beratungspraxis und geben konkrete Empfehlungen, wie Praktiker ihre eigenen Bilder erkunden und damit ihre Beratungspraxis überprüfen und neu ausrichten können.Table of ContentsGrundlagen und Perspektiven.- Zugang zur Beratungswelt.- Beratung zwischen Dienstleistung, Politik und Emanzipation.- Produktive Beratungswelten gestalten.
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Springer Gabler Unternehmensorganisation
Book SynopsisUnternehmen als Organisation.- Strukturelle Ausgestaltung der Unternehmensorganisation.- Prozessuale Ausgestaltung der Unternehmensorganisation.- Ausgestaltung des organisatorischen Wandels.- Konzepte posttraditionaler Organisation.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Book SynopsisDieses erfolgreiche Lehrbuch, jetzt in überarbeiteter 4. Auflage, bietet eine systematische und fundierte Einführung in die Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie: Wovon hängt es ab, ob jemand zufrieden mit seiner Arbeit ist? Welche Prozesse finden bei Fusionen und Unternehmensübernahmen statt? Wie funktioniert Personalentwicklung? Und was ist »organisationale Sozialisation«? – Ob für die Prüfung oder für die Praxis – hier werden alle Fragen verständlich und ausführlich beantwortet …Table of ContentsI Grundlagen1 Selbstverständnis, Gegenstände und Aufgaben der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie2 Geschichte3 MethodenII Organisation4 Organisationstheorien5 Interaktion und Kommunikation6 Gravitation und organisationale Sozialisation7 Führung von Mitarbeitern8 Teamarbeit9 Konflikte in Organisationen10 Organisationsdiagnose11 Organisationsklima und Organisationskultur12 Organisationsentwicklung13 Mergers & Acquisitions: Fusionen und UnternehmensübernahmenIII Personal14 Berufswahl und berufliche Entwicklung15 Anforderungsanalyse16 Personalmarketing17 Personalauswahl18 Leistungsbeurteilung19 PersonalentwicklungIV Arbeit20 Theoretische Modelle des Arbeitshandelns21 Arbeitsanalyse und -bewertung22 Arbeitsgestaltung in Produktion und Verwaltung23 Gruppenarbeit in der Produktion24 Arbeitsmotivation und Arbeitszufriedenheit25 Formen des Arbeitsverhaltens26 Aus- und Weiterbildung: Konzepte der Trainingsforschung27 Psychologie der Arbeitssicherheit28 Wirkungen der Arbeit29 Neue Formen der Arbeit: Das Beispiel TelekooperationV Die Schnittstelle Organisation – Markt: Dienstleistungen30 Dienstleistungstätigkeiten31 Dienstleistungsqualität und Kundenzufriedenheit32 Steuerung der Dienstleistungsqualität
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Führung in der Digitalisierung – Mit Sinn und Selbststeuerung: Führung wird nicht überflüssig, aber die ändert sich gravierend
Book SynopsisZahlreiche Unternehmen setzen auf agile Organisation. In der Umsetzung stellt sich immer wieder die Frage des „wie weiter“, um wirklich auf ein neues Level zu kommen. Wichtig ist der Fokus auf eine konsistente Ausrichtung und Umsetzung von Agilität in der Gesamtführung. Hier setzt das Buch an. Es geht auf die oft zunächst operative Umsetzung von agilen Arbeitsweisen ein und spannt den Bogen zu einer strategisch, strukturell und normativ durchdachten Gesamtkonzeption. In einfachen Geschichten und Bildern wird gezeigt, was Digitalisierung und agile Arbeitsweisen für die Führung in Organisationen bedeutet. Es wird ein leicht verständliches Gesamtbild von zukunftsweisender Führung entworfen. Seine Bestandteile werden entlang von Beispielen aus Sport, Startup-Welt und traditionellen Organisationen erklärt, und es werden konkrete Möglichkeiten geboten, die Umsetzung anzugehen.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Ausgangspunkt Digitalisierung – Technisierung und Agilität.- Sinn, Selbststeuerung und Leitplanken – normativer Fokus von Führung.- Konkrete Vorgehensweisen für die Umsetzung digitaler Führung.- Schluss.
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Deutscher Universitatsverlag Management kulturübergreifender
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Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Dynamic Capability–Based Approach to Value
Book Synopsis?Extant management literature provides a quite comprehensive picture of the dynamic nature of value creation, whereas value appropriation has received much less scholarly attention. The number of research works devoted to the complex issues of value receiving, protecting, and retaining is at the moment relatively modest, concerning both theoretical and empirical dimensions. There is a paucity of coherent theoretical frameworks providing insights into the dynamic nature of value appropriation. This book addresses the gap in the body of strategic management literature by providing a dynamic capability-based framework of value appropriation, discussed on a theoretical level and deployed in an empirical investigation.Trade Review[Marta Najda-Janoszka] combines the analysis of the firm's response to strategic discontinuities with the logic of value appropriation, and all this from the perspective of activity clusters of dynamic capabilities. However, the chosen path is different from the typical approach to disaggregation of dynamic capabilities presented in the literature. The monograph stands out by a perfectly conducted theoretical reflection, recognition of the roots of mental concepts, development trends in the literature, and the ability to capture that significant complexity in appealing schemes, which are the key points of the book. -- Wojciech Czakon
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Springer Verlag, Singapore A Guide to Systems Research: Philosophy, Processes and Practice
Book SynopsisThis guide is designed for systems researchers – emerging and seasoned – searching for holistic approaches of inquiry into complexity, which the Systems Sciences provide. The authors share insight into the foundations of research that are not only systematic in terms of rigor, but systemic in perspective, analysis, design, development, implementation, reporting, and evaluation. This guide also explores researcher competencies necessary to conduct sound systems research. Researchers using this guide will gain understanding of what distinguishes systems research from other types of research and why it is important in research today.Trade Review Table of Contents
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm
Book SynopsisThis book begins by analysing the various corporate governance mechanisms explored in the extant literature and determining their effectiveness in enhancing the firm value using multivariate analysis. The findings are of global relevance as the corporate governance regulations of most countries focus on independent directors as the mainstay of good governance. The empirical evidence from the first objective of this study corroborates the claim that independent directors do not strengthen the firms’ governance quality. The book is one of the few works to have analysed the possible reasons behind the ineffectiveness of the independent directors. Also, in view of the famous concept of the bundle of governance mechanisms, it might be possible that the independent directors strengthen the firms’ governance quality indirectly by strengthening other governance mechanisms. This aspect too has little precedence. This study adopts a novel moderation and mediation approach to analyse the monitoring behaviour of independent directors in relation to other governance mechanisms. The work is a must read for corporate players as well as researchers and scholars studying this discipline.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Evolution of Corporate Governance in India.- Chapter 3: Research Methodology.- Chapter 4: Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance.- Chapter 5: Performance Enhancement Effect of Board Independence.- Chapter 6: Constraints Diluting the Effectiveness of Board Independence.- Chapter 7: Concluding Observations.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Managing the Post-Colony South Asia Focus: Ways
Book SynopsisThis edited book on South Asia is part of the book series “Managing the Post-colony.” This series is co-edited by Nimruji Jammulamadaka and Gavin Jack and is focused on managing and organising within the historical and contemporary structures of colonization and imperialism within and across nation-states and social domains especially the economic and the cultural domain. This edited book on South Asia is committed to a presentation of indigenous understandings and knowledge around the organizing, religion, language and cultural production through the lens of anti, post and de-colonial thought. This book forces the reader to consider not just what we know but how and where we know and can be instrumental in identifying and challenging dominant modes of management knowledge production. The decolonial movement is closely associated with scholars like Walter Mignolo, Anibal Quijano and others who expose how Western rationality and science, emanating from the enlightenment project, are being used by colonial powers to consolidate their imperial projects. The authors in this book argue that a potent form of colonization is epistemic in nature. This book series seeks to present cutting-edge, critical, interdisciplinary, and geographically and culturally diverse perspectives on the contemporary nature, experience and theorization of managing and organizing in post-colonial location under conditions of coloniality. These conditions subsume ongoing and new forms of colonisation/imperialism, and complex resistances to them, and lives lived outside them, and may be drawn out and investigated in regard to a multiplicity of different business- and management-related topics.The power of domination is its ability to silence other ways of knowing, being and doing. Focus on South Asia: Ways of Managing, Organising and Living delivers a profound critique of Western management theory and its universalistic claims. But, it goes much further to advance other managements and ways of organising from the peoples and communities of South Asia. Stella M. Nkomo, University of Pretoria, South Africa I like very much the orientation and the composition of the volume…you have a) the meaning of management in the West changed after the Industrial revolution and by 1900 became a political issue domestically in the US and before that colonial, as you show in the colonial context of South Asia; b) so the constitution of the settler management as you show with McCaulay, destituted all existing local form of organizing their praxis of living; c) the task now is the reconstitution of the destituted, the pluriversal human (and animals too) self-organization subjected to Western regulations to their own benefit, while materializing their rhetoric of racial destitution (incapable of organizing like us, impossible for them to be like, us we have to teach them civilization, etc.). Walter Mignolo, William H. Wannamaker Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, USA Very Impressive and Much Needed Pushkala Prasad, Zankel Chair Professor, Skidmore College.Table of ContentsPart I: Chapter 1.Introduction to the volume.- Chapter 2. Post-colonial Sri Lanka: Literacy rate and economic disparity.- Chapter 3. Multilingualism and management studies in South Asia.- Chapter 4. Permission to narrate: Colonialism, anti-colonialism, postcolonialism and organizational nostalgia.- Chapter 5. Critical realism, reflexivity and the missing voice of the subaltern: The case of postcolonial Sri Lanka.- Part II: Resistance and Re-existence through Communities as Organising.- Chapter 6. Decoloniality as a dialectic between the joint-ness in the familial and commercial spheres of an indigenous business community.- Chapter 7. Bazaar as microcosm of political society.- Chapter 8.Capitalism’s universalizing project and forms of organizing in microfinance industry: Evidence from South Asia.- Part III: Indigenous Ethics of Managing and Organising. Chapter 9. The role of indigenous knowledge in managing the post-colony: Revisiting contemporary Sri Lankan managerial values.- Chapter 10. Islamic ethics and business in the post-colonial World.- Chapter11. Professionalism and the neoliberal workplace: Competing discourses in South Asia.- Part IV: Resistance and Re-existence in Institutionalised Education and Knowledge.- Chapter 12. Dance as a strategy of resistance and resurgence: Kalavanthulu community.- Chapter13. Language, knowledge and retaining sovereignty, resisting commodification: Case of Men Tsee.
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Information Age Publishing Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and
Book SynopsisThe field of strategy science has grown in both the diversity of issues it addresses and the increasingly interdisciplinary approaches it adopts in understanding the nature and significance of problems that are continuously emerging in the world of human endeavor. These newer kinds of challenges and opportunities arise in all forms of organizations, encompassing private and public enterprises, and with strategies that experiment with breaking the traditional molds and contours. The field of strategy science is also, perhaps inevitably, being impacted by the proliferation of hybrid organizations such as strategic alliances, the upsurge of approaches that go beyond the customary emphasis on competitiveness and profit making, and the intermixing of time-honored categories of activities such as business, industry, commerce, trade, government, the professions, and so on. The blurring of the boundaries between various areas and types of human activities points to a need for academic research to address the consequential developments in strategic issues. Hence, research and thinking about the nature of issues to be tackled by strategy science should also cultivate requisite variety in issues recognized for research inquiry, including the conceptual foundations of strategy and strategy making, and the examination of the critical roles of strategy makers, strategic thinking, time and temporalities, business and other goal choices, diversity in organizing modes for strategy implementation, and the complexities of managing strategy, to name a few. This book series on Research in Strategy Science aims to provide an outlet for ideas and issues that publications in the field do not provide, either expressly or adequately, especially as regards the comprehensive coverage deserved by certain emerging areas of interest. The topics of the volumes in the series will keep in view this objective to expand the research areas and theoretical approaches routinely found in strategy science, the better to permit expanded and expansive treatments of promising issues that may not sufficiently align with the usual research coverage of publications in the field.Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and Organization contains contributions by leading scholars on significant issues relating to managerial practices in the field of strategy science research. The 11 chapters in this volume cover the topics of Big Science collaborations, open innovations in pharmaceutical companies, complementary roles and relative optimism of company CEOs, CFOs, and Board Chairs, business modelling, management of uncertainty, meta-management practices, proximity in innovation networks, institutional logics in alliances, and using technology in teaching. The chapters collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the managerial practice issues in strategy and organization.
