Management of Knowledge-Intensive Companies ( de Gruyter Studies in Organization )

Publication series :de Gruyter Studies in Organization

Author: Mats Alvesson  

Publisher: De Gruyter‎

Publication year: 1995

E-ISBN: 9783110900569

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110128659

Subject: C931.5 Advisory and organization theory

Language: ENG

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Chapter

Preface

pp.:  1 – 5

1 Introduction

pp.:  5 – 11

1.1 Theoretical Objectives

pp.:  11 – 13

1.4 Constraints

pp.:  16 – 21

1.5 The Structure of the Book

pp.:  21 – 22

2 Description of Enator AB

pp.:  22 – 25

2.4 The Pronator Group

pp.:  27 – 33

3 Culture Theory

pp.:  33 – 35

3.3 Symbolism and Organizational Symbolism

pp.:  43 – 47

3.4 Summary

pp.:  47 – 49

4 Qualitative Research and Philosophy of Science

pp.:  49 – 51

4.2 The Importance of Metaphors in Research

pp.:  51 – 54

4.1 Interpretative Research

pp.:  51 – 51

4.3 Avoiding the Objectivism and Relativism Traps

pp.:  54 – 60

4.4 Research Texts which Stimulate Dialogue

pp.:  60 – 61

4.5 Culture Research

pp.:  61 – 64

4.6 The Method in the Present Study

pp.:  64 – 67

5 A Socialization Sequence: Course in Project Management Philosophy

pp.:  67 – 71

5.1 On Socialization in Organizations

pp.:  71 – 72

5.2 The Project Management Philosophy Course from a Socialization Perspective

pp.:  72 – 73

5.3 Course Objectives

pp.:  73 – 81

5.4 The Course as a Social-Integrative Management Instrument

pp.:  81 – 84

5.5 On the Processing of Social Information

pp.:  84 – 86

5.6 Comments on the Socialization Process from the Social Information Processing Perspective

pp.:  86 – 88

5.7 Summary and Comments

pp.:  88 – 90

6 A Flat Pyramid. A Symbolic Processing of Organizational Structure

pp.:  90 – 93

6.1 Organizational Structure

pp.:  93 – 93

6.2 Enator’s Organizational Structure

pp.:  93 – 95

6.3 The Organization of the Consultancy Projects

pp.:  95 – 99

6.4 Enator in Terms of Mintzberg’s Configurations

pp.:  99 – 101

6.5 Adhocracy

pp.:  101 – 103

6.6 Adhocracy: Conclusions

pp.:  103 – 107

6.7 Organizational Structure in a Dynamic Perspective

pp.:  107 – 110

6.8 Organizational Structure from the Cultural Perspective

pp.:  110 – 114

6.9 Conclusion

pp.:  114 – 119

7 Corporate Culture and the Organizational Climate

pp.:  119 – 121

7.1 Corporate Culture in General

pp.:  121 – 122

7.2 Corporate Culture at Enator: Content

pp.:  122 – 125

7.3 Cultural Forms of Expression and Transmission

pp.:  125 – 130

7.4 Organizational Rites at Enator

pp.:  130 – 132

7.5 The Enator Building

pp.:  132 – 139

7.6 A Brief Flashback to the Development of Ritual Forms

pp.:  139 – 145

7.7 Comments on Rites and Other Symbolic Forms at Enator

pp.:  145 – 147

7.8 The Depth of Symbolism

pp.:  147 – 150

7.9 Does Enator Form a Distinct Corporate Culture?

pp.:  150 – 152

7.10 Organizational Climate at Enator

pp.:  152 – 157

7.11 What Determines the Corporate Culture and the Organizational Climate?

pp.:  157 – 161

7.12 Summary

pp.:  161 – 164

8 Leadership as Social Integrative Action

pp.:  164 – 169

8.1 A Note on Leadership Research and a Thesis

pp.:  169 – 169

8.2 Leadership during the Expansion of Enator

pp.:  169 – 172

8.3 The Founders

pp.:  172 – 175

8.4 Charisma as an Attributed Characteristic

pp.:  175 – 178

8.5 Management Principles and Corporate Culture

