Making Time: Time and Management in Modern Organizations

Making Time: Time and Management in Modern Organizations.
By Richard Whipp, Barbara Adam, Ida Sabelis

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Number Of Pages: 250
• Publication Date: 2002-09-05
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199253692
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199253692

Product Description:

The essence of time is a common feature in the world of business, yet at the same time is all too often taken for granted. This volume provides a complete overview of some of the key concepts of time and also describes the complexities involved when considering the type of organization as well as its level of globalization. This book will be essential reading for those who want to understand the dynamics of time in organizations and the entire business economy.

Synopsis

From a team of editors from Cardiff U. (UK) and Vrije U. of Amsterdam come 13 essays devoted to uncovering the complexity of temporal contexts in managing organizations. Among the discussions are an argument that managerial thinking alters when taking timing into account rather than thinking in dominant fixed clock time, an examination of individual managers' temporal management strategies, an exploration of the impact of information and communications technologies on employee time management, and overviews of alternative approaches to organization time management. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

BiographyRichard Whipp is a Professor at Cardiff Business School and is the Chair of the British Academy of Management. He has taught and researched at Warwick Business School and Aston Business School as well as holding visiting positions at the University of Uppsala and the LSE. He has published widely in the areas of innovation and strategic change. Barbara Adam is Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University. She is the founding editor of the journal Time & Society and has published extensively on the social relations of time. Ida Sabelis is Senior Lecturer of Organisation Anthropology with the research group Culture, Organisation & Management at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Before her current position, she was co-founder and consultant of Kantharos, Institute for the Management of Diversity in Amsterdam. She is review editor for non-English publications of the journal Time & Society.

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