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Explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments. Consequently, organizational responses are partly the result of iterative processes with the environment.
List of contents
List of Tables List of Figures Foreword Notes on Contributors Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments: An Introduction; A.Davila & M.M.Elvira PART I: COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND GOVERNANCE How Organizations Engage with External Complexity: a Political Action Perspective; J.Child & S.B.Rodrigues The Social Dimension of Boards' Role in better Corporate Governance; C.Ingley , M.Rennie , J.Mueller , D.D.Warrick & L.Erakovic Promoting Leadership in Governance and Governance in Leadership: Towards a Supportive Research Agenda; L.Erakovic & B.Jackson SME Adoption of Environmental Management Practices: Four Exploratory Case Studies; R.C.Beckett PART II: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS Engaging Small Businesses in Innovation: Building Absorptive Capacity through R&D Clubs; P.K.Couchman & R.C.Beckett Exploring the Determinants and Dimensionality of SME eCollaboration Trust; L.Burgess , B.Parrish , M.Jones & L.Seritti Exploring Managerial Perceptions of the Innovation Process in Mexico; D.Maranto , L.García-Calderón & J.Reynoso The Role of Physical Space and Information Technologies in Knowledge Transfer Processes within SMEs; L.Zapata-Cantú , J.L.Pineda & D.Lozano The Motivation and Management of Highly Specialized Creative Employees; H.H.Hein From Life in Cages to Life in Projects: Metaphors for Moderns; S.Clegg & C.Baumeler
About the author
CARMEN BAUMELER Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung EHB, Switzerland
RONALD C. BECKETT University of Western Sydney, Australia
LOIS BURGESS University of Wollongong, Australia
JOHN CHILD University of Birmingham, UK
STEWART CLEGG University of Technology Sydney, Australia
PAUL K. COUCHMAN Deakin University, Australia
ANABELLA DAVILA Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
LUIS GARCÍA-CALDERÓN Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
MARTA M. ELVIRA IESE Business School, Spain
LJILJANA ERAKOVIC University of Auckland, New Zealand
HELLE HEDEGAARD HEIN Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
CORAL INGLEY AUT University, New Zealand
BRAD JACKSON University of Auckland, New Zealand
MICHAEL JONES University of Wollongong, Australia
DANIEL MARANTO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
JENS MUELLER Waikato University, New Zealand
BELINDA PARRISH University of Wollongong, Australia
JOSÉ LUIS PINEDA Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
MORINA RENNIE University of Regina, Canada
JAVIER REYNOSO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
SUZANA B. RODRIGUES Erasmus University, The Netherlands
DIEGO A. RODRÍGUEZ LOZANO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
LORENZO SERITTI University of Wollongong, Australia
DONALD WARRICK University of Colorado, USA
LAURA ZAPATA-CANTÚ Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Summary
Explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments. Consequently, organizational responses are partly the result of iterative processes with the environment.
