Organizational theory and behaviour Books

Book SynopsisPurpose-Driven Innovation takes readers inside the UN Lab for Organizational Change and Knowledge (UNLOCK) to discover a new theory of change management, developed to help managers navigate accelerating, global, societal challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Using real UN cases, arranged according to the UN change framework, the authors show how this new theory works in the real world, overcoming bureaucratic obstacles and the challenges of the digital era. This is the first book to set out how change management models work in practice in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is an essential primer for all organizations, small and large, public or private, within and outside of the United Nations, working to help achieve the SDGs through organizational change in the wake of crisis.Trade ReviewFrom two authors with first-hand experience comes the most innovative answer to the formidable challenge of managing change in a complex organization. A must read for anyone interested in the United Nations and in change management. -- Francesco Mancini, Associate Professor in Practice and Vice Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of SingaporeIts great to see a very tangible and timely outcome from the UN Lab on Organizational Change and Knowledge (UNLOCK). A case based approach to organizational change makes this book a must read for everyone interested in understanding and navigation organizational change in the context of the SDG’s, the UN and other large international organizations. -- Joel Nielsen, Chief Of Leadership Development in UNHCRThough not everyone has yet realized (or accepted it), we are long past the days when organizations could treat their decision making as purely technical exercises aimed at generating success by narrow definitions (like profit or shareholder value). Resilience, societal concerns and objectives, the actions of governments and NGOs, and the views of all stakeholder must increasingly be considered. This book provides lessons from the worldwide organization that has confronted this reality most directly – the United Nations. The authors were there, on the front lines. Open-minded leaders will find much here to think seriously about. -- Robert D. Austin, Author and Professor, Ivey Business SchoolBesides providing access to valuable UN data and experiences, the authors’ unique analysis gives organizations a timely set of lessons and tools to better navigate these turbulent times. -- Toni Castro-Cosío, PhD, Senior Behavioral Researcher, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Duke UniversityThis is a valuable reference for change management in multi-cultural organizations with a global presence. -- Dr. Jingbo Huang, with 20 years of experience working in the UN systemTable of ContentsSection 1. A Purposive Approach to Change Management Chapter 1. Towards Purposive-Driven Change Management Chapter 2. A Practice of Purpose-Driven Change Management Chapter 3. The UNLOCK Framework Section 2. Managing Change in the UN: Precedents Revealed in Cases Chapter 4. Innovating in the UN Chapter 5. Delivering Diversity and Inclusion Changes in the UN Chapter 6. Transforming Global Shared Services in the UN Chapter 7. Launching ERP Systems to Deliver Successful Change Chapter 8. Involving Change Agents to Ensure Successful Changes Chapter 9. Uniting Governance, Risk, and Compliance to Generate Cultural Change Section 3. The Future of Change Management Chapter 10. Refining and Unlocking Change Management Chapter 11. Designing New Change Cases Chapter 12. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHumans are fundamentally social beings who crave belonging, mission, and meaning, especially at work. Drawing on the increasing prevalence of remote work in the post-pandemic era, this book asks how organizations can overcome workplace loneliness and create a sense of belonging. Prioritizing the need to create authentic workplaces to promote inclusion and empower employees to feel comfortable being themselves, chapters present strategies for addressing workplace loneliness based on interviews with remote employees and an examination of successful organizational practices. How, contributors ask, have remote employees experienced workplace loneliness in their organization? What is the role of belonging in tackling this? How can leaders and HR practitioners foster this belonging among remote employees? How does social identity affect employees’ abilities to connect within their organization? Rooted in real-world research and insights, Overcoming Workplace Loneliness envisions a world of work where all employees feel valued for their authentic selves and are able to experience the encouragement and comradery of office connection from the comfort of their homes. This pioneering book not only sheds light on workplace loneliness of remote employees, but also provides an in-depth literature review of workplace loneliness to inspire future research.Trade ReviewThe content in this book is important and very timely to understanding how to navigate the rapidly changing work-environment in a way that brings us greater health and fulfilment. The study and findings make this an essential read for leaders. -- Helen Abdali Soosan Fagan, Ph.D., Author of Becoming Inclusive, Founder and CEO at Helen Fagan and Associates, and Lecturer at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USAIn a world dominated by multiple connections on social media, we face a stunning increase in people experiencing loneliness. This is a particular issue in the mass movement to remote work. This timely book is a much-needed research investigation into workplace loneliness. It is a must-read for leaders, HR professionals, and workers themselves. -- Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D., Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology, Claremont McKenna College, USAIt is rare to find a study that is both relevant and balanced. This study offers the story of loneliness along with data to support the multiple causes and effects it has on our workplaces. In a world forever changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, aspects of our work environments once easily ignored are now laid bare for all to see. This book offers readers an opportunity to view workplace loneliness with new eyes and then reflect on how they might lead themselves and others to mitigate loneliness in the workplace. -- Chris Cartwright, MPA, Ed.D., Inclusion, Intercultural & Global Leadership Assessment ConsultantThrough their extensive research and experience, authors Cenkci, Downing, Bircan, and Perham-Lippman have written a comprehensive, actionable, and much-needed guide to address the challenges of workplace loneliness and foster a sense of belonging in the remote workplace. Overcoming Workplace Loneliness: Cultivating Belonging for A Remote Workforce is a timely and relevant book; a must-read for leaders and members of remote or hybrid teams. -- Dr. Melody Rawlings, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Virtual Organizations, National University, USAOvercoming Workplace Loneliness: Cultivating Belonging for a Remote Workforce, authored by Ada Cenkci, Megan Downing, Tuba Bircan, and Karen Perham-Lippman, not only explores loneliness at work but also commits to easing loneliness among remote workers. The book addresses two important and timely considerations: loneliness and belonging in remote settings, which makes it an ideal read for students and scholars in evidence-based regulation of workplace cognition, behaviours and emotions of loneliness under remote working conditions. -- Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin, Chair in Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University London, UKAuthors Ada Cenkci, Megan Downing, Tuba Bircan, and Karen Perham-Lippman have written a timely, informative, and highly useful disquisition on overcoming workplace loneliness. Their work couldn't be more relevant and important to society. Cultivating employee belonging for the well-being of a remote workforce is an important need. This treatise is ideal as a pre-read for class discussion about a consequential topic in the world of work today. This is an excellent monograph for the academic world. -- Dr. George Manning, Professor of Psychology, Northern Kentucky University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Workplace Loneliness Chapter 2. The Case for Belonging Chapter 3. Methodology and Procedure Chapter 4. Quantitative Data Analysis and Results Chapter 5. Qualitative Data Analysis and Results Chapter 6. Discussion and Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The higher education and research system faces a constant dilemma. On the one hand, research and higher education are run by autonomous, interrelated academic communities, often described as collegial governance. On the other hand, they are an instrument for the fulfillment of goals that are often external to the academic community. What, then, is the role of academics and academic knowledge in governance of higher education and research, and how does this reflect on and impact their aims and overall place in society? Fostered through joint workshops and an open dialogue, this double volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations develops a deeper understanding of collegiality, examining through a unique comparative perspective how it is translated and practiced in different settings across the world. Concentrating on challenges to collegiality and the erosion of faculty governance, this first installment analyzes global waves of reforms, ways in which various kinds of managerial modes of organization and control come to reshape universities, and how this intersects with the evolving missions of universities as institutions. Revealing the globalization, homogenization and variation that have come to characterize the collegiate system, University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority critically considers the state of and future of the higher education system, and how we can consciously shape it moving forward.Table of ContentsIntroduction: University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority; Kerstin Sahlin and Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist Section 1. Collegiality and the Rise of Organizational Actors Chapter 1. Governing Research. New Forms of Competition and Cooperation in Academia; Anna Kosmützky and Georg Krücken Chapter 2. The Managerialization of Higher Education in Germany and Its Consequences: Changes in Job Advertisements for Professorships in German Universities, 1990 to 2010; Lisa-Maria Gerhardt, Jan Goldenstein, Simon Oertel, Philipp Poschmann, and Peter Walgenbach Chapter 3. Globalization of Universities as Organizational Actors?; Seungah S. Lee and Francisco O. Ramirez Chapter 4. A Slow Form of Governance? Collegial Organization and Temporal Synchronization in the Context of Swedish University Reforms; Hampus Östh Gustafsson Chapter 5. The Construction of the University as an Organizational Actor and Its Consequences for the University as an Institution: Reflections on the Case of Australia; Hokyu Hwang Section 2. Collegiality in a Political Context Chapter 6. Collegiality and Communication: This Time It’s Personal; Francois van Schalkwyk and Nico Cloete Chapter 7. Governance in Chinese Universities; Wen Wen and Simon Marginson Chapter 8. The Social Creation of Temporary Academic Positions in Chile, Colombia, Germany and the US; Pedro Pineda

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Book SynopsisThe first of two volumes, Web 3.0 Unleashed explores the groundbreaking technologies that define Web 3.0blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), augmented reality, and artificial intelligenceand their profound impact on the way businesses innovate, grow, and connect with customers.

