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Navigating Through Changing Times: Knowledge Work in Complex Environments book cover

1st Edition

Navigating Through Changing Times Knowledge Work in Complex Environments

Edited By Anne Eskola Copyright 2018
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge
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Complexity theory including the concepts of chaos and emergence has been considered one of the most revolutionary products of the 20 th century having influence on science, technology and economics among others. Any complex systems, such as organisms, societies, stock market or the Internet, have emergent properties that cannot be reduced to the mere properties of their parts. The theory has... Read more

Part 1: New Ways of Working and Leading



1. Knowledge Work and New Ways of Working



Anne Eskola





2. Leading a Specialist



Pia Heilmann





3. Ethical Solutions to Ethical Problems in Knowledge Work



Minna-Maaria Hiekkataipale





4. The Necessity of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-determination



Frank Martela and Tuukka Kostamo





5. Tensions, Spaces of Self-organization and Resilience



Mika Nieminen and Heli Talja





Part 2: Lessons Learned from Forerunners



6. Lessons Learned from Traditional and "new-age" Leadership



Tommi Auvinen, Elina Riivari, and Pasi Sajasalo





7. Value Co-creation through Digitalization



Katja Rantala and Heikki Karjaluoto





8. Informal Human Resource Principles and Practices as a Key to Growth



Minna Janhonen and Tiina Taipale





9. Agile Ways of Working



Liinamaaria Hakola





10. Organizing at the Edge of Chaos



Sami Jantunen, Tapio Koivisto, Anne Eskola, and Pia Heilmann





11. Participative Strategy Work



Elli Antikainen, Tommi Auvinen, and Pasi Sajasalo





Part 3: Practical Guidelines for Changing Times





12. Classroom as Organization - an Educational Strategy for Emergent Learning



Anne Herbert and Elyssebeth Leigh





13. Shared Understanding of Business Purpose as a Structure of Organizing Work



Marianne Ekonen and Heidi Forsström-Tuominen





14. Supporting Prospective Organizational Sensemaking with Collaborative Methods



Sami Jantunen and Tapio Koivisto





15. Navigating in Turbulent Environments: How to Keep Staying in the Game?

Biography

Dr Anne Eskola is a Principal Lecturer at the School of Business, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland.

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