Organizational theory and behaviour Books

Book SynopsisTransform your organization into a dynamic catalyst for success Accelerating Performance is not just another warm and fuzzy change management book it's a practical, comprehensive, data-driven action plan for picking up the pace and achieving more.Table of ContentsForeword xi Acknowledgments xv About the Authors xvii Introduction 1 SECTION I MOVE FAST OR DIE FASTER 5 CHAPTER 1 The Soft Stuff Really Is the Hard Stuff 7 CHAPTER 2 How to Increase Your METAbolic Rate 17 CHAPTER 3 A Learning Laboratory 31 CHAPTER 4 Our Journey to META 41 CHAPTER 5 What’s Your Current Pace?: A Diagnostic 55 SECTION II THE ACCELERATION IMPERATIVE 63 CHAPTER 6 Accelerating Strategy: Less Plan, More Planning 65 CHAPTER 7 Accelerating Organizations: Turning Drag into Drive 85 CHAPTER 8 Accelerating Teams: Capability Equals Ability Minus Ego 123 CHAPTER 9 Accelerating Leaders: The Leader Sets the Pace 149 SECTION III HOW TO START 165 CHAPTER 10 Finding the Right Recipe 167 CHAPTER 11 The ABC of Behavior Change 181 CHAPTER 12 Change the People or Change the People 199 CHAPTER 13 The Board as Catalyst 211 SECTION IV THE FOUR KEY SKILLS 223 CHAPTER 14 Ripple Intelligence: Join the Dots 225 CHAPTER 15 Resource Fluidity: Match Resources to Opportunities 237 CHAPTER 16 Dissolving Paradox: Reframe the Issue 249 CHAPTER 17 Liquid Leadership: Connect Beyond Hierarchy 263 CHAPTER 18 Conclusion: It’s More than a Program 273 Research Appendix 291 Index 317

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Book SynopsisA guide to creating order from the chaos of everyday life, including clearing up specific "clutter zones" within the home and office.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Basic Organizational Tools and Tenets 7 Chapter 1: Dealing with Clutter 9 Chapter 2: Training Your Mind to Be Organized 21 Chapter 3: Assembling the Tools, Supplies, and Systems 29 Part II: Getting Organized at Home 43 Chapter 4: Where It All Begins: The Front Hall 45 Chapter 5: What’s Cooking: Organizing the Kitchen 55 Chapter 6: Sleep on This: Bedroom Bliss 81 Chapter 7: Bathe and Beautify: Creating Functional Bathrooms 99 Chapter 8: Space for Gracious Living: The Living Room and Dining Room 113 Chapter 9: The Hangout Spot: Family and Media Room 123 Chapter 10: Organizing for Fun: The Playroom 133 Part III: Organizing Storage Spaces and Other Secret Places 141 Chapter 11: Lightening Your Load: The Laundry and Utility Room 143 Chapter 12: Where Clutter Clones Itself: The Basement and Attic 155 Chapter 13: Patrolling the Borderlands: The Garage, Patio, and Shed 167 Part IV: Professionally Organized: Your Office 181 Chapter 14: Making Your Work Space Work 183 Chapter 15: Command Central: The Desk 199 Chapter 16: Managing Your Information Flow 213 Chapter 17: Cyberorganization: The Next Frontier 231 Part V: Time Management Strategies for Home, Office, and Travel 251 Chapter 18: Planning Your Day and Your Life Like a Pro 253 Chapter 19: Scheduling Skills for Maximum Productivity 277 Chapter 20: Maximizing Your Personal Time 295 Chapter 21: Going Mobile: Trips Near and Far 313 Part VI: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 22: Storage for Small Spaces: Apartments, Condos, and Compact Houses 335 Chapter 23: Ten Moves to Make Your Move Hassle-Free 339 Chapter 24: Ten Tips for Great Garage Sales 343 Chapter 25: Ten Pointers about Pets 347 Chapter 26: 911! Emergency Strategies 353 Index 357

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Book SynopsisCreativity has long been thought of as an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if this most common belief about how creativity works is wrong? In this revised and expanded edition, psychologist Keith Sawyer tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative-even when you''re alone. Sawyer draws on compelling stories of inventions and innovations: the inventors of the ATM, the mountain bike, and open source operating systems, among others, to demonstrate the freewheeling ways of true innovation. He shares the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz ensembles, improv groups, and conversation analysis, to show us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity. Now with a new chapter on web-based developments that have made collaboration central to everyone''s lives, this revised and updated edition is a must read for anyone seeking to thrive and succeed by tapping into collaborative creativity

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Book SynopsisDecision-making is an activity in which everyone is engaged on a more or less daily basis. In this book, Karin Brunsson and Nils Brunsson explore the intricacies of decision-making for individuals and organizations. When, how and why do they make decisions? The authors identify four distinct ways of reasoning that decision-makers use. The consequences of decisions vary: some promote action, others impede it, and some produce more responsibility than others. With in-depth discussions of rationality, justifications and hypocrisy, the authors show how organizational and political decision processes become over-complicated and difficult for both decision makers and external observers to understand. Decisions is a concise and easy-to-read introduction to a highly significant and intriguing topic. Based on research from several fields, it provides useful reading and essential knowledge for scholars and students throughout the social sciences and for everyone who wants to understand their own decisions and those of others.Trade Review'Decision-making is often a confusing and confused process. Emotions, judgements and prejudices can all play a part, whether a decision is made by an individual, a group or an organization. The study of decision making, however, doesn't have to be either confusing or confused as this excellent book eloquently demonstrates. The four logics of decision-making identified here provide the authors with a framework which enables them to explain in clear and simple terms decisions that appear complex, confusing or irrational.' --Yiannis Gabriel, University of Bath, UK'This rich, imaginative little book offers fascinating insights into the intricacies of decision making by both individuals and organizations, and a sobering appraisal of the delayed Swedish response to the 2004 tsunami. Any new book by Karen and Nils Brunsson is a welcome treat, and this one is a gem!' --Walter W. Powell, Stanford University'Decisions: The Complexities of Individual and Organizational Decision-Making by Nils and Karin Brunsson offers an excellent introduction to the complexities of decision-making. Decades of research on decision making are succinctly summarized and presented in a refreshing and easily accessible way. A must read for researchers, students and practitioners who want to get an overview of the latest insights into the particularities of individual and organizational decision-making.' --David Seidl, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: The Quake 1. Decisions 2. Individuals as decision makers 3. Organizations as decision makers 4. The Consequences of Decisions 5. Complex decision processes After the tsunami References Index

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Book SynopsisA classic text of organisation development that addresses the complications that occur in power structures within which workers with specialized skills are managed by superiors without those skills. Thompson is interested in exploring and righting the creative tensions between knowledge and power.

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Book SynopsisStrong family governance can create an environment of smooth decision making, cohesiveness, effective conflict resolution and a directive that moves the business forward. Authors Aronoff and Ward show leaders why a strong governance is critical to taking families from one generation of success to the next.Trade Review'Initially, our directors were all family members, and we used Family Business Governance: Maximizing Family and Business Potential as a guide to restructuring our board of directors, which now include outside directors. The book helped us to have a more professional and productive board.' - Judy Whitaker, VP, Witaker Oil Company, Atlanta, GA 'Aronoff and Ward have done it again, Family Business Governance: Maximizing Family and Business Potential meets the high standards, previously established by the Family Business Leadership Series. For any business owning family who wants to improve how the family and its business are governed, this is a must. Not only do the authors list the questions that must be answered by the family, the Board, and top management of the firm if they are to establish the best governance practices, their cast experience allows them to wax normative and to point out the pitfalls to be avoided.' - Professor Alden G. Lank, President, Family Business Network, Professor of Family Enterprises Emeritus, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, President, Lank Family Business Associates, LLC, Hingham, MA 'Each Family Business Leadership Series booklet is packed cover-to-cover with expert guidance, solid information, and ideas that work...you deliver.' - Alan Campbell, CFO, Campbell Motel Properties, Inc., Brea, CATable of ContentsIntroduction The Importance of Thoughtful and Effective Governance The Differing Roles of the Family and the Board Organizing the Family Organizing the Board Managing Overlapping Concerns Managing Communication Between Family and Board How Governance Changes as the Family Business Evolves Summary

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Book SynopsisThis is the first full collection of all 122 of Russell Ackoff's f/laws - previously only available in two separate books from Triarchy Press (Management f-Laws and Systems Thinking for Curious Managers.) Each f/law in this full collection is accompanied by Ackoff's own witty and acerbic explanatory text and (in the printed edition) by his original drawings and cartoons. The collection reverts to Ackoff's original typescript without any commentary or other introduction. As Ackoff himself says: "Over time I have become aware of some very important truths about the practice of management. These truths, which I call the 'F/laws of Management', contradict assumptions that are commonly held by managers. These simple management truths are much more important than the fundamental, but complex, truths revealed by scientists, economists, politicians, or philosophers. The truths these wise thinkers reveal are at most frosting on the cake. The truths presented here are the cake." This definitive collection distils Ackoff's wisdom and a lifetime of experience about management, leadership, innovation, teamwork and organizations. It should be required reading for anyone who works in an organization.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of previous books by Russ Ackoff that included his f/laws; "This book is fun - not something one can often say about a management book. It's also a compact piece of distilled wisdom. - Take each f/law in turn and ask how it applies to you, to your role in the organisation and the organisation as a whole. Do it seriously and you might learn a lot." Charles Handy ~ Management Today; " - you are in the presence of one of the profoundest and wittiest brains ever to engage with the bizarre human activity called management." Simon Caulkin ~ The Observer ;" - an instructive gem that should be required reading for anyone interested in effective management." Prof. Sheldon Rovin ~ Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania ;"If you ever need a reality check after stumbling out of some appalling management meeting, or just need cheering up on a long business trip, this is the book for you. Just about every myth or pompous delusion about management gets punctured - " Stefan Stern ~ Financial Times ;" - profound thoughts in digestible bites... easy to read yet full of wisdom. How much better our organizations would be if managers could learn these lessons!" Prof. Michael C Jackson ~ Hull University Business School. ;"Wit and wisdom in small doses on the deep rooted abuse of hierarchical power. It takes a Russ Ackoff to unveil myths and illusions of this kind." Goran Carstedt ~ Formerly President, Volvo Cars and Ikea Europe

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the latest research in brain science, emotional intelligence, and organizational theory, an award-winning communication and organizational strategist answers questions about the true definition of empathy. This groundbreaking exploration into business productivity and office management offers both real-world insights and practical ways to build transformative empathy skills organization-wide. It shows how learning about and teaching empathy in the workplace can improve productivity, innovation, and profitability. The guide also provides an innovative framework to help leaders meet the six universal needs of the organization itself while also respecting those of individual employees and customers.Trade Review" The Empathy Factor at Work provides compelling evidence that empathy is a critical element for organizational success. It outlines a powerful process for creating empathic connections within individuals and among teams as well as with customers. Marie Miyashiro shows how to blend the heart and mind for superior performance at all levels of an organization." -Peggy Milford, former CEO, US West Business Resources

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Book SynopsisIn 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history. In the most comprehensive account to date, senior systems engineers Earl Boebert and James Blossom show how corporate and engineering decisions, each one individually innocuous, interacted to create the disaster.Trade ReviewThis book offers an extremely methodical approach to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It is written in a concise, no-nonsense style, and couched in terms that a layman can understand. It is a highly original work with a well-structured argument, providing insight into the BP oil spill unavailable elsewhere. A thoroughly recommended read not only for oilfield professionals, but for all concerned parties. -- Alastair R. Fleck, Shell Global SolutionsDeepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster shines a spotlight on the very high-risk situations that demand a consistent systems approach at all levels and from all parties. It demonstrates that—however popular or trendy they are today—streamlined, agile approaches don’t work in all situations. This book will be of value to business and engineering audiences, as well as anyone interested in technology policy. -- Marjory S. Blumenthal, technology policy expertDeepwater Horizon is the definitive work on an event that not only had enormous ecological repercussions, but which also shook the oil industry to its foundations. Meticulously researched, the explanation of the disaster will be comprehensible to the interested layman, while numerous annotations add depth and detail for academics and professionals. The authors’ purpose is to analyze the event, detail the lessons learned, and thereby make everyone safer. The book fulfills the first two aims admirably, and the rest is up to us. -- Andrew Kay, independent oilfield consultantModern organization theory emphasizes the central role that organizational culture and structure play in outcomes, and though this book is not on organization theory per se, it is destined to be a classic case study in the field. A great deal of safety analysis focuses on searches for the root cause of accidents and disasters, but the Deepwater Horizon incident demonstrates that the causality of some disasters has a fundamentally multifactor nature. This book should be read by anyone concerned with safety of large complex systems. -- Herb Lin, Stanford UniversityReaders wanting to know just what happened and why in the Deepwater Horizon disaster will never find a better book. -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Monthly *Two senior systems engineers offer a comprehensive account of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, where escaping gas and oil destroyed the rig, killing 11, injuring dozens and creating the worst human-made ecological disaster ever in the Gulf of Mexico. The book sifts through the evidence, challenging the common explanation that the crew, under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes compounded by a safety device failure. Instead, individually innocuous corporate and engineering decisions combined to create the disaster. The complex interactions of technology, people and procedures involved in offshore drilling illustrate a systems approach that yields a better understanding of how to prevent similar disasters in the future. * ISE Magazine *Most accounts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster dwell on the drama of the rig’s last hours, as the crew struggled to cope with the well blowout and then fought to survive. Those events are also part of Boebert and Blossom’s story, but the scope of their narrative is broader. Much of the action takes place deep underground, where drilling technology meets the uncertainties of geology, or else miles away in BP’s Houston offices. Their approach is analytic rather than dramatic. Theirs is the account for readers who want to understand how such disasters come about and what strategies might have the best chance of preventing more of them. -- Brian Hayes * American Scientist *

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Book SynopsisThis study uses qualitative and quantitative data from the history of a specific organization, Stanford University, to develop speculations about the ways in which written rules change. It contributes both to a theory of rules and to theories of organizational decision-making, change, and learning.Trade Review"In developing an elegant and sophisticated theory of how and why organizational rules change, the authors have created an entirely new field of organizational research. I know of no other general theory on the rise, evolution, and demise of rules, and I have never seen such a rich longitudinal dataset on rules." —Frank Dobbin, Princeton University"This is an important book. . . . It outlines an emerging theory of the dynamics of organizational rules that enriches many other perspectives on the functioning of organizations. . . . Future discussions of institutionalization, organization-environment adaptation, organizational learning, organizational change, and the effect of contextual influences on individual behavior will benefit from consideraiton and inclusion of the themes presented here."—Personnel Psychology"James March, Martin Schulz, and Xueguang Zhou address the fascinating question of how rules evolve in a complex organization with a unique data set. . . . No other book equals this one in regard to the breadth of the questions asked and the mode of analysis. . . . Scholars interested in the study of institutional arrangements will find this a valuable part of their library."—American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Book Synopsis This book provides a broad introduction to consulting psychology that reviews assessment and intervention at three levels of competency—individual, group, and organizational—including how these levels interact. Consulting psychology is a burgeoning yet sometimes underappreciated discipline whose goal is to empower clients and improve workplace functioning. In this book, Dr. Lowman describes this fulfilling and important work, translating theory and research into a succinct and accessible overview that will familiarize students, psychologists from multiple disciplines, and others with the field. Lowman reviews how consultation helps clients at three levels—individual, group, and organizational. Using illustrative case examples, he samples issues that can arise at each level and describes appropriate tools for assessment and intervention. The various consulting activities surveyed include: screening potentiaTrade ReviewExceptionally well organized and presented, An Introduction to Consulting Psychology is comprehensively informed and informative. * Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents Series Editor's Foreword Rodney L. Lowman The Work of Consulting Psychologists Consulting at the Individual Level Consulting at the Group and Team Level Consulting at the Organizational Level Integrating Across Domains and Levels: The Case of Leadership Multicultural and International Issues in Consulting Psychology Ethical and Professional Standards in the Practice of Consulting Psychology The Road Ahead References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisWith comprehensive coverage of topics related to learning, training, and development, this volume is a must-have resource for industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologists, human resource (HR) scholars, and adult education specialists. Brown provides a forward-looking exploration of the current research on workplace training, employee development, and organizational learning from the primary point of view of industrial organizational psychology. Each chapter discusses current practices, recent research, and, importantly, the gaps between the two. In analyzing these aspects of the topic, the chapter authors both present the valuable knowledge available and show the opportunities for further study and practice.Table of Contents1. Introduction and overview: now more than ever Kenneth G. Brown; Part I. Fundamental Issues in Learning and Transfer: 2. Cognitive and neural foundations of learning Kurt Kraiger and Victoria P. Mattingly; 3. Facilitating the development of expertise: an individual to organizational perspective Alena D. Marand and Raymond A. Noe; 4. Understanding training transfer from the adaptive performance perspective Jason L. Huang, Shan Ran and Brian D. Blume; 5. The psychology of learner control in training: a multilevel, interactionist framework Garrett N. Howardson, Karin A. Orvis, Sandra. L. Fisher and Michael E. Wasserman; Part II. Understanding the Learner: 6. The role of abilities in learning and training performance Margaret E. Beier, Anton J. Villado and Jason G. Randall; 7. Taking charge of your own learning: self-regulation in training John J. Donovan and Jessica M. Nicklin; 8. Effects of genuine and perceived demographic differences in training and development Tracy C. McCausland and Eden B. King; Part III. Designing the Intervention: 9. Enhancing training transfer by promoting accountability in different work contexts: an integrative framework Michael J. Tews and Lisa A. Burke-Smalley; 10. Building deep specialization through intentional learning activities J. Kevin Ford, Jessica Santoro and Morgan Showler; 11. The science and practice of simulation-based training in organizations Shannon L. Marlow, Christina N. Lacerenza, Denise Reyes and Eduardo Salas; 12. Augmented reality systems in training Joseph R. Keebler, Brady S. Patzer, Travis J. Wiltshire and Stephen M. Fiore; 13. One (lesson) for the road? What we know (and don't know) about mobile learning Michael E. Wasserman and Sandra L. Fisher; 14. Time and thinking: an alternative to traditional learning and development activities Gillian B. Yeo and Sharon K. Parker; 15. Developing Latino talent Miguel A. Quiñones; Part IV. Special Topics: 16. Training and development in small and medium enterprises Melissa S. Cardon and Stephen D. Valentin; 17. Team training: knowing much, but needing to know much more Erich C. Dierdorff and J. Kemp Ellington; 18. Developing cultural intelligence Jana L. Raver and Linn Van Dyne; 19. Implications of positive organizational behavior and psychological capital for learning and training effectiveness Alan M. Saks and Jamie A. Gruman; 20. Rings of fire: training for systems thinking and broadened impact Anders Dysvik, Arne Carlesen and Miha Škerlavaj; 21. Rockstar vs ringmaster: balancing complimentary teaching roles to develop management skills Peter A. Heslin, Geoff Mortimore and Lauren A. Keating; Part V. Workplace Learning from Other Lenses: 22. Training from the perspective of human resource development and industrial-organizational psychology: common pasts, parallel paths – going where? Jon M. Werner; 23. Strategic training and development and their role in shaping competitive advantage Lynn A. McFarland and Robert E. Ployhart; 24. Hospitality training research: a review and implications for future research J. Bruce Tracey; 25. Informal learning Saul Carliner; 26. An operations management perspective on employee training and workforce planning Barrett W. Thomas, Mike Hewitt and Scott E. Grasman; 27. Workplace training from the sociological perspective David B. Bills and Herman van de Werfhorst; Index.

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Book SynopsisAny organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when the change has happened, problems emerge when the boss who was hired to manage “from above” has to learn about the organization “from below.” In this book, Niklas Luhmann scrutinizes the relationship and shows how it is stretched to its limit by communication difficulties, demands for self-presentation, and disagreements concerning fundamental values. Many of the tensions crystallize around the question “who has the power?” It isn’t necessarily the boss, provided the employees are well versed in the art of directing their superiors. “Subtervision” is Luhmann’s term for this state of affairs, and tact is the most important means to this end. Yet caution is advised: whoever achieves mastery in subtervision may well become the new boss. This slim and thought-provoking book from one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century will be of great interest to anyone seeking to understand the dynamics and machinations of the workplace.Trade Review"While many know Niklas Luhmann in his capacity as a systems theoretician, few are aware that he has also written a number of important essays in organization theory. The New Boss represents an excellent introduction to this part of Luhmann's work: it is bristling with interesting ideas about leadership, formal organizations, groups and much more."—Richard Swedberg, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: "The Same Boss as the Old Was?" Andreas Hess The New Boss The Spontaneous Creation of Order Subtervision or The Art of Directing Superiors AfterwordJürgen Kaube Sources of the Texts Notes

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Book SynopsisCofounder of Fast Company magazine and bestselling author of Mavericks at Work and Practically Radical shows how true business innovation can spring from the unlikeliest places. Far away from Silicon Valley, in familiar, traditional, even unglamorous fields, ordinary people are unleashing extraordinary advances that amaze customers, energize employees, and create huge economic value. Their secret? They understand that the work of inventing the future doesn't just belong to geeks designing mobile apps and virtual-reality headsets, or to social-media entrepreneurs hoping to launch the next Facebook. Some of today's most compelling organizations are doing brilliant things in simple settings such as retail banks, office cleaning companies, department stores, small hospitals, and auto dealerships.William C. Taylor, cofounder of Fast Company and best-selling author of Practically Radical, traveled thousands of miles to visit these hotbeds of simple brilliance and unearth the principles and practices behind their success. He offers fascinating case studies and powerful lessons that you can apply to do ordinary things in extraordinary ways, regardless of your industry or profession. Consider, for instance, how... ·Miami Beach's dazzling 1111 Lincoln Road reimagined the humble parking garage as a high-profile public space that hosts weddings, yoga classes, and celebrity gatherings.·USAA, the financial-services giant that provides soldiers and their families with insurance and banking products, inspires frontline employees to deliver legendary service by immersing them in military culture.·Pal's Sudden Service, a fast-food chain with a cult following, serves up burgers and fries with such speed and accuracy that companies from other industries pay to learn from its astonishing discipline. ·Lincoln Electric, a manufacturer based in Euclid, Ohio, dominates its ultracompetitive markets with a fierce devotion to quality and productivity. But the key to its prosperity is a share-the-wealth model that gives everybody a sense of security and a piece of the action. It has maintained a strict no-layoff pledge since 1958. As Taylor writes: “The story of this book, its message for leaders who aim to do something important and build something great, is both simple and subversive: In a time of wrenching disruptions and exhilarating advances, of unrelenting turmoil and unlimited promise, the future is open to everybody. The thrill of breakthrough creativity and breakaway performance . . . can be summoned in all sorts of industries and all walks of life, if leaders can reimagine what’s possible in their fields.” Simply Brilliant shows you how.

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Book SynopsisLeading Agile Teams is a practical and engaging guide to help your organization embrace a more agile mindset. Most organizations work in large groups when trying to find solutions for big problems. Agile teams are different. They get more done by having a small self-organized team focus on the highest priority items. Each big problem is broken down and solved by a small, stable group of dedicated professionals. This book will give you the knowledge and tools you need to create and sustain strong agile teams. It is written for the developers, project managers, product owners, and ScrumMasters, who do most of the legwork in getting agile up and running.

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Book SynopsisHow to transform an organization, based on fascinating, inside stories of major industrial companies and service companies (including Fortune 500 companies), aggressive smaller firms, and European companies. Provides insights into the styles and philosophies of leaders and executives who have transformed their companies, whether big or small, and offers practical advice on middle management''s role in transforming large organizations.Table of ContentsThe Themes, The Protagonists, The Transformational Drama. RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR REVITALIZATION. The Gathering Storm. Overcoming the Resistance to Change. CREATING A NEW VISION. Diagnosing the Problem. Creating a Motivating Vision. Mobilizing Commitment: Getting People Signed on to the Mission. INSTITUTIONALIZING CHANGE. Creative Destruction: Reweaving the Social Fabric. The Leader as Social Architect I: Making Bureaucracy Behave. The Leader as Social Architect II: Motivating People. EPILOGUE. History Repeats Itself. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe author asks: what is the use of the research results that consist of descriptions of practices rather than the foundation of principles? And the answers that she provides are so unconventional and surprising that they make the reading of the book pure pleasure.'- Professor Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento, Italy'In this Theory of Organizing, Barbara Czarniawska treats us to a fascinating journey. Bringing together many of her previous theoretical contributions into a coherent sum, she constructs an enticing and highly original conceptual toolbox to read a world of expansive organizing. Professor Czarniawska outlines a constructivist perspective of organizing that is both highly sophisticated and a pleasure to read. This refreshing theoretical exercise, by a major organization scholar is a must read!'- Marie Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, FranceThis new edition of A Theory of Organizing continues to promote a processual view of organizing, and presents a theory developed by combining multiple field studies with recent theoretical insights. The author defends the constructionist perspective from idealist interpretations, demonstrating how people and machines collaborate in constructing action nets, which eventually produce both the global economy and its local translations. Helped by information technologies, global ideas travel across the world - in physical space and in cyberspace, over national, sectorial and organizational borders, within and outside organizations - and are then translated into local practices.Provocative in its questioning of established truths in the field of organizational studies, this book will continue to challenge and stimulate organizational theoreticians and organizational practitioners. It will also prove lively reading for academics from a range of backgrounds, including management studies, business administration, sociology, ethnology, and political sciences.Contents: 1. Perspective: A Constructionist View of Organizing 2. Starting Point: The Construction and Reconstruction of Action Nets 3. On Organizing: Narrating the Organizing and Organizing the Narratives 4. On Stability: How Institutions Become Inscribed in Technical Objects 5. On Codification: Ways of Managing Overflows 6. On Management: Leadership as Service 7. On Change: Is it Possible to Lift Oneself by The Hair? 8. On Imitation and Fashion: How Ideas Travel Around the World 9. On Gender: How Global is Discrimination? 10. On Speed and Slowness: Remembering and Forgetting 11. Epilogue: Organizing Without Organizations? References IndexTrade Review‘The author asks: what is the use of the research results that consist of descriptions of practices rather than the foundation of principles? And the answers that she provides are so unconventional and surprising that they make the reading of the book pure pleasure.’ -- Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento, Italy‘In this A Theory of Organizing, Barbara Czarniawska treats us to a fascinating journey. Bringing together many of her previous theoretical contributions into a coherent sum, she constructs an enticing and highly original conceptual toolbox to read a world of expansive organizing. Professor Czarniawska outlines a constructivist perspective of organizing that is both highly sophisticated and a pleasure to read. This refreshing theoretical exercise, by a major organization scholar is a must read!’ -- Marie Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Perspective: A Constructionist View of Organizing 2. Starting Point: The Construction and Reconstruction of Action Nets 3. On Organizing: Narrating the Organizing and Organizing the Narratives 4. On Stability: How Institutions Become Inscribed in Technical Objects 5. On Codification: Ways of Managing Overflows 6. On Management: Leadership as Service 7. On Change: Is it Possible to Lift Oneself by The Hair? 8. On Imitation and Fashion: How Ideas Travel Around the World 9. On Gender: How Global is Discrimination? 10. On Speed and Slowness: Remembering and Forgetting 11. Epilogue: Organizing Without Organizations? References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This volume provides a comprehensive, contemporary and readable mapping of HRM’s emergence as a field of study, its theoretical foundations, and future directions for scholars and practice. Taking a unique approach to HRM, the editors skilfully present two integrative early chapters capturing the role of theory followed by a thoughtful selection of 41 entries written by well-known authors laying out each theory and its application to HRM. Key target audiences include Master’s students, PhD candidates and early career researchers; but seasoned scholars will also benefit from the detailed but short reviews in each chapter and the range of perspectives in the collection. To provide just a taster, these include perspectives embedded in principles of organisation behaviour/theory, Critical Theory, labour process theory, sensemaking, stakeholder theory, institutional theory, paradox theory, post-colonial theory, and intersectionality. The impressive range of theories included reminds us that HRM’s conceptual foundations are broad, and draw on diverse disciplinary perspectives. As a reference volume, this collection will undoubtedly not only help those wishing to learn about alternative theories, but also help researchers move beyond traditional boundaries to explore new directions in HRM research.’ -- Dora Scholarios, University of Strathclyde, UK'Since the advent of the field of human resource management critics have accused the field of lacking theory. Significant strides have been made in building and applying theory in HRM and A Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research brings together all of the progress in this area.' -- Patrick M. Wright, University of South Carolina, US‘This guide is highly valuable for human resource (HR) researchers and practitioners. Written by experts in the field it illuminates how HR theories are not only key to our academic understanding but also indispensable for practice. Few things are as practical as good theory and the authors manage to condense key ideas in a highly readable, useful book.’ -- Michael Dickmann, Cranfield University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xxiv Elaine Farndale Acknowledgements xxvii List of abbreviations xxviii PART I INTRODUCTION CHAPTERS Chapter I Theory for the HRM discipline: where have we been and where are we going? 2 Kate Hutchings, Adrian Wilkinson and Snejina Michailova Chapter II Theory as a tool in the craft of conducting research 18 Snejina Michailova PART II THEORY ENTRIES 1 Attribution theory 45 Karin Sanders 2 Commitment system theory 52 David Cross and Yvonne G. T. van Rossenberg 3 Conservation of resources theory 59 Katrina Radford 4 Contingency theory 67 Thomas Garavan and Fergal O’Brien 5 Critical theory 73 Richard Longman and Catherine Mackintosh 6 Equity theory 80 Shuisheng Shi and Jason D. Shaw 7 Gender theory 86 Janne Tienari 8 Human capital theory 93 Irena Grugulis 9 Identity theory 100 Dan V. Caprar and Benjamin W. Walker 10 Institutional theory – comparative 107 Pauline Dibben and Geoffrey Wood 11 Institutional theory – organisational 113 Pauline Dibben and Geoffrey Wood 12 Intersectionality theory 119 Susan Shortland and Stephen J. Perkins 13 Job demands-resources (JD-R) theory 126 Steve Granger, Madelynn R. D. Stackhouse and Brianna Barker Caza 14 Labour process theory 133 Andrew Smith and Jo McBride 15 Leadership substitutes theory 139 Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen, Mats Ehrnrooth and Jennie Sumelius 16 Leadership theory – moral 146 Giles Hirst, Damien Hughes, Li Kaiwen and Yingnan Shi 17 Learning theory – organisational 157 Yusuf M. Sidani 18 Learning theory – social 164 Dana L. Ott 19 Motivation theory 171 Ryan Gould 20 Paradox theory 185 Charmine E. J. Härtel and Anna Krzeminska 21 Postcolonial theory 191 Snehanjali Chrispal 22 Power theory 197 Emma Hughes and Tony Dundon 23 Psychological capital theory 204 Jian-Min (James) Sun 24 Psychological contract theory 211 David Guest and Ricardo Rodrigues 25 Psychological safety theory 218 Jie Shen 26 (Re)socialisation theory 224 Miriam Moeller 27 Resource based theory 231 Jaap Paauwe 28 Self-determination theory 238 Elena Shulzhenko 29 Sensemaking theory 247 Kelly Fisher 30 Signalling theory 254 Ricardo Rodrigues and David Guest 31 Social capital theory 261 Marian van Bakel and Sven Horak 32 Social cognition theory 268 Angelo S. DeNisi 33 Social exchange theory 274 Sachiko Yamao 34 Social network theory 280 David Weir and Sa’ad Ali 35 Sociotechnical systems theory 287 Angela Knox 36 Stakeholder theory 294 Anabella Davila 37 Stereotype theory 301 Jan Selmer 38 Strategic choice theory 306 Thomas Garavan and Fergal O’Brien 39 Systems theory 312 Brian Harney 40 Transaction cost economics theory 319 Paul Willman 41 Upper echelon theory 325 Stephen J. Perkins and Susan Shortland Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘In this impressive new edition of his well-received book, Staffan Furusten extends his analysis of the impact of institutional environments on contemporary organizations. He considers not only the market forces emphasized in traditional theories, but also crystallized macro- and meso- structures, such as legal arrangements. And he reviews the impact of less-codified ideological and cultural frames that modify and enlarge organizations. The book is a real contribution to the institutional analyses central to contemporary thought, as both an intellectual synthesis and a useful text.’ -- John W. Meyer, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Organizing Beyond Management and Market 2. Institutional Products 3. Institutional Actors 4. Institutional Movements 5. Societal Trends 6. From Elements in the Environment to Organizational Practice 7. The Institutional Environment and Organizational Change References Index

