Dan Kärreman – författare

Ledning och styrning av moderna organisationer blir allt svårare eftersom det sedan många år tillbaka inte är tillräckligt att bara producera resultat i form av produkter och tjänster. Organisationer måste i ökande utsträckning leva upp till de tuffa krav som ställs på etik, jämställdhet, miljö och mångfald samt följa ständigt föränderliga moden och trender. Den komplexitet som präglar moderna organisationer kräver att vi överger tron på överdrivet enkla framgångsrecept och i stället utvecklar självständigt och kritiskt tänkande.Organisationer, ledning och processer vill bidra till eftertanke och inspirera till kritisk reflektion. Varje kapitel behandlar ett specifikt organisationstema och sammantaget bildar dessa en bred och kvalificerad genomgång av modern organisationsteori och praktik. Bland temana finner vi: strategi, bolagsstyrning, nätverk, kontroll/styrning, genus, ledarskap, lärande, motivation, organisationskultur och organisationsförändring. I fyra separata kapitel behandlas även chefers och personalchefers arbete samt kunskaps- och marknadsföringsarbete. I denna tredje upplaga är alla kapitel kraftfullt uppdaterade utifrån aktuell forskning och organisationspraktik. Utöver det har det tillkommit flera aktuella exempel både från näringsliv och från offentlig sektor.Boken vänder sig till studerande på universitet och högskola inom samhällsvetenskapliga ämnen, men också till praktiskt verksamma inom organisationer.

Empirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences, and yet the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that 'fits the data'. This revealing account of the theory-data relationship calls this faith in data into question and establishes a reflexive framework and vocabulary to explore the creative, political and philosophical elements of data production.

Rather than thinking about the theory-data 'fit', Alvesson and Karreman will encourage you to consider the research process as one of theory-data interplay, asking if creative empirical material can challenge established theory and inspire new lines of development, and if breakdowns and mysteries encountered in research can be a constructive rather than destructive process.

They will encourage you to think critically about empirical data in terms of construction rather than verification, and most importantly they will encourage you to develop theory that is interesting and novel, rather than naive or irrelevant, making this title essential reading for those who often find the traditional vocabulary and frameworks of social science research obvious or simplistic.

Empirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences, and yet the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that 'fits the data'. This revealing account of the theory-data relationship calls this faith in data into question and establishes a reflexive framework and vocabulary to explore the creative, political and philosophical elements of data production.

Rather than thinking about the theory-data 'fit', Alvesson and Karreman will encourage you to consider the research process as one of theory-data interplay, asking if creative empirical material can challenge established theory and inspire new lines of development, and if breakdowns and mysteries encountered in research can be a constructive rather than destructive process.

They will encourage you to think critically about empirical data in terms of construction rather than verification, and most importantly they will encourage you to develop theory that is interesting and novel, rather than naive or irrelevant, making this title essential reading for those who often find the traditional vocabulary and frameworks of social science research obvious or simplistic.

With business schools becoming increasingly market-driven, questionable trends have emerged, such as the conflation of academic and corporate management, and the notion that academics and students are market players, who respond rationally to market signals. Using individual studies from leading scholars in a variety of disciplines and countries, this book identifies the global pressures behind these trends. It focuses on the debates surrounded the commercialization of business schools, and the rise of different methods of measuring their success. In their unique approach, the authors and editors discuss the impact of the confrontation between the timeless values embodied by Minerva, the Roman goddess of Wisdom, and the hard realities of competition and corporatization in modern society. This book will be compelling reading for students and academics in critical management studies, organizational studies, public management and higher education, as well as for stakeholders in academia and educational policy.

With business schools becoming increasingly market-driven, questionable trends have emerged, such as the conflation of academic and corporate management, and the notion that academics and students are market players, who respond rationally to market signals. Using individual studies from leading scholars in a variety of disciplines and countries, this book identifies the global pressures behind these trends. It focuses on the debates surrounded the commercialization of business schools, and the rise of different methods of measuring their success. In their unique approach, the authors and editors discuss the impact of the confrontation between the timeless values embodied by Minerva, the Roman goddess of Wisdom, and the hard realities of competition and corporatization in modern society. This book will be compelling reading for students and academics in critical management studies, organizational studies, public management and higher education, as well as for stakeholders in academia and educational policy.