Introduction: from the lexical to the visual -- The visual turn in social science and organization theory -- Vision and visualization in science-based innovation work -- Vision and visualization in architecture work -- The primacy of vision and its implication for organization theory.

1. Introduction -- 2. Markets and organizations : individualism and the theory of the firm -- 3. Expectations and macro economic theory : the boundaries of rationality -- 4. Corporate finance and the theory of the firm -- 5. Peter Drucker and the rise of management theory -- 6. Spoils of war --...

This Element provides an overview of cultural entrepreneurship scholarship and seeks to lay the foundation for a broader and more integrative research agenda at the interface of organization theory and entrepreneurship. Its scholarly agenda includes a range of phenomena from the legitimation of...

In recent years, organizational project management (OPM) has emerged as a field focused on how project, program and portfolio management practices strategically help firms realize organizational goals. There is a compelling need to address the totality of project-related work at the...

-Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The theory of cooperative system -- Chapter 3: The theory of formal organization -- Chapter 4: The theory of complex formal organization -- Chapter 5: The theory of informal organization -- Chapter 6: The theory of lateral and scaler organization -- Chapter...

1. Ecology, sociology and organization development -- 2. Population ecology of organizations -- 3. Ecological anthropology and sustainable development : evolution of social science approaches in integrating ecology in community and national development programs -- 4. Application of the...

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhalt -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Einordnung, Entwicklung und Fragestellung des situativen Ansatzes -- 3. Die Beschreibung formaler Organisationsstrukturen -- 4. Einflußgrößen formaler Organisationsstrukturen -- 5. Die Wirkungen von Organisationsstruktur und Kontext auf...