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Book SynopsisThis invaluable Encyclopedia presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of the field of social innovation, providing an insightful view into potential future developments both practically and theoretically. With entries authored by prominent international scholars, the Encyclopedia outlines the theoretical foundations, concepts, types, processes and measurement of social innovation. Entries cover a variety of key themes including social innovation ecosystems, co-creation, new technologies and methods, education, governance and policies.The Encyclopedia of Social Innovation will serve as a significant reference point for both scholars and students of social entrepreneurship, sociology and management. It will also be beneficial for all those seeking to clarify various problem-solving routes in the face of contemporary societal challenges.Key Features:77 accessible and fully-referenced entriesAn interdisciplinary scope providing readers with a sound overview of social innovation in different research areasExploration of the societal, political, business and entrepreneurial ramifications of social innovationExamination of the challenges caused by modern phenomena such as rapid population growth and how these challenges have affected new social demands.Trade Review‘In recent decades, the study of social innovations has become a vibrant and increasingly specialized field of research. This Encyclopedia offers a unique journey into this research area thanks to a plurality of theoretical frameworks, disciplinary perspectives and research angles from 77 articles. An essential reference!’ -- Sylvain Lefèvre, University of Québec at Montréal, Canada‘With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from all over the world, this comprehensive and extraordinary reference work provides a wealth of information on innovative approaches to addressing social and socio-economic challenges. Whether you're an academic, a social entrepreneur, or policymaker, the Encyclopedia of Social Innovation is a must-have for understanding and advancing social innovation.’ -- Susana Borras, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark‘The Encyclopedia of Social Innovation offers a rich set of topics and themes and insightful reflection by globally renowned scholars.’ -- Johanna Mair, Hertie School, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Social Innovation xxv Jürgen Howaldt and Christoph Kaletka PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 1 Ambivalence and side-effects of social innovations 2 Stefan Böschen 2 Imagined futures and social innovation 7 Timur Ergen 3 Operationalizing social practice theories for social innovation research 11 Maria Rabadjieva and Marthe Zirngiebl 4 Resistance to social innovation 18 Tuur Ghys 5 Social innovation and the remaking of structures, systems and regimes 23 René Kemp and Bonno Pel 6 Social innovations as a repair of social order 31 Cornelius Schubert 7 Social innovation and social change 36 Jürgen Howaldt and Michael Schwarz 8 Strands of social innovation research 44 Adela McMurray, Ashokkumar Manoharan and Don Scott 9 System thinking for social innovation 49 Katharine McGowan, Michele-Lee Moore and Ola Tjörnbo PART II CONCEPTS AND TYPES 10 Exnovation 55 Rafael Ziegler 11 Joseph A. Schumpeter: innovation and society 60 Birgit Blättel-Mink 12 Open social innovation 66 Anne-Laure Fayard 13 The politics of conceptualizing social innovation 72 Michael J. Roy, Simon Teasdale and Lars Hulgård 14 Social innovation in the digital age 76 Gianluca Misuraca and Pierre Rossel 15 Social innovation and technological innovation 82 Matthias Weber 16 Social innovation research and innovation studies 88 Attila Havas 17 The South American concept of tecnologia social 94 Marlei Pozzebon, Ana Clara Souza and Fabio Prado Saldanha 18 Sustainable innovation 99 Cordula Kropp PART III SOCIAL INNOVATION PROCESSES 19 Co-creation in social innovation 106 Melanie Smallman and Cian O’Donovan 20 Democratic experimentation and social innovation 111 Carolina Andion and Graziela Alperstedt 21 Design for social innovation 117 Alessandro Deserti and Francesca Rizzo 22 Diffusion 122 Jürgen Howaldt, Ralf Kopp and Michael Schwarz 23 Grassroots innovation for transformative social change 127 Swati Banerjee, Abdul Shaban and Shrirang Chaudhary 24 The institutionalization of social innovations 132 Bonno Pel 25 Power and empowerment in social innovation 139 Flor Avelino, Julia M. Wittmayer and Adina Dumitru PART IV ECOSYSTEMS, ACTORS AND GOVERNANCE 26 Collaborative spaces for social innovation 147 Eva Wascher 27 Cross-sector collaboration for social innovation 152 Jo Barraket and Sally McGeoch 28 Ecosystems of social innovation 157 Dmitri Domanski, Christoph Kaletka and Daniel Krüger 29 Foundations and social innovations 162 Steffen Bethmann 30 Governance of social innovation 167 Diego Galego and Marleen Brans 31 Innovation systems 172 Alexander Ebner 32 Law and social innovation 177 Bronwen Morgan 33 Social innovation, civil society and democracy-building 184 Alejandra Boni, Sergio Belda-Miquel and Diana Velasco 34 Social innovation labs 189 Mónica Edwards-Schachter 35 Social movements 195 Maria da Glória Gohn and Karina Maldonado-Mariscal 36 Social networks and social innovation 203 Lina Sonne Vyas PART V SOCIAL INNOVATION IN ESTABLISHED RESEARCH AREAS 37 Futures studies and social innovation 209 Elmar Schüll 38 Social innovation to advance diversity and inclusion 214 Wendy Cukier, Zohreh Hassannezhad Chavoushi and Guang Ying Mo 39 Social innovation in education 219 Karina Maldonado-Mariscal and Antonius Schröder 40 Social innovation in energy system transformation 224 Julia M. Wittmayer and Karoline S. Rogge 41 Social innovation in the fashion industry 229 Sabine Weber 42 Social innovations and the future of mobility in times of climate change 234 Andreas Knie 43 Social innovation in health 239 Victoria Boelman 44 Social innovation through the Maker Movement 245 Massimo Menichinelli 45 Social innovation and poverty and marginalization 250 P. K. Shajahan and Dipannita Bhattacharjee 46 Social innovations in rural areas 258 Gabriela Christmann 47 Social innovation in services 263 Carla Cipolla 48 Social innovation in social work 268 Anne Parpan-Blaser and Matthias Hüttemann 49 Social innovation and territorial development 273 Alina Kadyrova 50 Social innovation research and practice for sustainable development 278 Jeremy Millard 51 Social justice and social innovation 285 Fergus Turner and Ella Scheepers 52 Welfare innovation for social cohesion 292 Benjamin Ewert 53 What ageing societies mean for social innovation 297 Ken Aoo and Fiona Henderson 54 Workplace innovation 302 Steven Dhondt PART VI BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 55 Cooperatives and social innovation 308 Gorka Espiau Idoiaga 56 Corporate social innovation 313 Philip H. Mirvis 57 Degrowth 319 Yves-Marie Abraham 58 The potential of social innovation for future employment trends 324 Antonia Caro-González and Marta Enciso-Santocildes 59 The revival of the commons 331 Tine de Moor 60 Social economy 336 Marie Bouchard and Benoît Lévesque 61 Social entrepreneurship 342 Anne de Bruin, Simon Teasdale and Michael J. Roy 62 Social value in management and social innovation research 347 Ghita Lkhoyaali and Emmanuel Raufflet 63 Socially inclusive businesses 351 Gabriel Berger and Leopoldo Blugerman PART VII SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 64 Citizen science 360 Christopher Kullenberg 65 Social innovation and its actors: the role of university research 364 Judith Sutz 66 Social innovation and social sciences 370 Klaus Schuch 67 Transformative research 376 Mandy Singer-Brodowski PART VIII INNOVATION POLICY 68 EU policy on social innovation 383 Nora Milotay 69 Next generation innovation policy 389 Jakob Edler 70 Responsible research and innovation as a social innovation 395 Lucien von Schomberg and René von Schomberg 71 Social innovation and the new role of the state 400 Uwe Cantner, Dirk Fornahl and Matthias Menter 72 Social innovation and public policy 408 Geoff Mulgan 73 Transformative innovation policy 414 Caetano C. R. Penna, Carla Alvial-Palavicino, Bipashyee Ghosh and Johan Schot PART IX RESOURCES AND MEASUREMENT 74 Impact bonds: beyond the hype? 421 Eleanor Carter and Andreea Anastasiu 75 Social impact measurement 427 Gorgi Krlev, Georg Mildenberger and Volker Then 76 Social innovation measurement 432 Judith Terstriep, Gorgi Krlev, Georg Mildenberger, Simone Strambach, Jan-Frederik Thurmann and Laura-Fee Wloka 77 Sustainable finance as a social innovation 441 Olaf Weber Index 446

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Book SynopsisIn our tumultuous times, understanding and achieving resilience have never been more important. Some organizations have resilience in their DNA. They possess the agility of mind, culture, and organization to survive and thrive no matter what is put in their way.Building Resilient Organizations is focused on identifying what sets these enterprises apart, exploring the nature of resilience for organizations. Along the way, we discover some inspiring global examples of resilient projects in practice and some novel thinking for leaders to consider about what it takes to be resilient over the long haul.With contributions from leading thinkers and practitioners from throughout the world, Building Resilient Organizations will enable you and your organization to further develop resilience as a muscle in your organization.

