Temporary organizations : prevalence, logic and effectiveness
by
Kenis, Patrick.
Title
:
Temporary organizations : prevalence, logic and effectiveness
Author
:
Kenis, Patrick.
ISBN
:
9781848440852
Publication Information
:
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2009.
Physical Description
:
xv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
Introduction. Temporary organizations - a challenge and opportunity for our thinking about organizations -- 1. The prevalence and characteristics of interorganizational temporary collaborations of Dutch small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) -- 2. Research on temporary organizations : the state of the art and distinct approaches toward 'temporariness' -- 3. Applying organization theory to temporary organizations -- 4. Time matters : the impact of 'temporariness' on the functioning and performance of organizations -- 5. The atemporality of temporary organizations : implications for goal attainment and legitimacy -- 6. Proximity in temporary organizations -- 7. Structure in temporary organizations -- 8. The resource dilemma of temporary organizations : a dynamic perspective on temporal embeddedness and resource discretion -- 9. Turning a negative into a positive : how innovation management moderates the negative impact of TO complexity on the effectiveness of innovative interorganizational temporary collaborations -- 10. Conclusion : toward an integrated view of temporary organizations : future research agenda and managerial implications.
Abstract
:
"This book provides a systematic treatment of temporary organizations - an increasingly prevalent organizational form in which organizations work together on a joint task - for example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a new project - for an ex ante limited period of time. Researchers interested in organizational design and project management scholars will warmly welcome this book, as will graduate students in organization studies, management studies, public policy studies, leisure studies, public administration and students of project management."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Business enterprises.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Added Author
:
Kenis, Patrick.
Janowicz, Martyna.
Cambré, Bart.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025528411 | 658.04 K33T 2009 | 1 |