Dualities, dialectics, and paradoxes in organizational life / edited by Moshe Farjoun, Wendy Smith, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas.

Contradictions permeate and propel organizational life- including tensions between reaching globally while focusing locally, and competing whilst also cooperating. This book explores the nature of these contradictions and their role in informing ongoing organizational change.

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Other Authors: Farjoun, Moshe (Editor), Smith, Wendy (Editor), Langley, Ann (Professor) (Editor), Tsoukas, Haridimos (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Perspectives on process organization studies ; v. 8.
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245 0 0 |a Dualities, dialectics, and paradoxes in organizational life /  |c edited by Moshe Farjoun, Wendy Smith, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas. 
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490 1 |a Perspectives on process organization studies ;  |v volume 8 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editorial Structure; Editors-in-Chief; Advisory Board; Editorial Officer and Process Organization Studies Symposium Administrator; Endorsements; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Dialectics; 1.1.2 Paradox; 1.1.3 Duality; 1.1.4 Summary of Varied Lenses; 1.2 Theme 1: A Process Perspective on Organizational Contradictions; 1.3 Theme 2: Organizational Contradictions as Fuelling and Depicting Organizational Processes 
505 8 |a 1.4 Theme 3: Different Lenses for Studying Organizational Contradictions1.5 Reflections and Future Research Directions; References; 2: Persistence in Paradox; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Persistence in the Conceptual Evolution of Paradox; 2.3 Why Persistence? The Yin-Yang Perspective; 2.3.1 Neither-Nor System; NEITHER-NOR SYSTEM: PERSISTENCE AS ANOMALY; 2.3.2 Either-Or; 'EITHER-OR': PERSISTENCE AS IRRESOLUTION; 2.3.3 Both-And; BOTH-AND: PERSISTENCE AS DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; 2.3.4 Both-Or; BOTH-OR: PERSISTENCE AS TRANSCENDENCE; 2.3.5 Either-And; EITHER-AND: PERSISTENCE AS CONSTITUTIVE 
505 8 |a 2.4 How Does Persistence Operate? A Dialectical Perspective2.5 Implications; 2.5.1 Implications for Theory and Research; 2.5.2 Implications for Practice; 2.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3: Creating Production Values in a Dramatic Television Series: Bridging Creative and Financial Imperatives through the Dialectics of Calculative Practice; 3.1 'Balancing Acts' in the Production of Cultural Goods; 3.2 Calculation and Judgement in Valuation Processes; 3.3 Research Setting and Methods; 3.4 Findings: Overview of Production Structure 
505 8 |a 3.5 Integrating Content and Production Values: Estimating Costs in Prep3.6 Realizing Production Values: Fluidity and Flow in Calculative Practice; 3.7 Discussion; 3.8 Conclusion; References; 4: Unpacking the Dynamics of Paradoxes across Levels: Cascading Tensions and Struggling Professionals; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Paradoxical Tensions; 4.3 Research Methods and Design; 4.3.1 Case Setting; 4.3.2 Data Collection; 4.3.3 Data Analysis; 4.4 Findings; 4.4.1 Research Context; 4.4.2 Tracking Tension from the Health Ministry to HealthOrg; 4.4.3 Tracking Tensions between Top and Lower-Level Managers 
505 8 |a 4.4.4 Tracking Tensions between Managers and Professionals4.4.5 Professionals' Experience of the Process; 4.5 Discussion: Unpacking the Dynamics of Paradoxes Interwoven across Levels; 4.5.1 The Key Role of Control in Shifting Tensions; 4.5.2 Mixed Process; 4.5.3 Cascading and Transformation of Tensions: the Contrasting Perspective of Professionals; 4.5.4 Managers as the Neutral Guardian of Both Poles of the Paradox; 4.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Funding; References; 5: Reflexivity in Buddhist Epistemology: Implications for Cooperative Cognition; 5.1 Introduction 
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700 1 |a Smith, Wendy,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Langley, Ann  |c (Professor),  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Tsoukas, Haridimos,  |e editor. 
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