Organizational theory and behaviour

This textbook on knowledge management draws on the authors' more than twenty years of research, teaching and consulting experience.

This book argues that separation consciousness has kept a collective demand for corporate social responsibility at bay, even providing justification for business to neglect society.

The book presents a critical framework for assessing whether organisational practice and function reinforces unseen potential differences amongst individuals in the workplace.

This book examines the new conditions under which professional work, often referred to as "e;knowledge-intensive work,"e; is organised and how professional groups who have traditionally been granted jurisdictional discretion now have their work routines renegotiated.

This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue.

This book is the first to present a rich selection of over 30 real-world cases of how leading organizations conduct Business Process Management (BPM).

Providing a global perspective on the increasingly important concept of talent management in the health sector, this significant new text brings together evidence and research findings to suggest how healthcare organisations can attract and retain talent.

This edited collection examines human resource management in organizations other than those that are set up to make a profit.

This book provides a systematic view of current and future research perspectives on intercultural knowledge sharing and offers a model for the growth of organizational knowledge in the digital age.

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the economics and management of networks as an interdisciplinary field, offering new theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives on the management, governance, ownership and control of cooperatives, franchising networks and strategic alliances.

This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of multiple approaches beyond quotas for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards.

Based on research findings and detailed, original cases, this book charts the new innovation imperative, where organizations must deliver on dual goals: an efficient return on current operations, and a burgeoning pipeline of new products.

This book proposes that the key ingredient to effective leadership is trust and that leaders must earn the trust of their colleagues to be successful.

This book systematizes the concepts of business relationships and network embeddedness, taking a new approach to internationalization, relevant for the global economy.

This book provides a systematic framework for effectively creating value through engineering in global business networks, and contributes to an increasingly important branch of engineering operations.

This book contributes to the discussions on the role of spirituality in organizing and leading, taking a philosophically and theologically rigorous perspective.

This book aims to help leaders maximise the engagement of employees and citizens by exploring the impact of a process of active enthusiasm (PACE).

This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management.

Providing a first tentative understanding of novelty and a set of implications for organizations to manage it, this book focuses on the potential offered by emergent novelty, namely novelty which is neither designed nor pursued.

Introducing a theory of workplace dignity into the field of management studies, this innovative new book presents an alternative paradigm based on principles of human dignity which is integrated into a theoretical approach to the topic.

This book develops a unified framework to explain the phenomena of competitive advantage and firm value creation in dynamic environments.

This book highlights the growing number of 'post-bureaucratic' firms that are abandoning hierarchical organizational forms in favor of self-managing teams.

This book analyses the development of strategic supply chain modelling and its role in optimisingdecision-making in business, in relation to advances in technology and increased demand due to globalisation.

This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control.

This book offers a new framework for conceptualizing and managing organizations when using new information and communication technologies, for example decision support and artificial intelligence.

This book provides a view into the multi-dimensional and multi-contextual nature of community policing.

This book provides a roadmap for how police services can address incivility in the workplace and become more inclusive from the inside out.

This book explores how social media and its advances enables citizens to empower themselves during a crisis.

In this book, experts discuss whether volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) represent a challenge or a business opportunity.

 This book explores the basic traits of inter-organizational networks, examining the interplay between structure, dynamics, and performance from a governance perspective.

This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world.

This book offers a concise summary of cutting-edge research and practical implications about employee engagement.

This book argues that by integrating effective knowledge management (KM) with project management (PM), the overall project success rate can be improved significantly.

This book provides a consistent and holistic managerial approach to product management and presents a practical and comprehensive methodology (roles, processes, tasks, and deliverables) that covers all aspects of product management.

Presenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management.

"e;Alan Coppin is a rare individual.

Develops scenario planning methods in ways that link scenario analysis to improved decision making, engage time-poor senior decision makers, attenuate decision makers' tendency to deflect responsibility for bleak, negative scenario outcomes, and enhance causal analysis within scenario-storyline development.

This book addresses the core challenges currently faced by traditional companies.

Exploring the implications of 10 years of data from more than 21,000 communication professionals across Europe, combined with case studies and interviews with senior communication directors from top European companies and organisations, this book provides an insight into how to build, develop and lead excellent communication.

Technological advancements are contributing to shape future business models and the industrial scenario.

This book constructs a multi-disciplinary interpretation of emotion, specifically applied and discussed within Organizational Change environments.

This book examines the design of two care pathways to establish how key principles associated with systems thinking, quality improvement, and supply chain management can improve the design of these services.

This book reflects the tremendous changes in the telecommunications industry in the course of the past few decades - shorter innovation cycles, stiffer competition and new communication products.

This book compels the legal profession to question its current identity and to aspire to become a strategic partner for corporate executives, clients and stakeholders, transforming legal into a function that creates incremental value.

This book addresses one of the most critical issues facing global business leaders and the multicultural workforce - how to work and relate effectively in the intercultural contexts.

This book offers both marketing and sales professionals a rare combined insight into both worlds to continuously capture customer intelligence and create value, by blending detailed research with academic rigor and commercial experience of the authors in both Europe and North America.

The book explores various aspects of cognitive and motivational psychology as they impact entrepreneurial behavior.

This book offers a structured framework for critical thinking and decision making that shows how to use hindsight, insight, and foresight to navigate through complexity.

As the world is currently in the midst of financial and economic crises, this collection of expert contributions focuses on strategy formation and implementation at various organizational levels to address the challenges ahead.

This volume is focused on the emerging concept of Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs).