Crisis, chaos, and organizations : the coronavirus and lessons for organizational theory / edited by Daniel J. Svyantek (Auburn University).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Svyantek, Daniel J., editor.

Series:

Research in organizational analysis.

Research in organizational sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Communication in management.

Emergency management.

Business planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Incorporated, 2022.

Summary:

"The COVID-19 pandemic provides an illustration of how chaotic change to large systems are caused by small, seemingly insignificant environmental events such as the initial case(s) of COVID-19 in China. From this small starting point for the pandemic, there have been (and continue to be) millions of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent trying to alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. World government and corporate leaders are striving to deal with this pandemic, but uncertainty is felt across the globe. Unprecedented strategies (e.g., the United States government's multi-trillion-dollar stimulus package(s)) have been used to halt the spread of COVID-19. These small events cascade throughout larger and larger systems leading to unforeseeable consequences. Organizations must experiment and make decisions on how to react. Decisions must be made and implemented to see what the effects of these decisions are. The chapters in this volume provide important insights for all organizations during this time of crisis. The chapters express bottom-up and top-down approaches to a crisis-initiating environmental change by organizations. The chapters provide insight into the way organizations perceive the effect of COVID-19 as 1) a permanent or transitory change in the organization's environment; and 2) as a crisis or opportunity. Taken together, the chapters provide both scientists and practitioners with a starting point for understanding the impact of COVID-19 on organizational theory and on management practice for readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

crisis, chaos, and organizations: An overview of the volume / Daniel J. Svyantek

Chapter 1. A critical appraisal of the dominant pandemic narrative / Bert Spector

Chapter 2. The impact of workload, workload changes, and anticipated workload changes during COVID-19 on worker well-being / Michael DiStaso, Kristin Horan, Chelsea LeNoble, Mindy Shoss, Zoe Politis, and Ignacio Azcarate

Chapter 3. Who rescues the rescuers? Multilevel challenges facing first responder organizations / Marc Cubrich, Ketaki Sodhi, Allie Pettruzzelli, and Dennis Doverspike

Chapter 4. From telecommute to telecommunity: How disabled onto-epistemologies inform post-pandemic professional practices / Martina Svyantek and Rua Mae Williams

Chapter 5. Organizing themselves / Jenifer Neale

Chapter 6. Radical acceptance and executive decision-making in the age of COVID-19 / Susan Cannon and Ruth Middleton-House

Chapter 7. Emergence and sensemaking in AI? complex global knowledge system: Implications for leaders post-covid-19 / Lisa Cuevas Shaw and Laura Hyatt

Chapter 8. A differing view of command in AI? connected world: Captain brett crozier and COVID-19 command decisions / Paul Nelson, Robert A. Norton, and Greg S. Weaver

Chapter 9. The urgency of organizational change within colleges in crisis / Jennifer McLean and Carrol Warren

Chapter 10. A theoretical analysis of organizational change during covid-19: Steps, stages, and themes for implementation / Theodore J. Wiard, Mary J. Selke, and Genevieve Oswald

Chapter 11. Digital communication strategies during pandemic crisis: Lessons from amazon company / Ludovica Moi, Simone Serpi, and Francesca Cabiddu

Chapter 12. COVID-19 crisis: Chaos and opportunities for newer organizational configurations for multinational oil enterprises / Riad A. Ajami, Homa Karimi, Rachel E. Sturm, and Berkwood Farmer

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

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ISBN:

1-64802-781-4

OCLC:

1321795103