Management Fashions: Turning Best-selling Ideas Into Objects And InstitutionsUsing the theory of management fashions proposed in the 1990s by Eric Abrahamson, Krzysztof Klincewicz analyzes the changing popularity of management concepts accompanied by solutions. Among these are management bestsellers, consulting services, software systems, "methodologies," and approaches to organizational change, training courses, professional certifications and even new corporate positions. The book presents the phenomena of management fashions as being the key driver for the development of the management knowledge industry, consisting of consulting companies, computer firms, publishing houses, professional institutes, and other organizations involved in the launching and the promotion of new management techniques. The author supplements the existing body of knowledge by focusing on the supply-side of management fashions, particularly the strategies and marketing techniques of solution vendors, and proposes a model of relations between management ideas and tangible solutions, explaining how bestselling ideas are turned into objects and institutions. The empirical research described in this volume involves multiple methods, including discourse volume analysis and qualitative historical techniques. Included also is a comprehensive overview of the recent relevant developments in sociology, marketing, and organization sciences, in which the author draws on the heritage of praxiology by taking a meta-level perspective on the propositions of management science. Krzysztof Klincewicz is lecturer at the School of Management, Warsaw University, and researcher at the School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research interests combine organization theory, social sciences, and new technologies, with the focus on strategies of high-tech companies. He is certified chartered marketer of the British Chartered Institute of Marketing, and has numerous years of working experience in business development management for IT companies in Poland, Finland, and in the UK. |
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24 Neoinstitutionalism and organizational isomorphism | 22 |
Fashion as Mechanism of Social Change | 27 |
32 Paradigms in the philosophy of science | 35 |
Management Fashions | 39 |
733 Types of software products related to knowledge management | 118 |
734 Lifecycles of software solution types | 121 |
Management Fashions and Marketing Strategies of Solution Vendors | 127 |
82 Research techniques | 131 |
822 Sources of information | 133 |
823 Potential and limitations of document analysis | 135 |
824 Sample selection | 136 |
825 Intertextual aspects of the analyzed documents | 139 |
42 Development and diffusion | 41 |
43 Terminology | 43 |
44 Research program | 46 |
45 Note on research methods | 51 |
46 The case of knowledge management | 53 |
Discourse Lifecycle Types and Translations | 59 |
52 Research questions | 62 |
53 Discourse lifecycle | 66 |
54 Discourse types bandwagon and solutionrelated pressures | 68 |
55 Translations of the concept during the fashion lifecycle | 75 |
Fashion Area | 85 |
62 Research questions and techniques | 87 |
63 Overview of solutions in the fashion area | 90 |
64 Examples of solutions print media management consulting and events | 92 |
642 Events | 96 |
643 Magazines | 99 |
644 Websites | 101 |
645 Institutes and certifications | 102 |
646 Job titles | 105 |
65 Multiplier effects in the management fashion area | 107 |
ICT Solutions in the Fashion Arena | 111 |
72 Research questions | 113 |
73 Management fashion and development of ICT market | 114 |
732 Data collection and analysis | 115 |
83 Individual cases narratives | 140 |
832 Lotus | 151 |
833 Microsoft | 161 |
834 BackWeb Technologies | 169 |
835 IT services company | 171 |
84 Interpretation of the cases | 173 |
Conclusions | 185 |
92 New metaphor of management fashions | 186 |
93 Spread of viruses | 188 |
94 Relevance for management fashions | 190 |
65 Final remarks | 194 |
Appendix 1 Note on Discourse Volume Analysis as Research Technique | 197 |
102 Source database | 199 |
103 Data collection | 201 |
104 Data cleaning | 202 |
105 Data capture in computer format | 206 |
107 Intercoder reliability comparisons | 207 |
108 Conclusions | 209 |
Appendix 2 List of Documentary Sources | 211 |
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Notes | 231 |
About the Author | 241 |
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Management Fashions: Turning Bestselling Ideas Into Objects and Institutions Krzysztof Klincewicz Podgląd niedostępny - 2017 |
Management Fashions: Turning Best-selling Ideas Into Objects and Institutions Krzysztof Klincewicz Podgląd niedostępny - 2006 |