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Book SynopsisBecoming an Organizational Scholar covers reflective, personal stories of prolific, top scholars under 45, with academic success gained across 17 different European and North and South American countries at 31 higher education institutions. The editors present the idea of a unique or authentic scholar, successfully Navigating the Academic Odyssey.Reflecting upon their career journeys through introspection and narrative essays, the contributors clarify the definition and description of academia, its activities, roles and different aspects related to academic work. They express their opinions on academic success factors and common career Though the content is primarily targeted for the rising cohort of doctoral candidates and early-career researchers, this publication also targets the institutional gatekeepers, the universities and business schools worldwide, as well as professional associations in the field of organization and management.Trade Review’This book offers personal stories of rabbits beating wolves, jumping off mountains into the unknown sharing advice and guidance to help grow one’s career. It’s incredibly useful; not least a copy would have helped dodge many trainwrecks learning the ropes. Have a read.’ -- - Giles Hirst, Australian National University‘The editors were too modest in targeting this inspirational global collection of fascinating individual stories primarily for the rising cohort of doctoral candidates and early-career researchers.Schools’ leaders worldwide should encourage all their faculty members to read the book, reflect and jointly reinvent their respective institutions as exciting and synergetic archipelagos of the faculty individual Ithacas.’ -- - Milenko Gudic, Founding and Managing Director of IMTA, Slovenia‘The novelty of this volume is exceptional. To have had such a resource at the start of my academic career would have helped me immensely to navigate many of the unexpected twists and turns along the way. The collection of insights from contributors globally, explaining their very personal experiences, makes the text both highly relatable and relevant!’ -- - Elaine Farndale, The Pennsylvania State University, US‘Working in academia is a wonderful privilege but it can also be a hugely uncertain and at times intimidating world to join and find one's place in.Becoming an Organizational Scholar: Navigating the Academic Odyssey provides a host of rich and very personal lessons from a diverse and inspiring group of international scholars based on their lived experiences of that world. The narrative style makes for a compelling read and it is the book I wish I had when I started on my journey. I highly recommend it.’ -- - David Collings, Dublin City University, Ireland‘Science is a sweet fruit that tastes very bitter at the beginning. This book gives a great and extremely valuable orientation that sweetens especially the beginning of an academic career. A must read for anyone who is starting their PhD and plans to establish themselves permanently in science.’ -- - Christian M. Ringle, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany and University of Waikato, New Zealand‘The academic career is fulfilling, but its passage is bumpy, especially in the early years. This unique book offers a roadmap via personal stories of a diverse group of mid-career management scholars who have mastered the journey. The stories are appealing, and offer much to learn. Their collection is compelling, making the book an essential resource for early-career organization scientists, program administrators, and academic consultants.’ -- Fariborz Damanpour, Rutgers University, US‘This book provides a timely and wide-ranging series of international case studies of routes to becoming an academic, transitions from graduate student to academic status, balancing on the four-legged stool of academic practice (research, teaching, service and entrepreneurship), and developing an academic career. It is a lively and informative read for junior researchers planning for or in the early stages of academic careers.’ -- - Stan Taylor, Durham University, UK‘Odyssey is certainly the right word for the very challenging and personalized career journeys of organizational scholars, striving to move the field forward with scholarship that matters while ticking the necessary career boxes. This engaging book is not only very informative for the would-be Odysseus, but deeply inspiring.' -- - Blake Ashforth, Arizona State University, US‘This captivating book of personal stories, experiences, and practical advice is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand how to better navigate the often confusing, mysterious, and frustrating ivory towers of academia. In a world where “publish or perish” is the standard by which all academics are often judged, this book offers readers refreshing alternative opportunities and pathways that have the potential to lead to successful and meaningful faculty careers.’ -- - John Sumanth, Wake Forest University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I PREPARING FOR THE VOYAGE 1 An academic career – initiating the journey 2 Tomislav Hernaus and Matej Černe 2 Academic work design as a three- or four-legged stool 15 Tomislav Hernaus and Matej Černe PART II ACADEMIC CAREER AS A JOURNEY 3 Academic career as an Odyssey: allegories from the work of Homer and personal experiences in modern Greece 31 Eleanna Galanaki 4 Reflections of a traveling academic: the good, the bad… often not anticipated 42 Hana Milanov 5 How I keep myself motivated: dancing between consultancy and academia 53 Amy Van Looy PART III ACADEMIC CAREER TRANSITIONS 6 Career nomad: from career instinct to action? 67 Jelena Zikic 7 My academic life: a series of fortunate events 79 Matej Černe 8 Future work selves in academia 95 Karoline Strauss PART IV ACADEMIC BALANCING AND ROLE SWITCHING 9 Multiple paths for scholarly impact 110 Ante Glavaš 10 Walking the line: in search of academic balance 128 Tomislav Hernaus 11 Dissociative identities in academia: notes on paradox and multimodal role-play 144 Alf Rehn 12 Cooperation and conflict in academia 158 Sonja Rispens PART V PERSONAL STYLE WITHIN ACADEMIA 13 The road taken: my personal Odyssey in academia 173 Kristina Potočnik 14 Tuning up your academic career: one story, many tunes 186 Joana Story 15 Everything is a process, even an academic career 198 Jan Mendling 16 Doing things differently: turning the game of academia upside down 212 Markus Hällgren 17 What happens when your kids draw your career? 223 Spencer Harrison PART VI SEIZING THE HORIZON 18 The day after tomorrow: academic career dilemmas and choices 239 Matej Černe and Tomislav Hernaus Index 255

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Book SynopsisWhat are practice theories? Where do they come from? What do they say? Do they offer something new to the study of work and organization? Practice theories are a set of conceptual tools and methodologies for investigating, analysing, and representing everyday practice. They develop the idea that phenomena such as knowledge, meaning, science, power, organized activity, sociality, and institutions are rooted in practice. The volume provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to this emerging area of study. Recognizing that a unified theory of practice does not exist, the book surveys the main scholarly traditions that have, collectively, contributed to the practice turn in social and organization studies. Each chapter examines the main assumptions and concepts of these traditions, discussing their distinctive contribution to work and organization studies. The chapters are accompanied by a fully worked example of how the theory can be applied to empirical research, making the text suiTrade ReviewThe book is an extremely impressive accomplishment in terms of clarification of a body of heavy weight theoretical work. By not glossing over differences in an effort to produce a synthesis, a degree of clarity is give the multivocality of practise theory. As a result, the book provides a lucid guide through the philosophical landscape. * Andrew M.Cox, University of Sheffield, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology *The book is well written and is a good 'one stop shop' that accurately portrays the practicalities of this paradigm while making it accessible to the beginning and seasoned researcher ... Over, Nicolini has done a fantastic job pulling together a great resource that I only wish was available while finishing my doctoral studies. It enables others to learn and apply theoretically and methodically the delicate intricacies of practice theories in organization studies. * David Schrelber, Belmont University (USA), Management Learning *The book is an extremely impressive accomplishment in terms of clarification of a body of heavy weight theoretical work. By not glossing over differences in an effort to produce a synthesis, a degree of clarity is given to the multivocality of practice theory. As a result, the book provides a lucid guide through the philosophical landscape. * Andrew M. Cox, journal of the Association for information Science and Technology *The book is well written and is a good one stop shop that accurately portrays the practicalities of this paradigm while making it accessible to the beginning and seasoned researcher. ... Nicolini has done a fantastic job pulling together a great resource that I only wish was available while finishing my doctoral studies. It will enable others to learn and apply theoretically and methodically the delicate intricacies of practice theories in organization studies. I would suggest it to be a key reading for any individual interested in the social behaviour of actors or applying practice theories to their work. * David Schreiber, Management Learning *Nicolinis superb overview of practice theory offers original descriptions of different practice approaches and deftly sorts out this tangled theoretical terrain. The book innovates methodologically in illustrating the different approaches with the same case study, thereby nicely substantiating his thesis that empirical researchers best draw on practice theory by using different practice approaches in combination. The text is highly recommended to curious social scientists at large and not just to scholars of work and organization. * Theodore Schatzki, University of Kentucky *This book has all the marks of Davide Nicolini's scholarship: theoretical depth and empirical subtlety. Several speak or write about the relevance of practice theory for the study of organizations, but few attempt to creatively link practice theory to particular philosophical traditions and social theory at large, and work out its theoretical-cum-methodological implications for organization studies. Nicolini is one of those few. If you are looking for a single book to do both things for you, namely to provide a sophisticated guide to practice theory and show how to conduct empirical research from a practice theory perspective, this is the book to read. Nicolini does a masterful job: he tells us what practice theory is, where it comes from, and how to put it to work in organization studies. It is a brilliant achievement. * Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus and University of Warwick *Practice Theory, Work, and Organization is a major contribution to the resources available for scholars who want to understand or use practice theory. By providing clear discussions of the multiple strands of social theory underlying practice theory and utilizing these in his rolling case, Nicolini demystifies practice theory and illustrates its potential as a way of studying work and organizations. The final chapter provides a thoughtful discussion of a methodological approach involving zooming in and zooming out that Nicolini advocates as a way of engaging these multiple perspectives on studying practice. The books breadth makes it valuable both for newcomers to the field and for those who have been in this field for some time. * Martha S. Feldman, University of California, Irvine *Deep and broad, argumentative and pluralistic, theoretical and methodological, this is a landmark book. For the growing community of practice-orientated scholars in organization studies, Davide Nicolini provides the go-to resource. * Richard Whittington, Professor of Strategic Management at Saïd Business School and Millman Fellow in Management at New College, Oxford *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Praxis and Practice Theory: A Brief Historical Overview ; 3. Praxeology and the Work of Giddens and Bourdieu ; 4. Practice as Tradition and Community ; 5. Practice as Activity ; 6. Practice as Accomplishment ; 7. Practice as the House of the Social: Contemporary Developments of the Heideggerian and Wittgensteinian Traditions ; 8. Discourse and Practice ; 9. Bringing it All Together: a Toolkit to Study and Represent Practice at Work