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Information Age Publishing Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and
Book SynopsisThe field of strategy science has grown in both the diversity of issues it addresses and the increasingly interdisciplinary approaches it adopts in understanding the nature and significance of problems that are continuously emerging in the world of human endeavor. These newer kinds of challenges and opportunities arise in all forms of organizations, encompassing private and public enterprises, and with strategies that experiment with breaking the traditional molds and contours. The field of strategy science is also, perhaps inevitably, being impacted by the proliferation of hybrid organizations such as strategic alliances, the upsurge of approaches that go beyond the customary emphasis on competitiveness and profit making, and the intermixing of time-honored categories of activities such as business, industry, commerce, trade, government, the professions, and so on. The blurring of the boundaries between various areas and types of human activities points to a need for academic research to address the consequential developments in strategic issues. Hence, research and thinking about the nature of issues to be tackled by strategy science should also cultivate requisite variety in issues recognized for research inquiry, including the conceptual foundations of strategy and strategy making, and the examination of the critical roles of strategy makers, strategic thinking, time and temporalities, business and other goal choices, diversity in organizing modes for strategy implementation, and the complexities of managing strategy, to name a few. This book series on Research in Strategy Science aims to provide an outlet for ideas and issues that publications in the field do not provide, either expressly or adequately, especially as regards the comprehensive coverage deserved by certain emerging areas of interest. The topics of the volumes in the series will keep in view this objective to expand the research areas and theoretical approaches routinely found in strategy science, the better to permit expanded and expansive treatments of promising issues that may not sufficiently align with the usual research coverage of publications in the field.Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and Organization contains contributions by leading scholars on significant issues relating to managerial practices in the field of strategy science research. The 11 chapters in this volume cover the topics of Big Science collaborations, open innovations in pharmaceutical companies, complementary roles and relative optimism of company CEOs, CFOs, and Board Chairs, business modelling, management of uncertainty, meta-management practices, proximity in innovation networks, institutional logics in alliances, and using technology in teaching. The chapters collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the managerial practice issues in strategy and organization.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Managing Team Centricity in Modern Organizations
Book SynopsisManagers are increasingly employing teams as a primary work unit in organizations, but they are struggling with how to effectively lead the emerging team structures. Intensifying the challenges that they are facing, work restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic hastened the move to remote work, flexible work arrangements, and virtual teams. The current volume of Research in Human Resource Management presents literature reviews, conceptual development, and original research evidence to inform the management of teams and spotlight new directions and approaches for team research in this evolving, complex, and dynamic environment.This ten article volume includes an outstanding roster of established and emerging team scholars who define the future of team management research. The volume is presented in four parts. PART ONE introduces perspectives on the science of team research. Joshua Strauss and James Grand present the systems thinking perspective as an alternative to more traditional IPO and multi-level covariation models. Patrick Rosopa introduces a machine learning approach to inductive team research for complex networks and dynamic variable relationships. PART TWO includes three articles that address team performance. Gabe Dickey and colleagues present a model of performance management, leadership, and engagement. Akvile Mockevic iu te and colleagues systematically review the feedback literature for teams and present a model of performance enhancement. John Austin provides a qualitative study that steers transactive memory research in a new direction for teams accessing external expertise. PART THREE offers two articles on individualized flexible work arrangements among team members and their effect on team outcomes. Miriam Baumga rtner and Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler offer script development and a reflexivity process to address the negative impact of uncoordinated team member job crafting. Chenwei Liao presents empirical evidence about the team efficacy and performance outcomes from servant leadership in managing the i-deals process for team members. PART FOUR includes two articles that address the rising presence of virtual teams by looking at electronic communication and its implications for diverse team members. Julio Canedo and colleagues review literature regarding diversity and virtual teams to inform the development of a model that links measures of diversity and the intervening experience of diversity, types of electronic communication, virtual team processes, and team outcomes. Bill Bommer and James Schmidtke present an empirical study addressing the question of whether team member behavior is different in virtual meetings than face-to-face and whether there is a gender implication for the change to videoconferencing.The volume is designed primarily for scholars in the fields of human resource management, organizational behavior, and industrial-organizational psychology. It also serves the needs of instructors and students in master's and doctoral courses in industrial-organizational psychology, human resource management, or organizational behavior. Each article is grounded in managerial context that will appeal to practitioners in the field.
