Temporary Organizations: Prevalence, Logic and Effectiveness - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848440855 ISBN 13: 9781848440852

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

This important and timely book provides a systematic treatment of temporary organizations - an increasingly prevalent organizational form in which organizations work together on a joint task - for example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a new product - for an ex ante limited period of time.

Demonstrating that temporary organizations are increasingly common, the book provides insights on how they differ from the classical organization and contributes to our understanding of what makes temporary organizations effective. Contributions by reputed organization scholars focus on the impact that this limited duration has on the way that temporary organizations structure their activities, organize work, use resources and achieve outcomes. Moreover, the tenability of various organizational concepts and theories for temporary contexts is examined and some unique phenomena inherent to temporariness are explored.

Researchers interested in organizational design and project management scholars will warmly welcome this book, as will graduate students in organization studies, management studies, public policy studies, leisure studies, public administration and students of project management.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Patrick Kenis, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan, Research Fellow, Tilburg University, the Netherlands and Bart Cambré, Professor of Business Research Methods, Antwerp Management School and University of Antwerp, Belgium

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848440855
• ISBN 13: 9781848440852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Kenis Patrick, Janowicz-Panjaitan Martyna, Cambré Bart