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Book SynopsisA lot of controversy exists around the contribution of the mining industry and the territorial development of the regions where it operates. Despite the boom in mineral prices, there are still many communities that do not show development. At the macroeconomic level, countries with a mining industry receive income from mining taxes and royalties, however, at the micro level this greater income is not reflected in the closing of socio-economic gaps and the well-being of the population. Cesar Saenz presents the Social Management Model Canvas (SMMC), describing the rationale of how an extractive company can create and deliver social value for communities around and beyond the sphere of influence. The SMMC can best be described through nine basic building blocks - the social value proposition; defining the community; social channels; relationship with the community; key social resources; key social activities; key social partners; social investment structure and social benefits. Companies can map the existing social management model to visualize, understand and communicate the level of responsiveness of the model, whilst using the canvas to explore new social management improvements to get a social license to operate. Communities require companies and governments to address their needs such as education, employment, health service, among others. Combining all these elements in a social management model helps companies consider all the variables when designing and implementing strategies that meet both business and community needs.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Corporate Social Management Canvas Chapter 2. Defining community Chapter 3. Social Value proposition Chapter 4. Social channels Chapter 5. Relationship with the community Chapter 6. Chapter Key Social Resources Chapter 7. Key social activities Chapter 8. Key Partners Chapter 9. Social investment structure Chapter 10. Social benefits Part II Implementation of the social management Canvas Case study: Chevron Nigeria Case Case Study: Quellaveco Project Case study: The Tintaya copper mine Case: Mining company in Peru Case study: Electric generation Case: Hydroelectric power plant in the Philippines Case study: Mines and wines, Xstrata Coal Beltana Mine

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Book SynopsisThe world has gone through profound change since 2019, which has impacted economies, organisations, societies, and ways of working. Now, more than ever, businesses need to be prepared and resilient to large-scale changes. Written by experts, the chapters collected here address various issues such as climate change and the pandemic, suggesting ways in which future crises can be managed successfully and sharing best practice from what we have learned from recent crises. The globally diverse authorship in Corporate Resilience brings together a range of perspectives on corporate resilience and crisis management from varying industries to explore this topic in great depth. Areas studied range from building global resilience through sustainable development and social responsibility, to corporate resilience, environmental investment, internet financial reporting and reporting on human rights. Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility offers the latest research on topical issues international experts and has practical relevance to business managers.Table of ContentsPart 1. Building Global Resilience Chapter 1. Resilience, Dynamism and Sustainable Development: Adaptive Organisational Capability through Learning in Recurrent Crises; Dianne Bolton, Mohshin Habib, and Terry Landells Chapter 2. Social Aspects of Telework and Organisations during an Unforeseen Crisis; Ana Maria Davila Gomez and David Crowther Chapter 3. Building Resilience for a Future Organisation; Elaine Conway and Parminder Johal Chapter 4. Rethinking Sustainable Development Under Climate Change in Nigeria: A Strategic Analysis; Lukman Raimi and Fatimah Mayowa Lukman Chapter 5. Socio Cultural and Religious Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India; Amit Kumar Srivastava, Shailja Dixit, and AkanshaAbhi Srivastava Part 2. Corporate Resilience Chapter 6. A Paradigm for Examining the Interplay of Environmental Investment, Environmental Disclosure and Firm Performance in China; Ruopiao Zhang and Carlos Noronha Chapter 7. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction Uncertainties in E-contract’s Commercial Governance: A Recommendation for Mauritius; Ambareen Beebeejaun and Rajendra Parsad Gunputh Chapter 8. What Shapes Internet Financial Reporting in Africa? Exploring Firm v Country Factors; Dineshwar Ramdhony, Oren Mooneeapen, and Ajmal Bakerally Chapter 9. Effectiveness of the Lean Service Principle in controlling the Civil Service Wage Bill: A Case Study of the Government of Eswatini; Sabelo G. Sifundza and Md. Humayun Kabir Chapter 10. Towards Sustainable Prosperity for Host Communities: Appraisal of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act 2021; Victor Ediagbonya and Comfort Tioluwani Chapter 11. Reporting on Human Rights by Large Corporates: Interplay between Comprehensiveness and Narrative Manipulation; Leana Esterhuyse and Elda du Toit

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Presenting cutting-edge ethnographic research on contemporary worlds of work and the experiences of workers from a range of contexts, Volume 35 of Research in the Sociology of Work offers fine-grained, exploratory ethnographic data to provide insights unmatched by other research methods. Conscious of the social and economic upheaval that continues to transform the contemporary workplace and the wider landscape for workers across the globe, Ethnographies of Work, the first of two parts, features analyses of working from home, the gig economy, the food delivery sector, digital nomadism, workplace inequalities, the hospitality industry, and an alternative community. Rooted in ethnographic research, chapters also include ethnographers’ reflections on their experiences in careers outside of academia, as well as their personal feelings of precarity both within and beyond the field to create an enriched volume that makes the most of ethnographic through its representation in a variety of written forms.

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Book SynopsisThe construction industry is a huge employer all over the world, but due to the project-based nature of construction, opportunities to improve pay, conditions and use of technology are often overlooked. The lack of attention to workforce management issues in the construction industry contributes to its overall poor performance in most countries worldwide. To address this problem, it is necessary to understand the practices that need to be in place for construction organisations to be able to manage their workforce effectively. Construction Workforce Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era explores the concept of workforce management in construction and the impact of the pervasive technologies offered by the fourth industrial revolution on the effective management of the construction workforce. Through a critical review of existing related theories and models, gaps in existing workforce management studies are unearthed, and a conceptual model designed to improve the management of workers in the construction industry is proposed. The content here benefits researchers seeking to expand the frontiers of knowledge on workforce management in construction.Table of ContentsChapter 1. General Introduction Chapter 2. Construction Workforce Management Chapter 3. Construction Workforce Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Chapter 4. Workforce Management Theories, Models and Practices Chapter 5. Gaps In Construction Workforce Management Research Chapter 6. Conceptualising Construction Workforce Management Chapter 7. Exploring the Conceptualised Construction Workforce Management Model through Experts' Opinion Chapter 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEmotions, while extremely varied in their manifestation and effects on organizational settings, nonetheless represent the essence of organizational life. In this 19th volume of Research on Emotion in Organizations, editors Neal M. Ashkanasy, Ronald H. Humphrey and Ashlea C. Troth orchestrate a retrospective view of the field in order to address a wide range of emotion-related topics and point to the future of research in organizational behavior and organization theory. With contributions from Australia, Germany, Finland, Iran, Canada, France, Italy, Poland, the USA and the UK, chapters highlight the diverse nature and effect of emotions in organizational settings. Authors cover topics including physiological needs, strategic investment decisions, workplace supervisory practices, counterproductive behaviors, emotions in teamwork, CEO behavior, emotional intelligence, work-family balance, knowledge sharing and emotional labor. Taking this series’ esteemed reputation a step further, Emotion in Organizations: A Coat of Many Colors ushers the field into a new era in the ever-evolving world of work.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to A Coat of Many Colors; Neal M. Ashkanasy, Ashlea C. Troth, and Ronald H. Humphrey Chapter 2. I Need to Move it, Move it! How Physiological Needs Influence Feelings, Motivation, and Interest in Learning Situations; Benjamin Apelojg Chapter 3. Why Do Angel Investors Make the Decision to Continue Screening: The Role of Affective Experiences and First Impressions; Kirsi Snellman, Henri Hakala, and Katja Upadyaya Chapter 4. Abusive Supervision Dispersion: An Affective Events Theory Perspective; Hieu Nguyen, Neal M. Ashkanasy, and Stacey Parker Chapter 5. A Counterbalance to Supervisors' Abusive Feedbacks: When Employees' Strategic Emotional Intelligence Dampens Revenge without Triggering Off Forgiveness Intentions; David Hampton-Musseau Chapter 6. Negative Feedback, Emotion Regulation, and Task Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model; Hamidreza Harati, Neal M., Ashkanasy, and Mahsa Amirzadeh Chapter 7. Exploring the Rhetoric of the Emotionally (Un)intelligent CEO in Times of Crisis; Christophe Haag and Marion Wolff Chapter 8. Work-family Enrichment: Prospects for Enriching Research; Ronald H. Humphrey, Chao Miao, and Anthony Silard Chapter 9. “It Comes with the Territory”: A Fluoroscopy of Emotional Labor; Rebecca Dickason Chapter 10. A Conceptualisation of a Joyful Leadership Style; Katie McIntyre, Wayne Graham, Rory Mulcahy, and Meredith Lawley Chapter 11. Work Motivation and Knowledge Sharing: The Roles of Team-Member Exchange, Justice Perceptions, Organizational Rules, and Climate for Trust; Paulina Wojciechowska-Dzięcielak and Neal M. Ashkanasy Chapter 12. Conclusion to a Coat of Many Colors; Neal M. Ashkanasy, Ashlea C. Troth, and Ronald H. Humphrey

