Organizational ImprovisationConfronted with rapid and unpredictable environments, contemporary organizations are becoming more aware of the benefits of improvisation. By improvising, organizations create the capacity to make sudden adaptive moves, thus adapting in real time to unexpected events. Organizational improvisation is thus a new and exciting area in terms of practice and research. Organizational improvisation has important implications for such subjects as product innovation, teamworking and organizational renewal, and this new book brings together some of the best and most thought-provoking papers published in recent years. Organizational improvisation is now emerging as one of the most important areas of organizational science, and this book provides a comprehensive collection suitable for students, researchers and practitioners alike. Frank J. Barrett Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Monterey, USA, David T. Bastien Minneapolis, USA, Shona L. |
Contents
1 Introduction and overview | 1 |
2 Jazz as a process of organizational innovation | 13 |
3 Making sense of improvisation | 27 |
4 Improvisation as a mindset for or organizational analysis | 49 |
5 Exploring the empty spaces of organizing | 71 |
6 Organizational improvisation | 93 |
7 Creativity and improvisation in jazz and organizations | 135 |
Other editions - View all
Organizational Improvisation Ken N. Kamoche,Miguel Pina e Cunha,Joao Vieira da Cunha Limited preview - 2002 |
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