Theory and Practice, Strategy and Sustainability
Published on 16. March 2007
149 pages
978-1-84663-323-2 (ISBN)
Description
This e-book is concerned with the nature of relationships. Philip Larkin in his famous poem about parents suggested that the relationships within a family are the source of both joy and despair and that the tension between these two feelings is what gives individual families their unique quality. This perspective on tensions, paradoxes and opposing positions underpins the philosophy of this special edition; rather than seeing these characteristics as things which require reconciliation and rationalisation, we accept them as fundamentally positive characteristics of inquisitive life. The modern political response to this kind of conflict is triangulation where opposing views are defined in terms of their extreme nature and a subsequent position is justified between the two on the basis of sensibility and consensus. We do not aim to either reconcile or compromise on the debates and discussions in the articles in this special edition but, with a degree of good temper and moderation, we hope to describe, engage and further some of the arguments.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
- Guest editorial
- The external environment's effect on management and strategy
- Using old concepts to gain new insights: addressing the issue of consistency
- Sweep or seep? Structure, culture, enterprise and universities
- Critical growth factors of ICT start-ups
- Ethical behavior and social responsibility in organizations: process and evaluation
- Networking in South African businesses
- Strategy dynamics in the logistics industry: a transactional center perspective
- Women entrepreneurs and strategic decision making
- Becoming misrepresentations in strategy and time
- Note from the publisher
