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Managing Imaginary Organizations
Bo Hedberg (Ed.)
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Description for Managing Imaginary Organizations
hardcover. Until recently real people worked in real locations to conduct business, whether in large corporations, or smaller businesses. These papers consider the implications for managers directing staff who work outside the physical confines of a location using telecommunication technologies. Editor(s): Hedberg, Bo; Yakhlef, A.; Baumard, Philippe. Series: Advanced Series in Management. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
Traditionally, organizations have consisted of collections of people who physically gather together in one place to carry out some kind of coordinated activity. Today, however, business is increasingly relying on "virtual" processes in which people engage in internet-mediated interactions that often span the globe. These processes create intangible "imaginary organizations" that exist largely as a concept in the minds of electronically interacting individuals. As more and more high value-added work is performed by knowledge workers interacting through electronically mediated networks, however, managers and management researchers must evolve new concepts for monitoring, interpreting, assessing, and managing activities carried out in such ... Read more
Traditionally, organizations have consisted of collections of people who physically gather together in one place to carry out some kind of coordinated activity. Today, however, business is increasingly relying on "virtual" processes in which people engage in internet-mediated interactions that often span the globe. These processes create intangible "imaginary organizations" that exist largely as a concept in the minds of electronically interacting individuals. As more and more high value-added work is performed by knowledge workers interacting through electronically mediated networks, however, managers and management researchers must evolve new concepts for monitoring, interpreting, assessing, and managing activities carried out in such ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Advanced Series in Management
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780080439167
SKU
V9780080439167
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99-50
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