Making Time: Time and Management in Modern Organizations

by Richard Whipp, Barbara Adam, Ida Sabelis

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199253692
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/05/2002
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Richard Whipp is a Professor at Cardiff Business School and is the Chair of the British Academy of Management. He has taught and researched at Warwick Business School and Aston Business School as well as holding visiting positions at the University of Uppsala and the LSE. He has published widely in the areas of innovation and strategic change. Barbara Adam is Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University. She is the founding editor of the journal Time & Society and has published extensively on the social relations of time. Ida Sabelis is Senior Lecturer of Organisation Anthropology with the research group Culture, Organisation & Management at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Before her current position, she was co-founder and consultant of Kantharos, Institute for the Management of Diversity in Amsterdam. She is review editor for non-English publications of the journal Time & Society.

Table of Contents

1. Choreographing Time and Management: Traditions, Developments, and Opportunities, Barbara Adam, Richard Whipp, and Ida SabelisPart I: Masking Time, Making Time: Rethinking Basic Assumptions2. Towards a Theory of Timing: Kairology in Business Networks, Laurids Hedaa and Jan-Åke Törnroos3. Taking Time Seriously: Organizational Change, Flexibility, and the Present Time in a New Perspective, Christian Noss4. Now's the Time! Consumption and Time (Space) Disruptions in Postmodern Virtual Worlds, David Knights and Pamela Odih5. Good Times and Bad Times: The Moral Discourse of Time and Management, Alf RehnPart II: Temporal Strategies in a Rapidly Changing World6. Hidden Causes for Unknown Losses: Time Compression in Management, Ida Sabelis7. Cooperation Engineered: Efficiency in a Complex Division of Labour of the 'Just-in-Time' System, Nishimoto Ikuko8. Hanging on the Telephone: Temporal Flexibility and the Accessible Worker, Emma Bell and Alan Tuckman9. A New Time Discipline: Managing Virtual Work Environments, Heijin Lee and Jonathan Liebenau10. 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 KokuPart III: The Temporal Implications of Alternative Approaches to Management11. Contested Presents: Critical Perspectives on 'Real Time' Management, Ronald E. Purser12. The Rhythm of the Organization: Simultaneity, Identity, and Discipline in an Australian Coastal Hotel, Dirk Bunzel13. Interpretative Times: The Timescapes of Managerial Decision Making, Tom Keenoy, Cliff Oswick, Peter Anthony, David Grant, and Iain Mangham