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time sensitiveness and push-pull strategies in a non-hype organisationHoldt Christensen, Peter (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The concept of knowledge management has, indeed, become a buzzword that every single organization is expected to practice and live by. Knowledge management is about managing the organization’s knowledge for the common good of the organization – but practicing knowledge management is not as simple as that. This article focuses on knowledge sharing as the process seeking to reduce the resources spent on reinventing the wheel. The article introduces the concept of time sensitiveness; i.e. that knowledge is either urgently needed, or not that urgently needed. Furthermore, knowledge sharing is considered as either a push or pull system. Four strategies for sharing knowledge – help, post-it, manuals and meeting, and advice are introduced. Each strategy requires different channels for sharing knowledge. An empirical analysis in a production facility highlights how the strategies can be practiced. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6331 Files in this item: 1
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Do the Codes of Conduct and Ethics reflect Reality in Management Consulting?Maula, Marjatta; Poulfelt, Flemming (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The management consulting firms’ competence and capacity to provide high quality services and thereby create, transfer and develop managerial knowledge have an important role for the client firms and the society. The international management consulting associations have formulated Codes of Conduct and Codes of Ethics that aim to regulate and provide guidelines for the management consulting firms’ activities. This paper investigates whether there is a fit between the Codes and (a) the current modes of management consulting, and (b) the needs of the consulting firms to learn and develop continually their knowledge base and competencies. The analysis indicates that the majority of the Codes tend to support one-directional, i.e., ‘directive’, ‘content-based’, and ‘transplantation-based’ type of consulting. In the cases where the Codes recommend interaction, they could emphasize two-directionality and mutual interaction between the consultant and the client more clearly and explicitly, in the spirit of ‘nondirective’, ‘process-based’, and ‘translation-based’ consulting models. As to the development of the consulting firms’ knowledge and competencies, the analysis reveals that the Codes emphasize necessary qualifications and the quality of advice. With two exceptions the Codes do not directly and explicitly indicate the dynamic aspect, i.e., that the consulting firms should develop their skills and knowledge continually. Also, there is variation concerning the methods to develop competencies. Therefore, there are several unutilized opportunities to develop the Codes to meet better the needs of the knowledge society. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6313 Files in this item: 1
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med udgangspunkt i forskernetværket Viden NetKnudsen, Line (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: Paris havde i 30’erne et sprudlende kulturelt miljø, hvor lokale intellektuelle og kunstnere blandedes med flygtninge fra kommunisme, nazisme og fascisme, hvor marxister, anarkister, dadaister, surrealister og alle mulige andre politiske og videnskabelige grupperinger inspirerede hinanden på kryds og tværs. I et surrealistisk hjørne af denne vrimmel mødtes gruppen Contre-Attaque , altså Mod-angreb i 1935 og underskrev et manifest rettet mod den nyetablerede franske folkefrontsregering. Manifestet kræver en ny politik, nemlig at regeringens passive anti-fascisme vendes til en aktiv anti-fascisme. Blandt underskriverne var digteren Léo Malet, og manifestet var sandsynligvis forfattet af Georges Bataille. Det er denne spinkle forbindelse, som jeg har benyttet som anledning til at præsentere det krimi-univers, som Malet udviklede i 40’erne og 50’erne. Bataille kender jeg nemlig særdeles godt, og hvis man inddrager Batailles filosofi fra samme periode i analysen af Malets tekst, så tyder meget på, at deres bekendtskab og fælles rødder i det nævnte miljø har haft stor betydning for de temaer, de senere kredser om litterært og filosofisk. Første afsnit handler om den særlige genre, krimi’en, hvor Malet imidlertid typisk overses. Andet afsnit introducerer Malet, og tredje præsenterer to fælles temaer med udgangspunkt i Malets og Batailles henvisninger til Sade og Baudelaire, nemlig død og erotik. Det vises, hvordan hvordan de for Bataille er tæt forbundne, og i Malets fremstilling af det erotiske forhold mellem mand og kvinde skabes en kvindefigur, der adskiller sig markant fra dem, man typisk møder i krimi-genren. Fjerde afsnit ser på den politiske ideologi, der viderebringes med de kulturelle normer, der gøres gældende i Malets krimi’er, nemlig småborgerskabets anarkisme, der stadig spiller en stor rolle for den post-moderne venstrefløjs forestillinger om det ideale samfund. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6325 Files in this item: 1
