"A brilliant and comprehensive introduction to the most seminal component of leadership: wisdom. The diversity of the readings and wisdom of the authors make this a most original and valuable addition to the management canon."
--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader
"This wonderful compilation proves that management is as much art as science, and that deep thinking can inform and inspire practice to be more humane, ethical, and, yes,...
"A brilliant and comprehensive introduction to the most seminal component of leadership: wisdom. The diversity of the readings and wisdom...
Mark Easterby-Smith Marjorie A. Lyles Karl E. Weick
This is the state-of-the-art, international handbook for a field of inquiry that is still emergent and yet occupies a central position in contemporary management and organization theory. Marjorie Lyles at the University of Indiana and Mark Easterby-Smith at Lancaster University, UK, draw together analyses and critical commentary from the leading experts on organizational learning and knowledge management around the world. Links are made to existing bodies of theory in the root disciplines of economics, psychology and social theory, while the challenging implications for research and future...
This is the state-of-the-art, international handbook for a field of inquiry that is still emergent and yet occupies a central position in contemporary...
Weicks Sozialpsychologie des Organisierens ist keine Organisationstheorie im üblichen Sinne. Die strukturellen Merkmale von Organisationen, ihre Zielsetzungen, die Aufgabenteilung, die Ordnung der Entscheidungsprozesse - all dies zentrale Gegenstände der klassischen Organisationslehren - interessieren hier erst in zweiter Linie. Im Mittelpunkt steht vielmehr die Frage, wie Organisationen ihre Umwelt und sich selbst verstehen. Weick möchte eine Epistemologie des Organisierens schaffen, die selbst wieder eine Wirkung im Prozeß des Organisierens zu entfalten vermag, weil sie Begriffe...
Weicks Sozialpsychologie des Organisierens ist keine Organisationstheorie im üblichen Sinne. Die strukturellen Merkmale von Organisationen, ihre Ziel...
Improve your company's ability to avoid or manage crises
Managing the Unexpected, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions. Revised to reflect events emblematic of the unique challenges that organizations have faced in recent years, including bank failures, intelligence failures, quality failures, and other organizational misfortunes, often sparked by organizational actions, this critical book focuses on why some organizations are better able to sustain high performance in the...
Improve your company's ability to avoid or manage crises
Managing the Unexpected, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised text that off...
Wie Unternehmen optimal auf Krisen reagieren können, erläutern die Autoren anhand der Methoden von High Reliability Organizations. Die Neuauflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet und um neue Fallstudien erweitert.
Wie Unternehmen optimal auf Krisen reagieren können, erläutern die Autoren anhand der Methoden von High Reliability Organizations. Die Neuauflage wu...
