Paradoxes in management / guest editors: Alexis Downs, Dominique Besson, Pierre Louart and Rita Durant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Downs, Alexis.

Besson, Dominique.

Louart, Pierre.

Durant, Rita.

Series:

Journal of Organizational Change Management ; 19, no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management science.

Office management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the context of organization change management, paradoxes are vehicles for advancing our understanding of change processes. This e-book contains a number of papers that offer varying theories to understanding and managing paradox. It includes papers describing paradoxes within large telecommunications companies; an article looking at the complexities of performance under challenging situations; and an examination of the social construction of paradox through an action research study. It looks at paradox on a micro and macro-level, including multi-cultural and macro-economic issues, such as

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; The paradoxical repertoires of management consultancy; Living with paradoxes of corporate strategy; Paradoxical process in the organizational change of the CEO succession; Self-regulation, strategic leadership and paradox in organizational change; A theory of organizing informed by activity theory; The social construction of organizational change paradoxes; Reconciling institutional theory with organizational theories; Anatta: Buddhist insights into the paradoxical nature of organizational cultural problems

The Tobin tax and Newcomb's paradox

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-70579-5

9786610705795

1-84663-063-0

OCLC:

77010592