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Business plasticity through disorganization /

Disorganization occurs in all areas of modern business. This book presents a novel approach to both academics and practitioners on how to break the shackles of rigidity and eliminate our fear of disorganization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herath, Dinuka B. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Secchi, Davide (writer of foreword.), Homberg, Fabian (Contribuidor), Herath, Gayanga B. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Business Plasticity through Disorganization; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Author; About the Contributors; Foreword; What a Mess; Prescriptive Norms and Disorder; The Cognition of Disorder: Prolegomena to a Theory; Coupling Mechanisms; Three Domains; How It Happens; Adapting to Disorder; Why Read This Book?; Chapter 1: Sorting the "Mess" from the Rest; Why Now?; Disorganization as an Antidote to the Growing Pains of the Status Quo; Embracing the Inevitability of Disorganization; The Baby Steps; Logic and Structure of the Book; Chapter Outline; Summary
  • Section A: OriginsChapter 2: The Problem with "Order"; A Very Brief History of Order; The Cost of "Order" in Business; Summary; Chapter 3: Birth of Disorganization; Growing Pains; Summary; Section B: Understanding Disorganization; Chapter 4: The Logic of Disorganization; Cause-based Understanding of Disorganization; Reaction/Outcome-based Understanding of Disorganization; Location-based Understanding of Disorganization; BDVI Model; Summary; Chapter 5: Coping with Stochasticity; Reducing Organizing Costs; Melting Pot of Ideas
  • Juxtaposition
  • Enhancement of Internal and External Organizational ForesightSystematic Resilience; Summary; Chapter 6: Order in Chaos; Summary; Section C: Implementing Disorganization; Chapter 7: Goal-driven Disorganization; Broad Strategies for Goal-driven Disorganization; Implications of Leveraging Disorganization; Summary; Chapter 8: Structural Disorganization; Summary; Chapter 9: Functional Disorganization; Functional Disorganization in Action; Summary; Section D: Towards Business Plasticity; Chapter 10: Business Plasticity; Issues and Bottlenecks; Summary
  • Chapter 11: Toward Plasticity: Disorganization as a Sustainable CapabilityReplication; Understanding the Initial Conditions; Calibrating Variance; Accountability and Monitoring; Interconnection; Summary; Section E: Implications; Chapter 12: Future of Disorganization: A Research Agenda for Scholars; Gaps in Research and their Causes; Research Agenda; Summary; Chapter 13 Studying the Cognitive Elements of Disorganization; Distributed Cognition; Chapter 14 : Lessons for Practice
  • On the Relevance of the Study of "Disorganization" for Practitioners; The Case for Disorganization in Management
  • Disorganization and Organization PerformanceDisorganization and Creativity; The Pitfalls of Disorganization; Chapter 15: At the End of Day; Broad Takeaways; References; Index