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Horst, Maja (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to explore the associations made in mass mediated articulations of biotechnology. It serves as the basis for further analyses of mass mediated controversies and the purpose is to establish a map of the landscape of mass mediated articulation of biotechnology. Which kinds of genetic research and technology are articulated in what way? What can be associated to what in the mass mediation and when is it portrayed as controversial? In short this is a study of associations in the news production that serves as a way of establishing an empirical archive for further work. It is based on a relational ontology inspired by French philosopher Bruno Latour, supplemented with the method of content analysis developed within sociology of mass media. The aim is to study the production of networks of articulation in mass media by looking at the outcome (the articles), which they produce. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6366 Files in this item: 1
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Sørensen, Asger (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
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Entrepreneurial leadership?Hansson, Finn; Mønsted, Mette (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
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Raffnsøe, Sverre (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: On dit souvent que Foucault a renoncé à toute philosophie de l’histoire ce qu'on peut bien admettre en constatant l'impatience de Foucault de mettre de la distance avec l’histoire universelle qui explique l'histoire en la rapportant à quelque chose qui oblige universellement et qui est en train de se faire valoir à l'époque. Dans ses Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Geschichte Hegel se réconciliait avec les antithèses de L’histoire du monde en les voyant comme l'expression d'une raison qui se faisait conscience d'elle-même à l'époque et qui cherchait à se manifester aux différents niveaux. Dans sa Zur Genealogie der Moral Nietzsche pensait se trouver en pleine réouverture d'une guerre universelle indissoluble entre "Rome" et "Judée", entre une culture aristocratique qui donnait libre cours à nos épanouissements et une culture de ressentiment qui cherchait à réprimer nos activités plus que de besoin. Dans Die Idee der Naturgeschichte Adorno essayait de faire éclater le continuum historique et ses truismes en montrant comment une nature en elle-même indéfinisable est toujours présent concrètement dans l'histoire et dans la culture sans y être réductible. Au contraire Foucault renonce à ordonner l'histoire en la mettrant à distance dans une retrospection totalisante qui se réfère à une raison synthétisante, à une conflictualité générale ou à une transcendance née de l'histoire mais oubliée URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6400 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: artikel falder i tre afsnit. Første afsnit arbejder på at vise hvordan den nuværende ledelsespraksis nødvendigvis må bevæge sig mellem to helt fundamentale orienteringer som giver ’ledelse’, lederen og den ledede en grundlæggende mening med sin tilblivelse. Dette afsnit slutter i håbet om at der må være en overensstemmelse mellem den retoriske logos, etos og patos for at undgå at blive forført af et usædvanligt raffineret kunstværk som kan betegnes som et liv der lykkes. Andet afsnit udvikler på baggrund af en historisk læsning af værdibegrebets indholdsmæssige forskydning et begreb om eksistentielle værdier, som på den ene side udtrykker menneskets grundlæggende livsvilkår og på den anden side signalerer de tavse værdier der sikrer virksomhedens bæredygtighed. Artiklen afslutter med et afsnit omkring den praktiske integration af etiske fortællinger baseret i en forudsætning om at forståelse og ånd kan være de bærende komponenter i det organisatoriske fællesskab. Herved gives et bud på, hvordan etikken bør realiseres i organisationen gennem den autonome fortælling, der har sans for det gode liv. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6387 Files in this item: 1
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En problemformuleringHøjbjerg, Erik (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Raffnsøe, Sverre (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: L’événement joue un rôle central peut-être un peu sous-estimé chez Michel Foucault. Dans cet article on essaierait de combler cette lacune, en rendant compte du rôle de l’événement dans la pensée de Foucault pour jeter un jour nouveau sur les traits de l’événement en général et le rôle de l’événement dans le livre The Music of Chance de Paul Auster en particulier. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8176 Files in this item: 1
