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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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General Science Quarterly
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Great Minds in Management
Author: Ken G. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199276811
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
In Great Minds In Management Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories.The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory.In their concluding chapter, Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century, and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199276811
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
In Great Minds In Management Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories.The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory.In their concluding chapter, Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century, and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being.
Organizational Hybridity
Author: Marya Besharov
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839093544
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book contains Open Access chapters This volume integrates and redirects research on organizational hybridity, the mixing of logics, forms, and identities that do not conventionally go together. It sets a foundation for continued analytical rigor and real-world relevance.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839093544
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book contains Open Access chapters This volume integrates and redirects research on organizational hybridity, the mixing of logics, forms, and identities that do not conventionally go together. It sets a foundation for continued analytical rigor and real-world relevance.
The Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Evolutionary Processes and Organizational Adaptation
Author: Daniel A. Levinthal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192634100
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
How do firms adapt? There are two basic starting points from which to answer that question. One is premised on ideas of rational choice and intentionality, while the other is a process of evolutionary dynamics. Both are well-defined and operate as powerful intellectual attractors. Using the ideas of Gregor Mendel as a useful touchstone, this book aims to construct a middle-ground between these two conceptions. The image of the "Mendelian" executive shows how we might effectively balance the ideas of godlike rational design on the one hand and evolutionary dynamics on the other. The perspective developed in this book is anchored on the two key primitives of path-dependence and artificial selection. The intentionality of the Mendelian executive allows for the conscious exploration of opportunities, rather than the happenstance of random variants, yet the constraining forces of path-dependence may lead these moves to adjacent spaces. This perspective also highlights the role of intentionality with respect to the selection and culling of strategic initiatives. The organization operates an “artificial selection” environment, as firms receive profits and losses and, in turn, mediate how these environmental outcomes are projected onto underlying elements and actors within the organization. In this spirit, exploration can be considered not merely as the distance in the underlying behavior from current action, but also as changes in the dimensions of merit by which initiatives are judged. The Mendelian executive is a catalyst and cultivator of promising pathways to unknown futures.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192634100
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
How do firms adapt? There are two basic starting points from which to answer that question. One is premised on ideas of rational choice and intentionality, while the other is a process of evolutionary dynamics. Both are well-defined and operate as powerful intellectual attractors. Using the ideas of Gregor Mendel as a useful touchstone, this book aims to construct a middle-ground between these two conceptions. The image of the "Mendelian" executive shows how we might effectively balance the ideas of godlike rational design on the one hand and evolutionary dynamics on the other. The perspective developed in this book is anchored on the two key primitives of path-dependence and artificial selection. The intentionality of the Mendelian executive allows for the conscious exploration of opportunities, rather than the happenstance of random variants, yet the constraining forces of path-dependence may lead these moves to adjacent spaces. This perspective also highlights the role of intentionality with respect to the selection and culling of strategic initiatives. The organization operates an “artificial selection” environment, as firms receive profits and losses and, in turn, mediate how these environmental outcomes are projected onto underlying elements and actors within the organization. In this spirit, exploration can be considered not merely as the distance in the underlying behavior from current action, but also as changes in the dimensions of merit by which initiatives are judged. The Mendelian executive is a catalyst and cultivator of promising pathways to unknown futures.
The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy
Author: Robert Jervis
Publisher: Academy of Political Science
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"Discusses the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy by examining theories that inform U.S. strategy, responses to U.S. military and geopolitical power, and the role of human rights and civil liberties"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Academy of Political Science
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"Discusses the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy by examining theories that inform U.S. strategy, responses to U.S. military and geopolitical power, and the role of human rights and civil liberties"--Provided by publisher.
The Southwestern Political Science Quarterly
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Science and Health
Author: Mary Baker Eddy
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Category : Christian Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Christian Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Film Quarterly
Author: Brian Henderson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520216037
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
A collection of articles that appeared in the journal "film quarterly" that appeared over the last 40 years.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520216037
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
A collection of articles that appeared in the journal "film quarterly" that appeared over the last 40 years.
Theology the Lutheran Way
Author: Oswald Bayer
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802824528
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Rather than asking if theology is theoretical or practical -- a question that reveals a fundamental lack of understanding about the nature of theology in general -- it is better to ask "What exactly is theology?" It is this question that Oswald Bayer attempts to answer in Theology the Lutheran Way, clearing up misconceptions about the essence of theology. Along with Luther himself, Bayer claims that theology, rather than being something that we do, is really what God does. Based primarily on the third section of Bayer's original German work of the same title, this book evaluates certain approaches to theology that have been influential, from Schleiermacher's understanding of theology to debates with Kant, Hegel, and Bultmann. It also includes a substantial section on Luther from the original in order to clarify the Lutheran tradition.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802824528
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Rather than asking if theology is theoretical or practical -- a question that reveals a fundamental lack of understanding about the nature of theology in general -- it is better to ask "What exactly is theology?" It is this question that Oswald Bayer attempts to answer in Theology the Lutheran Way, clearing up misconceptions about the essence of theology. Along with Luther himself, Bayer claims that theology, rather than being something that we do, is really what God does. Based primarily on the third section of Bayer's original German work of the same title, this book evaluates certain approaches to theology that have been influential, from Schleiermacher's understanding of theology to debates with Kant, Hegel, and Bultmann. It also includes a substantial section on Luther from the original in order to clarify the Lutheran tradition.