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Book SynopsisVolume 21 of Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being focuses on stress and well-being as it pertains to strategic management and decision-making. In the past few decades, the strategic leadership of firms has been faced with unprecedented challenges in terms of technological changes, economic and political crises, and radical shifts in the workplace owing to health crises. These events have highlighted the need to understand the consequences of stress as a factor impacting strategic decisions. At the same time, firms are increasingly realizing the need to account for the stress and well-being of their employees, their customers, and their communities as factors influencing the ability of their businesses to flourish in a sustainable manner. Chapters in this volume cover a range of topics including: How stress and well-being can influence the decision-making and effectiveness of higher management teams. How organizational changes such as mergers/acquisitions or downsizing might impact the stress and well-being of both leaders and followers. Strategic initiatives that might directly or indirectly promote the well-being of organizational members or customers. CEO mental health and its consequences for strategy and organizational effectiveness. Strategic decision-making in times of crisis. Highlighting how both leader and follower stress and well-being can serve as antecedents and consequences of strategic actions and initiatives, or even be a core concern of strategic plans, Stress and Well-Being at the Strategic Level spotlights the importance of stress and well-being for organizations, their leaders, and the individuals who are impacted by their decisions.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Firm Stress, Adaptive Responses, and Unpredictable, Resource-Depleting External Shocks: Leveraging Conservation of Resources Theory and Dynamic Capabilities; Erin Bass, Ivana Milosevic, and Sarah E. DeArmond Chapter 2. The Reciprocal Relationship between M&A Strategic Decision-making and Well-Being; Kris Irwin and Chris H. Willis Chapter 3. Work-Nonwork Policies and Practices: The Strategic Opportunity to Consider Organizational Boundary Management Systems; Haley R. Cobb and Bradley J. Brummel Chapter 4. Publicly Invulnerable, Privately Lonely: How the Unique Individual and Structural Characteristics of Their Organizational Role Contribute to CEO Lonelinees; Sarah Wright, Anthony Silard, and Alaric Bourgoin Chapter 5. Cracking the CEO's Brain on Risk: Exploring the Interplay between CEO Cognition and Affect Intensity in Organizational Decision-Making and its Outcomes; Steven J. Hyde and Cameron J. Borgholthaus Chapter 6. Sentiment Analysis for Organizational Research; Chapman J. Lindgren, Wei Wang, Siddarth K. Upadhyay, and Vladimer B. Kobayashi Chapter 7. Leader Energy Driving Personal and Firm-Level Wellness: Lessons from 20 Years of the Leadership Pulse; Theresa M. Welbourne

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Book SynopsisResearch in Ethical Issues in Organizations (REIO) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed series that publishes rigorous academic research into organizational ethics from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives including, but not limited to, business management, philosophy, sociology, psychology, religion, accounting, and marketing. In this volume, War, Peace and Organizational Ethics, expert contributors draw upon philosophers such as Aristotle, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Emmanuel Levinas in order to explore how the ethics of war and peace resonate with organizational ethics. The topics covered include: the role of business in the “War on Terror”; the ethics of robot decision-making in military contexts; the use of force in UN peacekeeping missions; John Wooden’s conception of moral leadership; the implementation of meaningful change in relation to well-being in and outside of work; unethical pro-organizational behaviour; forsaking Aristotle’s Mean and pursuing the extreme. Ideally suited for researchers and professionals, this book poses questions that go to the very heart of the role organizations play in greater social conflicts, as well as the role that conflict plays in shaping organizations.Table of ContentsIntroduction. War, Peace and Organizational Ethics; Michael Schwartz and Howard Harris Chapter 1. Levinas and Business Ethics in the ‘War on Terror’; Peter McGhee Chapter 2. The Ten Commandments of Working Robots in Organizations: From History to the Future of Robot Ethics, Legislation, and Management; Issam Kouatli, Rayan Kouatly and Abir Zaarour Chapter 3. Closing the Gap between Promises and Outcomes: How moral frameworks can guide the realisation of United Nations deployment objectives; Charuka Ekanayake Chapter 4. Visualizing Success: The Wisdom of John Wooden; Jim Wishloff Chapter 5. Rushing fools and wise women: Tales for organisations aiming to improve lives; Cécile Rozuel Chapter 6. Strong identification, Weak ideology, Organizational culture or all: Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviour in India; Pratima Verma and Siddharth Mohapatra Chapter 7. Forsaking the Mean for the Extreme: A Response to Provis; Michael Schwartz and Debra R. Comer

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Book SynopsisIn the world of education and business, there is a disconnect between stakeholders, their roles and responsibilities in guiding and leading organizations in a shared leadership model. Currently, leaders have a conceptional understanding of shared leadership but lack the tools to effectively guide their staffs in enacting the dynamic exchange of ideas and voice among all members of the organization to promote the development of a strategic plan focused on best outcomes.

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Book SynopsisPeople interact and perform in group settings in all areas of life. Organizations and businesses are increasingly structuring work around groups and teams. Every day, we work in groups such as families, friendship groups, societies and sports teams, to make decisions and plans, solve problems, perform physical tasks, generate creative ideas, and more.Group Performance outlines the current state of social psychological theories and findings concerning the performance of groups. It explores the basic theories surrounding group interaction and development and investigates how groups affect their members. Bernard A. Nijstad discusses these issues in relation to the many different tasks that groups may perform, including physical tasks, idea generation and brainstorming, decision-making, problem-solving, and making judgments and estimates. Finally, the book closes with an in-depth discussion of teamwork and the context in which groups interact and perform.Offering an integrated approach, with particular emphasis on the interplay between group members, the group task, interaction processes and context, this book provides a state-of-the-art overview of social psychological theory and research. It will be highly valuable to undergraduates, graduates and researchers in social psychology, organizational behavior and business.Trade Review"Bernard Nijstad is one of the 'young lions' of this field and has made substantial contributions to a number of the content areas covered in the book. Group Performance handles the conceptual and empirical material very well, leaving the reader with a good sense of what we currently know about the psychology of behavior in and by groups.Overall an excellent introduction to the area." - R. Scott Tindale, Loyola University, Chicago, USA"Bernard Nijstad, a brilliant and enthusiastic researcher, provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge perspective on a fascinating area of social psychology. This textbook will be a classic. I seriously could not stop reading it until the very last page. Highly recommended!" - Andreas Mojzisch, Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Germany"Professor Nijstad does a fantastic job integrating both classic and contemporary research on group performance. I was particularly impressed with Nijstad’s ability to translate this literature in a well-organized and proficient manner. Nijstad’s enthusiasm for this work should help generate excitement in students reading about this topic for the first time." - Robert B. Lount, Jr., The Ohio State University, USA"Bernard Nijstad is one of the 'young lions' of this field and has made substantial contributions to a number of the content areas covered in the book. Group Performance handles the conceptual and empirical material very well, leaving the reader with a good sense of what we currently know about the psychology of behavior in and by groups.Overall an excellent introduction to the area." - R. Scott Tindale, Loyola University, Chicago, USA"Bernard Nijstad, a brilliant and enthusiastic researcher, provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge perspective on a fascinating area of social psychology. This textbook will be a classic. I seriously could not stop reading it until the very last page. Highly recommended!" - Andreas Mojzisch, Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Germany"Professor Nijstad does a fantastic job integrating both classic and contemporary research on group performance. I was particularly impressed with Nijstad’s ability to translate this literature in a well-organized and proficient manner. Nijstad’s enthusiasm for this work should help generate excitement in students reading about this topic for the first time." - Robert B. Lount, Jr., The Ohio State University, USATable of ContentsStudying Small Groups. Group Processes and Social Influence. A Theoretical Framework. Audience and Co-action Effects. Motivation and Group Performance: Individual Effort on Collective Tasks. Group Idea Generation and Creativity. Group Decision-Making. Group Problem-Solving and Group Judgment. Teamwork and Leadership. Groups in Context. Groups and Technology.

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Book SynopsisAn understanding of identity is fundamental to a complete understanding of organizational life. While conventional management textbooks nod to in-groups, cohesion and discrimination, this text offers instead a deeper, more nuanced understanding of why people, groups and organizations behave the way they do. With conceptions of identity perhaps less stable than they have ever been, the authors make complex theoretical issues accessible to the reader through the use of lively examples from popular culture. The authors present an overview of the key issues, as well as an examination of cutting-edge research and topical forces currently re-defining identity, such as globalisation, the fair trade movement and online identities. This text is a succinct, relevant and exciting overview of the field of identity studies as it relates to business and management and applied social sciences, an is an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of management on any course that has an identity component.Trade Review′As it elicited many thought provoking moments, before I was halfway through this book I had recommened it to a Masters degree student writing their dissertation (they reported it was fascinating) and used a variety of concepts in sessions (e.g organisational culture / leadership) facilitated in my role as a Staff Development Adviser...I would have no hesitation in endorsing this lively yet solid text to FE and HE students′ John Trantom Action Learning: Research & Practice ′Identity is an extremely popular, but frequently misunderstood and misrepresented, concept in organization studies. This fantastic book is a much needed and timely antidote to this problem. It provides a thoughtful, accessible and thorough treatment of the phenomenon. It is an absolute "must read" for anyone who professes to be interested in studying or researching identity and organization′sProfessor Cliff OswickProfessor in Organization Theory, Head of the Faculty of Management, Cass Business School, City University ′Organizations are not just places we go to make money, but places where we make ourselves too. This helpful book explores the ways in which identities are worked upon, and show how many of our ideas about "who we are" emerge from our lives at work′Professor Martin Parker Warwick Business School ′I am impressed by this accessible and thoroughly scholarly text. It introduces students to highly complex theoretical ideas in a way that is immediately relevant to everyday organizational life. I look forward to teaching with this book′Professor Samantha Warren University of Essex ′Understanding Identity and Organizations maps the territory laid out by identity research as it applies to organizations and points to new areas of interest and concern. An essential guide for those entering the field of organizational identity studies as well as providing an overview of the field for seasoned identity researchers′Mary Jo Hatch Professor Emerita of Banking and Commerce, University of Virginia ′Understanding Identity and Organization gives us for the first time a complete and sophisticated overview of the key topics and debates around identity at work. In a lively, accessible and always scholarly fashion, the authors have captured the fundamental importance of this often neglected aspect of employment. It is essential reading for anyone studying organizations today′Professor Peter FlemingQueen Mary College, University of London Table of ContentsIntroduction to Understanding Identity Introduction Identity vs Personality Identity on the Management Agenda: A Brief History How Do Individual and Organizational Identities Interact? Introducing the Book Suggested Reading Theoretical Perspectives on Identity Introduction Social Identity Theory (SIT) Psychoanalysis Foucauldian Perspective Symbolic Interactionism Narrative Approaches Micro-Interactional Approaches Application Exercise - The Case of Frances Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Diversity and Identity Introduction Identity as a Social Category Identity as a Process of Social Construction Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Occupational Identities Introduction The Meaning of Work Occupational Cultures and Boundaries Managerial Identities Professional Identities The Dirty, the Deviant and the Degrading Unpaid Work and Unemployment When I Grow Up I Want To Be … Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Identity and Organizational Control Overview and Introduction Bringing Identity to Work Managing Culture Managing Identities Identification and Dis-identification Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Organizational Identity Introduction Organizational Identity: What Is It and Why Does It Matter? Organizational Identity - Properties or Beliefs? Types of Organizational Identity Power in (and of) Organizational Identity Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions Virtual Identity Overview and Introduction Competing Perspectives: Technological Determinism and Social Constructionism New Connections and Identity: Online Communities Virtual Identity, Power and Control Teleworking and Identity Conclusion Suggested Reading Sample Exam/Assignment Questions The Future of Identity Introduction Strong Attachments and Totalizing Workplaces? Weak Attachments and the ′Flexible′ Firm New Public Management Identity and the Global, Virtual Firm The Future of Diversity Conclusion Suggested Reading Glossary of Terms

