How organizations manage the future

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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2018

328 Pages

ISBN 978-3-319-74505-3

How organizations manage the future

theoretical perspectives and empirical insights

Edited by

Hannes Krämer, Matthias Wenzel

"A must-read for scholars (and reflective practitioners) interested in change, time, strategy, and innovation."

—Haridimos Tsoukas, Columbia Ship Management Professor of Strategic Management, University of Cyprus, and Distinguished Research Environment Professor of Organization Studies, Warwick Business School

—Raghu Garud, Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management and Organization, Pennsylvania State University, USA

This pioneering edited collection explores the question of how organizations manage the future. Moving away from traditional research which focuses on the past, the editors problematize the future as an inherentbut under-examined part of organizing. Arguing that the future acts as both a driver of and a performative result of organizing, the book asks how organizations conceptualize and deal with the future and what processes are in place to handle things to come. With empirical research examining the practices, discourses and concepts that play key roles, organizations and their approaches are scrutinized. A timely compendium of theoretical discussion and practical implications on the relevance of the future, this book is essential reading for those interested in organization, sociology and management studies.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74506-0

Full citation:

Krämer, H. , Wenzel, M. (eds) (2018). How organizations manage the future: theoretical perspectives and empirical insights, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Wenzel Matthias; Krämer Hannes

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