Neo-industrial organising : renewal by action and knowledge formation in a project-intensive economy / Eskil Ekstedt ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ekstedt, Eskil, 1945-

Series:

Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 9.

Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial organization.

Project management.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neo-Industrial Organising explores an emerging area of importance in management and organisation studies, namely the trend towards a projectization of the economy as a whole and the inter- and intra-organisational relations of renewal projects. By reporting on the experiences of twenty-five renewal projects from a wide variety of both local and international organisations, the authors develop a theoretical framework based on action and knowledge, in order to answer such key questions as: What is neo-industrial management? What does the future hold for organisations? How will institut

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Neo-industrial organising; issues and challenges; Towards a project-intensive economy; Shortcomings of present theorising about permanent and temporary organisations; The project landscape; our empirical base; Action formation in temporary and permanent organisations; Knowledge formation in permanent and temporary organisations; Marrying action and knowledge formation in 25 renewal projects; Neo-industrial managing; Neo-industrial organising; implications and prospects; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-63024-7

1-134-63025-5

1-280-05582-0

0-203-36087-7

9780203360873

OCLC:

232161264