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Title Understanding organizations in complex, emergent and uncertain environments / edited by Anabella Dávila ... [and others]
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description xvi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Contents note continued: 8.Exploring Managerial Perceptions of the Innovation Process in Mexico / Javier Reynoso -- 9.The Role of Physical Space and Information Technologies in Knowledge Transfer Processes within SMEs / Diego A. Rodriguez Lozano -- 10.The Motivation and Management of Highly Specialized Creative Employees / Helle Hedegaard Hein -- 11.From Life in Cages to Life in Projects: Metaphors for Moderns / Carmen Baumeler
Machine generated contents note: 1.Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments: An Introduction / Marta M. Elvira -- pt. I Complex Organizational Environments and Governance -- 2.How Organizations Engage with External Complexity: A Political Action Perspective / Suzana B. Rodrigues -- 3.The Social Dimension of Boards' Role in Better Corporate Governance / Ljiljana Erakovic -- 4.Promoting Leadership in Governance and Governance in Leadership: Towards a Supportive Research Agenda / Brad Jackson -- 5.SME Adoption of Environmental Management Practices: Four Exploratory Case Studies / Ronald C. Beckett -- pt. II Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship in Complex Environments -- 6.Engaging Small Businesses in Innovation: Building Absorptive Capacity through ̀R&D Clubs' / Ronald C. Beckett -- 7.Exploring the Determinants and Dimensionality of SME e-Collaboration Trust / Lorenzo Seritti --
Summary Explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments. Inc Aust contributors from UTS, Uni of Western Sydney, Wollongong Uni, Deakin, and NZ contributors
Analysis Management skills & techniques
Management
Organisational theory & behaviour
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Management.
Organizational behavior.
Organizational change.
Organizational sociology.
Author Dávila, Anabella.
LC no. 2012020666
ISBN 0230290027 (hardback)
9780230290020 (hardback)