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'The authors set out to develop a framework that explains if and
how co-creation can be used as ''strategy-as-practice.'' In doing
so, they have produced a wonderful case study on co-creating a
city's living and public space, the next movement and cultural turn
following the ''creative class'' studies in urban design. There are
innovative uses of narrative analysis to provide multiple
perspectives of the co-creative process. It contains valuable
insights for anyone interested in urban design.' - Hans Hansen,
Texas Tech University 'The book makes a very important contribution
to the strategy-as-practice field as it proposes a thorough
ethnography about how governments, academia, business, non-profits
and citizens engage themselves in the strategic and collaborative
process of planning. Drawing on a comprehensive and compelling
notion of ''action nets'', the book provides a fascinating
interpretive explanation that will be inspiring as well as for
academics and practitioners. This timely volume raises a host of
fascinating issues related to organizing and strategizing as
''co-creative practices'' and will be an invaluable resource across
multiple domains and organizational research areas. Moreover, the
book will convince you that ''small is beautiful''!' - Linda
Rouleau, HEC Montreal, Canada Over the past three decades, the
European Capital of Culture has grown into one of the most
ambitious cultural programs in the world. Through the promotion of
cultural diversity across the continent, the program fosters mutual
understanding and intercultural dialogue among citizens, thereby
increasing their sense of belonging to a community. This insightful
book outlines potential avenues through which culture and
creativity can raise the imaginative capability of citizens and
harness opportunities tied to what the book calls 'culture-driven
growth'. Building on three years of observations, interviews and
research the authors argue that a 'strategy-as-practice'
perspective can reveal how strategy making is enabled or
constrained by organizational and social practices. The authors
reveal how the 'sweet-spot' of city regeneration occurs where urban
and cultural planning are aligned. They then evaluate the practice
of 'co-creation' within organizing bodies and investigate the
extent to which its success depends on a fusion of top-down rules
and bottom-up action. Urban Strategies for Culture-Driven Growth
will appeal to international scholars and students in organization
studies, geography, city governance and planning, urban design, and
urban and regional development. Policymakers and planners will also
find it to be a valuable resource.
A Grammar of Organizing provides a new, innovative perspective on
the organizational challenges now facing companies in complex and
dynamic business situations. This book represents a much needed
departure from static theories of organizations to incorporate the
dynamic and ever-changing nature of today's companies. The authors
assert that management and organization theory is increasingly
turning its attention to the perpetual practice of organizing and
strategizing rather than just focusing on formal structures and
strategies. This new paradigm is thoroughly analyzed, and the
consequent management implications discussed. The book then goes on
to build a much needed, coherent and fully developed theoretical
framework to further expand upon this new emerging perspective. The
'activity-community' model is built around fundamental principles,
and numerous case studies are used to illustrate and support this
unique theoretical framework. Offering an up-to-date overview of
the latest developments within organization theory, and posing a
number of important questions on this changing realm, this book
will prove a fascinating read for academics, students, researchers
and practitioners with an interest in management and organization
studies and practices.
A Grammar of Organizing provides a new, innovative perspective on
the organizational challenges now facing companies in complex and
dynamic business situations. This book represents a much needed
departure from static theories of organizations to incorporate the
dynamic and ever-changing nature of today's companies. The authors
assert that management and organization theory is increasingly
turning its attention to the perpetual practice of organizing and
strategizing rather than just focusing on formal structures and
strategies. This new paradigm is thoroughly analyzed, and the
consequent management implications discussed. The book then goes on
to build a much needed, coherent and fully developed theoretical
framework to further expand upon this new emerging perspective. The
'activity-community' model is built around fundamental principles,
and numerous case studies are used to illustrate and support this
unique theoretical framework. Offering an up-to-date overview of
the latest developments within organization theory, and posing a
number of important questions on this changing realm, this book
will prove a fascinating read for academics, students, researchers
and practitioners with an interest in management and organization
studies and practices.
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