Handbook of Research on Management Ideas and Panaceas Adaptation and Context
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Edited by Anders Örtenblad, Professor of Work Life Science, University of Agder, Norway<i>‘I was fascinated by the prospect of this book and it did not disappoint. This book underscores in bold that many of the FMI discourses do concern “people at work”. If this volume helps to alter practice among managers, including HRM and HRD managers, and their educators, then this can only be to the good.’</i>
- Ruth E Slater, Management Learning,
<i>‘What makes this book a unique innovative source full of surprising insights is that management panaceas are examined by most competent scholars. In highly readable chapters it is pointed out what it takes to successfully adapt panaceas to different contexts. Adaptation is necessary since management panaceas are all but “all-healing” and without contextualization they lose their persuasive power which is a crucial ingredient for their healing power.’</i>
- Alfred Kieser, Mannheim University and Research Zeppelin University, Germany,
The contributors discuss the ways in which researchers, organizational actors and higher educational institutions can more wisely test the relevance of management ideas and panaceas, and adapt these to fit organizations in various contexts. They conclude that, in order to accomplish wiser relevance-testing and adaptation, there is a need for diversity, critical examination and transparency.
All students, scholars and researchers in management and organization with an interest in the adaptation and translation of management ideas and panaceas, will find this book to be of interest. Reflective practitioners will find the focus on context illuminating and helpful.
Contributors: E. Abrahamson, C. Abrahamson Löfström, N.J. Adler, S.B. Alavi, S. Ansari, P.A. Bamberger, E. Belogolovsky, A. Berthoin Antal, P. Bhatanacharoen, S. Bohn, S. Bort, P. Boselie, C. Brewster, T. Clark, D. Collins, A. Galander, D. Greatbatch, J. Hanham, S.-w. Hsu, P. Lamb, P. Lillrank, P.Maassen, A. Mamman, C. Mazza, J. McCormick, Ö. Ohlsson, A. Örtenblad, M. Parker, J. Reinecke, P. Reinmoeller, B. Rombach, C.-C. Rüling, H.P. Saxi, B. Stensaker, J. Strandgaard Pedersen, P. Thomas, P. Walgenbach, S.R. Whittle, M. Zawadzki