Organization Design and Engineering - Co-existence, Co-operation or Integration

The key aim of the volume of original papers on the theory and practice of ODE featured in Organization Design and Engineering is to contribute towards overcoming the academic challenges stated above. A secondary aim is to launch the debate about ODE, including whether or not the debate itself is warranted.

List of contents

Introduction PART I: STRATEGIZING ODE 1. Organization Design and Engineering for Dynamic Fit: Toward Analytic Principles, Methods and Tools 2. Structural Couplings of Organizational Design and Organizational Engineering 3. An Explanatory Framework of the Dynamics of ODE founded upon Service, Identity and IT Infrastructure PART II: MODELING ODE 4. The Unifying Role of Enterprise Engineering 5. Using Ontologies for Integrated Knowledge Management in Organizational Design and Engineering 6. Organizational Self-Awareness: a Matter of Value PART III: IMPLEMENTING ODE 7. A Framework for Evidence-based and Inductive Design 8. Exploring the Potential of the Axiomatic Approach for Organizational Design PART IV: EDUCATING FOR ODE 9. Preparing Future IST Professionals for ODE: an Examination of Courses in IST Degree Programmes

About the author

Rodrigo Magalhães is currently Professor of Information Systems and Organization at the Kuwait-Maastricht Business School (KMBS) in Kuwait, where he previously held the post of Academic Director. KMBS is a private graduate school affiliated to the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands. He is an active researcher at the Centre for Organization Design and Engineering, INOV, Lisbon and at the Centre for Spacial and Organizational Dynamics, University of Algarve, both in Portugal.

Summary

The key aim of the volume of original papers on the theory and practice of ODE featured in Organization Design and Engineering is to contribute towards overcoming the academic challenges stated above. A secondary aim is to launch the debate about ODE, including whether or not the debate itself is warranted.

Product details

• Assisted by: R. Magalhaes (Editor), Magalhães (Editor), R Magalhães (Editor), R. Magalhães (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349468898
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46889-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 15 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 369 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 277 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Management, B, Planning, Leadership, Economics, Organization, Business Strategy/Leadership, Behavioral Economics, Behavioural economics, Economics, general, business strategy, Management & management techniques, Experimental Economics, Management science, Business Strategy and Leadership, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Palgrave Business & Management Collection