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Book SynopsisIn view of the rising importance and prevalence of network-based collaboration, this book aims to meet the need for more theory in this area. Theoretically conceptualizing and empirically describing the practice of reflexive leadership in inter-organisational networks, it explores how member organisations approach reflexive leadership and the associated challenges. Examining these questions from wider leadership theory perspectives as well as a tighter focus upon inter-organizational networks, the author specifically explores how reflexive leadership can be sustained and how social and political contexts may obstruct or support its use, acceptance and practice. Based on in-depth qualitative empirical fieldwork in the Swiss healthcare sector, the book offers a novel practice-theoretical model for use in inter-organizational networks.Table of Contents1. The need for reflexive leadership in inter-organizational networks Research question and research issues Relevance to research and managerial practice Theoretical perspectives Empirical perspectives Contributions and structure of the book 2. Theoretical foundations of leadership in networks Action- and structure-oriented theories of leading in networks Affordances and limitations Towards a practice theory of leading in networks Summary and outlook 3. Reconstructing leadership in networks as a reflexive practice Principles of practice theory Networks as bundles of inter-organizational practices The practice of leading in inter-organizational networks The meaning and role of reflexivity in leadership practice Summary and outlook 4. Methodology Longitudinal qualitative comparative case study design Research context and field access Data collection and analysis Research aim and ethical considerations Summary and outlook 5. A practice-theoretical model of reflexive leadership in networks Assumptions about networks, leadership, and the role of reflexivity A closer look at the model Summary and outlook 6. Case study I: Peripheral Starting conditions (2000 – 2002) Period 1 (2003 – 2006): Peripheral’s birth Period 2 (2007 – 2008): Peripheral’s pilot phase Period 3 (2009 – 2013): Integrating care Summary and outlook 7. Case Study II: Urban Starting conditions (2000 – 2006) Period 1 (2007 – 2009): Urban’s launch Period 2 (2010 – 2012): Building Urban Period 3 (2013 – 2014): Ambulatory primary care Summary and outlook 8. Discussion Comparative analysis and theorization Theoretical implications Practical implications 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is a timely guide on what constitutes effective leadership in Africa. It explores how today’s leaders in Africa perceive their role, the challenges they experience, and how they operate effectively as leaders. In the era of globalization, there is an increasing need to offer guidance on how leaders can adjust their leadership style to suit situational contexts. Drawing on case study and survey data, this book illustrates to scholars and leaders worldwide the vision of leadership that is emerging in Africa. It will contribute to the development of a new community of global leaders, integrating cutting-edge knowledge on leadership development in Africa.Trade Review“This book examines leadership through a new lens, demonstrating a high level of scientific analysis through an interdisciplinary approach addressing both theory and practice. Scholars, graduate students, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as policy makers in government will find the book very rewarding.” (Felix Kiruthu, Governance, Vol. 34, 2021)Table of ContentsContents 1. Introduction Eva Jordans, Bettina Ng’weno and Helen Spencer-Oatey Part 1: Foundations 2. Global leadership: key concepts and frameworks Helen Spencer - Oatey 3. Leadership in Africa: Past, Present & Future Perspectives Estelle-Marie Heussen – Montgomery and Eva Jordans 4. The Historical, Political and Demographic Context of Leadership in Africa Bettina Ng’weno Part 2: Case Studies and Survey findings 5. Methodology Eva Jordans and Helen Spencer-Oatey 6. Young Leaders transforming Science in Ghana Yaw Bediako and Eva Jordans 7. Leadership and culture in corporate organisations in Nigeria Ike Nwankwo, Estelle-Marie Heussen - Montgomery and Eva Jordans 8. Bridging the generation gap: Perceptions of leadership by senior and young leaders in Tanzania Mwatima Juma and Eva Jordans 9. Changing leadership perceptions: Leaders in the private sector in Kenya Kanini Mutooni, Bettina Ng’weno and Eva Jordans 10. Emerging People-oriented Leadership in Rural development in Rwanda Joseph K. Nsabimana and Eva Jordans 11. Leadership development needs and experiences: Survey findings Helen Spencer-Oatey and Daniel Dauber Part 3: Implications and applications 12. Understanding leadership and its development in Africa Eva Jordans, Bettina Ng’weno and Helen Spencer-Oatey

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Book SynopsisThe design process for organizational structures sometimes resembles a random walk, especially when it is embedded in an arena of competing personal interests and power games. Many organizations still lack clear guidance and are therefore seeking a rigorous, nuanced, and impartial methodology for the design and development of their organizational structures, processes and behavioral repertoire. The Viable System Model (VSM) can help: by identifying the essential design principles and parameters that need to be considered, and which can be used to enhance an organization’s effectiveness, adaptability, cohesion and overall viability.This book, the third volume in a set of three, connects the VSM to the world of the standard organizational chart. It offers readers a new perspective on corporate functions and their contributions to the organization as a whole. Further, it shows them how the VSM can be used to develop viable organizational structures, following a detailed step-by-step approach. Lastly, it explains the vital processes, behaviors, and attitudes that need to be developed in order to make organizations truly viable.Readers will find solutions to, and guidelines on, many critical organizational design issues, e.g. designing job profiles; correctly mapping synergistically (“centrally”) operating units in the organizational chart; outsourcing processes; and handling matrix situations; as well as designing and implementing organizational change processes."This compendium is a most welcome contribution to Organizational Cybernetics. Lassl provides a detailed analytical and insightful perspective on the currently most powerful organization theory, which is a key to mastering complexity: the Viable System Model. The author also finds new, creative ways of showing the practitioner how to make the model work. If you apply it properly, you can reap huge benefits: the viability of your organization and a prosperous future."Prof. em. Dr. Markus Schwaninger, University of St. Gallen"There is nothing more practical than a good theory" (K. Lewin). This is exactly what Lassl’s books exemplify and prove. By advancing the VSM-based organizational theory and providing ample application-related examples, these books allow the readers to look at their organizations and management from a new perspective, and provides them with the knowledge to trigger and implement practical organizational changes.I have been able to draw upon many cutting-edge examples from Lassl’s books for my lectures on the VSM, which have repeatedly convinced students of its value and enabled them to gain an in-depth understanding of the VSM. Particularly Lassl’s elaborations on variety management and on the axiom of requisite vertical eigen-variety are cornerstones for every organizational design project, for value-oriented management, and for the overall viability of the organization. I highly recommend the book to all managers looking for ideas for future-oriented design of organizations and of value creation."Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller-Wiegand, Vice President Department Business and Law, Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln/University of Applied Sciences Table of ContentsPart I: Building the Bridge.- Part II: Designing Organizational (Chart) Structures.- Part III: Implementation.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the important role of HR practitioners acting as toxin handlers within their organizations and the dangers they face when dealing with toxic workplace emotions caused by difficult organizational decisions, such as mergers and acquisitions, staff reductions, and restructurings. Exploring what they do, why they do it, and the personal and professional rewards created by the work, it also examines the dangers that await them in terms of risks to their personal well-being. In today's world, layoffs, harassment, discrimination, personality conflicts, or an abusive boss are just a few of the many types of workplace situations that can generate intense emotional pain for employees—feelings like anger, frustration, stress, disappointment, and even fear. Unfortunately, these types of events are predictable and somewhat inevitable, but it is the way organizations handle them—or do not—that can create a serious problem for employees. The responsibility often falls to HR to help troubled employees reduce their emotional pain so that they can re-focus and get back to work as quickly as possible, resulting in positive organizational outcomes. This book highlights the balancing act that HR must perform of caring for employees and championing their causes while at the same time driving toward organizational goals set by senior leaders. The author demonstrates how toxin handlers reduce organizational pain during tough times while also exploring the costs to their own well-being. Readers will learn to minimize the negative impact of toxic emotions from an organizational as well as individual perspective. This book will teach HR professionals strategies about how to anticipate and navigate the organizational toxicity caused by some of the inevitable and difficult people-related situations that are likely to come their way.Table of Contents 1 Toxin Handlers: Who They Are and What They Do 2 What Causes Toxic Workplace Situations? A Focus on the Economic and Legal Drivers 3 What Causes Toxic Workplace Situations? A Focus on the Individual, Situational, and Systemic Drivers 4 What Causes Toxic Workplace Situations? A Focus on the Ethical Drivers 5 Why They Do It 6 How They Reduce Organizational Pain 7 Why Organizations Need Them 8 Friend or Assassin: Whose Side Is HR On, Anyway? 9 The Price They Pay 10 Running on Empty: Warning Signs of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout 11 Perceived Low Value of HR’s Work to Senior Leaders (and How HR Can Fix This) 12 Promising Macro Strategies to Minimize Harm to Toxin Handlers 13 Promising Micro Strategies to Minimize Harm to Toxin Handlers 14 Can We Reduce Organizational Toxicity by Improving Our Leaders? Hint: Yes, We Can! 15 The So-What? Making Sense of It All 16 Epilogue: A Manifesto for a New (and Better) Future Correction to: The So-What? Making Sense of It All Appendix A: Executive Summary of the Research Study Appendix B: Technical Report Bibliography Index ​

