Managing as Designing explores "the design attitude," a new focus for analysis and decision making for managers that draws on examples of decision making and leadership in architecture, art, and design. Based on a series of conference papers given at the opening of the Peter B. Lewis Building...

"While the careers of secret agents have inspired many genres of popular culture, relatively little research has been carried out until now on spying as a profession. Through the lens of personnel management, the authors offer a unique and compelling analysis of secret service employee...

Section I: Organising integration – where and when it starts, and how does it end -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Organising integrationAndreas Diedrich and Barbara Czarniawska (A developed version of "Aims and Rationale") -- Chapter 2: Alternative perspectives on immigrant accommodation to...

This text focuses on the wealth of insight that Tarde has to offer organization theory. It revolves around three pairs of concepts: –imitation and invention, identity and alterity, custom and fashion, illustrating their relevance for understanding organizing by relating them to a study of big...

Although waste prevention is considered the best possible option in the European waste-hierarchy model, it is not always clear what is meant by “waste prevention”. This chapter presents three cases of waste prevention, selected to illustrate the variety of these practices: a waste-management...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze common emplotments of interpretations of the financial crisis of 2007-2010. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a text analysis. Findings – The paper finds that the same “strong plots” are commonly used to explain financial...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore accounting across time and space via novels. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses distant readings. Findings – The paper reveals peculiarities and commonalities of the work of Certified Public Accountants 70 years ago and now. Originality/value...