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Over time management ideas and panaceas have been presented alternately as quick fix cures for all corporate ills and the emperor's new clothes, beset by flaws and problems.

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Over time management ideas and panaceas have been presented alternately as quick fix cures for all corporate ills and the emperor's new clothes, beset by flaws and problems. This Handbook provides a different approach, suggesting that management ideas and panaceas should not be either adopted or rejected outright, but gives guidance in the art of assessing and applying management ideas and panaceas to various situations and contexts.The contributors discuss the ways in which researchers, organizational actors and higher educational institutions can more wisely test the relevance of management ideas and panaceas, and adapt these to fit organizations in various contexts. They conclude that, in order to accomplish wiser relevance-testing and adaptation, there is a need for diversity, critical examination and transparency.All students, scholars and researchers in management and organization with an interest in the adaptation and translation of management ideas and panaceas, will find this book to be of interest. Reflective practitioners will find the focus on context illuminating and helpful.Contributors: E. Abrahamson, C. Abrahamson Löfström, N.J. Adler, S.B. Alavi, S. Ansari, P.A. Bamberger, E. Belogolovsky, A. Berthoin Antal, P. Bhatanacharoen, S. Bohn, S. Bort, P. Boselie, C. Brewster, T. Clark, D. Collins, A. Galander, D. Greatbatch, J. Hanham, S.-w. Hsu, P. Lamb, P. Lillrank, P.Maassen, A. Mamman, C. Mazza, J. McCormick, Ö. Ohlsson, A. Örtenblad, M. Parker, J. Reinecke, P. Reinmoeller, B. Rombach, C.-C. Rüling, H.P. Saxi, B. Stensaker, J. Strandgaard Pedersen, P. Thomas, P. Walgenbach, S.R. Whittle, M. Zawadzki

Author Biography

Edited by Anders Örtenblad, Professor of Work Life Science, University of Agder, Norway

Table of Contents

Contents:PrefacePART I BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION1. Establishing the Art of Contextualizing Management Ideas and Panaceas as a Research FieldAnders Örtenblad2. The Anatomy of Managerial Panaceas: Ontology, Epistemology and TechnologyPaul Lillrank3. Turning a Management Innovation into a Management Panacea: Management Ideas, Concepts, Fashions, Practices, and Theoretical ConceptsSuleika Bort4. Putting Panaceas into Practice … Or Not: Translating Discourse into Social Practice in Complex and Contested TerrainsPete ThomasPART II PANACEAS IN NEED OF CONTEXTUALIZATION5. Panacea or Pandora's Box? The Role of Fairness Perceptions and Interpersonal Competitiveness in Determining how Pay Secrecy Affects Individual Task PerformanceElena Belogolovsky and Peter A. Bamberger6. The Curious Case of Japanese Management: A Nation as a PanaceaPaul Lillrank7. The Importance of Context when Applying Social Cognitive Theory in OrganizationsJohn Mccormick, Seyyed Babak Alavi and José Hanham8. The Search For Panaceas In Strategic Human Resource Management: A Wrong Turn For HRM Research?Paul Boselie and Chris BrewsterPART III CONTEXTUALIZATION BY VARIOUS GROUPS OF ACTORS9. The Art of Constructive CriticismÖsten Ohlsson and Björn RombachSECTION A CONTEXTUALIZATION BY RESEARCHERS10. Changing the Story: Management Panaceas as Narrative InterventionsSusan Rosina Whittle11. Researcher Intervention in the Process of Contextualizing Fashionable Management Ideas: Some Previous ExperiencesAnders Örtenblad12. A Stakeholder Approach to Advising on the Relevance of Management Ideas and PanaceasAnders Örtenblad, Shih-Wei Hsu and Peter LambSECTION BCONTEXTUALIZATION BY ORGANIZATIONAL ACTORS13. Conveying the Adaptation of Management Panaceas: The Case of Management GurusTimothy Clark, Pojanath Bhatanacharoen and David Greatbatch14. Neutralizing Managerial Panaceas: How Universities Cope with Management FadsPeter Maassen and Bjørn Stensaker15. The Creativity of Organizations in Taking Corporate Social Responsibility: Handling Conflicting Institutional DemandsStephan Bohn, Anne Galander and Peter Walgenbach16. Excellence and Intelligence: Managing Practice Adaptation in Organizations and FieldsShaz Ansari, Patrick Reinmoeller and Juliane Reinecke17. When a Managerial Panacea was Translated Rationally: The Case of Corporatization in the Swedish State-Owned Mail EnterpriseCarina Abrahamson Löfström18. Artistic Interventions in Organizations: Beyond the FadAriane Berthoin Antal19. Good Reading Makes Good Action: Nothing so Practical as a Managerial Panacea?Carmelo Mazza and Jesper Strandgaard PedersenSECTION CCONTEXTUALIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION20. Smuggling Panaceas by Management Gurus: A Critical ApproachMicha Zawadzki21. Empowering Students to Translate Management PanaceasAnders Örtenblad, Peter Lamb and Shih-Wei HsuPART IV COMMENTS AND REFLECTIONS22. Management Reforms as Fashion? Critical Remarks from a Philosophy of Science PerspectiveHans Petter Saxi23. Theory as Fashion: What are Management Ideas For?Martin Parker24. Managerial Panaceas, Sensemaking and Identity Construction in Contemporary OrganizationsCharles-Clemens Rüling25. Global Wisdom: Not a Panacea, But Absolutely Necessary for Transcending Managerial FailuresNancy J. Adler26. Towards a Normative Theory of Contextualizing Management Ideas and PanaceasAnders ÖrtenbladIndex

Review

'I was fascinated by the prospect of this book and it did not disappoint. This book underscores in bold that many of the FMI discourses do concern "people at work". If this volume helps to alter practice among managers, including HRM and HRD managers, and their educators, then this can only be to the good.' -- Ruth E Slater, Management Learning'What makes this book a unique innovative source full of surprising insights is that management panaceas are examined by most competent scholars. In highly readable chapters it is pointed out what it takes to successfully adapt panaceas to different contexts. Adaptation is necessary since management panaceas are all but "all-healing" and without contextualization they lose their persuasive power which is a crucial ingredient for their healing power.' -- Alfred Kieser, Mannheim University and Research Zeppelin University, Germany

Review Quote

'What makes this book a unique innovative source full of surprising insights is that management panaceas are examined by most competent scholars. In highly readable chapters it is pointed out what it takes to successfully adapt panaceas to different contexts. Adaptation is necessary since management panaceas are all but "all-healing" and without contextualization they lose their persuasive power which is a crucial ingredient for their healing power.'

Details ISBN1783475595 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-10 1783475595 ISBN-13 9781783475599 Pages 544 Short Title Handbook of Research on Management Ideas and Panaceas Language English Year 2015 Format Hardcover Subtitle Adaptation and Context DEWEY 658.4 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2015-12-18 NZ Release Date 2015-12-18 UK Release Date 2015-12-18 Publication Date 2015-12-18 Author Anders Örtenblad Series Research Handbooks in Business and Management series Edited by Anders Örtenblad Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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