Managing ‘Human Resources’ by Exploiting and Exploring People’s Potentials (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 37) - Hardcover

Book 21 of 77: Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Mikael Holmqvist

 
9781781905050: Managing ‘Human Resources’ by Exploiting and Exploring People’s Potentials (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 37)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1781905053 ISBN 13: 9781781905050
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2013

Synopsis

Organizations are under constant pressure to be ambidextrous. They must be able to exploit existing processes, routines and systems at the same time as they must engage in exploration through playfulness, relaxed control and experimentation. We know little about the human costs and challenges of ambidexterity. In this volume we explore the impact of ambidextrous organizations on individuals' working lives. The authors analyze how employees are required to follow routines at the same time as they are expected to break these routines. They also explore how the individual dilemmas of ambidexterity play out in the lives of precarious work, online communities, management consultants, workers in the automotive industry, and consumers of pop-management books in the US. The result is a rich and fascinating picture of individuals whose working lives are made up of a continued tension between the quest to be exploitative and explorative.

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About the Author

Mikael Holmqvist - Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden
Andre Spicer - Warwick Business School, UK

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781905053
ISBN 13 
9781781905050
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
279
Editor
Mikael Holmqvist, Andre Spicer