Innovative Forms of Organizing : International Perspectives

by Andrew M Pettigrew

• ISBN13: 9780761964360
• ISBN10: 0761964363
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-05
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

This book presents novel theoretical ideas and empirical findings where the fields of strategizing and organizing meet. At this boundary lie many of the most crucial theoretical and practical issues for management and managing. Innovative Forms of Organizing, the eagerly awaited sequel to The Innovating Organization (SAGE, 2000), draws upon the comprehensive data sets of the INFORM programme of research, to examine the development of innovative forms of organizing and company performance in organizations across Europe, Japan and the United States. Innovative Forms of Organizing establishes and develops three strong themes: organizing and strategizing; complementarities, change and performance; and the management of dualities in the modern corporation. The book then discusses the implications of its presented ideas for strategizing//organizing in the 21st century firm and the challenges for management researchers of conducting large scale, international comparative research. Innovative Forms of Organizing thereby illustrates 21st Century management research in 21st Century organizations across Europe, Japan and the USA. This seminal international study will be a classic in the field for years to come for scholars and policy makers in academia, business and government who are interested in strategy, organization and international management.

Table of Contents

Innovative Forms of Organizing - Andrew M Pettigrew and Silvia Massini

Trends in Europe, Japan and the USA in the 1990s

PART ONE: ORGANIZING//STRATEGIZING

The Challenge of Organizing//Strategizing - Richard Whittington and Leif Melin

Leadership - Leona Achtenhagen, Leif Melin, Tomas M[um]ullern and Thomas Ericson

The Role of Interactive Strategizing

Learning and Continuous Change in Innovating Organizations - Leona Achtenhagen, Leif Melin and Tomas M[um]ullern

A Cognitive Perspective on Strategizing//Organizing - Marjolijn S Dijksterhuis, Frans A J van den Bosch and Henk W Volberta

PART TWO: COMPLEMENTARITIES, CHANGE AND PERFORMANCE

Complementarities Thinking - Richard Whittington and Andrew M Pettigrew

Complementarities in Organizational Innovation and Performance - Silvia Massini and Andrew M Pettigrew

Evidence from the INNFORM Survey

Complementarities in Action - Andrew M Pettigrew and Richard Whittington

Organizational Change and Performance in BP and Unilever 1985-2002

Complementary Change - Evelyn M Fenton and Andrew M Pettigrew

Towards Global Integration in Four Professional Service Organizations

PART THREE: MANAGING DUALITIES IN THE INNOVATING ORGANIZATION

Managing Dualities - Carlos J Sánchez-Runde and Andrew M Pettigrew

People Management Dualities - Carlos J Sánchez-Runde, Silvia Massini and Javier Quintanilla

Convergence and Divergence of Organizing - Arie Y Lewin, Silvia Massini, Winfried Ruigrok and Tsuyoshi Numagami

Moderating Effect of Nation State

Innovative Forms of Organizing - Leona Achtenhagen and Leif Melin

Managing the Homogeneity-Heterogeneity Duality

PART FOUR: CONCLUSION

Innovative Forms of Organizing - Andrew M Pettigrew

Progress Performance and Process

Co-Producing Knowledge and the Challenges of International Collaborative Research - Andrew M Pettigrew