The effects of political design and organizational dynamics on structural disaggregation and integration in Norway 1947–2019

Professional work groups engaging with traumatized and dysfunctional families are presented with a disproportionate challenge to an already inevitably painful process that can be an obstacle to balanced decision-making in the children’s best interests. Trauma, abuse and neglect can influence the professional culture that condenses around these families. This occurs more often with the most challenging families with a possible history of professional failure resulting in professional conflict, impulsive and poor decision-making due to the occasions that these destructive dynamics have become unmanageable. Serious case reviews into the deaths of children regularly outline professional failures relating to a breakdown in communication within the professional system and essential and potential lifesaving information having been lost or failing to have been acted upon. The ability to understand complex group and organizational dynamics and the ability to manage relationships with traumatized adults and children, as well as within traumatized work groups is, therefore, an essential skill set for professionals working with the most vulnerable children and families. This article explores trauma and its impact on a work group and why this process was disturbed by uncontained anxiety resulting in professional conflict.

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EXPRESS: Political parties and organization studies: The party as a critical case of organizing

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/01708406211010979 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 017084062110109

Author(s):

Emil Husted ◽

Mona Moufahim ◽

Martin Fredriksson

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Institutional Change ◽

Political System ◽

Affective Commitment ◽

Critical Case ◽

Organizational Dynamics ◽

Control Mechanisms ◽

Progressive Change ◽

Organization Studies ◽

Organization And Management

Organization scholars have extensively studied both the politics of organization and the organization of politics. Contributing to the latter, we argue for further and deeper consideration of political parties, since: (1) parties illuminate organizational dynamics of in- and exclusion; (2) internal struggles related to the constitution of identities, practices, and procedures are accentuated in parties; (3) the study of parties allow for the isolation of processes of normative and affective commitment; (4) parties prioritize and intensify normative control mechanisms; (5) party organizing currently represents an example of profound institutional change, as new (digital) formations challenge old bureaucratic models. Consequently, we argue that political parties should be seen as ‘critical cases’ of organizing, meaning that otherwise commonplace phenomena are intensified and exposed in parties. This allows researchers to use parties as magnifying glasses for zooming-in on organizational dynamics that may be suppressed or concealed by the seemingly non-political façade of many contemporary organizations. In conclusion, we argue that organization scholars are in a privileged position to investigate how political parties function today and how their democratic potential can be improved in the future. To this end, we call on Organization and Management Studies to engage actively with alternative parties in an attempt to explore and promote progressive change within the formal political system.

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Colchones Eldorado: dreaming of innovating

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies ◽

10.1108/20450621211320533 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (8) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Delio I. Castaneda ◽

Luisa F. Manrique

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Innovation Process ◽

Subject Area ◽

Organizational Dynamics ◽

Case Discussion ◽

Content Type ◽

Organizational Conditions ◽

Challenge Testing ◽

The Usa ◽

Creativity And Innovation

Subject area Innovation and creativity in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. Study level/applicability The case is recommended for creativity and innovation subjects, in undergraduate and MBA levels. The case is also suggested for subjects associated with the organizational dynamics on SMEs. Case overview Colchones Eldorado is a Colombian company dedicated to the bedding industry. The company was founded in 1957 by Gumercindo Gómez Caro, a creative man who in 1959 invented a machine to make springs, which allowed the company to grow steadily for several decades. On November 18, 2004, the founder's daughter, Martha Luz Gomez, was appointed as General Manager. On April 2011 it obtained a license from Sealy, the biggest mattress making company in the USA. The license implied a challenge - testing the company's innovative capacities to adapt Sealy mattresses to satisfy consumers in the Colombian market. Expected learning outcomes Students are shown the characteristics of the creative and innovation process in a Latin American SME, and the innovation challenges which are faced. From the reading and the case discussion, the students should be able to: analyse the manifestations of the creative process in an SME; identify examples of the innovation types of an SME; and discuss the organizational conditions to answer the creativity and innovation challenges in an SME. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

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Broadening the Scope of Diversity Management : Strategic Implications in the Case of the Netherlands

Relations industrielles ◽

10.7202/051354ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 698-724 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Folke Glastra ◽

Martha Meerman ◽

Petra Schedler ◽

Sjiera de Vries

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Social Relations ◽

Cultural Difference ◽

Diversity Management ◽

The Body ◽

Organizational Dynamics ◽

Contextual Approach ◽

Challenging Tasks

An analysis of theories and practices of diversity management, as illustrated in the case of the Netherlands, shows that they are too narrowly focused on redressing imbalances experienced by ethnic minorities and bridging cultural differences between majorities and ethnic minorities in the workplace. Agencies in the field of diversity management have fallen back on a limited and standardized stock of methods that ignore the specificity of organizational dynamics and largely operate in isolation from existing equity policies. The influence of diversity management has thus remained quite superficial. A contextual approach would broaden both the body of thought and the repertory of methods of diversity management, and strengthen its political and social relations. Such an approach would respond to its most challenging tasks: fostering social justice, enhancing productivity, and breaking the circle that equates cultural difference with social inequality

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The role of agency in project initiation decisions

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business ◽

10.1108/ijmpb-09-2013-0043 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 518-535 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mark Mullaly

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Decision Rules ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Organizational Dynamics ◽

Substantive Theory ◽

Content Type ◽

The Subject ◽

Board Level

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of decision rules and agency in supporting project initiation decisions, and the influences of agency on decision-making effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – The study this paper is based upon used grounded theory methodology, and sought to understand the influences of individual decision makers on project initiation decisions within organizations. Data collection involved 28 participants who were involved in project initiation decisions within their organizations, who discussed the process of project initiation in their organization and their role within that process. Findings – The study demonstrates that the overall effectiveness of project initiation decisions is a product of agency, process effectiveness or rule effectiveness. The employment of agency can have a direct influence on decision-making effectiveness, it can compensate for organizational inadequacies of a process or political nature, and it can be constrained in the evidence of formal and effective organizational practices. Research limitations/implications – While agency was recognized by all participants, there are clearly circumstances where actors perceive the ability to exercise agency to be externally constrained. The study is exploratory, contributing to the development of substantive theory. Theory testing as well as a more in-depth investigation of the underlying drivers of agency would be valuable. Practical implications – The study provides executives and individuals supporting the initiation of projects with insights on how to effectively influence the effectiveness of project initiation decisions, and the degree to which personal characteristics influence organizational dynamics. Originality/value – Most discussions of agency has been framed the subject as an executive- or board-level phenomenon. The current study demonstrates that agency is in fact being perceived and operationalized at all levels. Those demonstrating agency in the majority of instances in this study do so in exercising stewardship behaviours. This has important implications for how agency is perceived by executives, and by how agency is exercised by actors at all levels of the organization.

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The Health of the Corporate Body: Illness and Organizational Dynamics

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science ◽

10.1177/0021886395313006 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 328-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Kenwyn K. Smith ◽

Dana S. Kaminstein ◽

Richard J. Makadok

Keyword(s):

Organizational Dynamics ◽

Corporate Body

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