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Book SynopsisReassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world''s leading social theorists to how we understand society and the ''social''. Bruno Latour''s contention is that the word ''social'', as used by Social Scientists, has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer. When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon, it is used to indicate a stablilized state of affairs, a bundle of ties that in due course may be used to account for another phenomenon. But Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of material, in a comparable way to an adjective such as ''wooden'' or ''steely''. Rather than simply indicating what is already assembled together, it is now used in a way that makes assumptions about the nature of what is assembled. It has become a word that designates two distinct things: a process of assembling; and a type of material, distinct from others. Latour shows why ''the social'' cannot be thought of as a kind of material or domain, and disputes attempts to provide a ''social explanations'' of other states of affairs. While these attempts have been productive (and probably necessary) in the past, the very success of the social sciences mean that they are largely no longer so. At the present stage it is no longer possible to inspect the precise constituents entering the social domain. Latour returns to the original meaning of ''the social'' to redefine the notion, and allow it to trace connections again. It will then be possible to resume the traditional goal of the social sciences, but using more refined tools. Drawing on his extensive work examining the ''assemblages'' of nature, Latour finds it necessary to scrutinize thoroughly the exact content of what is assembled under the umbrella of Society. This approach, a ''sociology of associations'', has become known as Actor-Network-Theory, and this book is an essential introduction both for those seeking to understand Actor-Network Theory, or the ideas of one of its most influential proponents.Trade ReviewThis book makes ANT accessible and therefore a great resource for any student wishing to learn the language and ways of ANT. * Gabrielle Durepos18/02/2009 *Table of ContentsPART I: HOW TO DEPLOY CONTROVERSIES ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORLD; PART II: HOW TO RENDER ASSOCIATIONS TRACEABLE AGAIN

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Book SynopsisWant to get those difficult colleagues off your back and restore your sanity? NYU psychology professor Tessa West shows you how.Have you ever watched a colleague charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? They don't hesitate to throw peers under the bus, but their boss is oblivious to their bad behaviour. What about a constantly interrupting colleague? Or an over-bearing manager? While these jerks stress us out in small ways throughout the day, they aren't technically breaking any rules, so we're expected just to put up with them....Until now. Tessa West has already helped thousands of people resolve their most pressing workplace issues. And here she draws on a decade of original research to profile classic workplace archetypes, including the Gaslighter, the Bulldozer, the Credit-Stealer, the Neglecter, and the Micromanager, giving advice to anyone who's ever hidden in the bathroom to cry at work. She digs deep into the inner workings of each bad apple, exploring their motivations and insecurities, and offers clever strategies for stopping each type of jerk in their tracks.Know a Jerk at Work? This proactive approach reveals the single, most effective way to achieve emotional wellbeing at work.Trade ReviewTessa West's strategies can help anyone reduce the impact of [a work jerk's] behaviour * The Financial Times *Who doesn't want to know how to manage the other idiots better? Or at least not murder them. This is the office survival guide I wish I'd read when I first started work. It's never too late to be a jerk whisperer. Essential reading. * Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room *This book provides the key to working smarter, better and happier, no matter who you're working with. * Nir Eyal, author of Hooked and Indistractable *Most of your happiness at work is based on personal relationships. Being able to manage those relationships when things get difficult is key to your success at work - and in life. Jerks at Work is a practical and engaging set of tools. Buy it. * Scott Galloway, author of The Four *Reading Jerks at Work is like listening to a real person who is smart, warm, and funny, and who I'd like to have a glass of wine with. That's unusual for any business or self-help author to achieve-from a scientist it's practically a miracle. This book basically has it all. I'm going to make it mandatory reading for everyone on my team. We all need this book. * Heidi Grant, PhD, author of Nine Things Successful People Do Differently *

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Book SynopsisPublished in collaboration with BUIRA, this book provides a critical review of the field of industrial relations (IR) and evaluates its future in the rapidly evolving world of work. Written by key names in IR, the book captures the significant transformations that have taken place within the field over the past decade. It traces the historical development of IR, exploring its ongoing impact on our lives. The chapters delve into various aspects, including union organization and mobilization, the influence of new technology, and the examination of intersectionality in the context of work and employment. This is an invaluable resource for academics and students of employment and industrial relations, as well as HR professionals, trade union organizations and representatives.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Stephen Mustchin and Andy Hodder 2. Frames of Reference - Edmund Heery 3. Capitalist Crises and Industrial Relations Theorising – Guglielmo Meardi 4. ‘Embedded Bedfellows: Industrial Relations and (analytical) HRM - Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson 5. Trade Unions in a Changing World of Work – Melanie Simms 6. Expanding the Boundaries of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study: The Role of ‘New Actors’ – Steve Williams 7. The State and Industrial Relations: Debates, Concerns, and Contradictions in the Forging of Regulatory Change in the United Kingdom – Miguel Martínez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie 8. Labour Markets – Jill Rubery 9. Industrial Relations and Labour Law: Recovery of a Shared Tradition? – Ruth Dukes and Eleanor Kirk 10. Conflict and Industrial Action – Gregor Gall 11. Exploring ‘New’ Forms of Work Organisation: The Case of Parcel Delivery in the UK – Sian Moore, Kirsty Newsome and Stefanie Williamson 12. Intersectionality and Industrial Relations – Anne McBride and Jenny Rodriguez

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Book SynopsisIn his 1980 essay, The World of Tomorrow and the Person of Tomorrow, the psychologist Carl Rogers contemplated the future. He described those who would usher in this new era as people with the capacity to understand, bring about and absorb a paradigm shift. He added: "I have an uneasy feeling about this chapter... It is a beginning, an outline, a suggestion... I believe that what I am saying here will some day be fleshed out much more fully, either by me or someone else." Maureen O'Hara and Graham Leicester are uniquely qualified to flesh out Carl Rogers's vision (Maureen worked closely with Rogers for many years). Here they explore the competencies - the ways of being, doing, knowing and organising - that can help us navigate in complex and powerful times. They argue that these competencies are innate and within reach of all of us - given the right setting, plenty of practice and some gentle guidance. But they are seldom seen because they are routinely undervalued in today's culture. That must change, the authors insist, and this book is intended to begin that change. The book is based on the authors' extensive research and their practical experience observing the qualities demonstrated by some of today's most successful cultural, political and business leaders. They write of `persons of tomorrow' that they have witnessed: "We find that people who are thriving in the contemporary world, who give us the sense of having it all together and being able to act effectively and with good spirit in challenging circumstances, have some identifiable characteristics in common... They are the people already among us who inhabit the complex and messy problems of the 21st century in a more expansive way than their colleagues. They do not reduce such problems to the scale of the tools available to them, or hide behind those tools when they know they are partial and inadequate. They are less concerned with `doing the right thing' according to standard procedure than they are with really doing the right thing in the moment, in specific cases, with the individuals involved at the time. In a disciplined yet engaging way they are always pushing boundaries, including their own. They dance at the edge." Theodore Hesburgh, President Emeritus of Notre Dame University, once said that leadership demands certainty: "You cannot blow an uncertain trumpet." On the contrary, argue Leicester and O'Hara, we must all learn to play the uncertain trumpet like virtuosos. It is an image that conveys the subtle discipline required of the `person of tomorrow' - an artistry that, they argue, is essential to restore hope in the future.

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Book SynopsisDr. Roy H. Lubit trained in psychiatry at Yale, wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on organizational learning at Harvard, researched organizational behavior at Columbia Business School, and taught organizational behavior at the City University of New York's Zicklin School of Business. He is a senior consultant to the Center for Social and Emotional Education and a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. His professional training and extensive experience in both psychotherapy and organizational dynamics are very unusual. Many people are trained in one of these areas and do some work in the other. Deep involvement in both provides a foundation for unique insights. Dr. Lubit coaches executives; runs leadership workshops; consults to corporations, governmental agencies, and law firms on a variety of organizational issues; and conducts research on fostering emotional intelligence. Dr. Lubit has appeared widely on TV and radio and presented Table of Contents Introduction. 1. An Emotional Intelligence Approach to Coping with Toxic Managers and Subordinates. Informed Consent for Those Who Read This Book. Emotional Intelligence Approach. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence. Roots of Toxic Behavior. Why Understand Difficult People? Myths Rationalizing Destructive Behavior. Further Reading. NARCISSISTIC MANAGERS. Definition of Narcissism. Origins of Destructive Narcissism. Healthy Self-Esteem Versus Destructive Narcissism. Types of Narcissistic Managers. Factors Worsening Narcissism. Overview. Additional Material. 2. Grandiose Managers. Organizational Impact of Grandiose Managers. Origins of Grandiosity. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Grandiose Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. Endnotes. 3. Control Freaks. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Control Freaks. Conclusion. Your Turn. 4. Paranoid Managers. Origins of Paranoia. Impact of Paranoid Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Paranoid Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. UNETHICAL MANAGERS. 5. Antisocial Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Antisocial Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 6. Unethical Opportunists. Organizational Impact. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Unethical Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. Aggressive Managers.T The Many Faces of Aggression. Overview. 7. Ruthless Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Ruthless Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 8. Bullying Managers. Impact of Bullies. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Bullying Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 9. Homicidal Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 10. Sexual Harassment. Judging if It Is Sexual Harassment. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Dealing with Sexual Harassment. Dating and Flirting at Work. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 11. Chauvinists Needing Diversity Training. Why Do People Harass and Discriminate Against Others? Emotional Intelligence Approach to Chauvinistic Behavior. Conclusion. Your Turn. Endnote. 12. Volatile Managers. Origins of Volatile Behavior. Factors Fostering Volatility. Organizational Impact of Volatile Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Dealing with Volatile Managers. Diffusing the Situation. Dealing with Your Own Feelings. For HR and Senior Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 13. Frantic Colleagues. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Frantic Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 14. Underpinnings of Aggression. Three Theories on Aggression. Factors Modulating Our Aggression. Psychiatric/Emotional Problems. Culture and Aggression. Group Dynamics. Why We Let Ourselves Become Aggressive. Conclusion. Further Reading. 15. Surviving Aggression. Organizations and Aggressive Managers. Aggression Versus Assertiveness. Coping with Aggressive People. Containing Our Aggression: Avoiding Self-Sabotage. Conclusion. Further Reading. RIGID MANAGERS. The Many Flavors of Rigid Managers. Rigid Managers and Aggression. Overview. Further Reading. 16. Compulsive Managers. Underlying Psychodynamics. Origins of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Style. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Compulsive Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 17. Authoritarian Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Authoritarian Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 18. Dictatorial Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Dictatorial Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. 19. Oppositional Coworkers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Oppositional Coworkers. Conclusion. Your Turn. 20. Passive-Aggressive Managers. Emotional Intelligence Approach to Passive-Aggresive Managers. Conclusion. Your Turn. 21. Organizational Impact of Rigid Managers. How Rigid Managers Impact Companies. How Rigid Managers Can Rise in Organizations. Organizational Factors Promoting Rigidity in Managers. Ameliorating the Problem. Conclusion. IMPAIRED MANAGERS. Overview. Further Reading. 22. ADHD. Impact of ADHD on Managers. Managing ADHD. Dealing with Managers with ADHD. Conclusion. Further Reading. 23. Anxiety. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Social Phobia. Panic Disorder. Simple Phobia. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Conclusion. Further Reading. 24. Depression. A Common Problem Often Ignored. Impact of Depression. Origins of Depression. Bereavement. Dealing with Depression. Dealing with Depressed Colleagues. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Reading. 25. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Treatment. Dealing with Traumatized Colleagues. Conclusion. Further Reading. 26. Burnout. Dealing with the Risk of Burnout. Conclusion. Your Turn. Further Readings. 27. Bipolar Disorder. Dealing with Managers with Bipolar Disorder. Conclusion. Further Reading. 28. Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Organizational Factors Affecting Substance Abuse. Primer on the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Conclusion. Further Reading. VI. DEVELOPING AND HARNESSING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Overview. Further Reading. 29. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence. Personal Responses to Toxic Behavior: Growing Your Emotional Intelligence. Controlling Our Interpretation of Events. Dealing with Your Own Feelings. Conclusion. Your Turn. 30. Using Emotional Intelligence to Develop Your Company. Organizational Responses to Toxic Managers. The Many Faces of Narcissism. Weighing the Pros and Cons of Narcissistic Managers. Keeping the Barbarians Outside the Gates. Conclusion. Your Turn. Endnote. Addendum. Index.

