LEADER 03461nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910810699403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-34582-2 010 $a0-19-151445-4 010 $a1-60119-538-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000393254 035 $a(EBL)422402 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422402 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000393254 100 $a20020915d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMaking time $etime and management in modern organizations /$fedited by Richard Whipp, Barbara Adam and Ida Sabelis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-925370-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Notes on Contributors; 1. Choreographing Time and Management: Traditions, Developments, and Opportunities; Part I: Masking Time, Making Time: Rethinking Basic Assumptions; 2. Towards a Theory of Timing: Kairology in Business Networks; 3. Taking Time Seriously: Organizational Change, Flexibility, and the Present Time in a New Perspective; 4. Now's the Time! Consumption and Time-Space Disruptions in Postmodern Virtual Worlds; 5. Time and Management as a Morality Tale, or 'What's Wrong with Linear Time, Damn It?' 327 $aPart II: Temporal Strategies in a Rapidly Changing World6. Hidden Causes for Unknown Losses: Time Compression in Management; 7. Cooperation Engineered: Efficiency in the 'Just-in-Time' System; 8. Hanging on the Telephone: Temporal Flexibility and the Accessible Worker; 9. A New Time Discipline: Managing Virtual Work Environments; 10. The Use of Time by Management and Consumers: An Analysis of the Computer Industry; Part III: The Temporal Implications of Alternative Approaches to Management; 11. Contested Presents: Critical Perspectives on 'Real-Time' Management 327 $a12. The Rhythm of the Organization: Simultaneity, Identity, and Discipline in an Australian Coastal Hotel13. Interpretative Times: The Timescape of Managerial Decision Making; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aTime is often taken for granted in daily life and the business world. The aim of this book is to bring time into sharper focus and in particular to look at the way time is constructed, made, managed, and used in organizations. The book both provides an overview of some of the key concepts in time and it explores how particular features of the modern world extend and change the temporal dimension of organizational activity. - ;Time is an essential feature of social and organizational life and part of the deep structure of business activity. Plans, performance, productivity, and pay are all link 606 $aIndustrial management 606 $aTime management 615 0$aIndustrial management. 615 0$aTime management. 676 $a658.4093 701 $aAdam$b Barbara$0475952 701 $aSabelis$b Ida$f1954-$01164279 701 $aWhipp$b Richard$01702677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810699403321 996 $aMaking Time$94087385 997 $aUNINA