Format:
1 online resource (211 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781412910668
,
9781847877741
Content:
Bringing a fresh perspective to the evaluation of management problems, this book scrutinizes the influence managers have on employees' understanding. It considers how managers use ideas and visions to frame their employees' internalized understanding of the external rules and instructions that govern their work. The book brings an interpretative perspective to the question of individual and group competence and looks at how this is linked with understanding. The book refers throughout to international case studies and considers the cross-cultural impact on management and understanding at work
Note:
Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Understanding becomes a key issue -- A paradigm shift is taking place in management -- Socio-economic forces behind the paradigm shift -- Research emphasizes understanding as the basis of human action -- The paradigm shift: from instruction to vision -- How this book is organized -- Summary -- 2 The rise of an interpretative perspective on management -- Management has been dominated by a rationalistic perspective -- The alternative: the interpretative perspective -- What is the practical relevance of having one perspective or the other? -- A gradual shift of perspective in management research -- Research paradigms control the content of knowledge -- 3 Human competence at work: a question of understanding -- Human competence: the basis for all enterprises -- Rationalistic approaches to competence -- Towards an interpretative approach to competence -- A practical example: competence in engine optimization -- Understanding: the basis for human competence at work -- Concluding remarks -- 4 Understanding: the basis for competence development -- Understanding as the basis for what competence we develop at work -- Understanding as the basis for how we develop competence at work -- How does understanding operate? -- Reflection: a basic condition for developing competence -- 5 Shared understanding: the basis for collective competence and its development -- Collective versus individual competence -- The social nature of understanding -- Shared understanding of flute manufacturing -- Collective competence as culture -- Developing collective competence by changing shared understanding -- 6 Understanding and its transformation -- Once again - what is understanding? -- Issues involved in transforming understanding -- Concluding remarks -- 7 Methods and principles for managing understanding
,
Possible methods for managing understanding -- Language-driven methods -- Action-driven methods -- Guiding principles for managing understanding -- Concluding remark -- 8 Management: a question of managing understanding -- Shift in focus and new priorities in management practice -- The paradigm shift reshapes the point of leadership -- Avoiding the rationalistic trap -- Some problematic power issues in managing understanding -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Sandberg, Jorgen Managing Understanding in Organizations London : SAGE Publications, Limited,c2007 ISBN 9781412910668
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
FULL
((OIS Credentials Required))
