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Management as Deliberation: On How to Get Things Done - Hardcover

Joensson, Sten

 
9781804412985: Management as Deliberation: On How to Get Things Done
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1804412988 ISBN 13: 9781804412985
Publisher: Ethics International Press Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

This is an unusual and important longitudinal study of the complexities of getting things done in large corporations. It is based on interviews with Swedish industrial leaders, interviewed in 1990, and thirty years later in 2020. These industrialists and business leaders reached their top positions in major corporations through a series of learning events, mapping their approach to complexities today. The experiential background typically is internationalized business-to-business (including SKF, Scania, Atlas Copco, Stora Enso), other industries are represented as well, including banks (Handelsbanken), shipping (Stena Line), airlines (SAS), finance, and consumer goods (Volvo Cars). About 675 such learning events were analyzed. The main finding is that they deal with "surprising" situations; being "thrown" into an unfamiliar context. Many of the events analysed focus on periods when uncertainty was at maximum, and the executives needed to construct a credible explanation to why expectations were not met. At that point, what should be done? And how best to persuade others of the merits of the proposed actions? Going into action in these "surprising situations", means accepting an unknown risk of failure.

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About the Author

Sten Joensson is Emeritus Professor at the Gothenburg Research Institute, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Publisher
Ethics International Press Ltd
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1804412988
ISBN 13 
9781804412985
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
280