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Thyssen, Ole (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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En revitalisering af Luhmann & Foucaults magtanalytikRennison, Betina Wolfgang (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Magt er et pudsigt fænomen. Det er et fænomen, vi alle umiddelbart kender til, et fænomen vi alle lader til at genkende, når vi støder på det. Et fænomen, vi laver undersøgelser af, som vi søger at ’udrede’ og ’indfange’ for derved at kunne kontrollere det, der kontrollerer os. Men magt er også et fænomen, vi ikke synes at kunne begribe. Ikke alene er magt ofte et tabu i kommunikationen, noget vi undlader at tale om – et sprængfarligt fænomen, vi ikke tør nærme os. Men magten er også i sig selv et svært tilnærmeligt fænomen. Det er ikke til at hitte rede i, hvori magten egentlig består. Det er ikke så ligetil at udrede magten. Dette paper tilbyder en måde at iagttage magt på. Det præsenterer en analytik, hvormed det bliver muligt at begribe dette ubegribelige fænomen. Paperet lancerer en teoretisk udfoldelse af magtbegrebet, men antager først og fremmest en analysestrategisk karakter, hvor bidraget er at levere en strategi til, hvordan magt kan iagttages og analyseres. Dens sigte er at fungere som fundament for konkrete magtanalyser af organisationer og ledelsesrelationer. Paperet stiller skarpt på spørgsmålet om, hvordan man kan iagttage socialiteten og kommunikationen med et magtblik. Hvad får man øje på, når man anretter et magtens blik, hvori består et sådant magtblik og hvilken grundproblematik og genstand kaster det af sig? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6393 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The roles of accounting in shaping the economy are currently being rediscovered by sociologists (Callon, 1998; Fligstein, 1990; Granovetter, 1985). This recent revival of interest in accounting marks a further stage in a curious pattern of alternate attention and neglect on the part of sociologists towards the practices that make the economy visible and measurable qua economy. This paper reviews the different ways in which accounting has been given a wider sociological significance across the twentieth century. It argues for a focus on how new calculative practices emerge within historically specific assemblages, and how they alter the capacities of agents and organisations, and the interrelations among them. Investment appraisal practices are used to illustrate. The paper is in five sections. Section one introduces the paper. Section two considers briefly the work of Max Weber in the early 20th century, and the link established in his writings between accounting and rationalisation. Section three considers a subsequent stage, with a markedly different focus, namely the emergence in the 1950s and 1960s of a substantial literature on budgeting. Heavily influenced by theories of group dynamics, this literature focussed primarily on management accounting in an intra-organisational setting. Section four examines a further stage, characterised by the elaboration of a range of methodologies from approximately 1980 onwards that had as their concern to analyse the social and organisational aspects of accounting. The methodologies developed and applied here included those that focus on the institutional environments of accounting, the political economy of accounting, ethnographic approaches, and a concern with the networks within which accounting is embedded. Section five considers one particular strand of the recent economic sociology literature, that which concerns the calculative capacities of agents and their embeddedness in social networks. While endorsing the revival of interest in economic sociology, this paper argues that rather than focus on the enduring and transhistorical attributes of agents and networks, emphasis be placed on the roles of accounting within historically localised and temporarily stabilised assemblages of practices. Also, in place of an emphasis on the role of economics and economic theory in formatting the real economy, attention is directed to the more prosaic practices of management accounting which make it possible to act upon persons and processes within and between organisations. These arguments in favour of focussing on the calculative practices of accounting are illustrated briefly through consideration of a relatively neglected topic in management accounting - investment appraisal. The practice of "investment bundling" as elaborated at Caterpillar Inc in the early 1990s is considered. An investment bundle was defined there as a multi-period capital spending program based on the diverse yet mutually reinforcing assets needed to manufacture a core product module in a specified area on the factory floor. It is argued that the practice of investment bundling as developed at Caterpillar helped operationalise a world-wide transformation of production regimes within a particular corporate setting, and in a manner compatible with the broader problematising of the competitiveness of North American industry which can be termed a "politics of the product". Investment bundling provided a device for intervening within the firm, and in consonance with a broader transformation of concepts of competitiveness and economic citizenship. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6319 Files in this item: 1
