Making Time: Time and Management in Modern Organizations

Choreographing Time And Management : Traditions, Developments, And Opportunities / Barbara Adam, Richard Whipp, And Ida Sabelis -- Towards A Theory Of Timing : Kairology In Business Networks / Laurids Hedaa And Jan-Åke Törnroos -- Taking Time Seriously : Organizational Change, Flexibility, And The Present Time In A New Perspective / Christian Noss -- Now's The Time? Consumption And Time-space Disruptions In Postmodern Virtual Worlds / Pamela Odih And David Knights -- Time And Management As A Morality Tale, Or 'what's Wrong With Linear Time, Damn It?' / Alf Rehn -- Hidden Causes For Unknown Losses : Time Compression In Management / Ida Sabelis -- Cooperation Engineered : Efficiency In The 'just-in-time' System / Nishimoto Ikuko -- Hanging On The Telephone : Temporal Flexibility And The Accessible Worker / Emma Bell And Alan Tuckman -- A New Time Discipline : Managing Virtual Work Environments / Heijin Lee And Jonathan Liebenau -- The Use Of Time By Management And Consumers : An Analysis Of The Computer Industry / Paul Sergius Koku -- Contested Presents : Critical Perspectives On 'real-time' Management / Ronald E. Purser -- The Rhythm Of The Organization : Simultaneity, Identity, And Discipline In An Australian Coastal Hotel / Dirk Bunzel -- Interpretative Times : The Timescape Of Managerial Decision Making / Tom Keenoy ... [et Al.]. Edited By Richard Whipp, Barbara Adam And Ida Sabelis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [196]-217) And Index.