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Towards a Spatial Theory of Organizations

Author : Frank Lekanne Deprez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Towards a Spatial Theory of Organizations written by Frank Lekanne Deprez and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in the field of management and organizational theory generally indicates the absense of space in organizations. Space has largely been a neglected phenomenon, left implicite to practice as something 'limiting' without actually 'existing'. The aim of this research paper is to explore and develop the meaning and concept of space in organizational design theory. By making 'the case for space' we postulate the emergence of a spatial theory of organizations, which markedly breaks with the resource-based ('placebound') view on organizations, common in organizational theory and practice. In this first paper we investigate the metaphor of space, specifically with a view to its potential value for contemporary practice. Furthermore, we discuss 'space and time' in a managerial framework and develop an organizational spatial design perspective allowing managers to overcome existing constraints and boundaries, in order for their organizations to better succeed in a complex, volatile and turbulent world without being restricted by traditional limitations, which often require continuous adjusting and/or adapting through restructuring and change. In a further working paper - planned for mid 2008 - we intend to extend the notion of space in modern organizations to involve a distinct set of design criteria and parameters allowing space to be operationalized in organizational practice.

Towards a Spatial Theory of Organizations

Author : François Roland Everard Lekanne Deprez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789089800855
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Towards a Spatial Theory of Organizations written by François Roland Everard Lekanne Deprez and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spatial Construction of Organization

Author : Tor Hernes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027233127
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book The Spatial Construction of Organization written by Tor Hernes and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important challenge to organization theory is to search for constructs that explain how contexts for work emerge, evolve, persist and change. This book explores the concept of "space" as representing a wide variety of contexts. Organization as a process, as distinguished from organization as an entity, is seen as the construction of space, where space is the outcome of human action and interaction as well as providing a context for actions and interaction. The book shows how different forms of space lie at the base of a number of developments in organization theory. It then takes the step to show how contemporary developments in social science represented by works by writers such as Giddens, Luhmann, Latour and Bourdieu can be used to establish a dynamic understanding of organization as space. Insights from these discussions are used to establish a unique and coherent way of understanding complexities of modern organization.

Space, Organizations and Management Theory

Author : Stewart Clegg
Publisher : Copenhagen Business School Press
ISBN 13 : 9788763001649
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Space, Organizations and Management Theory written by Stewart Clegg and published by Copenhagen Business School Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the relation between architecture, management and organization theory. By looking at processes of organizing from a spatial perspective, this book shows how power, culture, change, and identity are embedded, enacted and played out in and through space. It is for people studying architecture, design, management and organization theory.

Managing Organizational Ecologies

Author : Keith Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113630259X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Managing Organizational Ecologies written by Keith Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term Facilities Management has become global but fraught with confusion as to what the term signifies. For some, notably in the USA, Facilities Management remains a discipline of human ecology. Elsewhere the term has become conflated with an alternative meaning: providing or outsourcing the provision of various services essential to the operation of particular buildings. This volume redresses that imbalance to remind Facilities Management of its roots, presenting evidence of Facilities Management success stories that engage the wider objectives of the organizations they serve, and engaging students, scholars and critical practitioners of general management with an appreciation of the power and influence of physical space and its place in the theory and practice of organizations. This book includes management perspectives from outside the field to ensure that the issues raised are seen in an organizational and management context, informing debate within the Facilities Management fraternity. It draws on human ecology and the perspective of the firm as, itself, an intra-organizational ecology of social constructs. The ecology of a firm is not restricted to the firm’s boundaries. It extends to wider relationships between the firm and its stakeholders including, in an age of outsourced building services, the Facilities Management supply chain. This volume offers arguments and evidence that managing such constructs is a key role for Facilities Management and an important participant in the provision of truly usable spaces.

