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Making Time: Time and Management in Modern Organizations
Author(s): Richard Whipp (Editor), Barbara Adam (Series Editor), Ida Sabelis (Series Editor)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publication Date: 5 Sept. 2002
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199253706
- ISBN-13: 9780199253708
Book Description
The essence of time is a common feature in the world of business, yet at the same time is all too often taken for granted. This volume provides a complete overview of some of the key concepts of time and also describes the complexities involved when considering the type of organization as well as its level of globalization. This book will be essential reading for those who want to understand the dynamics of time in organizations and the entire business economy.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This book is a welcome sign of continued growth and vitality in the study of time … reading this book will be an eye-opening experience for those in management who cling to traditional assumptions concerning temporality. ― KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time
… original and provocative. ―
Work, employment and societyAbout the Author
Richard Whipp is a Professor at Cardiff Business School and is the Chair of the British Academy of Management. He has taught and researched at Warwick Business School and Aston Business School as well as holding visiting positions at the University of Uppsala and the LSE. He has published widely in the areas of innovation and strategic change.
Barbara Adam is Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University. She is the founding editor of the journal
Time & Society and has published extensively on the social relations of time.Ida Sabelis is Senior Lecturer of Organisation Anthropology with the research group Culture, Organisation & Management at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Before her current position, she was co-founder and consultant of Kantharos, Institute for the Management of Diversity in Amsterdam. She is review editor for non-English publications of the journal
Time & Society.
