Complexity and Organisations - Researching Practice

This book demonstrates ways of thinking and acting which can make a practical difference to leaders, managers and consultants in handling complexity.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I Decentring subjectivities. 2. Histories of sociality: the challenge of seeing our own eyes; 3. Narrating oneself as another: reflexive autoethnographic inquiry; 4. Diffraction and the mobilisation of cross-cultural identities in practice research; 5. Reflexivity and its limitations; Part II Exploring practice and its breakdowns. 6. Experiential learning, reflexivity and the productive use of doubt; 7. Process and politics: negotiating the roles of human and non-human actors; 8. Compromising in research processes; Part III Good enough endings. 9. The politics of endings: dilemmas of making contributions in organisation and management studies; 10. The ethics of writing about experience: a dialogue; 11. In the beginning is already the end; 12. Concluding notes

About the author

Kiran Chauhan is an organisational consultant at The King's Fund, a health and care policy think tank in the UK. He is also a visiting lecturer at Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire.
Chris Mowles is Professor of Complexity and Management at Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire.

Summary

This book demonstrates ways of thinking and acting which can make a practical difference to leaders, managers and consultants in handling complexity.

Product details

• Authors: Kiran Mowles Chauhan
• Assisted by: Kiran Chauhan (Editor), Chauhan Kiran (Editor), Chris Mowles (Editor), Mowles Chris (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032531380
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253138-0
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Complexity and Management
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Personnel & human resources management, Sociology: work & labour, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General