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Book SynopsisThis aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors—Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations—the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones. Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book dives deep into the "Three Pillar Model" (3-P-Model) applied by the authors for organizations. These pillars are: Sustainable Purpose, Traveling Organization, and Connected Resources. The authors specifically concentrate on the pillar Traveling Organization and help in understanding the concept, its design, and navigation in practice. The expert contributors also show the relevance of the 3-P-Model in diverse areas – from profit and public organizations to the catholic church and cultural work. The navigation is aligned with the pillar Sustainable Purpose and connects professional topics, organizations, and people as three core resources. Organizational scientists, business strategists, and executive MBA students will particularly benefit from this book.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction & Framing.- Further Development of the Application of the Three Pillar-Model.- Navigating a Travelling Organization towards Future Success – How to Inspire and Co-Create the Joint Endeavor.- Part II: Concepts & Instruments.- Navigating Travelling Organizations Means Beginning - What Prevents Us from the New?.- The Role of “Navigators” in Travelling Organizations.- Viable Stepping-Stones along Transformation Journeys – Ensuring Business Execution while Transforming Diverse Organizations.- Agile and Design-Based Methodologies in Sales and Service Delivery - The Application of Design for Execution to Field Teams in the Pharmaceutical Industry.- The Leader’s Personal Approach to Navigating a Travelling Organization.- Objectives and Key Results: How Navigating Travelling Organizations Might Succeed.- Decision Making in Travelling Organizations – How to-Principles and Practices.- Navigating Investments for Transformation in a Travelling Organization.- Part III: Application & Experiences.- Navigating the Ivory Tower.- The Dilemma of How to Navigate a Rock.- "No contact without resistance".- Why cultural policy has such a hard time with navigation.- Gathering Points Creating Momentum - Navigating the journey of a value-driven company.- Industrial Excellence Meets Travelling Organization - Keeping promises in the VUCA world.- Beating the Normal Curve – Finding the Path for a Travelling Organization in Disruptive Times.- Part IV: Resume.- Conclusions and Thanks.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book presents a novel multidisciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing. The study of the good life or Eudaimonia has been a central concern at least since Aristotelian times. This responds to the common experience that we all seek happiness. Today, we are immersed in a new paradoxical boom, where the pursuit of happiness seems to permeate everything (books, media, organizations, talks), but at the same time, it is nowhere, or at least very difficult to achieve. In fact, it is not easy to even find a consensus regarding the meaning of the word happiness. Seligman (2011), one of the fathers of the positive psychology, confirmed that his original view the meaning he referred to was close to that of Aristotle. But, he recently confessed that he now detests the word happiness, since it is overused and has become almost meaningless. The aim of this open access book is to shed new light on human flourishing through the lenses of neurosciences and health, organizations, and arts. The novelty of this book is to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing in our lives. The book will examine further how different initiatives, policies and practices create opportunities for generating human flourishing.Table of ContentsIntroduction: In the pursuit of human flourishing.- PART I: NEUROSCIENCE AND HEALTH.- PART II: ORGANIZATION AND POLICIES.- PART III: CARE AND FLOURISHING.- PART IV: ARTS, FASHION AND LITERATURE.- Conclusion – What we have learnt form multidisciplinary views on Human Flourishing.- List of contributors

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an overview of organisation models used in practice from over a century ago to the present day. It outlines the effects these models have on efficiency, learning, innovation and workers’ health and offers critical reflections for students. Some of the models covered are Taylorism, bureaucracy, the socio-technical school, process organisation such as lean production, learning organisations, knowledge management, project organising including agile, platform economy, professional organisations, new public management and sustainable organisations. Featuring learning objectives and reflective questions for students of organisation studies and design, this textbook has a pedagogical structure based on the division of work and the coordination of work. Conclusions are presented on contemporary work organisation models’ impact on working life, ultimately encouraging students to ask the question, how can we create more sustainable work organisations.Table of Contents1. Organisation and work organisation Learning objectives Introduction The organisation society Work Work organisation Motivation Leadership – autocratic, democratic and laissez-fa1. Organisation and work organisation Learning objectives Introduction The organisation society Work Work organisation Motivation Leadership – autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire Reasons for the development and diffusion of work organisation models Summary Reflection questions 2. Taylorism and Fordism Learning objectives Scientific management Ford’s mass production Summary Reflection questions 3. The bureaucratic organisation Learning objectives Introduction Features of the bureaucracy Strengths and weaknesses related to the bureaucracy Bureaucracies for profit Advantages and disadvantages related to bureaucracy like organisations Summary Reflection questions 4. The sociotechnical school Learning objectives The self-directed working group Empowerment and the work environment Workers participating in development work The diffusion of the sociotechnical work organisation Critique of the sociotechnical work organisation Summary Reflection questions 5. Total quality management (TQM) and process organisation Learning objectives Quality for the customer The quality standard ISO 9000 Cutting down process time Lean production A comparison between lean production and the sociotechnical school Shifts of work organisation models Time based management Business process reengineering Summary Increased focus on change and learning Reflection questions 6. Organising for change, learning and knowledge Learning objectives The organic organisation The learning organisation Project organisation and Agile management Hinders and prerequisites for development Knowledge management Summary Reflection questions 7. Professional organisation and new public management – conflicting organisation perspectives in the public sector Learning objectives Introduction The professional organisation New public management Critical reflections on the professional organisation and NPM Summary Reflection questions 8. Network organising Learning objectives The network society and global supply chains Open innovation The gig economy: Platform organisations Summary Reflection questions 9. A changing working life – both up-skilling and down-skilling, more pressure and control Learning objectives Introduction Polarisation – both up-skilling and down-skilling More sophisticated control mechanisms Increased demands, intensification of work and stress related unhealth Summary Reflection questions 10. Sustainable work organisations Learning objectives Healthy working conditions Actors, agreements and frameworks supporting a sustainable working life Summary Reflection questions Bibliography Indexire Reasons for the development and diffusion of work organisation models Summary Reflection questions 2. Taylorism and Fordism Learning objectives Scientific management Ford’s mass production Summary Reflection questions 3. The bureaucratic organisation Learning objectives Introduction Features of the bureaucracy Strengths and weaknesses related to the bureaucracy Bureaucracies for profit Advantages and disadvantages related to bureaucracy like organisations Summary Reflection questions 4. The sociotechnical school Learning objectives The self-directed working group Empowerment and the work environment Workers participating in development work The diffusion of the sociotechnical work organisation Critique of the sociotechnical work organisation Summary Reflection questions 5. Total quality management (TQM) and process organisation Learning objectives Quality for the customer The quality standard ISO 9000 Cutting down process time Lean production A comparison between lean production and the sociotechnical school Shifts of work organisation models Time based management Business process reengineering Summary Increased focus on change and learning Reflection questions 6. Organising for change, learning and knowledge Learning objectives The organic organisation The learning organisation Project organisation and Agile management Hinders and prerequisites for development Knowledge management Summary Reflection questions 7. Professional organisation and new public management – conflicting organisation perspectives in the public sector Learning objectives Introduction The professional organisation New public management Critical reflections on the professional organisation and NPM Summary Reflection questions 8. Network organising Learning objectives The network society and global supply chains Open innovation The gig economy: Platform organisations Summary Reflection questions 9. A changing working life – both up-skilling and down-skilling, more pressure and control Learning objectives Introduction Polarisation – both up-skilling and down-skilling More sophisticated control mechanisms Increased demands, intensification of work and stress related unhealth Summary Reflection questions 10. Sustainable work organisations Learning objectives Healthy working conditions Actors, agreements and frameworks supporting a sustainable working life Summary Reflection questions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-organizational relationships. The systems-framework builds on three institutionalized business practices: Networks-as-coordinated social systems, Networks-as-knowledge-creating platforms, and Networks-as-value-generating entities. Through these tools, Towards Relational Business Practices intends to propose a new managerial praxis and provoke new and improved frameworks and models for network management. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part 1: Introduction to Part 1- Viewing Networks as Social Systems.- Chapter 2: Stakeholder Identification, Salience, and Strategic Mindset Analysis.- Chapter 3: Leading Human Values in Complex Environments.- Chapter 4: Making Sense of Network Dynamics through Network Picturing.- Chapter 5: Functional Contracting for Network Creation and Governance.- Chapter 6: Boundary Spanning and the Art of Persuasion.- Part 2: Introduction to Part 2: Knowledge Integration in Networks.- Chapter 7: Expert Knowledge Integration - A Systematic Approach for Multi-stakeholder Innovation.- Chapter 8: Third Party Supported Benchmarking for Reciprocal Learning.- Chapter 9: Value Proposition Co-development.- Chapter 10: Relational Factors as Part of Network Relationship Evaluation.- Chapter 11: Increasing Supplier-buyer Fit in Global Project Business - A Cognitive Ergonomics-based Approach.- Part 3: An Introduction to Part 3 - Moving Toward Mutual Benefits and Increased Total Value.- Chapter 12.- Life Cycle Cost Calculations as the Means for Value Communication in Networks.- Chapter 13: The Service Configurator - How to Optimally Split Project Scopes.- Chapter 14: The Value-based Sales Approach - Design Process, Tools and Needed Capabilities to Create A Solution.- Chapter 15: Value Co-creation Analysis in Customer-Supplier Network Relationships.- Chapter 16: Value Curve as a Multipurpose Tool - From Self-assessment to Forming Collaborative Networks.- Chapter 17: A Framework for Ecosystemic Strategizing and Change.- Chapter 18: Network Performance Management: Measurement, Scorecard, and Boundary Processes.- Chapter 19: Concluding Remarks- Managerial Tools in Networks-as-Practice Perspective.

