Organization Studies articles from November 2002

Organization Studies archives from November 2002

Editorial *.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2002... The Persistence of Memory Take a moment. Take time in. Engage in space and become all of it. In your being, in your presence in your absence. This is for you Roland. 'Against a background of the cliffs of Cap de...

Roland Calori.(Obituary)
November 1, 2002... 17th August 1951-14 July 2002 Tributes Roland will not only be remembered for his deep human warmth and friendship, for the extraordinary contact he established with students in his classes, but also for the wealth and variety of...

Time and reflexivity in organization studies: an introduction.(American Academy of Management seminar papers)
November 1, 2002... Abstract The theme of this collection of essays arose from the broader theme of the American Academy of Management 2000 Conference in Toronto on 'A New Time'. The five short papers included here, plus one by Christopher Grey (University of...

Essai: time, duration and simultaneity; rethinking process and change in organizational analysis.
November 1, 2002... Abstract The recent rediscovery of concrete lived time from 'clock-time' by process theorists enables us to make important adjustments in our thinking about the true nature of temporality, movement and change. For these process theorists,...

Essai: doing time in organization theory.(Critical Essay)
November 1, 2002... Abstract In this essay I examine my proclivity to theorize time in a cyclical way. Using artist David Hockney's reflections on representing time in art through movement, I suggest that, like Hackney's paintings, my dynamic theories of...

Essai: real time/real space research; connecting action and reflection in organization studies.
November 1, 2002... Abstract This essai discusses real-time/real-space research in which the time-space of the researcher and the time-space of the researched overlap, and in which action and reflection are intimately connected through fusion or cooperation....

Essai: organizational time; modern, symbolic and postmodern reflections.
November 1, 2002... Abstract This paper reflects upon how the concept of time is depicted in three major perspectives of organization theory--modem, symbolic and postmodern. In so doing, it draws upon time metaphors from sociological theory to make sense of...

Essai: real-time reflexivity; prods to reflection *.
November 1, 2002... Abstract Growing attention to self-as-theorist threatens to shift reflexivity from a means to improve theory to an end in itself. Such a shift both muddles observations and conceals the possibility that reflexive liabilities are...

Temporal spans in talk: doing consistency to construct fair organization *.
November 1, 2002... Abstract It is generally understood that time, among its other aspects, is a resource in organizational life. In this paper, we take an interpretive perspective to this notion by considering temporality as a verbal resource in the work of...

Organizational and industrial response to market liberalization: the interaction of pace, incentive and capacity to change *.
November 1, 2002... Abstract This paper draws on prior research on organizational change to link the pace of macroeconomic reforms in a transition economy to the ability of domestic firms and industries to face new foreign competition. We argue that if the...

Confronting strategic inertia in a top management team: learning from failure.
November 1, 2002... Abstract Recently there has been a growing interest in the use of scenario-planning techniques and related procedures such as cognitive mapping as a basis for facilitating organizational learning and strategic renewal. The overwhelming...

Sun Tzu and the Art of Business, including Sun. Tzu's The Art of War.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Mark McNeilly: Sun Tzu and the Art of Business, including Sun. Tzu's The Art of War Ard-Pieter de Man Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands 1996, Oxford: Oxford University Press....

The Aesthetics of Organizations.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Stephen Linstead and Heather Hopfl (eds.): The Aesthetics of Organizations Steven S. Taylor School of Management, University of Bath, UK 2000, London: Sage. 275 pages. As far as I know, The Aesthetics of Organizations is the first...

Complex Responsive Processes in Organizations. Learning and Knowledge Creation.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Ralph D. Stacey: Complex Responsive Processes in Organizations. Learning and Knowledge Creation Koen Frenken Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2001, London and New York: Routledge. 258 pages. ...

Companion to Organizations. (Book Notes).(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Joel A. Baum (ed.): Companion to Organizations 2002, Oxford: Blackwell. 957 pages. Here is another 957-page handbook of organization, this time edited by Joel Baum. In creating this Companion, the editor's aim was to provide a...

The Contingency Theory of Organizations. (Book Notes).(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Lex Donaldson: The Contingency Theory of Organizations 2001, London: Sage. 324 pages. Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth, analysis of the theories, evidence, and...

Books received *.
November 1, 2002... Abramson, Mark A. and John M. Kamensky (eds.). Managing for Results 2002. Rowman & Littlefield. 2001. Ackroyd, Stephen. The Organization of Business. Applying Organizational Theory to Contemporary Change. OUP. 2002. Alvesson, Mats....