Managing Understanding in Organizations / Edition 1

by Jorgen Sandberg, Axel Targama

Overview

Bringing a fresh perspective to the evaluation of management problems, this book scrutinizes the influence managers have on employees' understanding. It considers how managers use ideas and visions to frame their employees' internalized understanding of the external rules and instructions that govern their work. The book brings an interpretative perspective to the question of individual and group competence and looks at how this is linked with understanding. The book refers throughout to international case studies and considers the cross-cultural impact on management and understanding at work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412910651
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/27/2007
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jörgen Sandberg is Professor in the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School and Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School.

Table of Contents

Understanding Becomes a Key Issue
The Rise of an Interpretative Perspective on Management
Human Competence at Work
A Question of Understanding
Understanding
The Basis for Competence Development
Shared Understanding
The Basis for Collective Competence and Its Development
Understanding and Its Transformation
Methods and Principles for Managing Understanding
Management
A Question of Managing Understanding