Organizing Learning

Author : Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317437352

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Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education by Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann Pdf

Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education explores how managers influence teaching, learning and academic identities and how new initiatives in teaching and learning change the organizational structure of universities. By building on organizational studies and higher education studies literatures, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education offers a unique perspective, presenting empirical evidence from different parts of the world. This edited collection provides a conceptual frame of organizational change in universities in the context of New Public Management reforms and links it to the core activities of teaching and learning. Split into four main sections: University from the organizational perspective, Organizing teaching, Organizing learning and Organizing identities, this book uses a strong international perspective to provide insights from three continents regarding the major differences in the relationships between the university as an organization and academics. It contains highly pertinent, scientifically driven case studies on the role and boundaries of managerial behaviour in universities. It supplies evidence-based knowledge on the effectiveness of management behaviour and tools to university managers and higher education policy-makers worldwide. Academics who aspire to institutionalize their successful academic practices in certain university structures will find this book of particular value. Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education will be a vital companion for academic interest in higher education management, transformation of universities, teaching, learning, academic work and identities. Bringing together the study of the organizational transformation in higher education with the study of teaching, learning and academic identity, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education presents a unique cross-national and cross-regional comparative perspective.

Author : Bente Elkjaer,Maja Marie Lotz,Niels Christian Mossfeldt Nickelsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030850609

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Current Practices in Workplace and Organizational Learning by Bente Elkjaer,Maja Marie Lotz,Niels Christian Mossfeldt Nickelsen Pdf

The central assumption that guides this book is that research and practice about learning at the workplace has recently lost its critical edge. This book explores what has happened to workplace learning and organizational learning and studies what has replaced it. In addition, the book discusses to what extend there are reasons to revitalize it. Today, themes such as ‘innovation’, ‘co-creation’ and ‘knowledge sharing’ seem to have become preferred and referred to as theoretical fields as well as fields of practice. In several chapters of this book it is argued that the critical power of learning could be regained by starting a new discussion of how these new fields of practice can be substantiated by topics such as learning arrangements, learning mechanisms, and learning strategies. Hence, the aim of this book is to both advance and recapture our knowledge of learning in today’s increasingly complex world of work and organizing. The contributions in this work do so by revisiting classic research on workplace and organizational learning and discussing how insights from this body of literature evokes new meaning. It sets the stage for new agendas and rethinks current practices that are entangled in activities such as innovation, co-creation, knowledge sharing or other currently widespread fields of practice.

Author : Yiannis Gabriel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199213221

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Organizing Words by Yiannis Gabriel Pdf

Organizing Words presents a series of essays on some 220 widely used - and much debated - terms in the social sciences, and organization studies. Each essay explores the meanings and uses of the word; and also the controversies they have sparked. The book aims to be a first port of call for students, researchers and scholars who wish to familiarize themselves with these key ideas and use them in their own work. The book is neither an encyclopaedia nor a dictionary, but a thesaurus. As such it combines both the original meaning of a thesaurus as a treasure trove, with its more contemporary characteristics of an accessible and practical resource. Primarily aimed at those interested in social and organizational studies, it will appeal to all those interested in the human sciences. It does not claim to be canonical or all-inclusive, but each entry seeks to enlighten and help, without patronizing or obscuring disagreements and difficulties. The book seeks to be re-assuring without being complacent or 'comfortable', to be authoritative without being doctrinaire, and to be critical without being destructive. Words help us express ourselves, and make sense of our experiences and our actions; and they help us to organize ourselves, our thoughts and our universe. Organizing Words will be an invaluable resource for essay-writing and a useful tool in planning and carrying out projects and dissertations. Most of the entries have been written by Yiannis Gabriel, with 40 essays coming from other experts in particular areas.

Author : Michael Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351913249

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Organizing Reflection by Michael Reynolds Pdf

Through a series of leading-edge contributions from pre-eminent international scholars in the field, Organizing Reflection makes a stimulating and distinctive contribution to the study of reflection. By doing so, it offers the first shift from the individual reflective practitioner to processes of collective and public reflection. The unique and varied contributions focus on the development of notions such as public reflection, collective reflection, and critical reflection. In doing so, they provide critical insights into new thinking and approaches to the role of reflection in organizations, as well as the conceptualization and delivery of learning and change. Organizing Reflection will be of interest to scholars working in business, professional, management and organization studies, to human development academics, and to scholarly practitioners in organizations.

Author : Daniel H. Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924091711394

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Organizing for Learning by Daniel H. Kim Pdf

Author : Andrew M Pettigrew,Richard Whittington,Leif Melin,Carlos Sanchez-Runde,Frans A J van den Bosch,Winfried Ruigrok,Tsuyoshi Numagami
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412933162

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Innovative Forms of Organizing by Andrew M Pettigrew,Richard Whittington,Leif Melin,Carlos Sanchez-Runde,Frans A J van den Bosch,Winfried Ruigrok,Tsuyoshi Numagami Pdf

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.

Author : Karen Seashore Louis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134232093

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Organizing for School Change by Karen Seashore Louis Pdf

Improving education is a key priority for governments around the world. While many suggestions on how best to achieve this are currently under debate, years of academic research have already revealed more about how to encourage change than is sometimes assumed. This volume brings together for the first time some of the most significant work of Karen Seashore Louis, one of the foremost thinkers and researchers in the field. Organizing for School Change presents a unique variety of research-based results from studies conducted over the past twenty-five years. What emerges is not an idealistic plan, but a realistic picture of what needs to be done if schools are to be made better. Drawing on a wide and comprehensive list of sources, the ideas brought together in this collection will prove invaluable and insightful reading, stimulating both newcomers and veterans of the field to consider educational research in new ways.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786354877

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Organizing Supply Chain Processes for Sustainable Innovation in the Agri-Food Industry by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the challenges of sustainable agri-food supply chains. It presents and discusses nine cases of organizational innovation, covering different phases of food production and facing different challenges, by proposing alternative models to the traditional paradigm of scale and leverage to design supply chain in these industries.