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Book SynopsisIt is of central importance for companies to be innovative. To maximize their innovation potential, companies often rely on formal systems and processes for innovation management. It has been shown that such attempts have the side effect of inhibiting a number of valuable innovations. Some employees proceed informally and smuggle their innovations past formal barriers. Stephan Eicher analyses the interaction between bootleggers and their management. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, he answers three primary research questions. What is the current state of research on bootlegging in R&D? How do bootleggers overcome illegitimacy upon disclosing their covert projects to decision-makers? How do different management styles and approaches affect the incidence of bootlegging? The results of this research paint a vivid picture of the relationship between covert innovation projects and the official management world of companies.Table of ContentsWhat the literature tells us about bootlegging in R&D.- How bootleg researchers uncover their underground innovation projects.- The relationship between bootlegging and management practices.

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Book SynopsisThis management book documents the remarkable transformation of DSM, first from a coal mining company to a commodity chemicals producer and then in the last two decades to the life sciences & materials sciences company it is today, with its strong focus on biotechnology. The book gives an inside view on the ‘strategic learning cycles’ that have driven this evolutionary transformation. It also discusses the company traits that have contributed to its ability to adapt, grow and prosper. Renowned business schools such as IMD and Babson have accompanied the second transformation of DSM through their executive education programs. The book documents this support and draws lessons for long-term collaboration between companies and the business school world.Table of ContentsPreface.- DSM - From Dutch State Mines to Chemicals Company.- Transforming a Business School.- Moving from Sales to Marketing.- Achieving Market Orientation.- Developing Business Strategy Dialogues at DSM.- Enhancing Business School Impact.- Embedding Business Strategy Dialogues as a Core Process.- Contributing to Business Strategy Dialogues.- Experimenting with Corporate Strategy Dialogues to Focus and Explore.- Branching out Beyond Strategy.- The Big Decision: Exit Petrochemicals?- Leveraging Faculty Learning Cycles.- Completing the Transformation of DSM.- Lessons for Academia and Business.- The Seven Traits of a Successful Company.

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Book SynopsisExperienced base jumpers and other extreme sports athletes have one unwritten rule: self-knowledge. The way you think and the choices you make determine who you are and who you will become. If you know yourself, you will dare to take risks, to go your own way and to change. This rule goes for professionals who aim for high performances too. If you want your performances to have a positive drive, you first have to get to know yourself. Dare to Jump helps you to overcome your fears and gives you three power skills with which you can become the best version of yourself. Someone with a boundless mind-set, a sharp focus and a great amount of trust. You learn why focus is the new IQ, how to train yourself to enter the right flow, and how you build the level of trust within your team.

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Book SynopsisMisunderstandings are often perceived as something to be avoided yet delineate an integrative part of everyday work. This book addresses the role that misunderstandings play in collaborative work and, above all, their effects on the organisational result. As exemplified by project collaboration across three offices of a multinational corporation in India, Frauke Mörike explores how misunderstandings shape the organisational system and why they prove not only necessary but even productive for organisational functioning. In doing so, she offers new ways to think about collaboration and establishes `misunderstanding' as a key factor of insight for the field of organisational research.

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Book SynopsisThe typical structure of today's corporate organization was essentially invented in the nineteenth century and based deliberately on the military's "command and control" model and on the hierarchical pyramid of the Catholic Church. As such, it is outmoded and not equipped to deliver corporate success in the 21st century. My Steam Engine is Broken calls on a new generation of organisational leaders to stop trying to fix a broken and outmoded structure, and to create new, successful working structures that work with, not against, people's natural modes of behaviour. The authors explore the way in which the Steam Engine organisational model is no longer offering job satisfaction to its managers precisely (and paradoxically) because managers are not being enabled, and are often being prevented, from delivering what the organization most needs from them: self-direction, innovation, leadership and heartfelt commitment.

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Book SynopsisPerry Timms is a renowned blogger and international conference speaker on the transformative power of HR professionals. He is a consultant and coach based in Northamptonshire, UK, and the founder of People and Transformational HR Ltd. Named by HR Magazine as the most influential HR thinker in 2022 and inducted into the HR Magazine Hall of Fame in 2023, Perry is also a Visiting Fellow and Adjunct Professor at 4 UK Business Schools, a Chartered Member of the CIPD and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He is also a LinkedIn Learning Instructor and accredited in a range of psychometric tools.Trade Review"Perry inspired me again! The Energized Workplace challenges the new world of work by proposing non-traditional HR/OD solutions and unconventional models along with practical case studies. Perry's concepts will definitely support the wellbeing of employees as well as help leaders and colleagues gain a better understanding of how to harness employees' energies in the workplace." * Marguerite A. Ulrich, Inspire HR Consulting. Founder & Chief Inspiration Officer *"At a time when the world is facing unprecedented challenges, Perry brings the strategy and focus to recreate our organisations anew. The Energized Workplace offers a blueprint for how the workplace should be - not in the future, but NOW! This is no run of the mill book - it will leave you 'energised' and ready to bring your full self to work and help those around you achieve the same. A must read for anyone fed up with the status quo!" * Miranda Ash, Chief of Community + Transformation Expert at WorldBlu *"The Energized Workplace is a book the world (of work) needs more than ever. Through a rich and considered blend of research, case studies and evident soul searching Perry Timms holds a mirror up to the design flaws and leadership foibles that continue to plague people and organisations and boldly lays out a blueprint for us to reinvent work with energy, engagement and eudaimonia as a source of superpower." * Rob Baker, Chief Positive Deviant & Founder of Tailored Thinking and author of Personalization at Work *"I felt thoroughly nourished having read Perry's book. It's thought-provoking, progressive and gives you the space to think about what the future of work has in store for us and the potential impact that not taking care of our energy will have in this era of 'peak work'. In Perry's unique style he talks about how the 'dirty energy' will slow us down and how natural energy will lead us to flourish. If you're someone who wants to understand how to better manage your energy in the modern world of work this book is for you." * Natasha Wallace, Founder, Conscious Works and author of The Conscious Effect *"Making positive change happens best from a place of understanding. In The Energized Workplace, Perry helps us to understand the energy (or lack of!) in organizations, identifying approaches we can all take to design better experiences, raise energy levels and maximise engagement. A stunning read that takes you on a real journey of discovery about organizations, about energy and about yourself." * Joanna Suvarna, Learning and Development Specialist *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: 2050 voyaging; Chapter - 02: 20th-century design flaws; Chapter - 03: 80/20 variances; Chapter - 04: 1/20 or a 20 per cent probability; Chapter - 05: The 5 x 20 life and the redesign of age; Chapter - 06: 20:20 vision; Chapter - 07: The 20 misuses of energy in the workplace; Chapter - 08: The 2020 list of energized workplaces; Chapter - 09: 20 minutes per day to energize yourself; Chapter - 10: Tools for the next 20 years;

