More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success

• Main Authors: Stadtler, Lea (Author), Schmitt, Achim (Author), Klarner, Patricia (Author), Straub, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2010.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

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Table of Contents:

• Corporate Growth
• Graduation Day: How New Growth Initiatives Turn into Sizable Businesses
• Adoption of Strategic Initiatives: The Role of Global Teams during Piloting
• Major Challenges in Doing M&A – A Theoretical Approach
• Leading Development
• Constant Development through Organizational Change
• Managing the Pace of Strategic Change: The Rhythm of Change as a Means of Balancing
• Structuring Ambidextrous Organizations: Exploitation and Exploration as a Key for Long-Term Success
• Intangibles as Enablers – Key Success Factors and/or Inhibitors
• Maneuvering through Organizational Crisis
• When Crises Represent an Opportunity: Insights into Corporate Turnarounds
• Employment Downsizing: Causes, Costs, and Consequences
• Restructuring in a Crisis and in a Position of Strength: Practical Illustrations from the Tourism Industry
• Strategic Management in Turbulent Times
• The Knowledge Perspective of the Firm
• Successfully Maintaining Participation in Virtual Communities of Practice
• The Development of Social Capital: On Managing Game-Players, Trade-off Makers and Low-Keys
• Enhancing Knowledge Management at Holcim
• Is This the Essence of Knowledge Management? Or Wearing Sunscreen? Or Is It 42?
• Managing Inside and Outside the Firm
• Proactive Work Orientation
• International Ambidexterity: An Extant Challenge for Business Professors?
• Managing Across Corporate Boundaries: Public-Private Partnerships
• Internal Complexities: Managerial Challenges in a Corporate Holding
• Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit: For Theirs Is the Kingdom of Heaven
• It’s more than just Bricks in the Wall: Three Decades of Organizational Studies, Continued Learning, and Leadership.