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Book SynopsisA clear-eyed look at how AI can complement (rather than eliminate) human jobs, with real-world examples from companies that range from Netflix to Walmart.Descriptions of AI's possible effects on businesses and their employees cycle between utopian hype and alarmist doomsaying. This book from MIT Sloan Management Review avoids both these extremes, providing instead a clear-eyed look at how AI can complement (rather than eliminate) human jobs, with real-world examples from companies that range from Netflix to Walmart. The contributors show that organizations can create business value with AI by cooperating with it rather than relinquishing control to it. The smartest companies know that they don't need AI that mimics humans because they already have access to resources with human capability—actual humans.The book acknowledges the prominent role of such leading technology companies as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google in applying AI to their busine

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Book SynopsisDid you ever try getting Business and IT to agree on the project scope for a new application? Or try getting the Sales & Marketing department to agree on the target audience? Or try bringing new team members up to speed on the hundreds of tables in your data warehouse -- without them dozing off? You can be the hero in each of these and hundreds of other scenarios by building a High-Level Data Model. The High-Level Data Model is a simplified view of our complex environment. It can be a powerful communication tool of the key concepts within our application development projects, business intelligence and master data management programs, and all enterprise and industry initiatives. Learn about the High-Level Data Model and master the techniques for building one, including a comprehensive ten-step approach. Know how to evaluate toolsets for building and storing your models. Practice exercises and walk through a case study to reinforce your modelling skills.

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Book SynopsisIn today''s highly competitive market, organizations increasingly need to innovate in order to survive. Drawing on a wealth of psychological research in the field of creativity, David H. Cropley and Arthur J. Cropley illustrate practical methods for conceptualizing and managing organizational innovation. They present a dynamic model of the interactions between four key components of creativity - product, person, process, and press - which function as building blocks of innovation. This volume sheds new light on the nature of innovative products and the processes that generate them, the psychological characteristics of innovative people, and the environments that facilitate innovation. It also fills a significant gap in the current literature by addressing the paradoxical quality of organizational innovation, which may be both helped and hindered by the same factors. The authors demonstrate that with proper measurement and management, organizations can effectively encourage individuals to produce and take advantage of novel ideas.Trade Review'While the first part of this carefully researched and well-written book focuses on the basic building blocks of innovation, the second part shows in detailed yet practical terms how to measure aspects of your organization to marshal them for innovation. Logical and useful, this work provides resources for managers and educators alike. Great discussion of the paradoxes of innovation and good reviews of assessment measures set the stage for the introduction of the authors' comprehensive innovation assessment measure, the IPAI. Using a systems approach, these accomplished authors overcome the failures of previous methods by addressing each aspect in context, not as a static, isolated element of the process. Bravo!' Susan P. Besemer, PhD'[This book] provides a great review of the current research and theoretical developments in the field of creativity and innovation. It effectively integrates work from psychology and management as well as design and entrepreneurship. One important feature of the book, which distinguishes it from others, is that the authors discuss not only the various factors that can influence creativity, but also what tools can be used to measure these factors. Cropley and Cropley, however, go beyond just a summary of previous work. This makes this book not only an effective textbook for a class on creativity and innovation, but also a great book for researchers of creativity. They suggest that to understand creativity, we must adopt a system view that integrates all these components. While the system approach itself is not novel, the integration suggested by Cropley and Cropley is.' Roni Reiter-Palmon, PhD, University of Nebraska, Omaha'This engaging, incisive book first covers the basics of what any leader, consultant, or researcher needs to know about innovation and then offers specific and practical ways for implementing and nourishing it. This is required reading for anyone who wants to build or maintain the creativity within their organization.' James C. Kaufman, Neag School of Education, University of ConnecticutTable of Contents1. Understanding innovation: a reorientation; Part I. Basic Concepts: 2. Products: what does innovation lead to?; 3. Process: how are innovative ideas formed?; 4. Person: the personal resources that support innovation; 5. Press: where the innovation happens?; Part II. Managing Innovation: 6. Paradox: the contradictions of innovation; 7. Measuring the building blocks of innovation; 8. Innovation and organizational performance; 9. Managing the paradoxes of innovation; 10. General conclusions.

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Book SynopsisNavigating Global Business integrates and synthesizes all available country cluster studies into a nested meta-structure accompanied by eco-cultural correlates that distinguish amongst clusters. The broad range of analyses will appeal to researchers and practitioners, seasoned multi-firm executives, those in small firms seeking internationalization, and anyone intrigued by the greater question of human diversity. The book covers key work-related cultural dimensions for much of the world, and includes examples of applications in most business areas. Also exhibited are the correlates of culture, some of which, such as language and religion, speak to the origin of cultural variations in addition to illustrating key variants of the global terrain. Finally, the authors examine how patterns might have changed over time, providing a rigorous and realistic assessment of the fruits of globalization.Trade Review'To advance beyond the global/local moniker, read this book: it will tell you how and why.' Ed Lawler, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California'In a global environment, you cannot afford to fly blind. This book, an essential read for the global executive, lays out the cultural landscape on which international business rests and guides you on how to navigate this terrain.' Leslie H. Wexner, Chairman and CEO, L Brands'Navigating Global Business: A Cultural Compass reflects more than thirty years of rigorous analysis of published data on cultural similarities and differences, enriched by information from sixty different organizational and managerial dimensions. This is the definitive, go-to sourcebook for any scholar or manager who seeks a deeper understanding of the managerial consequences of culture at macro as well as micro levels.' Wayne F. Cascio, Robert H. Reynolds Chair in Global Leadership and Academic Chair, CU Executive MBA Program, The Business School, University of Colorado, Denver'At an epic crossroads, academia needs to jump orbits into greater managerial relevance. Ronen and Shankar's work has the escape velocity to do it.' Russ Klein, CEO of American Marketing Association'This book is much more than the title implies. It is indispensable for global business and those interested in the interrelatedness and conflict among countries. It is monumental in scope because it is a synthesis of the most compelling empirical, large scale studies of culture, leadership, and organizational behavior. It is both exciting and arduous, explaining the pervasive influence of culture on business and work values.' Peter W. Dorfman, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University, former President of the Board, GLOBE Foundation for Research and Education'A superbly crafted, organized and presented work of sterling scholarship, Navigating Global Business: A Cultural Compass is unreservedly recommended as a core addition to corporate, community and academic library Business Management instructional reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.' Library BookwatchTable of Contents1. Delineating culture; 2. Generating the clustering map; 3. Eco-cultural and economic correlates; 4. Attitudinal and behavioral dimensions; 5. A cluster by cluster review.

