Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies
Beschreibung
This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, and multidisciplinary perspective. The book facilitates a conversation across diverse disciplinary specializations and empirical domains. The authors contribute both to theory testing and theory development and provide key empirical insights useful for societies, organizations, and individuals experiencing disruptive pressures, not least in the context of a post-COVID-19 world. Diverse chapters are held together by a clear organization of the volume across levels of analysis (resilience in organizations and societies) and by an original perspective on resilience derived from an extended review, by the editors, of the existing literature and knowledge gaps, according to which each of the individual chapter contributions is positioned and connected to.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Resilience is not just a buzzword, but a fundamental ingredient of the cultural shift we need to address the challenges of the 21st Century and take the world onto a sustainable development path. This book provides an excellent framework to design innovative policies and strategies to build a less vulnerable and more resilient socioeconomic system." ( Enrico Giovannini , Italian Economist and Statistician, University of Rome, Italy, and Italian Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility (2021-))" Resilience in Organizations and Societies moves forward the notion that organizational and societal resilience are interconnected. An important book that sets the agenda for future thinking and research on the varieties of ways that we think about resilience. Filled with engaging examples and built on a strong conceptual foundation, this is a must read for academics and practitioners interested in the interdisciplinary study of resilience at all levels, individual, organizational, and societal." ( Christopher Kayes , Professor of Management, The George Washington University, School or Business, USA, and author of Organizational Resilience: How Learning Sustains Organizations in Crisis, Disaster, and Breakdown (2015))"This timely book Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies adds a much needed cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary perspective to the field and offers an exciting collection of chapters that examine resilience both at organizational and societal levels. A worthwhile read for academics and practitioners!" ( Martina Linnenluecke , Director, Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Australia)
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Personen
Maria Laura Frigotto is Associate Professor in Organization Theory and Management at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Trento, Italy. Her research focuses on novelty, especially in its unexpected and emergent form, in relation to resilience and innovation.
Mitchell Young is Assistant Professor in the Department of European Studies, Institute of International Studies at Charles University, Czech Republic. His research focuses on knowledge governance in the EU and Member States both internally as a form of integration and externally through science diplomacy.
Inhalt
1. Resilience in organizations and societies: the state of the art and three organizing principles for moving forward.- 2. Decision premises, learning and organizational resilience addressing novel adversities.- 3. Installing an action space for resilience in surprising situations.- 4. Building resilience in temporary organizations: Lessons from a shipyard.- 5. A practical perspective on resilience in organizations: The interplay between structure and action.- 6. Growing and adapting during continuous change: Building employee resilience in the public sector.- 7. The Post-Entrepreneurial University: The Case for Resilience in Higher Education.- 8. Organizational persistence in highly institutionalized environments: Unpacking the relation between identity and resilience.- 9. Resilience and change in opera theaters: Traveling the edge of tradition and contemporaneity.- 10. Being resilient between the region and the higher education system? Regional higher education institutions in Kuressaare, Estonia, and Seinäjoki, Finland.- 11. Agency, institutions and regional resilience: An approach from the Basque region.- 12. Towards Resilient Organisations and Societies? Reflections on the Multifaceted Nature of Resilience.