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Management, Organizations and Society represents innovative work grounded in new realities; addressing issues crucial to an understanding of the contemporary world. This is the world of organized societies, where boundaries between formal and informal, public and private, local and global organizations have been displaced or vanished along with other nineteenth century dichotomies and oppositions. Management, apart from becoming a specialised profession for a growing number of people, is an everyday activity for most members of modern societies. Management, Organizations and Society will address these contemporary dynamics of transformation in a manner that transcends disciplinary boundaries, with work which will appeal to researchers, students and practitioners alike.
Edited By Sarah Robinson, Jette Ernst, Kristian Larsen, Ole Jacob Thomassen
September 30, 2021
There is increasing academic interest in how Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology can be applied to management and organization studies (MOS). In a context of increasing complexity faced by organizations and those who work in them due to globalisation, neoliberalism, austerity, financial crisis, ecological ...
By Jerzy Duda, Aleksandra Gąsior
September 17, 2021
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, refers to the industrial paradigm bringing together the digital and physical worlds through the Cyber-Physical Systems, enhanced by Internet of Things aimed to increase the effectiveness of human-machine cooperation (HMC). This book ...
Edited By Ricardo Chiva
July 27, 2021
Due to the increasing transformation and changes in the economy, society, technology, ecology or even human health, organizations and companies are or should be continuously changing in order to survive as they are open systems. This book illustrates both how organizations can transform or change ...
By David M. Pithan
July 16, 2021
With the beginning of the twentieth century, American corporations in the chemical and electrical industries began establishing industrial research laboratories. Some went on to become world-famous, not only for their scientific and technological breakthroughs, but also for the new union of science...
By Stephen R. Block, Katrina Miller-Stevens
June 29, 2021
Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder’s Syndrome is designed to help today’s researchers, faculty, students and practitioners become familiar with the etiology and dynamics of Founder’s Syndrome as an organizational condition challenging nonprofit/...
By Dennis N. Onyama
June 18, 2021
This book presents an in-depth study of how the drive to optimize organizational performance can be significantly improved by investigating the causal relationships between profitability, productivity, and sustainability (PPS) through an assessment of a triple combined therapy that studies the ...
Edited By Zahirul Hoque
May 24, 2021
In the recent decade, governments worldwide are increasingly focusing on being community-centric and outcomes-based. Consequently, they are starting to move towards outcomes-based approaches to public financial management systems. An outcomes-based approach allows government service agencies and ...
Edited By Bruce Fortado
April 29, 2021
Certain consultants argue leaders can quickly, easily, and considerably alter their organization cultures to improve performance. Conversely, field researchers have described situations where leaders could do little to alter the existing organization culture. Between these extreme positions, a ...
By Stephen J. Broadhurst
April 27, 2021
As we become more and more of a global trading world, the challenges of leading and managing within this turbulent environment and its associated, complex, interconnected markets and disconnected relationships are indisputable, so just how far can any change requirements be practically engaged with...
Edited By Edwina Pio, Robert Kilpatrick, Timothy Pratt
March 23, 2021
Much contemporary research ignores or is dismissive of the growth of global religiosity, even though 90 percent of the global population sees the world through a commitment to some kind of faith. Reimagining Faith and Management addresses this issue and extends the research on the impact of ...
Edited By Kathryn Waddington
March 18, 2021
This book makes a significant contribution to the need for compassion in the 21st-century neoliberal university. Compassion is a process that involves (i) noticing that suffering is present in an organization; (ii) making meaning of suffering in a way that contributes to a desire to alleviate it; (...
By Henning Bang, Thomas Nesset Midelfart
February 25, 2021
Most contemporary organizations use management teams to manage and coordinate their businesses at all levels of the organizational hierarchy. Management teams typically set overall goals, strategies, and priorities, making vital organizational decisions. They discuss issues, solve problems, offer ...