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Book SynopsisThe art of alliance management is an integral part of the practice of business in the twenty-first century. Collaborations between companies provide synergistic ideas and a combined capability that surpasses what each firm can achieve, individually. This handbook comprehensively encompasses the latest research in the expanding fields of strategic alliances and interfirm collaborations, featuring twenty-eight contributions from leading international experts. It will enable the reader to develop skills in negotiating with a prospective partner firm; write alliance agreements that specify the rights, responsibilities, obligations, restraints and safeguards for each partner; govern and manage the relationship, taking into account behavioural and psychological considerations, as well as the power balance over the life of the alliance; and handle termination or dissolution of the agreement when appropriate. It will be an invaluable resource for graduate students and academic researchers in bTrade Review'To remain competitive in today's global marketplace, a company should utilize alliances strategically. This comprehensive handbook will help you master the art of alliance management.' Jaeyong Song, AMOREPACIFIC Professor of Strategy and International Management, Seoul National University Business School'This book brings together, in a single volume, most of the leading scholars studying economic cooperation and strategic alliances. Not only do these authors summarize much of what we know about these phenomena but, more importantly, they identify the critical unanswered questions in this area of work. This is a must have for anyone interested in studying, or managing, strategic alliances.' Jay Barney, Presidential Professor of Strategic Management, University of Utah'Although there has been research done on alliances for the past forty or so years, the academic research has lagged the needs of practitioners. Also, the failure rates of alliances is estimated to be in excess of fifty percent. The Contractor and Reuer volume is a needed and welcomed addition to the literature on two levels. First, they address problems that have been neglected in the past. Second, they deal with issues that are useful to alliance practitioners. This edited volume is an excellent reference book for all who wish to delve into the area of alliances.' Robert E. Spekman, Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Emeritus, University of Virginia'Despite rising protectionist sentiments in some countries, the incidence of cross-border strategic alliances has shown no signs of abating. Contractor and Reuer's edited book of readings, written by many of the best-known authorities in the field, provides important insights on the theory and practice of cross-country strategic alliances. In addition, the volume outlines directions for future research in this important field. A must read for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to help them better understand and benefit from these developments.' Rosalie L. Tung, The Ming and Stella Wong Professor of International Business, Simon Fraser University, Canada'This treatise developed by Contractor and Reuer defines the 'State of the Art' in alliance scholarship. It spans the boundary between theory and practice providing valuable knowledge for all who study or engage in collaborations between organizations.' Michael A. Hitt, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mays Business School, Texas A & M UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: the evolution of alliance scholarship; Part I. Theory and Future Directions in Alliance Research: 1. Frontiers of alliance research; 2. Understanding contracting behavior: the role of power; 3. Rationality in theoretical modeling of collaborative ventures; 4. The transaction cost theory of equity joint ventures: past, present and future; 5. Using alliances to test core theories of strategic and international management: the case of the resource-based view; Part II. Alliances in the Context of Rapid Technological Change and Disruptions: 6. Responding to digital disruption through alliances; 7. Performance differences of jointly-owned firms in the US electronics sector; Part III. Microfoundational Processes and Coordination between Partners: 8. Learning to coordinate in alliances: towards a microfoundation framework; 9. Social psychological foundations of alliance cooperation: the role of identity and identification in shared alliance interest; 10. A multi-level framework of alliance management: the paradox of coopetition; Part IV. Alliance Management Capability: 11. The evolution of alliance capability in large organizations: the case of alliance management; 12. Strategic animation in global professional services: a case for virtual integration processes in network organizations; 13. The organizational design of the alliance management system: a contingency perspective; Part V. Alliance Scope: 14. Alliance scope: theoretical and empirical perspectives; 15. The effect of alliance scope on knowledge flows; Part VI. Alliance Portfolios and Multilateral Alliances: 16. Technology alliance portfolios and radical innovation: the role of different alliance portfolio information processing mechanisms; 17. Multilateral alliances: a review and research agenda; Part VII. Multimarket and Multinational Alliances: 18. Multimarket competition and alliance formation; 19. Profitability of joint ventures abroad: explaining a new empirical puzzle; 20. Think globally, act cooperatively: entrepreneurial partnering between Invs and Mnes; Part VIII. Innovation Networks and Alliances: 21. Increasing knowledge complexity and informal networks in the information age; 22. Characteristics of innovation-driven interfirm alliances, 1957–2006: analysis and research directions; Part IX. Fostering Trust and the Impact of Culture: 23. The double-edged sword of high expectations: presumptive trust, reflective trust and satisfaction in international joint ventures; 24. Culture and cross-border alliances: unholy matrimony; Part X. The Evolution, Survival or Termination of Alliances: 25. Should I stay or should I go now? Integrating the learning and selection views on firms' successive make-or-ally decisions for product innovation; 26. Surviving alliance network evolution during industry convergence: observations and future research directions; Part XI. Public-Private Partnerships: 27. Pay to play: connecting university research funding to licensing outcomes; 28. Multiple partners in public-private collaborations: beyond the dyadic forms of cooperation.

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Book SynopsisNo organization is immune from the influence of management tools. Such tools as norms, indicators, ranking, evaluation grids and management control systems have moved outside the managerial and consultancy realm within which they were first developed to reach public administrations and policy-makers, as well as a range of other governmental and non-governmental organizations. Taking management tools out of the practical and utilitarian contexts to which they are often consigned and approaching them from a social analytical perspective, this book gives primacy to these everyday objects that constitute the background of organizational life and remain too often unquestioned. Bringing together developing streams of research from anthropology, political science, social psychology, sociology, accounting, organisation theory and management, Ève Chiapello and Patrick Gilbert offer an unprecedented theoretical synthesis that will help managers, scholars and policy-makers to unpack the functional and dysfunctional roles and effects of management tools within and across organizations.Trade Review'What are the tools that make it possible to manage? How do we make use of them, control them and to what effect? These are the fundamental questions that Chiapello and Gilbert address in a book that is as useful as it is fascinating. It is one that has much to teach not only scholars of management and organizations but also those want to think deeply about just what technology does.' Wendy Nelson Espeland, Northwestern University, Illinois'Organised along the distinction between different paradigms and based on illuminating empirical examples, this unique book comprehensively restores the theoretical, epistemological and methodological foundations of the diverse ways of knowing and inquiring on management tools and on tools of government. This brilliant tour de force is a must-read for all students and academics in the field of management, sociology, organisation theory and public policy and for all those fascinated by the power of instruments at the heart of capitalism, science and politics.' Philippe Bezes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique and Sciences PoTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation: 1. Theoretical foundations: from the study of technique to the analysis of management tools; 2. Traditional approaches: management tools in the history of organisation theory; Part II. Three Major Types of Social Science Approaches: 3. Critical perspectives on management tools; 4. Institutionalist perspectives on management tools; 5. Interactional perspectives on management tools; Part III. Synthesis: 6. The agency of management tools; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAre you struggling to improve a hostile or uncomfortable environment at work, or interested in how such tension can arise? Experts in organizational psychology, management science, social psychology, and communication science show you how to implement interventions and programs to manage workplace emotion. The connection between workplace affect and relevant challenges in our society, such as diversity and technological changes, is undeniable; thus learning to harness that knowledge can revolutionize your performance in tackling workday issues. Applying major theoretical perspectives and research methodologies, this book outlines the concepts of display rules, emotional labor, work motivation, well-being, and discrete emotions. Understanding these ideas will show you how affect can promote team effectiveness, leadership, and conflict resolution. If you require a foundation for understanding workplace affect or a springboard into deeper, more interdisciplinary research, this book presents an integrative approach that is indispensable.Table of ContentsForeword; Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations: 1. Emotion at work: from the 'leaner years' to the 'affective revolution'; 2. The organizational neuroscience of emotions; 3. Personality affect construal theory: a model of personality and affect in the workplace; 4. Workplace emotions and motivation: toward a unified approach; 5. Behavioral genetics and affect at work: a review and directions for future research; 6. A review of quantitative methods to measure workplace affect; 7. Qualitative methods to study workplace affect: capturing elusive emotions; Part II. Workplace Affect and Individual Worker Outcomes: 8. Affect, stress, and health: the role of work characteristics and work events; 9. Emotion and various forms of job performance; 10. The role of affect and its regulation for creativity and innovation; 11. Emotional labor: display rules and emotion regulation at work; 12. Advancing the field: reviewing the status of emotional intelligence in the workplace; 13. Affect and workplace judgment and decision-making; 14. The mindful emotion management framework: how mindfulness helps employees manage emotions through reactivity, regulation, and reappraisal; 15. Benefits of negative affective states; 16. Interventions to improve employee well-being; Part III. Workplace Affect and Interpersonal and Team-Level Processes: 17. Leadership, affect, and emotion in work organizations; 18. Affective climate in teams; 19. Workplace affect, conflict, and negotiation; 20. Understanding the role of affect in workplace aggression; 21. The service encounter; 22. Emotion work and emotion management; 23. Dynamic emotional labor: a review and extension to teams; Part IV. Workplace Affect and Organizational, Social and Cultural Processes: 24. Organizational entry and workplace affect; 25. Performance management and workplace affect; 26. Feeling the heat: the importance of affect to organizational justice for receivers, actors, and observers; 27. Gender and workplace affect: expression, experiences, and display rules; 28. Affective climate and organization-level emotion management; Part V. Discrete Emotions at Work: 29. The emotion of interest at work; 30. The antecedents and consequences of fear at work; 31. From self-consciousness to success: when and why self-conscious emotions promote positive employee outcomes; 32. Happiness in its many forms; 33. Envy and jealousy: the role of intrasexual competition in the workplace; 34. Other-focused emotion triads: contempt, anger, and disgust (CAD) and awe, gratitude, and elevation (Age); 35. Schadenfreude at work; Part VI. New Perspectives on Workplace Affect: 36. Diversity and workplace affect: the impact of revealing or concealing a stigma; 37. Implications of technological work practices for employee affect; 38. Looking into the future: integration of research on workplace affect.

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Book SynopsisLearn how applications of emotion research can improve organizational effectiveness, in terms of employee behavior, teamwork, leadership, and organizational climate. Several disciplines are combined to offer ideas and solutions to scholars or workplace leaders who implement interventions and programs to manage workplace emotion more effectively.Table of ContentsForeword; Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations: 1. Emotion at work: from the 'leaner years' to the 'affective revolution'; 2. The organizational neuroscience of emotions; 3. Personality affect construal theory: a model of personality and affect in the workplace; 4. Workplace emotions and motivation: toward a unified approach; 5. Behavioral genetics and affect at work: a review and directions for future research; 6. A review of quantitative methods to measure workplace affect; 7. Qualitative methods to study workplace affect: capturing elusive emotions; Part II. Workplace Affect and Individual Worker Outcomes: 8. Affect, stress, and health: the role of work characteristics and work events; 9. Emotion and various forms of job performance; 10. The role of affect and its regulation for creativity and innovation; 11. Emotional labor: display rules and emotion regulation at work; 12. Advancing the field: reviewing the status of emotional intelligence in the workplace; 13. Affect and workplace judgment and decision-making; 14. The mindful emotion management framework: how mindfulness helps employees manage emotions through reactivity, regulation, and reappraisal; 15. Benefits of negative affective states; 16. Interventions to improve employee well-being; Part III. Workplace Affect and Interpersonal and Team-Level Processes: 17. Leadership, affect, and emotion in work organizations; 18. Affective climate in teams; 19. Workplace affect, conflict, and negotiation; 20. Understanding the role of affect in workplace aggression; 21. The service encounter; 22. Emotion work and emotion management; 23. Dynamic emotional labor: a review and extension to teams; Part IV. Workplace Affect and Organizational, Social and Cultural Processes: 24. Organizational entry and workplace affect; 25. Performance management and workplace affect; 26. Feeling the heat: the importance of affect to organizational justice for receivers, actors, and observers; 27. Gender and workplace affect: expression, experiences, and display rules; 28. Affective climate and organization-level emotion management; Part V. Discrete Emotions at Work: 29. The emotion of interest at work; 30. The antecedents and consequences of fear at work; 31. From self-consciousness to success: when and why self-conscious emotions promote positive employee outcomes; 32. Happiness in its many forms; 33. Envy and jealousy: the role of intrasexual competition in the workplace; 34. Other-focused emotion triads: contempt, anger, and disgust (CAD) and awe, gratitude, and elevation (Age); 35. Schadenfreude at work; Part VI. New Perspectives on Workplace Affect: 36. Diversity and workplace affect: the impact of revealing or concealing a stigma; 37. Implications of technological work practices for employee affect; 38. Looking into the future: integration of research on workplace affect.

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