Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics

Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics
Author: Martha S. Feldman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108834477

A comprehensive introduction and overview of research in Routine Dynamics written by the central researchers in the field.

Routine Dynamics

Routine Dynamics
Author: Christian A. Mahringer
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2024-07-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1835495540

Exploring the power of routines in navigating our increasingly complex world, this volume argues that routines are as much engines of change as they are of stability, and that organizations are in a position to benefit from both.

Organizational Routines

Organizational Routines
Author: Markus C. Becker
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848447248

One of the major challenges facing organization studies has been for a long time to develop an operational content to the notion of routines . This book offers important advances in this direction, both conceptually and through illuminating case studies. Giovanni Dosi, Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy This book showcases advanced empirical research that applies the concept of organizational routines to understanding organizations and how they change and evolve. The contributions gathered in the book cover qualitative, quantitative, and archival methods for empirical research applying the concept of organizational routines. Specific issues highlighted include the use of event-sequence methods in the analysis of organizational routines, the impact of standard operating procedures on recurrent behaviour patterns, and the stability, resilience, and change of organizational routines. The book thus provides an overview of different empirical methods applied to study organizational routines, and of their prerequisites, analytical power, and contribution. This comprehensive book will be of great interest to scholars and postgraduate students in the fields of organization theory, strategy, and organization behaviour. Researchers in organization, management and economic science, organizational change and evolutionary theories will also find this book invaluable.

Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice

Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
Author: Damon Golsorkhi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-06-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781107421493

Now in its second edition, this extended and thoroughly updated handbook introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it shows how the strategy as practice approach in strategic management moves away from disembodied and asocial studies of firm assets, technologies and practices to explore and explain the contribution that strategizing makes to people working at all levels of an organization. It breaks down many of the traditional paradigmatic barriers in strategy to investigate who the strategists are, what they do, how they do it, and what the consequences or outcomes of their actions are. This essential work summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.

Dynamics of Contention

Dynamics of Contention
Author: Doug McAdam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2001-09-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521011877

"Over the past two decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other non-routine politics has flourished. And yet research on the topic remains highly fragmented, reflecting the influence of at least three traditional divisions. The first of these reflects the view that various forms of contention are distinct and should be studied independent of others. Separate literatures have developed around the study of social movements, revolutions and industrial conflict. A second approach to the study of political contention denies the possibility of general theory in deference to a grounding in the temporal and spatial particulars of any given episode of contention. The study of contentious politics are left to 'area specialists' and/or historians with a thorough knowledge of the time and place in question. Finally, overlaid on these two divisions are stylized theoretical traditions - structuralist, culturalist, and rationalist - that have developed largely in isolation from one another." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam021/2001016172.html.

New Perspectives in Network Studies

New Perspectives in Network Studies
Author: Anna Moretti
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2023-04-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031220838

In line with the multi-disciplinary nature of network research, this edited volume collects both empirical and conceptual contributions that nurture the debate on network research, specifically dealing with the topics of network performance and agency. The contributions draw on different literatures and epistemic approaches and address different levels of analysis, both from a static and a dynamic point of view. It will be of great interest to academics and students developing research in the field of network studies. It will also be of interest to scholars of operations management, organization studies, strategy, innovation, financial management and business history.

The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science

The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science
Author: Joseph A. Allen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1085
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1316368521

This first volume to analyze the science of meetings offers a unique perspective on an integral part of contemporary work life. More than just a tool for improving individual and organizational effectiveness and well-being, meetings provide a window into the very essence of organizations and employees' experiences with the organization. The average employee attends at least three meetings per week and managers spend the majority of their time in meetings. Meetings can raise individuals, teams, and organizations to tremendous levels of achievement. However, they can also undermine effectiveness and well-being. The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science assembles leading authors in industrial and organizational psychology, management, marketing, organizational behavior, anthropology, sociology, and communication to explore the meeting itself, including pre-meeting activities and post-meeting activities. It provides a comprehensive overview of research in the field and will serve as an invaluable starting point for scholars who seek to understand and improve meetings.

Handbook on Innovation and Project Management

Handbook on Innovation and Project Management
Author: Andrew Davies
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2023-10-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789901804

Identifying the origins and evolution of innovation and project management, this unique Handbook explains why and how the two fields have grown and developed as separate disciplines, highlighting how and why they are now converging. It explores the theoretical and practical connections between the management of innovations and projects, examining the close relationship between the disciplines.

The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations
Author: Miguel Pina e Cunha
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2023-09-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000933792

This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of improvisation as a pervasive organizational process, essential in ever-changing business environments. Exploring theories of organizational action as well as contemporary challenges, it highlights improvisation’s rich potential in theory building and practice. The value and relevance of improvisational capabilities and processes in organizations are more apparent than ever: the global pandemic has forced organizations to reinvent themselves and to adapt to dramatic change on a massive scale. This surge in improvised activity starkly illustrates how the capability to improvise is key to organizational resilience: organizations that are able to improvise effectively are better prepared to bounce back and even thrive. From the latest thinking on improvisation in organizations to future avenues for research, this volume demonstrates the rich potential for both theory building and practice and provides a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in organizational strategy, entrepreneurship, product development, information systems, disaster management, and HRM.

The Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior

The Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior
Author: Richard N. Landers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1435
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1108757502

Experts from across all industrial-organizational (IO) psychology describe how increasingly rapid technological change has affected the field. In each chapter, authors describe how this has altered the meaning of IO research within a particular subdomain and what steps must be taken to avoid IO research from becoming obsolete. This Handbook presents a forward-looking review of IO psychology's understanding of both workplace technology and how technology is used in IO research methods. Using interdisciplinary perspectives to further this understanding and serving as a focal text from which this research will grow, it tackles three main questions facing the field. First, how has technology affected IO psychological theory and practice to date? Second, given the current trends in both research and practice, could IO psychological theories be rendered obsolete? Third, what are the highest priorities for both research and practice to ensure IO psychology remains appropriately engaged with technology moving forward?