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Managing intensity and play at work: transient relationships

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar 2013Description: v, 280 pISBN:
  • 9781782545958
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.3 A6M2
Summary: What does it mean to organize when the only established premise is that everything is transient? How is it possible for an organization to manage expectations based on the expectation of the unexpected? In this thought-provoking book Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen uses a unique combination of deconstruction, systems theory and discourse theory to critically discuss topics such as the management of feelings, partnerships as second order promises, and work–life balance as an immune defense against over-socialized employees. He assesses the parallels between layoffs in intimate organizations and modern professional divorce discourses, and explores the dichotomy of double-bounded management commanding both ‘do as I say’ and ‘be autonomous’. In so doing, Professor Andersen encourages the reader to look at relationships in the workplace in new ways. This unique book will prove invaluable for academics and students of human resource management, organizational behavior and critical management studies. (http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=15367&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=)
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What does it mean to organize when the only established premise is that everything is transient? How is it possible for an organization to manage expectations based on the expectation of the unexpected?
In this thought-provoking book Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen uses a unique combination of deconstruction, systems theory and discourse theory to critically discuss topics such as the management of feelings, partnerships as second order promises, and work–life balance as an immune defense against over-socialized employees. He assesses the parallels between layoffs in intimate organizations and modern professional divorce discourses, and explores the dichotomy of double-bounded management commanding both ‘do as I say’ and ‘be autonomous’. In so doing, Professor Andersen encourages the reader to look at relationships in the workplace in new ways.
This unique book will prove invaluable for academics and students of human resource management, organizational behavior and critical management studies. (http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=15367&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=)

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