Making Time Time and Management in Modern Organizations [Hardcover]

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.

1. Choreographing Time and Management: Traditions, Developments, and Opportunities,Barbara Adam, Richard Whipp, and Ida Sabelis
Part I: Masking Time, Making Time: Rethinking Basic Assumptions
2. Towards a Theory of Timing: Kairology in Business Networks,Laurids Hedaa and Jan-?ke T?rnroos
3. Taking Time Seriously: Organizational Change, Flexibility, and the Present Time in a New Perspective,Christian Noss
4. Now's the Time! Consumption and Time (Space) Disruptions in Postmodern Virtual Worlds,David Knights and Pamela Odih
5. Good Times and Bad Times: The Moral Discourse of Time and Management,Alf Rehn
Part II: Temporal Strategies in a Rapidly Changing World
6. Hidden Causes for Unknown Losses: Time Compression in Management,Ida Sabelis
7. Cooperation Engineered: Efficiency in a Complex Division of Labour of the 'Just-in-Time' System,Nishimoto Ikuko
8. Hanging on the Telephone: Temporal Flexibility and the Accessible Worker,Emma Bell and Alan Tuckman
9. A New Time Discipline: Managing Virtual Work Environments,Heijin Lee and Jonathan Liebenau
10. The Simultaneous Use of Time by Management and Consumers in Launching and Buying a New Product: An Empirical Analysis of the Computer Industry,Paul Sergius Koku
Part III: The Temporal Implications of Alternative Approaches to Management
11. Contested Presents: Critical Perspectives olSØ