Organizational Paradoxes: Theory and Practice

Author:   Medhanie Gaim ,  Stewart R Clegg ,  Miguel Pina e Cunha
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
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9781529791907


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   22 May 2024
Format:   Hardback
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This captivating book delves into the complex realm of management and organizational dynamics, focusing on the significance of paradoxes. From the intricate interplay between social obligations and business missions to the tension between stability and change, this textbook unveils the essence of these enduring contradictions. As organizations evolve, paradoxes become defining features, and illustrative cases of this are included throughout the textbook. Organizational Paradoxes equips students of organization management, organization change and strategy with an understanding of paradoxes, their philosophical underpinnings and their management in practice. Medhanie Gaim (PhD) is Associate Professor of Management at Umea School of Business, Economics, and Statistics, Sweden. Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney. Miguel Pina e Cunha is the Fundacao Amelia de Mello chair professor at Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova University Lisbon, Portugal.

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Author:   Medhanie Gaim ,  Stewart R Clegg ,  Miguel Pina e Cunha
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Sage Publications Ltd
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781529791907


ISBN 10:   1529791901
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   22 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction to organizational paradox What is (not) a paradox? Types of paradoxes Philosophical roots and basic assumptions of paradoxes Responding to organizational paradoxes Boundary conditions: what does it take to deal with paradoxes? Here comes trouble: The dark side of paradoxes Possibilities and challenges

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Medhanie Gaim (PhD) is Associate Professor of Management at Umeå School of Business, Economics, and Statistics, Sweden.  Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney.  Miguel Pina e Cunha is the Fundação Amélia de Mello chair professor at Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova University Lisbon. 

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