Time and Organizational Improvisation

Topics:
Time Management
Tags:
Dichotomy,
University Of Western Ontario
Source:
University of Western Ontario

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Overview: This paper argues that effective management action is impeded by a simplistic understanding of time, one dominated by a clock-time perspective. Using the concept of improvisation the authors reconcile two major time dichotomies associated with organizational phenomena: clock time versus event time and linear time versus cyclical time. The authors propose that improvisation offers a means for management theory and practice to overcome these apparent time dichotomies.

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Format: PDF | Size: 243KB | Date: Oct 2004 | Pages: 39

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