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Book SynopsisNeil Perkin is the founder of Only Dead Fish, a consultancy which specializes in digital strategy, transformation and agility. Based in Chichester, UK, he is a frequent conference speaker, curates the quarterly series of Firestarters thought leadership events for Google UK, and has been named by BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) as one of the most influential people in the UK digital industry. He is also the author of Agile Marketing and the co-author of Building The Agile Business Through Digital Transformation, both published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"Agile Transformation has an urgent message for leaders delivered with calm, thoughtfulness and generosity. It's the sort of densely packed book of useful things I like to keep near to my desk, and will end up accumulating a garland of post-its and improvised bookmarkers with scribbled notes like "problem-solving" or "This! Read when in doubt!"." -- Antony Mayfield * CEO, Brilliant Noise *"Neil Perkin's book addresses a fundamental leadership challenge - how to go from being compelled by the need to reinvent to knowing what the steps in your change plan need to look like. Essential reading." -- Bruce Daisley * Author, 'Fortitude', and 'Joy of Work' *"Neil Perkin has written a masterful book on digital transformation, with many practical wisdoms and nuggets waiting to be found. For any organiza- tion trying to create their preferred future, this is a must-read!" -- Gerd Leonhard * CEO, The Futures Agency; Author, ‘Technology vs. Humanity’ *"These days every company wants and needs to change but the answers seem cryptic, vague and often biased. As always, Neil Perkin writes brilliantly and clearly in what is an actionable yet inspiring, interesting yet practical, tour de force on how people in all kinds of business can adapt to the modern world." -- Tom Goodwin * Author, 'Digital Darwinism' *"Leading a transformation can be a daunting challenge. With external change happening at such pace and internal change being so complex, it can be hard to cut through the noise. Luckily, Neil Perkin has done that brilliantly with this book, offering plenty of actionable insights that any leader can put to immediate use." -- James Haycock * Founder, Planet Native Ventures; Author, ‘Bye Bye Banks?’ *"Packed full of amazing insights, case studies and practical examples for implementing agile transformation across any organization." -- Duncan Hammond * VP, Transformation, Warner Music Group *"Agile" and "transformation" aren't just pretty words to say. It's the new way of operating business, and you can't afford to be left behind. You couldn't ask for a better expert guide on the journey than Neil Perkin." -- Scott Brinker * VP, Platform Ecosystem, Hubspot; Author, ‘Hacking Marketing’ *"An inspiring and practical guide to the why, what and how of transforming businesses to meet the challenges and opportunities of digital disruption. Neil Perkin's clear and succinct writing provides an accessible and comprehensive roadmap for leaders to drive customer focused digital innovation." -- Judy Gibbon * Chairman, Wonderbly *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: A new operating system for a new operating environment; Chapter - 02: The agile business; Chapter - 03: A new agile operating system for business; Chapter - 04: Changing change management; Chapter - 05: Think big; Chapter - 06: Start small; Chapter - 07: Scale fast; Chapter - 08: Reinventing the organization;

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Book SynopsisThis book shows senior leaders how to leverage their unique personalities as an essential resource to help guide their organizations. Conventional leadership coaching approaches focus primarily on personal change, exploring the qualities that define successful leaders. But to trulyplay transformative and visionary roles within their organizations, C-suite and other senior leaders mustaccurately gauge their own strengths and weaknesses, and learn to identify and address the 'shadow side' of their personality traits. This book offers a unique model for strategic leadership by encouraging leaders to think carefully about their personal leadership styles. The authors show readers how to use their Big Five personality profiles to identify their unique personality strengths, how to understand the personality styles of others they encounter in professional scenarios, and how to use this knowledge to steer their organizations to greater success.BecTable of ContentsPart I. Your Personality Introduction. The “Aha” Moment Chapter 1. Leadership Development Flaws Chapter 2. Self-Reflection and Assessment Chapter 3. Personality Traits Chapter 4. Your Top Two Traits Chapter 5. More on the Big Five Chapter 6. Head Versus Heart Chapter 7. Career Branding Chapter 8. Beware of the Shadow Chapter 9. Accurate Self-Knowledge Chapter 10. The Big Five – RecapPart II. Strategic Leadership Chapter 11. The Strategic Transacting Model Chapter 12. Your PlatformPart III. Building Blocks of Strategic Leadership Chapter 13. Linguistics and Emotional Resonance Chapter 14. Emotional Intelligence Chapter 15. Interdependent Resonance Chapter 16. Listening Chapter 17. Improv and Body Language Exercises Chapter 18. How to Influence Behavior Chapter 19. Presentation Pointers Chapter 20. Call to Action EmailsPart IV. Strategic Coaching Chapter 21. Your Leadership Style Chapter 22. Performance Management Chapter 23. Creating a Winning Culture Chapter 24. Coaching Habits and Practices Chapter 25. Team Building Conclusion Supportive References

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Book SynopsisDesign leadership at scale requires leaders who design the design function, establish a thriving environment for the creative team, and shape the design organization to drive progress, advance innovation, and enhance meaningful customer experiences. To examine the foundations of successful design leadership, the authors performed extensive in-depth interviews with design leaders working for Fortune 500 organizations across industries. Based on these insights, Design Leadership Ignited delineates a pathway to design excellence, which includes establishing a forward-looking strategy and an adequate organizational structure for the design function, empowering the design team, and scaling the impact of design across the entire organization. This book takes the position that a core challenge in the journey towards design excellence is the need to recognize and balance the often-contradictory objectives and activities that design leaders encounter. Combining their practitioner experience and research, the authors provide a framework to embrace the complexity of design leadership that will elevate design at scale.Trade Review"The authors have created an exceptionally comprehensive guidebook to building and growing the design function. With engaging insights, useful models, and straightforward language, this book will spark plenty of 'aha' moments, generate lots of note-taking, and inspire even better design leadership for the future."—Carole Bilson, President, The Design Management Institute, and former VP Global Design & Usability, Pitney Bowes"This book couldn't have come at a better time. As many companies are facing profound transformations of their business model, strong design leaders are needed to help executive management navigate the high seas.Design Leadership Ignited is inspirational, pragmatic, filled with real-life experiences, and written for design excellence."—Laurens van den Acker, EVP Corporate Design, Renault Group"This book consolidates key insights and knowledge to ensure that design teams can thrive at scale. Elevating the practice of design leadership becomes even more critical as design leaders are now expected to play a pivotal role in shaping the success of not just products, but entire companies. Essential reading for design leaders."—Alastair Simpson, Vice President of Design, Dropbox"As scaled businesses increase their investment in design, it is more important than ever to understand and articulate the business value of enterprise design programs. Packed with practical real-world insights, Design Leadership Ignited is a clear and comprehensive resource for an emerging generation of design leaders."—Doug Powell, Vice President of Design, IBM"The most pragmatic, practical and insightful approach to understanding contemporary design leadership. Drawing on decades of knowledge in the field, this book is an essential read for aspiring design leaders and business leaders wishing to deliver excellence through design."—Rachel Cooper OBE, Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy, Lancaster University"A seminal and timely piece substantiating design leadership in the era of rethinking the future. Abound with enlightening thoughts and practice-oriented insights about design leadership as the differentiating force of change, this is a must read for all to build design as a core competency for the twenty-first century."—Edmund Lee, Senior Consultant & Former Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre"Complex organizations with increasingly overlapping boundaries between business and design require a different kind of design leadership, and this book provides the right insights to deliver it."—Deborah Dawton, Chief Executive Officer, Design Business AssociationTable of Contents1. Design Context 2. Design Leadership 3. Design Direction 4. Design Organization 5. Design Taxonomy 6. Design Resources 7. Design Scaling 8. Design Excellence

