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Organizations are under constant pressure to be ambidextrous. They must both be able to exploit existing processes, routines and systems at the same time as they must engage in exploration through playfulness, relaxed control and experimentation. The dilemma for organizations is a familiar one. But we know little about the human costs and challenges of ambidexterity. In this volume we explore the impact of ambidextrous organizations on individuals' working lives. An international group of students of organizations and management analyze how employees are required to follow routines at the same
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monografia Rebiun19860063 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19860063 m o d | cr -n--------- 130129s2013 enka ob 000 0 eng d 1-283-95908-9 UPVA 997920488903706 UAM 991008080675804211 CBUC 991000730179606712 CBUC 991013128385306708 CBUC 991010488195606709 UPCT u354216 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 658.3 Holmqvist, Mikael RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS, VOL. 37 Managing 'human resources' by exploiting and exploring people's potentials electronic resource] edited by Mikael Holmqvist, André Spicer Research in the Sociology of Organizations Managing Human Resources by Exploiting and Exploring Peoples Potentials Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 37 1st ed Bingley [England] Emerald Group Pub. 2013 Bingley [England] Bingley [England] Emerald Group Pub. 1 online resource (292 p.) 1 online resource (292 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Research in the sociology of organizations 0733-558X v. 37 Research in the Sociology of Organizations v.37 Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references FRONT COVER; MANAGING 'HUMAN RESOURCES' BY EXPLOITING AND EXPLORING PEOPLE'S POTENTIALS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ADVISORY BOARD; DEDICATION; THE AMBIDEXTROUS EMPLOYEE: EXPLOITING AND EXPLORING PEOPLE'S POTENTIAL; INTRODUCTION; ENACTING THE ENVIRONMENT; THE QUEST TO ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY; IDEALIZING THE AMBIDEXTROUS EMPLOYEE; CONCLUSION; OUTLINE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE; REFERENCES; MAKING, BREAKING AND FOLLOWING RULES: THE IRVINE CASE; INTRODUCTION; E&E; THE SSS EXPERIMENT; SSS AS CRITIQUE OF E&E; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES IN PURSUIT OF THE AMBIDEXTROUS GRADUATE: POTENTIALITY BETWEEN EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATIONINTRODUCTION; MARCH'S CONCEPTS OF EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION IN RELATION TO THE THEME OF HUMAN POTENTIAL; THE RISE OF POTENTIALITY AS A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RESOURCEFULNESS IN THE SPHERE OF EMPLOYABILITY; THE DANGER OF POTENTIALITY IN THE IMAGE OF THE INFINITELY AMBIDEXTROUS FUTURE WORKER; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; REFERENCES; BY HOOK OR BY CROOK: FLEXIBLE WORKERS BETWEEN EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; INTRODUCTION; INDIVIDUALIZATION AND FLEXIBLE KNOWLEDGE WORKERS EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION IN FLEXIBLE BIOGRAPHIES: RESEARCH CONTEXT AND RESEARCH DESIGNIDENTITY WORK: FROM THE 'SELF-ENTREPRENEUR' TO 'THE INVISIBLE PRECARIOUS'; THE MUTUAL ADAPTATION BETWEEN DISPOSABLE WORKERS AND DISPOSABLE ORGANIZATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTE; REFERENCES; ''SOME MIGHT CALL IT WORK ... BUT WE DON'T'': EXPLOITATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF FREE WORK CAPITALISM; INTRODUCTION; EXPLORING AND EXPLOITING ''FREE WORK'' IN RECENT MANAGEMENT THOUGHT; TOWARD A CRITICAL THEORY OF ''FREE WORK'' CAPITALISM; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES MARCH MEETS MARX: THE POLITICS OF EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LIFE AND LABOURINTRODUCTION; THE MARCHIST VIEW OF EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION; MARXIST VIEWS ON EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION; STUDYING THE POLITICS OF EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION AT THE INTERSTICES OF LEAN PRODUCTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION; THE OBJECTIVE EXPLOITATION OF LABOUR IN LEAN PRODUCTION; THE OBJECTIVE EXPLORATION OF LABOUR AND THE SUBJECTIVE EXPLORATION OF LIFE; THE STRUGGLE TO OBJECTIVELY EXPLORE LABOUR AND SUBJECTIVELY EXPLORE LIFE EXTENDING THE RE-SOCIALISATION AND SUBJECTIVE EXPLORATION OF LIFE THROUGH HEALTH PROMOTIONTHE SUBJECTIVE EXPLORATION OF LIFE IN CONTRADICTION WITH LEAN PRODUCTION; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; COORDINATION AND LEARNING IN WIKIPEDIA: REVISITING THE DYNAMICS OF EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION; INTRODUCTION; WIKIPEDIA AND STANDARD ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; WIKIPEDIA AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL PRODUCTION; THE EVOLUTION OF WIKIPEDIA; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; POSTSCRIPT; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES WORKLOAD, ASPIRATION, AND FUN: PROBLEMS OF BALANCING SELF-EXPLOITATION AND SELF-EXPLORATION IN WORK LIFE Organizations are under constant pressure to be ambidextrous. They must both be able to exploit existing processes, routines and systems at the same time as they must engage in exploration through playfulness, relaxed control and experimentation. The dilemma for organizations is a familiar one. But we know little about the human costs and challenges of ambidexterity. In this volume we explore the impact of ambidextrous organizations on individuals' working lives. An international group of students of organizations and management analyze how employees are required to follow routines at the same English Personnel management Electronic books Holmqvist, Mikael Spicer, André 1-78190-505-3 1-78190-506-1 Research in the Sociology of Organizations