ISBN:
9780192562371
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Series Statement:
Perspectives on Process Organization Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.35
Keywords:
Organizational behavior
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Contradictions permeate and propel organizational life- including tensions between reaching globally while focusing locally, and competing whilst also cooperating. This book explores the nature of these contradictions and their role in informing ongoing organizational change.
Abstract:
Cover -- Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Series Editorial Structure -- Editors-in-Chief -- Advisory Board -- Editorial Officer and Process Organization Studies Symposium Administrator -- Endorsements -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Dialectics -- 1.1.2 Paradox -- 1.1.3 Duality -- 1.1.4 Summary of Varied Lenses -- 1.2 Theme 1: A Process Perspective on Organizational Contradictions -- 1.3 Theme 2: Organizational Contradictions as Fuelling and Depicting Organizational Processes -- 1.4 Theme 3: Different Lenses for Studying Organizational Contradictions -- 1.5 Reflections and Future Research Directions -- References -- 2: Persistence in Paradox -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Persistence in the Conceptual Evolution of Paradox -- 2.3 Why Persistence? The Yin-Yang Perspective -- 2.3.1 Neither-Nor System -- NEITHER-NOR SYSTEM: PERSISTENCE AS ANOMALY -- 2.3.2 Either-Or -- 'EITHER-OR': PERSISTENCE AS IRRESOLUTION -- 2.3.3 Both-And -- BOTH-AND: PERSISTENCE AS DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM -- 2.3.4 Both-Or -- BOTH-OR: PERSISTENCE AS TRANSCENDENCE -- 2.3.5 Either-And -- EITHER-AND: PERSISTENCE AS CONSTITUTIVE -- 2.4 How Does Persistence Operate? A Dialectical Perspective -- 2.5 Implications -- 2.5.1 Implications for Theory and Research -- 2.5.2 Implications for Practice -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3: Creating Production Values in a Dramatic Television Series: Bridging Creative and Financial Imperatives through the Dialectics of Calculative Practice -- 3.1 'Balancing Acts' in the Production of Cultural Goods -- 3.2 Calculation and Judgement in Valuation Processes -- 3.3 Research Setting and Methods -- 3.4 Findings: Overview of Production Structure.
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