Making Time Time and Management in Modern Organizations

by Whipp, Richard; Adam, Barbara; Sabelis, Ida

• ISBN13: 9780199253708
• ISBN10: 0199253706
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes	xi
Notes on Contributors	xii
Choreographing Time and Management: Traditions, Developments, and Opportunities	1	(2)
Barbara Adam
Richard Whipp
Ida Sabelis
Part I Masking Time, Making Time: Rethinking Basic Assumptions
Towards a Theory of Timing: Kairology in Business Networks	3	(43)
Laurids Hedaa
Jan-Ake Tornroos
Taking Time Seriously: Organizational Change, Flexibility, and the Present Time in a New Perspective	46	(15)
Christian Noss
Now's the Time! Consumption and Time-Space Disruptions in Postmodern Virtual Worlds	61	(16)
Pamela Odih
David Knights
Time and Management as a Morality Tale, or 'What's Wrong with Linear Time, Damn It?'	77	(12)
Alf Rehn
Part II Temporal Strategies in a Rapidly Changing World
Hidden Causes for Unknown Losses: Time Compression in Management	89	(15)
Ida Sabelis
Cooperation Engineered: Efficiency in the 'Just-in-Time' System	104	(11)
Nishimoto Ikuko
Hanging on the Telephone: Temporal Flexibility and the Accessible Worker	115	(11)
Emma Bell
Alan Tuckman
A New Time Discipline: Managing Virtual Work Environments	126	(14)
Heijin Lee
Jonathan Liebenau
The Use of Time by Management and Consumers: An Analysis of the Computer Industry	140	(15)
Paul Sergius Koku
Part III The Temporal Implications of Alternative Approaches to Management
Contested Presents: Critical Perspectives on 'Real-Time' Management	155	(13)
Ronald E. Purser
The Rhythm of the Organization: Simultaneity, Identity, and Discipline in an Australian Coastal Hotel	168	(14)
Dirk Bunzel
Interpretative Times: The Timescape of Managerial Decision Making	182	(14)
Tom Keenoy
Cliff Oswick
Peter Anthony
David Grant
Iain Mangham
References	196	(22)
Index	218