Mid Range Management Theory Competence Perspectives on Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities

Heene, Aimé (Editor)/ Sanchez, Ron (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1787144046 / ISBN 13: 9781787144040

Published by Emerald Group Pub Ltd, 2017

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165 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mid Range Management Theory Competence Perspectives on Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787144046
• ISBN 13: 9781787144040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.35 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume presents an epistemological argument for the essential function of mid-range theory in advancing management concepts that can be usefully applied by managers. Authors analyse two examples - modularity and dynamic capabilities.

Review

Contributed by economics and engineering specialists from Europe, Australia, and Singapore, the six articles in this volume discuss mid-range theory in Competence-Based Management, and how the theory's foundational concepts, key causal relationships, and resulting explanations and predictions address specific types or categories of management contexts. They explain mid-range theory and illustrate mid-range theory research approaches applied to issues in dynamic capabilities and modularity. They address the differences between grand theory and mid-range theory building processes; managerial behaviors that may create path dependency and lock-in in competence building and competence leveraging processes in organizations and how to overcome them; competences and their sources in nonprofit organizations; a model for researching how a board of directors may influence an organization's ability to build new social and environmental sustainability competence; how ongoing processes for systematic identification and analysis of strategic gaps in a firm's current competences can lead to identification of new capabilities it needs; and the use of closed-system proprietary product architectures vs. open-system modular product architectures to influence development and growth in new product markets. --Annotation ©2018 Ringgold Inc. Portland, OR (protoview.com)