Organisational Space and Beyond

Author : Karen Dale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315302411
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Organisational Space and Beyond written by Karen Dale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the focus on organizational space, using the reception and significance of the seminal work on the subject by sociologist Henri Lefebvre, this book demonstrates why and how Lefebvre's work can be used to inform and elaborate organisational studies, especially in view of the current interest in the "socio-material" dimension of organisations. As the "spatial turn" in organisational research exposed the importance of spatial design in inducing power and cultural relations, Lefebvre's perspective has become an inspiring, theoretical framework. However, Organisational Space and Beyond explores how Lefebvre’s work could be of a much wider relevance, especially given his profound theoretical engagement with diverse schools of philosophical and sociological thought, including Nietzsche, Marx, Sartre and Foucault. This book brings together a range of authors that collectively develop a broader understanding of Lefebvre's relevance to organizational studies, including areas of management concern such as strategy and diversity studies, and ultimately draw on Lefebvre’s work to rethink, reimagine and reshape scholarship in organisational studies. It will be of relevance to researchers, academics, students and organizational professionals in the fields of organisation studies, management studies, cultural studies, architecture and sociology.

Seeking Spatial Justice

Author : Edward W. Soja
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452915288
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Seeking Spatial Justice written by Edward W. Soja and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. The resulting consent decree forced the MTA for a period of ten years to essentially reorient the mass transit system to better serve the city’s poorest residents. A stunning reversal of conventional governance and planning in urban America, which almost always favors wealthier residents, this decision is also, for renowned urban theorist Edward W. Soja, a concrete example of spatial justice in action. In Seeking Spatial Justice, Soja argues that justice has a geography and that the equitable distribution of resources, services, and access is a basic human right. Building on current concerns in critical geography and the new spatial consciousness, Soja interweaves theory and practice, offering new ways of understanding and changing the unjust geographies in which we live. After tracing the evolution of spatial justice and the closely related notion of the right to the city in the influential work of Henri Lefebvre, David Harvey, and others, he demonstrates how these ideas are now being applied through a series of case studies in Los Angeles, the city at the forefront of this movement. Soja focuses on such innovative labor–community coalitions as Justice for Janitors, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, and the Right to the City Alliance; on struggles for rent control and environmental justice; and on the role that faculty and students in the UCLA Department of Urban Planning have played in both developing the theory of spatial justice and putting it into practice. Effectively locating spatial justice as a theoretical concept, a mode of empirical analysis, and a strategy for social and political action, this book makes a significant contribution to the contemporary debates about justice, space, and the city.

Toward a Theory of Spacepower: Selected Essays

Author :
Publisher : Smashbooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward a Theory of Spacepower: Selected Essays written by and published by Smashbooks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies

Author : Stewart Clegg
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412915155
Total Pages : 2009 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies written by Stewart Clegg and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 2009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the field, spanning individual, organisation societal and cultural perspectives in a cross-disciplinary manner, this is the premier reference tool for students lecturers, academics and practitioners to gather knowledge about a range of important topics from the perspective of organisation studies.

The Spaces of Organisation and the Organisation of Space

Author : Karen Dale
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Spaces of Organisation and the Organisation of Space written by Karen Dale and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role and utilization of workplace 'space': how it is organized; how it can reflect organisational values; how it can affect employee identities; and the many ways in which the physical environment can influence and affect organisational goals, especially in areas such as commitment, creativity and innovation.

Key Concepts in Organization Theory

Author : Ann L Cunliffe
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446268896
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Key Concepts in Organization Theory written by Ann L Cunliffe and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From agency theory to power and politics, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory is your compass as you navigate through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations. Designed to complement and elucidate your textbook or reading list, as well as introduce you to concepts that some courses neglect, this historical and interdisciplinary account of the field: - Helps you understand the basics of organization theory - Allows you to check your understanding of specific concepts - Fills in any gaps left by your course reading, and - Is a powerful revision tool Each entry is consistently structured, providing a definition of the concept and why it′s important to theory and practice, followed by a summary of current debates and a list of further reading. This companion will provide you with the nuts and bolts of an understanding that will serve you not just in your organization studies course, but throughout your degree and beyond. Key concepts include: agency theory; business strategy; corporate governance; decision making; environmental uncertainty; globalization; industrial democracy; organizational change; stakeholder theory; storytelling and narrative research; technology and organization structure.

The Contingency Theory of Organizations

Author : Lex Donaldson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761915744
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The Contingency Theory of Organizations written by Lex Donaldson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-02-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations.

Organization Theory

Author : Gibson Burrell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000614603
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Organization Theory written by Gibson Burrell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This shortform book presents an overview of theoretical and empirical work in the field of organization theory. In doing so, it both provides a critical analysis of the state of knowledge in the field and offers recommendations for future directions. It is about both thinking differently, and considering what is already known within Organization Theory. With coverage of the foundations of organisation studies, the importance of bureaucracy, and insights into institutional approaches, the book also makes space to consider the key role of alternatives in the development of the field. A panoply of modes of organizing the modern economy and civil society have arisen wherein it is often said that the platform has replaced the pyramid. Yet, in 2022, the pandemic underscores the state’s responsibility to maintain public health through centralized and coherent organization rather than outsourcing, subcontracting and the gig economy. The book offers a new direction for research focusing upon ‘organizational camouflage’, where the unmasking of the large hierarchical corporation’s enduring role in governing our everyday lives would become Organization Theory’s revelatory task. Organization Theory: A Research Overview will be of value to researchers, scholars and students in the fields of business and management, especially those interested in the intersection of politics and organizations.

Spatial Organization

Author : Ronald Abler
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spatial Organization written by Ronald Abler and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1971 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Managing Organizational Ecologies

Author : Keith Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136302603
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Managing Organizational Ecologies written by Keith Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term Facilities Management has become global but fraught with confusion as to what the term signifies. For some, notably in the USA, Facilities Management remains a discipline of human ecology. Elsewhere the term has become conflated with an alternative meaning: providing or outsourcing the provision of various services essential to the operation of particular buildings. This volume redresses that imbalance to remind Facilities Management of its roots, presenting evidence of Facilities Management success stories that engage the wider objectives of the organizations they serve, and engaging students, scholars and critical practitioners of general management with an appreciation of the power and influence of physical space and its place in the theory and practice of organizations. This book includes management perspectives from outside the field to ensure that the issues raised are seen in an organizational and management context, informing debate within the Facilities Management fraternity. It draws on human ecology and the perspective of the firm as, itself, an intra-organizational ecology of social constructs. The ecology of a firm is not restricted to the firm’s boundaries. It extends to wider relationships between the firm and its stakeholders including, in an age of outsourced building services, the Facilities Management supply chain. This volume offers arguments and evidence that managing such constructs is a key role for Facilities Management and an important participant in the provision of truly usable spaces.

Agency and Organization

Author : Göran Ahrne
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Agency and Organization written by Göran Ahrne and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 1990 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social theory and organization theory often exist in mutual isolation: social theory analyzes the individual actor and the grand social structure, while organization theory focuses on the dynamics of business enterprises and effective organizational forms. Drawing insights from both perspectives, G um oran Ahrne explores agency - individuals' actions - and organization within their social context. From this fruitful approach emerges the outline of an organizational theory of society. Working with a broad definition of organization - not only capitalist enterprises but also nation states, families and voluntary associations - the author investigates the role of organizations in regulating the everyday life of the individual. Equally he relates the organization to its context, the social landscape' made up of social and cultural phenomena as well as other organizations. Both market competition and political action are analyzed as forms of interaction between organizational sectors. Assessing the existing literature on the social theory of bureaucracy and organizations and pointing to new directions in long-running debates on action and structure, this book will command a wide readership among lecturers and students of social and organizational theory.

Key Concepts in Organization Theory

Author : Ann L Cunliffe
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446290026
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Key Concepts in Organization Theory written by Ann L Cunliffe and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From agency theory to power and politics, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory is your compass as you navigate through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations. Designed to complement and elucidate your textbook or reading list, as well as introduce you to concepts that some courses neglect, this historical and interdisciplinary account of the field: - Helps you understand the basics of organization theory - Allows you to check your understanding of specific concepts - Fills in any gaps left by your course reading, and - Is a powerful revision tool Each entry is consistently structured, providing a definition of the concept and why it′s important to theory and practice, followed by a summary of current debates and a list of further reading. This companion will provide you with the nuts and bolts of an understanding that will serve you not just in your organization studies course, but throughout your degree and beyond. Key concepts include: agency theory; business strategy; corporate governance; decision making; environmental uncertainty; globalization; industrial democracy; organizational change; stakeholder theory; storytelling and narrative research; technology and organization structure.