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Mønsted, Mette (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Collaborations are formed as inter-organisational relations, which are special forms of networks creating and spanning boundaries of organisations. This chapter is focusing on social networking mechanisms for organising, and managing networks. This is one of the features for understanding collaboration and management of collaborations. Networking is a new understanding of management in an economy in which uncertainty and turbulence are the norms rather than the exception. Network management in an entrepreneurial turbulent environment is seen as enacting power in a ‘negotiated management’ process involving partners much more than an established position in a hierarchy where power is exercised. The focus is on obtaining control and power, but also to keep all the actors active even when they are formally out of control of the manager. The question is how to create and maintain the role as project manager on joint projects with other firms. Networking is one way of mobilising resources, through which resources for establishing research and innovation are explored and exploited. In all research and innovation projects, the legitimacy of both technologies, firms and research teams are important. Legitimate partners, such as: recognised peers and research environments as well as international research funding may be exploited as a viable strategy for establishing a good reputation, and thus a strategy to create legitimacy of own innovation and research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6344 Files in this item: 1
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A Sociological Approach to Managerial TechnoloyThygesen, Niels Thyge; Tangkjær, Christian (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The relevance of technologies in management and organizational analysis is well accepted in theory, if not by managers themselves. But the way technologies allow us to observe has not yet been explored. This is because many accounts of technologies neglect, if not the constitutive nature of technologies, then at least their observational potential. In particular, this article argues, technologies work by setting the scene of observation for the manager. In order to handle that challenge, management must be a matter of `managination`, that is, second order observation. Keywords: management, observation, reproduction, steering, technology. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6354 Files in this item: 1
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a refection of corporate strategyJørgensen, Heidi; Vintergaard, Christian (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Logically it seems that companies pursuing different business strategies would also manage their relationships with other firms accordingly. Nevertheless, due to the lack of research in the field of network strategies, this link still remains inadequately examined. Based on the well-known framework of organisational behaviour developed by Miles and Snow (1978), this paper argues that the patterns of network behaviour practiced by firms greatly depend on the business typology of the company. That is, a company’s business typology will to a certain degree dictate the network identity of the company. In this paper evidence is provided, that the relation between a company’s strategy, structure and processes in fact have a considerable influence on its pattern of network behaviour. Three case studies from the Danish biotech industry exemplify and illustrate how a company’s strategy is directly correlated with how it manages its strategic network relations, which consequently affects its network identity (Eisenhardt 1999). It is argued in this paper that the level of relational embeddedness, incentives for establishing strategic relations and the relation between the number of non-redundant and redundant relations are the most dominant elements distinguishing the types of network behaviour in relation to the business typology. The paper thus strives to argue how different business typologies develop a network identity on the basis of their network behaviour. Due to the correlation between a company’s strategy, structure and processes and its pattern of network behaviour, knowing how to manage this relation becomes essential, especially during the development of new strategies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6368 Files in this item: 1
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a research AgendaMichailova, Snejina; Husted, Kenneth (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Ernø-Kjølhede, Erik; Husted, Kenneth; Mønsted, Mette; Wenneberg, Søren Barlebo (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]