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Information Age Publishing Managing Team Centricity in Modern Organizations
Book SynopsisManagers are increasingly employing teams as a primary work unit in organizations, but they are struggling with how to effectively lead the emerging team structures. Intensifying the challenges that they are facing, work restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic hastened the move to remote work, flexible work arrangements, and virtual teams. The current volume of Research in Human Resource Management presents literature reviews, conceptual development, and original research evidence to inform the management of teams and spotlight new directions and approaches for team research in this evolving, complex, and dynamic environment.This ten article volume includes an outstanding roster of established and emerging team scholars who define the future of team management research. The volume is presented in four parts. PART ONE introduces perspectives on the science of team research. Joshua Strauss and James Grand present the systems thinking perspective as an alternative to more traditional IPO and multi-level covariation models. Patrick Rosopa introduces a machine learning approach to inductive team research for complex networks and dynamic variable relationships. PART TWO includes three articles that address team performance. Gabe Dickey and colleagues present a model of performance management, leadership, and engagement. Akvile Mockevic iu te and colleagues systematically review the feedback literature for teams and present a model of performance enhancement. John Austin provides a qualitative study that steers transactive memory research in a new direction for teams accessing external expertise. PART THREE offers two articles on individualized flexible work arrangements among team members and their effect on team outcomes. Miriam Baumga rtner and Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler offer script development and a reflexivity process to address the negative impact of uncoordinated team member job crafting. Chenwei Liao presents empirical evidence about the team efficacy and performance outcomes from servant leadership in managing the i-deals process for team members. PART FOUR includes two articles that address the rising presence of virtual teams by looking at electronic communication and its implications for diverse team members. Julio Canedo and colleagues review literature regarding diversity and virtual teams to inform the development of a model that links measures of diversity and the intervening experience of diversity, types of electronic communication, virtual team processes, and team outcomes. Bill Bommer and James Schmidtke present an empirical study addressing the question of whether team member behavior is different in virtual meetings than face-to-face and whether there is a gender implication for the change to videoconferencing.The volume is designed primarily for scholars in the fields of human resource management, organizational behavior, and industrial-organizational psychology. It also serves the needs of instructors and students in master's and doctoral courses in industrial-organizational psychology, human resource management, or organizational behavior. Each article is grounded in managerial context that will appeal to practitioners in the field.
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Information Age Publishing System Evaluation Theory: A Blueprint for
Book SynopsisToo often evaluation findings end up on the shelf! Why? Many interventions have several moving parts working together to achieve something each part cannot do independently. Unfortunately, many of the available evaluation approaches oversimplify this reality. A major reason for this is that evaluators do not have a blueprint to plan, and the associated methods to execute, an evaluation fit for this purpose. As such, they revert to using methods with which they are familiar, but are not suitable, for evaluating complex interventions. Consequently, the evaluation findings do not make sense to decisionmakers, so they are ignored. This book provides evaluators of all skill levels with a simple 3-step framework, System Evaluation Theory, that will lead to more actionable recommendations because the methods better capture the reality in which interventions operate; that is as a system.The book first reviews the limitations of program evaluation approaches that pointed to a need for a different way of thinking, one grounded in systems. After defining a system, the book explains how SET is intentionally aligned to evaluate a system's two essential properties: interdependence and emergence. Individual chapters are dedicated to explaining how to execute each SET step. Throughout, the author draws on real-world examples and those from his own evaluations to help bridge the theory-practice divide. The reader is then shown how to use SET to develop actionable recommendations.
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Information Age Publishing Innovation and Behavioral Strategy
Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that involve economics, markets, resources, and technology. The key roles of psychology, organizational behavior, and behavioral decision making in the theory and practice of strategy have yet to be comprehensively grasped. Given that strategic thinking and strategic decision making are importantly concerned with human cognition, human decisions, and human behavior, it makes eminent sense to bring some balance in the strategy field by complementing the extant emphasis on the "objective" economics-based view with substantive attention to the "subjective" individual-oriented perspective. This calls for more focused inquiries into the role and nature of the individual strategy actors, and their cognitions and behaviors, in the strategy research enterprise. For the purposes of this book series, behavioral strategy would be broadly construed as covering all aspects of the role of the strategy maker in the entire strategy field. The scholarship relating to behavioral strategy is widely believed to be dispersed in diverse literatures. These existing contributions that relate to behavioral strategy within the overall field of strategy has been known and perhaps valued by most scholars all along, but were not adequately appreciated or brought together as a coherent sub-field or as a distinct perspective of strategy. This book series on Research in Behavioral Strategy will cover the essential progress made thus far in this admittedly fragmented literature and elaborate upon fruitful streams of scholarship. More importantly, the book series will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for the growing scholarship in behavioral strategy. In particular, the volumes in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models (dealing with all behavioral aspects), significant practical problems of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with potential for wider application of behavioral strategy. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the subject of behavioral strategy.Innovation and Behavioral Strategy contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of innovation with an interest in researching behavioral perspectives. The 9 chapters in this volume deal with a number of significant issues relating broadly to the behavioral aspects of innovation, covering topics such as emotional climate for catalyzing innovation, leadership in open innovation, environmental disruptions, collaborative communities, performance of small-scale entrepreneurs, supply chain innovation alliances, new partner selection for innovation, coopetition in networks, and public-private innovation alliances. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on innovation and behavioral strategy.