pp.:  178 – 180

8.6 Integration, Differentiation and Fragmentation

pp.:  180 – 182

8.7 The Company as an Institution

pp.:  182 – 185

8.8 Leadership as Social Integrative Action

pp.:  185 – 186

8.9 Discussion and Conclusions

pp.:  186 – 193

9 Personnel and the Work Situation

pp.:  193 – 199

9.2 The Importance of the Organization for the Work Situation

pp.:  199 – 202

9.1 Work Conditions, Strains at Work

pp.:  199 – 199

9.3 Cultural Influence and Awareness of Problems

pp.:  202 – 206

9.4 Enator and Trade Unionism

pp.:  206 – 212

9.5 Summary of Chapter 9

pp.:  212 – 214

9.6 Summary of Some of the Themes in Chapters 7-9: Management and the Job Situation for Personnel

pp.:  214 – 214

10 The Business Concept as a Symbol

pp.:  214 – 219

10.2 Enator’s Business Concept

pp.:  219 – 221

10.1 The Notion of the Business Concept

pp.:  219 – 219

10.3 A Mystery

pp.:  221 – 222

10.4 Possible Functions of a Business Concept

pp.:  222 – 226

10.5 Proposals for Extending the Notion of the Business Concept

pp.:  226 – 233

10.6 The Symbolic Value of the Business Concept

pp.:  233 – 236

11 Strategy

pp.:  236 – 241

11.1 The Strategy Concept in General Terms

pp.:  241 – 241

11.2 Critical Comments on the Strategy Concept

pp.:  241 – 250

11.3 Enator’s Development from a Business and Strategy Perspective

pp.:  250 – 251

11.4 The Internationalization Strategy

pp.:  251 – 254

11.5 An Emergent Strategy

pp.:  254 – 258

11.6 The Formation of Strategy in Adhocracies

pp.:  258 – 260

11.7 Strategy Development at Enator

pp.:  260 – 263

11.8 Cultural Aspects of Strategy

pp.:  263 – 267

12 Marketing – External and Internal

pp.:  267 – 271

12.2 The Service Marketing Concept

pp.:  271 – 275

12.1 Marketing of Services

pp.:  271 – 271

12.3 Industrial Marketing

pp.:  275 – 278

12.4 The Marketing of Professional Services

pp.:  278 – 279

12.5 Standardized and Situationally-adapted Production of Services

pp.:  279 – 281

12.6 A Classification of Marketing Situations

pp.:  281 – 282

12.7 Marketing at Enator

pp.:  282 – 284

12.8 Internal Marketing

pp.:  284 – 292

12.9 Internal Marketing at Enator

pp.:  292 – 296

12.10 Summary

pp.:  296 – 298

13 Integration and Contradictions

pp.:  298 – 301

13.1 Forms for Organizing Exchanges

pp.:  301 – 301

13.2 A Model for Forms for Arranging Exchanges in Companies

pp.:  301 – 307

13.3 Enator in Terms of Formal Organization, Market, Circle and Clan

pp.:  307 – 308

13.4 Integration of Various Organizational Forms

pp.:  308 – 312

13.5 An Integrative Model Describing how Enator Functions

pp.:  312 – 315

13.6 Contradictions and Divergence

pp.:  315 – 320

14 Corporate Control via Symbols

pp.:  320 – 327

14.2 Some Crucial Dimensions of Corporate Operations

pp.:  327 – 329

14.1 Structural Sources of Disintegration

pp.:  327 – 327

14.3 Key Symbols at Enator

pp.:  329 – 334

14.4 Cataloguing Symbols

pp.:  334 – 337

14.5 A Symbolic Typology for the Study of Companies

pp.:  337 – 339

14.6 Corporate Dimensions and Types of Symbols

pp.:  339 – 346

14.7 Final Comments on the Significance and Symbolism in Management

pp.:  346 – 347

14.8 Comparison with Other Studies of Knowledge-intensive Companies

pp.:  347 – 350

14.9 Conclusions

pp.:  350 – 356

References

pp.:  356 – 361

LastPages

pp.:  361 – 381

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