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Understanding organizations in complex, emergent and uncertain environments
- Title
- Understanding organizations in complex, emergent and uncertain environments / edited by Anabella Dávila [and others].
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dávila, Anabella.
- Description
- xvi, 220 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- This work explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments.
- Subject
- Management
- Organizational behavior
- Organizational change
- Organizational sociology
- management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Strategic Planning
- Business and Management
- Organisation
- Organisationstheorie
- Umgebungseinfluss
- Betriebliches Umfeld
- Komplexe Systeme
- Komplexitätsmanagement
- Innovationsmanagement
- Corporate Governance
- Führungsstil
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1 Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments: An Introduction / Anabella Davilla Davilla, Anabella, Marta M. Elvira Elvira, Marta M. 1 -- Part I Complex Organizational Environments and Governance -- 2 How Organizations Engage with External Complexity: A Political Action Perspective / John Child Child, John, Suzana B. Rodrigues Rodrigues, Suzana B. 13 -- 3 The Social Dimension of Boards' Role in Better Corporate Governance / Coral Ingley Ingley, Coral, Morina Rennie Rennie, Morina, Jens Mueller Mueller, Jens, D. D. Warrick Warrick, D. D., Ljiljana Erakovic Erakovic, Ljiljana 45 -- 4 Promoting Leadership in Governance and Governance in Leadership: Towards a Supportive Research Agenda / Ljiljana Erakovic Erakovic, Ljiljana, Broad Jackson Jackson, Broad 68 -- 5 SME Adoption of Environmental Management Practices: Four Exploratory Case Studies / Ronald C. Beckett Beckett, Ronald C. 84 -- Part II Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship in Complex Environments -- 6 Engaging Small Businesses in Innovation: Building Absorptive Capacity through 'R&D Clubs' / Paul K. Couchman Couchman, Paul K., Ronald C. Beckett Beckett, Ronald C. 109 -- 7 Exploring the Determinants and Dimensionality of SME e-Collaboration Trust / Lois Burgerss Burgerss, Lois, Belinda Parrish Parrish, Belinda, Michael Jones Jones, Michael, Lorenzo Seritti Seritti, Lorenzo 129 -- 8 Exploring Managerial Perceptions of the Innovation Process in Mexico / Daniel Maranto Maranto, Daniel, Luis Garcia-Calderon Garcia-Calderon, Luis, Javier Reynoso Reynoso, Javier 143 -- 9 The Role of Physical Space and Information Technologies in Knowledge Transfer Processes within SMEs / Laura Zapata-Cantu Zapata-Cantu, Laura, José Luis Pineda Pineda, José Luis, Diego A. Rodríguez Lozano Lozano, Diego A. Rodríguez 154 -- 10 The Motivation and Management of Highly Specialized Creative Employees / Helle Hedegaard Hein Hein, Helle Hedegaard 167 -- 11 From Life in Cages to Life in Projects: Metaphors for Moderns / Stewart Clegg Clegg, Stewart, Carmen Baumeler Baumeler, Carmen 185.
- ISBN
- 9780230290020
- 0230290027
- 9781137026088
- 1137026081
- LCCN
- 2012020666
- OCLC
- ocn782988508
- 782988508
- SCSB-1661277
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library