This textbook presents organization theory in an exciting new way, moving away from a traditional linear historical narrative approach, to present students with an approach that offers both relevancy and appeal. The authors take a practice-based approach, identifying questions, problems and issues t[...]
The health care sector is the largest sector of the economy in most developed countries. With ageing populations in Europe and North-America, the health sector is expected to undergo significant changes in the future as it needs to handle more patients within stable budgets. Given its weight and imp[...]
Vision and visuality are two concepts widely discussed and debated in philosophy and social science literature. Some authors even suggest that the entire Western intellectual tradition is strongly shaped by the paradigm of vision; the inspection and analysis of specimens collected from social realit[...]
Professionals Making Judgments examines the role of judgment in professional work and as a constitutive principle of professionalism more broadly. The book reviews the professionalism and makes the argument that too many studies of professionalism put emphasis on rational decision-making at the expe[...]
No professional is an island. Despite their capacity to monopolize and erect entry barriers in terms of either formal credentials or membership of certain organizations, professionalism is inextricably bound up with collective accomplishments on a day-to-day basis and the capacity to share all the r[...]
Rapid advances in the life sciences means that there is now a far more detailed understanding of biological systems on the cellular, molecular, and genetic levels. Sited at the intersection between the life sciences, the engineering sciences, and the design sciences, innovations in the biomaterials [...]
Boken handler om teknologiens rolle i organisasjoner. Den presenterer en analytisk modell hvor teknologier har tre funksjoner i bedriften: å produsere, forbedre det administrative og kommunisere med samarbeidspartnere. Med litteraturliste og stikkordregister.[...]
Knowledge management has emerged as a different perspective on organizations. Conceiving of firms as being based on their capacity to create, distribute and make use of knowledge. This title takes an alternative view of the nature of the firm. "Understanding Knowledge Management" presents an integra[...]
Knowledge management and its various aspects are becoming increasingly popular in the field of organization and management, both in the academy and in business. Organizations employ so-called "Knowledge Management Managers", software vendors sell knowledge management systems, knowledge is seen as a [...]
In organizations, a wide variety of technologies are mobilized on a day-to-day basis to accomplish organized activities. Some of these technologies are subject to continuous discussions and controversies while others are taken for granted or simply ignored. "Organizing Technologies" presents theorie[...]
The contemporary economy is primarily understood through the rationalist and formalist lenses of economic theory and its accompanying (mainstream) theories of organisation and management. In this corpus of work, the economy is commonly portrayed as emerging on the basis of the calculated and instrum[...]
Postmodern teori har haft ett betydande inflytande inom humaniora och samhällsvetenskap sedan mitten av 1980-talet. Denna bok är en introduktion till området postmodern organisationsteori - ett kritiskt, reflexivt tänkande om vad som konstituerar mänskligt samhälleligt handlande och vad som sk[...]
An advanced introduction As society as a whole is becoming increasingly "managed" and a "management industry" reports substantial turnover derived from its selling of a great variety of management books and training programs, one can persuasively make the point that we are living in an era dominated[...]
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This book presents an integrated critique of the Knowledge Management theory perspective, aiming at discussing the ontological, epistemological, and political qualities of concepts such as ”knowledge” and ”management”.[...]
Varför är en person underordnad andra personer? Svaren blir olika beroende på vilka teorier forskare använder.
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Denna bok visar hur intersektionalitet kan tillämpas inom organisationsteorin. Genom att skifta fokus och alternera mellan teorier om kön, klass, etnicitet och s[...]
Byråkratin är den vanligaste organisationsformen i vårt samhälle. Det är också den kanske mest kritiserade. Byråkratier framställs ofta som stelbenta miljöer med ineffektiva handläggare. Med denna bok vill författaren ge en mer balanserad och rättvisande bild av den roll byråkratimodell[...]
Organization theory and management studies tend to underrate the importance of technological resources in accomplishing organized activities. In organizations, a wide variety of technologies are mobilized on a day-to-day basis to accomplish organized activities. Some of these technologies are subjec[...]
The contemporary economy is primarily understood through the rationalist and formalist lenses of economic theory and its accompanying (mainstream) theories of organization and management. In this corpus of work, the economy is commonly portrayed as emerging on the basis of the calculated and instrum[...]
Organisation och organisering är en genomgång av organisationsteorin från de tidigaste försöken att organisera merkantil verksamhet under antiken till dagens IT-intensiva arbete i organisationer
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Boken är grundläggande och lämpar sig väl för introduktionskurser. Upplag[...]
Byråkratin är den vanligaste organisationsformen i vårt samhälle. Det är också den kanske mest kritiserade. Byråkratier framställs ofta som stelbenta miljöer med ineffektiva handläggare. Med denna bok vill författaren ge en mer balanserad och rättvisande bild av den roll byråkratimodell[...]