Organizational improvisation / / edited by Ken N. Kamoche, Miguel Pina e Cunha & Joao Vieira da Cunha

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/06; 658.406
• Soggetto topico: Organizational change; Organizational learning; Organizational effectiveness
• Altri autori: CunhaJoao Vieira da <1974-> CunhaMiguel Pina e KamocheKen N
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction and overview; Jazz as a process of organizational innovation; Making sense of improvisation; Improvisation as a mindset for organizational analysis; Exploring the empty spaces of organizing: How improvisational jazz helps redescribe organizational structure; Organizational improvisation: What, when, how and why; Creativity and improvisation in jazz and organizations: Implications for organizational learning; The aesthetic of imperfection in orchestras and organizations ; Improvising organizational transformation over time: A situated change perspectiveThe art of continuous change: Linking complexity theory and time-paced evolution in relentlessly shifting organizations; The convergence of planning and execution: Improvisation in new product development; Once again: what, when, how and why: A prospectus for research in organizational improvisation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The relatively new field of organizational improvisation is concerned with the pressures on organizations to react continually to today's ever-changing environment. Organizational improvisation has important implications for such subjects as product innovation, teamworking and organizational renewal, and this new book brings together some of the best and most thought-provoking papers published in recent years. This area is now emerging as one of the most important in organizational science, and this book provides a comprehensive collection suitable for students, researchers and practitioners a
• Titolo autorizzato: Organizational improvisation
• ISBN: 1-134-50648-1; 0-415-26176-7; 1-134-50649-X; 1-280-07365-9; 0-203-36160-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996202232303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno