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Managing `Human Resources´ by Exploiting and Exploring People´s Potentials
Prof. Mik Holmqvist
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Hardback. What are the human costs of ambidexterity? In this volume, the contributors examine how employees deal with following routines at the same time as they are expected to break them. They do this in a range of contexts including precarious work, online communities, management consultants, workers in the automotive industry, and consumers of pop-manag Editor(s): Holmqvist, Mikael; Spicer, Andre. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 279 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Organizations are under constant pressure to be ambidextrous. They must be able to exploit existing processes, routines and systems at the same time as they must engage in exploration through playfulness, relaxed control and experimentation. We know little about the human costs and challenges of ambidexterity. In this volume we explore the impact of ambidextrous organizations on individuals' working lives. The authors analyze how employees are required to follow routines at the same time as they are expected to break these routines. They also explore how the individual dilemmas of ambidexterity play out in the lives of precarious work, online ... Read more
Organizations are under constant pressure to be ambidextrous. They must be able to exploit existing processes, routines and systems at the same time as they must engage in exploration through playfulness, relaxed control and experimentation. We know little about the human costs and challenges of ambidexterity. In this volume we explore the impact of ambidextrous organizations on individuals' working lives. The authors analyze how employees are required to follow routines at the same time as they are expected to break these routines. They also explore how the individual dilemmas of ambidexterity play out in the lives of precarious work, online ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Series
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781905050
SKU
V9781781905050
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99-50
About Prof. Mik Holmqvist
Holmqvist, Prof. M - Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden Spicer, Dr. A - Warwick Business School, UK
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