Operating Under High-Risk Conditions in Temporary Organizations - A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective

Sommario

List of abbreviations

Preface

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: A review of three frequently used theories

Chapter Three: Temporary organization design and its implications for operations with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Afghanistan

Chapter Four: The influence of temporary organization design on the operations of Task Force Uruzgan

Chapter Five: Iraq and MH17, were operations in Afghanistan unique?

Chapter Six: Constructing a theory on temporary organizational design and controllability in dynamically complex conditions

Chapter Seven: Discussion and reflection

Appendix One: Organizational layout of the Royal Netherlands Army until reorganization in 2012

Appendix Two: List of references to the MH17 evaluation report

Index

Info autore

Matthijs Moorkamp is Assistant Professor in Organizational Design and Development at the Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was previously affiliated with the Netherlands Defense Academy, Delft University of Technology and the University of Twente.

Riassunto

This book develops insight into the relationship between a "mixing and matching" temporary design strategy and operational problems. To so do, military and crisis management contexts are studied from a sociotechnical design perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Matthijs Moorkamp
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367732622
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73262-2
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Information Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development, Organizational theory & behaviour, business strategy, Sociology: work & labour, Operational research, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour