Making Time [[electronic resource] ] : Time and Management in Modern Organizations
| Making Time [[electronic resource] ] : Time and Management in Modern Organizations |
| Autore | Whipp Richard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina |
650.1
658.4093 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamBarbara
SabelisIda |
| Soggetto topico |
Industrial management
Time management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-34582-2
0-19-151445-4 1-60119-538-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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?'
Part 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 12. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458421903321 |
Whipp Richard
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making Time [[electronic resource] ] : Time and Management in Modern Organizations
| Making Time [[electronic resource] ] : Time and Management in Modern Organizations |
| Autore | Whipp Richard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina |
650.1
658.4093 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamBarbara
SabelisIda |
| Soggetto topico |
Industrial management
Time management |
| ISBN |
1-281-34582-2
0-19-151445-4 1-60119-538-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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?'
Part 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 12. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784619203321 |
Whipp Richard
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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