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Information Age Publishing Innovation and Behavioral Strategy
Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that involve economics, markets, resources, and technology. The key roles of psychology, organizational behavior, and behavioral decision making in the theory and practice of strategy have yet to be comprehensively grasped. Given that strategic thinking and strategic decision making are importantly concerned with human cognition, human decisions, and human behavior, it makes eminent sense to bring some balance in the strategy field by complementing the extant emphasis on the "objective" economics-based view with substantive attention to the "subjective" individual-oriented perspective. This calls for more focused inquiries into the role and nature of the individual strategy actors, and their cognitions and behaviors, in the strategy research enterprise. For the purposes of this book series, behavioral strategy would be broadly construed as covering all aspects of the role of the strategy maker in the entire strategy field. The scholarship relating to behavioral strategy is widely believed to be dispersed in diverse literatures. These existing contributions that relate to behavioral strategy within the overall field of strategy has been known and perhaps valued by most scholars all along, but were not adequately appreciated or brought together as a coherent sub-field or as a distinct perspective of strategy. This book series on Research in Behavioral Strategy will cover the essential progress made thus far in this admittedly fragmented literature and elaborate upon fruitful streams of scholarship. More importantly, the book series will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for the growing scholarship in behavioral strategy. In particular, the volumes in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models (dealing with all behavioral aspects), significant practical problems of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with potential for wider application of behavioral strategy. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the subject of behavioral strategy.Innovation and Behavioral Strategy contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of innovation with an interest in researching behavioral perspectives. The 9 chapters in this volume deal with a number of significant issues relating broadly to the behavioral aspects of innovation, covering topics such as emotional climate for catalyzing innovation, leadership in open innovation, environmental disruptions, collaborative communities, performance of small-scale entrepreneurs, supply chain innovation alliances, new partner selection for innovation, coopetition in networks, and public-private innovation alliances. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on innovation and behavioral strategy.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing The Ethically Responsible Organization
Book SynopsisToday's businesses have an obligation to conduct themselves in an ethical and responsible manner at all times. Fortunately, many businesses have historically embraced the idea that they can operate in an ethically & responsible manner. However, there are way too many companies that are willing to cut corners and do whatever it takes to make a profit, thus contributing to the vortex of mistrust, distrust, misinformation, disinformation and less than full disclosures as a result of their unethical misconduct. This book takes the position that 'enough is enough' and argues that all businesses can and must be ethically responsible no matter its size or whether it operates locally or globally. The book describes the features of an ethically responsible (e.g., ethical and socially responsible) organization that is committed to always "doing the right things" which means they are committed to building, institutionalizing and sustaining an ethically oriented organizational culture. Ethical responsibility means maintaining —even improving— your bottom line, while setting a high bar for high ethical standards AND making a positive contribution to society. The book argues that organizations must be attentive to ensuring that the culture has as its core accountability, responsibility, and learning which means it invests in developing and expecting all of its employees to be fully engaged in making ethical decisions and being ethical leaders. The book also discusses what it means to be an ethically responsible global business, leader, middle manager, and lower level employee.The Ethically Responsible Organization provides a detailed look at the importance of organizations doing preventive work to avoid ethical falls or scandals and takes the position that if such a fall or scandal occurs then the company should seize the moment and learn from the experience by becoming a learning organization. The book also takes the position that an ethically responsible organization is already a learning organization where continuous inquiry, diagnosis, reflection, learning and self-correction is the keystone of the way it operates. Finally, the book offers some ideas on how organizations can reinforce and sustain themselves as ethically responsible businesses today and in the future by taking a strategic approach to ethics that includes constant and consistent ethics training and education for all its employees and partners. In the end, the purpose of the book is to continue to increase our understanding of why organizations stray from "doing the right things" and how a focus on being ethically responsible can position companies to avoid or quickly respond to any potential ethical misconduct or find themselves in the list of the years' top ethical scandals. This book is written for all those who also take the stance that 'enough is enough' when it comes to the headlines of another failure because the organization's leaders would not commit to being ethically responsible and find themselves in the throes of an ethical scandal and unable to recover from it – and like "Humpty Dumpty, all the kings horses and all the kings men the company can't recover from what was a preventable ethical fall.
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Information Age Publishing The Ethically Responsible Organization
Book SynopsisToday's businesses have an obligation to conduct themselves in an ethical and responsible manner at all times. Fortunately, many businesses have historically embraced the idea that they can operate in an ethically & responsible manner. However, there are way too many companies that are willing to cut corners and do whatever it takes to make a profit, thus contributing to the vortex of mistrust, distrust, misinformation, disinformation and less than full disclosures as a result of their unethical misconduct. This book takes the position that 'enough is enough' and argues that all businesses can and must be ethically responsible no matter its size or whether it operates locally or globally. The book describes the features of an ethically responsible (e.g., ethical and socially responsible) organization that is committed to always "doing the right things" which means they are committed to building, institutionalizing and sustaining an ethically oriented organizational culture. Ethical responsibility means maintaining —even improving— your bottom line, while setting a high bar for high ethical standards AND making a positive contribution to society. The book argues that organizations must be attentive to ensuring that the culture has as its core accountability, responsibility, and learning which means it invests in developing and expecting all of its employees to be fully engaged in making ethical decisions and being ethical leaders. The book also discusses what it means to be an ethically responsible global business, leader, middle manager, and lower level employee.The Ethically Responsible Organization provides a detailed look at the importance of organizations doing preventive work to avoid ethical falls or scandals and takes the position that if such a fall or scandal occurs then the company should seize the moment and learn from the experience by becoming a learning organization. The book also takes the position that an ethically responsible organization is already a learning organization where continuous inquiry, diagnosis, reflection, learning and self-correction is the keystone of the way it operates. Finally, the book offers some ideas on how organizations can reinforce and sustain themselves as ethically responsible businesses today and in the future by taking a strategic approach to ethics that includes constant and consistent ethics training and education for all its employees and partners. In the end, the purpose of the book is to continue to increase our understanding of why organizations stray from "doing the right things" and how a focus on being ethically responsible can position companies to avoid or quickly respond to any potential ethical misconduct or find themselves in the list of the years' top ethical scandals. This book is written for all those who also take the stance that 'enough is enough' when it comes to the headlines of another failure because the organization's leaders would not commit to being ethically responsible and find themselves in the throes of an ethical scandal and unable to recover from it – and like "Humpty Dumpty, all the kings horses and all the kings men the company can't recover from what was a preventable ethical fall.
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Information Age Publishing Co-Creating Talent and Human-Centered
Book SynopsisAs we dive deep into the humanistic paradigm – in society and in business, the models and narrative of business must change. The human-centric dynamic places people at the center of sustainable value creation. Therefore, leaders must shine the light on talent and people. The book Co-Creating Talent and Human-Centered Organizations: Organization Development (OD) Perspectives is an elaboration of the concepts to developing talent masters and build high-value organizations through cultivating enduring human capabilities and tapping into our collective capacities. Based on the OD field's fundamental values, the focus is, therefore, on enhancing the capacity of leaders to build resilient organizations. The book is informed by the realization that most organizational routines and boundaries inhibit and deplete enduring human capabilities and tendencies. Recognizing that organizations are open organizational systems, the book creates space for readers, leaders, managers, and OD professionals to continually reframe their cognitive and emotional frameworks towards high-value organizational cultures that would help co-create sustainable futures.Leveraging on the informal interpretations, impressions, insights and interventions of Organization Development (OD) 'tacit knowledge' and 'deep smarts', this book focuses on concepts targeted at charting the talent journey, identify cultural gaps in the workforce, modernize the learning & development architecture, and enhancing intentional change effort and purposeful enactment across all organizational members. The book leverages on Organization Development (OD) science, theory, practices, and values; and the role of Appreciative Leadership in developing talent in contemporary organizations. Whole System Thinking and co-creation of possibilities are central principles in this book. The book is informed by the increasing need for organizations to holistically prioritize the talent agenda and continuously drive competitiveness and performance through workforce optimization approaches. This is necessitated by the emergence of multi-generational workforce, the pervasive impact of technology, increasing talent mobility, shifts towards increased reliance on virtual teams, and the effects of globalization on the talent landscape.