Author : Stephen Fineman,Yiannis Gabriel,David Sims
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446203408

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Organizing & Organizations by Stephen Fineman,Yiannis Gabriel,David Sims Pdf

Organizing and Organizations is well loved by students and lecturers for its accessible, conversational tone and insightful real-life examples introducing the study of organizations and organizational behaviour. Fineman, Gabriel and Sims, eminent academics in the field, cover a wealth of key concepts, research and literature leaving students informed and engaged. The Fourth Edition builds on the strengths of previous editions, to provide you with a textbook that continues to stand out from the rest. This new edition has been fully developed to include: - New chapters on Influence and Power, and Innovation and Change. - A new section within each chapter that highlights the theoretical links informing the chapters. - New review questions to test and apply your understanding of the ideas in each chapter. - New ′reading on′ sections that direct you to free links to highly recommended journal articles relating to each chapter′s coverage, and found on the companion website. - New critical review questions at the end of each chapter to encourage debate. - Each chapter is now enlivened with pictorial illustrations. - A fully updated glossary of key concepts in the study of organizations Organizing and Organizations integrates a strong critical approach throughout.

Author : Thow Yick Liang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812565501

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Organizing Around Intelligence by Thow Yick Liang Pdf

Organizing Around Intelligence introduces a new mindset andawareness in leading and managing human organizations. This paradigmshift is vital as humankind enters the intelligence era (the knowledgeeconomy). Individual human beings are becoming better informed andeducated. They carry knowledge structures of very highquality. Consequently, their interaction dynamic is different and theyhave to be managed differently. The intelligent organization theorydiscussed in this book emphasizes the significance of focusing on thehuman thinking system and the orgmind as the primary strategy. Theapproach is to organize around intelligence and collectiveintelligence. Both the human organization and its interacting agentsare complex adaptive systems. The importance of awareness andmindfulness, as well as the intelligent person model, is alsopresented. This fresh leadership and management philosophy containsmany new concepts that are not known to human organizations today.

Author : Tor Hernes,Sally Maitlis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191628214

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Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing by Tor Hernes,Sally Maitlis Pdf

Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state - an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This volume brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies. The collection offers perspectives from different disciplines, insights from diverse theoretical traditions and contexts, and parallels made with a range of cultural forms, including art, poetry, and cookery. At the same time, the chapters exhibit a clear emphasis on a process ontology, process theorizing, and narrative thinking. Across this rich and varied collection recurrent themes emerge that distinguish process theorizing from the more logico-scientific, variance-oriented research that dominates organization studies today. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and graduate students in management, organization studies, and sociology who wish to better understand the emergent, changing, and flow-like character of organizational life and expand their understanding of the nature of sensemaking as a basis for organizing.

Author : Ursula Plesner,Emil Husted
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781350305328

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Digital Organizing by Ursula Plesner,Emil Husted Pdf

This important new textbook offers a lively and topical discussion of how digital technologies impact various aspects of organizations, such as structure, knowledge, collaboration, communication, identity, legitimacy and power. Taking a critical and nuanced approach, this engaging textbook introduces readers to central themes in organization studies and reflects on how changes brought about by digitalization have important implications for private, public and voluntary organizations, and on practical disciples such as strategy, management, innovation and entrepreneurship. Contemporary case studies drawn from a wide range of international organizations demonstrate the real-world relationship between digital technologies and organizing. This is an essential textbook for final year undergraduates, postgraduates and MBA students taking a module in technology and organization. It is also suitable for any student of organizational studies wanting to understand more about the role that the digital plays in contemporary organizing.

Author : Gino Cattani,Simone Ferriani,Lars Frederiksen,Florian A. Taube
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780521930

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Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management by Gino Cattani,Simone Ferriani,Lars Frederiksen,Florian A. Taube Pdf

Facilitates discussion about project-based organizations (PBOs) and how they increasingly pervade business dimensions, from R&D and new product development, to the production of complex capital goods and implementation of organizational change across very different industries such as management consulting, engineering or entertainment.

Author : Anna Herrhausen
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Peace-building
ISBN : 3631592043

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Organizing Peacebuilding by Anna Herrhausen Pdf

Coordination between different United Nations (UN) entities has become an issue of increasing concern for scholars and practitioners. With the UN taking on ever more ambitious roles in countries emerging from conflict, no single unit can master the task of post-conflict reconstruction alone. However, efforts at reorganizing the way the UN works in peacebuilding have not yielded the desired result of ensuring a more effective UN presence. To offer fresh inputs for the debate, Organizing Peacebuilding looks at coordination from a theoretical perspective. It develops a framework for interorganizational coordination and applies it to the UN and to two selected case examples, the UN missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan. The research suggests that in order to improve coordination, the UN should acknowledge its network character and cultivate those social and structural control mechanisms which facilitate coordination in networks.

Author : Kelly B. Cartwright
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462551491

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Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension by Kelly B. Cartwright Pdf

"How do K-12 students become self-regulated learners who actively deploy comprehension strategies to make meaning from texts? This cutting-edge guide is the first book to highlight the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular executive functions/m-/such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control/m-/and present practical skills-building strategies for the classroom. Detailed examples show what each skill looks like in real readers, and sidebars draw explicit connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)"--