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Book SynopsisThe global electronics industry is one of the most innovation-driven and technology-intensive sectors in the contemporary world economy. From semiconductors to end products, complex transnational production and value-generating activities have integrated diverse macro-regions and national economies worldwide into the "interconnected worlds" of global electronics. This book argues that the current era of interconnected worlds started in the early 1990s when electronics production moved from systems dominated by lead firms in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan towards increasingly globalized and cross-macro-regional electronics manufacturing centered in East Asia. By the 2010s, this co-evolution of production network complexity transformed global electronics, through which lead firms from South Korea, Taiwan, and China integrated East Asia into the interconnected worlds of electronics production across the globe. Drawing on literature on the electronics industry, new empirical material comprising custom datasets, and extensive personal interviews, this book examines through a "network" approach the co-evolution of globalized electronics production centered in East Asia across different national economies and sub-national regions. With comprehensive analysis up to 2021, Yeung analyzes the geographical configurations ("where"), organizational strategies ("how"), and causal drivers ("why") of global production networks, setting a definitive benchmark into the dynamic transformations in global electronics and other globalized industries. The book will serve as a crucial resource for academic and policy research, offering a conceptual, empirically driven grounding in the theory of these networks that has become highly influential across the social sciences.Trade Review"Henry Wai-chung Yeung provides a comprehensive and fascinating analysis of the decisive role of global production networks in driving the shift of global electronics industry to East Asia in the early 21st century. The book features rich and detailed firm level data, an excellent resource for both teaching and research. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the dominance of East Asia in the industry."—Yuqing Xing, Professor of Economics, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies"Henry Wai-chung Yeung's highly original and insightful book provides us understanding of a deeper and wider form of global production integration than that of global value chains. These are interconnected worlds of global production. The interdependencies that he captures shed light on new possibilities for global development, but also deep challenges and risks for global development policy, as well as global business."—Michael Storper, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics; Distinguished Professor of Regional and International Development, UCLA"From startling revelations about the centrality of semiconductors in modern manufacturing to current debates on deglobalization, decoupling and the reshoring of global supply chains, the electronics industry has moved to center stage in public awareness. Interconnected Worlds could not be more timely in unpacking the regional roots of global electronics and bridging academic, firm strategy and policy domains."—Gary Gereffi, Emeritus Professor and Director of the Global Value Chains Center at Duke University, Durham, NC"This book is Yeung's remarkable update on his long-time study on electronic industry in Asia and the globe, comprising semi-conductors, cell phones, PCs and displays. It reflects his intellectual journey from his early focus on inter-national political economy to a new network approach on inter-firm and intra-firm production activities across national boundaries. It is timely and extremely helpful to understand the nature of the disruptions in global value chains since the US-China trade conflicts and the Covid-19, and also to derive effective responses to them."—Keun Lee, Distinguished Professor, Seoul National University; winner of the 2014 Schumpeter Prize"Yeung [has] made a significant contribution to our understanding of how the globe's most important technology-based industries are evolving."—Robert Huggins and Andrew Johnston, Eurasian Geography and Economics"[Interconnected Worlds] offers an empirical, grounded study that will inform research on the reconfiguration of global electronics production networks in the decades to follow... No doubt it will represent a 'benchmark for assessing changes in the early 2020s and beyond'."—Chun Yang, Regional Studies"Interconnected Worlds makes an excellent contribution to explaining the evolution of electronics GPNs by the integration of companies in East Asian [sic] or, alternatively, by tracking the shift of electornics GPNs to East Asia. It is a thorough and exhaustive piece of work and easily the most complete analysis of the electronics sector in East Asia and its integration with electronics GPNs."—Seamus Grimes, Economic GeographyTable of Contents1. Worlds of Electronics: From National Innovations to Global Production 2. Changing Fortunes in Global Electronics: A Brief History 3. Global Production Networks: A Theory of Interconnected Worlds 4. Geographical Configurations of Global Electronics Centered in East Asia 5. Firm Strategies and Organizational Innovations in Production Networks 6. Explaining Production Networks: Causal Drivers and Competitive Dynamics 7. Whither (De-)Globalized Electronics Production in the 2020s? Current Trajectories and Future Agendas

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Book SynopsisReveals the strategies and tactics that separate the winners from the losers. This guide argues that power is a force that can be used and harnessed for individual gain, but also for the benefit of organisations and society.Trade Review"Jeff Pfeffer is of immense service to the world with his work, blending academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide." -- Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall "Talk about speaking truth to power! In refreshingly candid prose, Jeff Pfeffer offers brilliant insights into how power is successfully built, maintained, and employed in organizations. It's well known that when Pfeffer speaks about power, smart people listen. This book shows why." -- Robert Cialdini, author of Influence "Jeff Pfeffer nails it! Political skill, not just talent, is central to success in every field. In Power, this leading scholar comes down to earth with practical, even contrarian, tactics for mastering the power game." -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Chaired Professor, Harvard Business School, and bestselling author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End and SuperCorp "[Power] will help you get comfortable with challenging assumptions and lingering on the pause...[Pfeffer] draws on a wealth of social-science and psychology research." -- Inc. "Its candor, crisp prose, and forthrightness are fresh and appealing... Brimming with frank, realistic insights on paths to the top, this book offers unexpected-and aggressive-directions on how to advance and flourish in an ever-more competitive workplace." -- Publishers Weekly "[Academics and consultants] have an interest in presenting business as a rational enterprise... This leaves the analysis of power to retired businesspeople...(who strive to present themselves as business geniuses rather than Machiavellis) and practicing snake-oil salesmen...Jeffrey Pfeffer of Stanford Business School is an exception to this rule." -- The Economist "[Power] ought to be required reading for would-be leaders...[E]xcellent." -- Financial Times

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Book SynopsisJim Stewart is Professor of HRD at Liverpool Business School, UK. He is also Chief Examiner of Learning and Development for the CIPD as well as Visiting Panel Chair and External Moderator.Patricia Rogers is part of the Postgraduate Taught Strategy and Development Group responsible for the development of postgraduate taught strategies across Coventry University, UK.

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Book SynopsisWe’re relentlessly behind the curve, dousing fires everywhere, and our 3 a.m. insomnia provides the only unscheduled thinking time of the day.What we need reinserted in our lives is the missing element of white space—short periods of open, unscheduled time that, when recaptured, change the very nature of work.Trade Review“This book is more than a first-rate guide to getting more and better work done. It is a powerful meditation on the false lure of busyness and the sustaining power of the pause. A Minute to Think is essential reading for maddening times.” — Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human “I absolutely loved A Minute to Think. It’s one of the most captivating and relevant approaches to solving busyness that I’ve read. Juliet’s energetic style and practical insights play a pivotal role as we long to pause yet be more productive and creative in this next decade of hybrid working.” — Angela Ahrendts, DBE, former SVP of Apple Retail and CEO of Burberry “Juliet Funt makes a compelling case for a tactic that’s both critically important and distressingly overlooked: the strategic pause. If you regularly feel overwhelmed by your work, read this book!” — Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email and Deep Work “This smart, funny business book is brimming with actionable tools. It’s certain to make any team stronger.” — Patrick Lencioni, president, The Table Group; New York Times bestselling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team “My decades of experience in the productivity arena have taught me you don’t need more time—you need more room. Room to be creative, to be strategic, and simply to be present in whatever you’re doing. Juliet provides an elegant and easily followed manual of how to get us there. Bravo.” — David Allen, international bestselling author of Getting Things Done "Rarely has an author produced something so immediately relevant and profoundly important to balancing my life and to my daily practices at work. Reading A Minute to Think is an investment in getting the most out of our most precious commodity–time. Bravo." — Nicholas Drake, Vice President Global Marketing at Google “Like many, I spent most of my life convinced that busy was the same as productive. That’s how I fed my self-esteem for years. But reading A Minute to Think, I have finally and fully understood what Aristotle said: “The quality of life is determined by its activities.” — Bradley J. Preber, CEO, Grant Thornton LLP "So many of us are consumed, buried, busy and overwhelmed. A Minute to Think will set us free, delivering an immediately shift towards doing better work every day. This book is a necessary and profound advancement tool for the modern day workplace culture." — Rory Vaden, New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs and creator of the viral TEDx talk “How to Multiply Time” "Juliet Funt is a master of time management and she recognizes the need to attack busyness with a vengeance. I’m excited for you to explore her book on this topic so you can reevaluate how you think, work, and behave to focus on the most important things that only you can do." — Craig Groeschel, New York Times bestselling author and Pastor of Life.Church “I wish I wrote this book.” — John Cleese, comedy legend

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Book SynopsisFor decades, 5S practitioners have struggled with exactly how to implement and sustain a 5S program in their workplaces. While there are many books available on the organization methods suggested by 5S, few provide easy-to-understand, step-by-step guidance on how to set up and sustain successful 5S implementations. 5S Made Easy fills this need.Written by an expert whose focus for the last decade has been nothing but 5S, the book supplies in-depth guidance on how to implement and sustain each of the 5S pillarssort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain.The book uses an easy-to-follow format that was designed for use during 5S events. It provides color images of real-world 5S solutions, including before and after pictures from the field. It also supplies readers with online access to all of the forms and documents needed for an effective 5S program. All the forms and documents are provided in an easily editable format to fit any operation.Trade Review"5S Made Easy is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for 5S in manufacturing. It nicely explains how 5S has a greater purpose than simple housekeeping. It is about standardizing and improving—often overlooked points in a 5S deployment."—Drew Locher, Change Management Associates; Shingo Prize-Winning Author of Lean Office and Service Simplified and Value Stream Mapping for Lean Development"Hurray to Dave Visco for 5S Made Easy. When I ask customers ‘How much time do you spend each day searching for material, information or tools?’ the typical response is ‘about an hour.’ Regardless of the venue – office, healthcare or factory – the answer is almost always the same. A workplace that is not well organized generates an incredible amount of confusion, frustration, and delay every day! But every so often, I encounter a facility where employees declare proudly, ‘We never search for anything.’ These are workplaces transformed by 5S, where employees and managers make workplace organization a regular part of their work and their continuous improvement. The stability created through an effective 5S process is critical to every other best practice, from set-reduction and TPM to kanban and standardized work. Dave’s book offers a step-by-step primer for any change leader who wants to get this foundational improvement method right the first time.—Bruce Hamilton, President, GBMP"5S has become one of the most popular improvement activities in factories, offices, and small shops across America. 5S is straightforward and effective in improving any operation. Despite its popularity, there are only a handful of books that explain how to do 5S. Veteran 5S coach and consultant, David Visco, has stepped in to help fill that gap with his ‘how-to’ workbook, 5S Made Easy. Anyone can begin a 5S program in their department or business by following this book’s easy-to-understand steps. In addition, Visco has provided checklists, forms, and resource guides. Almost everything you need is right here."—From the Foreword by Mike McCarthy, Lean Consultant and Author of Sustain Your Gains: The People Side of Lean-Six SigmaTable of ContentsWhat Is 5S and Why Do It? How to Use This Book. Develop Your Plan. Train the Team. Sort. Set in Order and Shine. Standardize. Sustain. The Ideal Conditions to Implement Lean.

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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

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