Managing Boundaries in Organizations
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Managing Boundaries in Organizations

Multiple Perspectives

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eBook - PDF

Managing Boundaries in Organizations

Multiple Perspectives

About this book

Drawing together an international group of scholars, this book provides fresh and provocative perspectives on boundaries in organizations. The emergence, management and transformation of organizational boundaries is intrinsic to modern organization and poses one of the most persistent and potentially rewarding challenges to researchers and managers alike. The book offers the latest insights into the nature of boundaries, how they may be interpreted and studied, as well as implications for managing. The chapters include theoretical perspectives and cases from Europe, Canada, the USA, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

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Yes, you can access Managing Boundaries in Organizations by N. Paulsen, T. Hernes, N. Paulsen,T. Hernes in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Business Strategy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9781403903297
eBook ISBN
9780230512559
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business Strategy
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables and Figures
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Notes on Contributors
  10. Introduction: Boundaries and Organization
  11. 1 "Who Are We Now?": Group Identity, Boundaries, and the (Re)Organizing Process
  12. 2 Enabling and Constraining Properties of Organizational Boundaries
  13. 3 Identity and Difference in Complex Projects: Why Boundaries still Matter in the "Boundaryless" Organization
  14. 4 Virtual Interactions: Creating Impressions of Boundaries
  15. 5 Building E-Loyalty across Cultures and Organizational Boundaries
  16. 6 Industrial Designers as Boundary Workers
  17. 7 Organizing Activities in Industrial Networks: The Case of Volvo S80
  18. 8 Managing Across Boundaries in Health Care: The Forces for Change and Inertia
  19. 9 Boundaries in Health Care Discussions: An Activity Theoretical Approach to the Analysis of Boundaries
  20. 10 Discerning Organizational Boundaries Through Physical Artifacts
  21. 11 Formidable Fences: Organizational Cooperation and Boundary Bullies in Zimbabwe
  22. 12 Merging Identities, Reinventing Boundaries: The Survival Strategy of Catholic Development Aid in the Netherlands
  23. 13 Colleague, Competitor, or Client: Social Boundaries in Flexible Work Arrangements
  24. 14 Drawing the Line: Organizations and the Boundary Work of "Home" and "Work"
  25. 15 Some Organizational Consequences of Cultural Differences in Boundary Permeability
  26. Epilogue: A Reflection and Future Directions
  27. Index