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Information Age Publishing Co-Creating Talent and Human-Centered
Book SynopsisAs we dive deep into the humanistic paradigm – in society and in business, the models and narrative of business must change. The human-centric dynamic places people at the center of sustainable value creation. Therefore, leaders must shine the light on talent and people. The book Co-Creating Talent and Human-Centered Organizations: Organization Development (OD) Perspectives is an elaboration of the concepts to developing talent masters and build high-value organizations through cultivating enduring human capabilities and tapping into our collective capacities. Based on the OD field's fundamental values, the focus is, therefore, on enhancing the capacity of leaders to build resilient organizations. The book is informed by the realization that most organizational routines and boundaries inhibit and deplete enduring human capabilities and tendencies. Recognizing that organizations are open organizational systems, the book creates space for readers, leaders, managers, and OD professionals to continually reframe their cognitive and emotional frameworks towards high-value organizational cultures that would help co-create sustainable futures.Leveraging on the informal interpretations, impressions, insights and interventions of Organization Development (OD) 'tacit knowledge' and 'deep smarts', this book focuses on concepts targeted at charting the talent journey, identify cultural gaps in the workforce, modernize the learning & development architecture, and enhancing intentional change effort and purposeful enactment across all organizational members. The book leverages on Organization Development (OD) science, theory, practices, and values; and the role of Appreciative Leadership in developing talent in contemporary organizations. Whole System Thinking and co-creation of possibilities are central principles in this book. The book is informed by the increasing need for organizations to holistically prioritize the talent agenda and continuously drive competitiveness and performance through workforce optimization approaches. This is necessitated by the emergence of multi-generational workforce, the pervasive impact of technology, increasing talent mobility, shifts towards increased reliance on virtual teams, and the effects of globalization on the talent landscape.
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Information Age Publishing Using Action Research and Organization
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Information Age Publishing Using Action Research and Organization
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Emerald - Information Age Publishing The Future of Human Resource Management
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Emerald - Information Age Publishing The Future of Human Resource Management
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Reverte Management (Rem) Revolucionando El Trabajo: Brave New Work
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Urano Mentalidad Fuera de la Caja
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Change Management Revised Edition Revised Edition Management Extra
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Oxford University Press The Union and Its Members
Book SynopsisThis work explores three key topics in social psychology: the manner in which labour unions shape organizational behaviour, a relationship which has been effectively ignored in the literature; the organization of the union itself, a fascinating test case for the organizational psychologist; and the way in which theories and methods of organizational psychology may assist labor organizations in achieving their goals. Since the union maintains unique characteristics of democracy, conflict, and voluntary participation within a larger organization, the authors offer a detailed study of a union''s dynamics, including demographic and personality predictors of membership, voting behaviour, union commitment and loyalty, the nature of participation, leadership styles, collective bargaining, among other topics. This is the first book to be published in the new Industrial and Organizational Psychology Series. It will be of interest to not only industrial and organizational psychologists in industTrade Review"The authors provide a thorough survey of the relevant academic literature and apply that body of knowledge using concepts of organizational psychology. The book substantially extends our understanding of the functions and effectiveness of labor organizations." --Choice "Provides an excellent and cogent summary of research on unions and is a reference that should find a home on the shelf of any scholar interested in employment relationships. . . . a comprehensive and provocative volume." --Judi M. Parks and Deborah L. Kidder, Contemporary Psychology "An important addition to the burgeoning research literature of the field. . . because it is the first to thoroughly and systematically appraise the state of the art. . . . there is no other book like this. The author's contribution goes well beyond that of a literature review or reference work; by identifying the gaps in our knowledge of the psychology of unionism they present a clear and comprehensive agenda for the growing number of researchers in the field. I anticipate that this volume will be widely read and updated frequently." --Gary N. Chaison (Clark University), Relations Industrielles "The authors provide a thorough survey of the relevant academic literature and apply that body of knowledge using concepts of organizational psychology. The book substantially extends our understanding of the functions and effectiveness of labor organizations." --Choice "Provides an excellent and cogent summary of research on unions and is a reference that should find a home on the shelf of any scholar interested in employment relationships. . . . a comprehensive and provocative volume." --Judi M. Parks and Deborah L. Kidder, Contemporary Psychology "An important addition to the burgeoning research literature of the field. . . because it is the first to thoroughly and systematically appraise the state of the art. . . . there is no other book like this. The author's contribution goes well beyond that of a literature review or reference work; by identifying the gaps in our knowledge of the psychology of unionism they present a clear and comprehensive agenda for the growing number of researchers in the field. I anticipate that this volume will be widely read and updated frequently." --Gary N. Chaison (Clark University), Relations IndustriellesTable of ContentsOrganizational psychology and unions; The structure of labor organizations; The unionization process; Union commitment; Union participation; Union leadership: The role of the shop steward; Breakdowns in the unionization process; Effects of unions on organizational behavior; Concluding thoughts and challenges; Index.
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Oxford University Press Storytelling in Organizations
Book SynopsisMyths, stories, and folklore are part of the fabric and life of all organizations, enabling us to understand, identify, and communicate the character of the organization - its ambitions, conflicts, and peculiarities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork of storytelling in five organizations, this book argues that stories open valuable windows into the emotional and symbolic lives of organizations. By collecting stoires in different organizations, by listening and comparing different accounts, by investigating how narratives are constructed around specific events, by examining which events in an organization''s history generate stories and which ones fail to do so, researchers can gain access to deeper organizational realities, closely linked to their members'' experiences. In this way, stories enable researchers to study organizational politics, culture, and change in uniquely illuminating ways, revealing how wider organizational issues are viewed, commented upon, and worked upon by their meTrade Reviewrichness in new ideas ... deserves to be a standard reference for students of stories in organizational life * O.S. Vol.22, No.2, 2001 *This is a good piece of discourse about organizational stories, written with elegance and drivethe book is creative and includes a number of fresh ideas for future researchers * O.S. Vol.22, No.2, 2001 *informative, well-written, well-researched and a pleasure to read * O.S. Vol.22, No.2, 2001 *Table of ContentsPART I: TOWARDS A THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONAL STORYTELLING; PART II: WORKING WITH STORIES
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Oxford University Press A World of Standards
Book SynopsisIn the modern world there is no shortage of people who know what is best for others. Self-appointed experts, consultants, and organizations try to convince states, corporations, and individuals that they would be better off if they only followed some specific rules about what to do. These rules are presented as being voluntary and advisory. They are standards, not mandatory directives, and in modern life standards abound.Standards may concern what characteristics a telephone should have, how a company should report its financial transactions, how organizations should be managed, how states should treat their citizens, how children should be raised, and so forth. Even organizations as powerful as states and large corporations follow standards on how to organize, which policies to pursue, what kinds of services to provide, or how their products should be designed. Standards enable a higher degree of global order in the modern world than would exist without them. They facilitate coordinatTrade ReviewIn this insightful book, Brunsson, Jacobsson and associates propose that standardization provides a viable alternative to market forces and to organizational forms as an institutional arrangement for coordinating and controlling complex exchanges. Their arguments illuminate important facets of current developments in our rapidly globalizing world. * W. Richard Scott, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Stanford University *The authors do a masterful job of highlighting why the study of standardization merits research attention. . . . this is a valuable book that will guide many future empirical studies. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPART I: REGULATING BY STANDARDS; PART II: PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING STANDARDS; PART III: ADOPTING STANDARDS
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Oxford University Press Exotic Preferences
Book SynopsisGeorge Loewenstein is one of the pioneers of the rapidly growing field of behavioral economics. For over twenty years he has been working at the intersection of economics and psychology and is one of the few people of whom it can be said that their work is equally respected and well known within both disciplines. This book brings together a selection of his papers focusing on what he calls exotic preferences-- the disparate motives that drive human behavior. In addition to covering the history and methodology of behavioral economics, they also touch on a wide range of fascinating topics such as the motives that drive extreme athletes, our propensity to want to get unpleasant experiences out of the way so we can focus on the more pleasant, and the psychology of curiosity. There are also papers on social preferences, discussing the importance of perceptions of fairness in interpersonal interactions, intertemporal choice-- the tradeoffs between costs and benefits occurring at different poTable of ContentsIntroduction ; PART I GENERAL PERSPECTIVES, HISTORY, AND METHODS ; 1. Because it is There: The Challenge of Mountaineering...for Utility Theory ; 2. The Economics of Meaning ; 3. The Fall and Rise of Psychological Explanations in the Economics of Intertemporal Choice ; 4. Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist ; 5. Experimental Economics from the Vantage-Point of Behavioral Economics ; 6. The Psychology of Curiosity: A Review and Reinterpretation ; PART II SOCIAL PREFERENCES ; 7. Social Utility and Decision Making in Interpersonal Contexts ; 8. Explaining the Bargaining Impasse: The Role of Self-Serving Biases ; PART III BASIC RESEARCH ON PREFERENCES ; 9. Preference Reversals Between Joint and Separate Evaluations of Options: A Review and Theoretical Analysis ; 10. "Coherent Arbitrariness": Stable Demand Curves Without Staple Preferences ; PART IV PREDICTING TASTES AND FEELINGS ; 11. A Bias in the Prediction of Tastes ; 12. Mispredicting the Endowment Effect: Understimation of Owners' Selling Prices by Buyer's Agents ; 13. Projection Bias in Predicting Future Utility ; PART V INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE ; 14. Anticipation and the Valuation of Delayed Consumption ; 15. Anomalies in Intertemporal Choice: Evidence and an Interpretation ; 16. Preferences for Sequences of Outcomes ; 17. The Red and the Black: Mental Accounting of Savings and Debt ; PART VI EMOTIONS ; 18. Out of Control: Visceral Influences on Behavior ; 19. Risk as Feelings ; 20. Investment Behavior and the Negative Side of Emotion ; 21. Heart Strings and Purse Strings: Carryover Effects of Emotions on Economic Decisions ; 22. Separate Neural Systems Value Immediate and Delayed Monetary Rewards
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Oxford University Press The Institutional Logics Perspective
Book SynopsisHow do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines have offered a range of theories and perspectives to provide answers to this question. Within organization studies in recent years, several scholars have developed the institutional logics perspective. An institutional logic is the set of material practices and symbolic systems including assumptions, values, and beliefs by which individuals and organizations provide meaning to their daily activity, organize time and space, and reproduce their lives and experiences. This approach affords significant insights, methodologies, and research tools, to analyze the multiple combinations of factors that may determine cognition, behaviour, and rationalities.In tracing the development of the institutional logics perspective from earlier institutional theory, the book analyzes seminal research, illustrating how and why influentiaTrade ReviewIn The Institutional Logics Perspective, Thornton, Ocasio, and Lounsbury have crafted a foundational treatise that will be a touchstone for future inquiry on logics. As an explanation for how actors, actions, and context come together in organizational and institutional settings, the institutional logics perspective has found a broad and diverse audience; this book will only widen its appeal. The authors break fresh theoretical ground and offer a solid conceptual footing for the study of logics; as such, the book has much to recommend it. * Mary Ann Glynn, Administrative Sciences Quarterly *No concept in the field of organization studies has been more promising than that of institutional logics and no concept has been more elusive, at times to the point of evanescence. The authors bring institutional logics down to earth, unpacking the concept, tracing its history and exploring its ambiguities, identifying its component parts, and giving each the close attention it deserves. This much-needed and well-conceived volume provides an invaluable service to students of institutions and organizational fields. * Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University *The Institutional Logics Perspective is an essential road map to and program for the future development of theories of institutional logic. Thornton, Ocasio, and Lounsbury offer a host of uncharted, under-theorized, unthought, and unexplored causal mechanisms linking the macro and the micro, practice and interaction, value and identity. The authors lay out the inter-institutional system, the doubleness of rationality, the cultural contingency of interest, the ideality of material practice, and the ways in which we have mistakenly assumed that institution effaces agency and hence politics. We are going to have to think and work this text for a while. * Roger O. Friedland, University College Santa Barbara *Over the past generation, neoinstitutional theory has become perhaps the dominant perspective in the sociology of organizations. The institutional logics perspective has became an intriguing alternative that seeks to encompass and extend the insights of neoinstitutionalism to both lower and higher units of analysis. This book goes farther than any prior work in advancing the institutional logics perspective. * Gerald F. Davis, University of Michigan *This book is a must-read. Thornton, Ocasio and Lounsbury take stock, in a poised and systematic manner, of what has been achieved so far by the Institutional Logics perspective. They also point to what remains to be done. Building on a rich heritage, the Institutional Logics perspective threads the path to new and exciting frontiers a multi-levels theory of institutions, the stabilization of solid micro-foundations, a refreshing return to history and the exploration of the dynamics of identities. The agenda is attractive and this book develops a highly useful road map. * Marie-Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School *Table of Contents1. Introduction to the Institutional Logics Perspective ; 2. Precursors to the Institutional Logics Perspective ; 3. Defining the Inter-institutional System ; 4. The Emergence, Stability and Change of the Inter-institutional System ; 5. Micro-Foundations of Institutional Logics ; 6. The Dynamics of Organizational Practices and Identities ; 7. The Emergence and Evolution of Field-Level Logics ; 8. Implications for Future Research
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Oxford University Press Triumph of Emptiness
Book SynopsisIn this book, Mats Alvesson aims to demystify some popular and upbeat claims about a range of phenomena, including the knowledge society, consumption, branding, higher education, organizational change, professionalization, and leadership. He contends that a culture of grandiosity is leading to numerous inflated claims. We no longer talk about plans but strategies. Supervisors have been replaced by managers. Goods have become brands. Wealthy countries try to show that they are knowledge societies through mass higher education but with limited effect on real qualifications or qualified job opportunities for graduates. The book views the contemporary economy as an economy of persuasion, where firms and other institutions increasingly assign talent, energy, and resources to rhetoric, image, branding, reputation, and visibility.Using a wide range of empirical examples to illuminate the realms of consumption, higher education, organization, and leadership, this provocative and engaging book Trade ReviewAlvesson finds grandiosity at work behind an array of disconcerting phenomena, from a narcissistic socialmedia culture, to a hyper-adrenalised yet helplessly inane 24-hour news media cycle, to the explosion of public-relations firms and branding efforts. * Ross A. Mittiga, Political Studies Review *an engaging read that bravely tackles higher education orthodoxies * Joanna Williams, The Times Higher Education Supplement *This is a well-written, powerful book that makes you think and reflect about some of the key issues of our time. You couldnt ask for more. * Cary Cooper, Times Higher Education *The Triumph of Emptiness pulls back the proverbial curtain on our current society to reveal the empty truth behind our illusions of grandeur. Mats Alvesson leads us on a critical, smart, and often amusing romp through a world in which everything is excellent, advice is known as coaching, and vice presidents are a dime a dozen. He shows the increasing gap between reality and fantasy, need and want, and product production and the illusions necessary to sell them. Higher education is not immune to these trends, with ideas of college for all and the pronounced dumbing-down of university study. If you are interested in the strange paradox in rich societies of how we can have so much but not be any happier, read this book. * Jean M. Twenge, author of Generation Me and co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic *The Triumph of Emptiness is a provocative, insightful, and highly ambitious (even grandiose) indictment of consumption, work, and the organizations in which it occurs, as well as higher education. They are all critiqued for their grandiosity, inflated and distorted images, and mindless competitiveness. This is an uncompromising work that is likely to both enlighten and infuriate the reader. * George Ritzer, Distinguished University Professor, the University of Maryland *In The Triumph of Emptiness Mats Alvesson demonstrates the considerable value of critical theory for understanding everyday life in contemporary Western societies. Refreshingly astute as regards our current state of institutional being, this book is engagingly written and well-grounded in the best critical thought has to offer. Alvesson has once again accomplished what he does so wellthink a vital subject through with wit and insight. * Mary Jo Hatch, author of Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives *The author, a leading management scholar and a major sociological thinker, punctures the grandiosity and narcissism of our times when we succumb to the illusions that image, hype, and empty talk create value, when everyone must claim to be cutting edge and a world leader. Alvesson succeeds brilliantly in demonstrating that behind such grandiosity lurks an emptiness of meaning, of value, and of imagination. His powerful critical discussions of modern consumption, higher education, professionalism, and leadership insinuate that our current malaise goes far deeper than the economic crisis in which we find ourselves. This is a book that breaks loose of the management publication ghetto and demands to be read by everyone. * Yiannis Gabriel, Chair in Organizational Theory, University of Bath *most delightful book * Thomas Kilkauner, Organizational Change Management *Table of Contents1. Introduction - Zero-Sum Games, Grandiosity, and Illusion Tricks ; 2. Consumption - the Shortcomings of Affluence ; 3. Explaining the Consumption Paradox: Why aren't People (More) Satisfied? ; 4. Higher Education - Triumph of the Knowledge Intensive Society or a Statistical Cosmetics Project? ; 5. Higher Education - an Image-Boosting Business? ; 6. Modern Working Life and Organizations - Change, Dynamism, and Post-Bureaucracy? ; 7. Organizational Structures on the Beauty Parade: Imitation and Shop-Window Dressing ; 8. A Place in the Sun - Occupational Groups' Professionalization Projects and Other Status and Influence Ambitions ; 9. Leadership - A Driving Force or Empty Talk ; 10. The Triumph of Imagology - A Paradise for Tricksters? ; 11. The Costs of Grandiosity
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