One Person Organizations as a Resource for Researchers and Practitioners

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome A. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Theory ◽  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Individual Work ◽  
The One ◽  
Systems Framework

The one person organization has been neglected in much of organizational research. This has occurred despite the one person organization's ubiquity and importance to organizational theory and the workforce. Prior admonishments about the uniqueness of such firms have gone largely unheeded, and suggestions to the owners of one person organizations have often been misguided. The paper goes on to show how this modal organization fits into the open-systems framework and where the one person organization offers unique opportunities for important research in the areas of individual-work and individual-organization relationships, organizational founding research, and occupational choice research for marginal members of society.

Reworking Resistance

2018 ◽  
pp. 274-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna N. Hanchey
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Organizational Theory ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
International Ngos ◽  
Communication Work ◽  
Do So

Scholars recognize that both nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and non-Western organizational logics harbor the potential to reconfigure fundamental assumptions of organizational research. Drawing from such work, I argue that we must reconceptualize ‘resistance' in organizational communication scholarship by destabilizing its Western-centric assumptions and logics. I do so by engaging in a postcolonial analysis of scholarship on international NGOs, and drawing out typical assumptions of organizational communication work that do not hold under all cultural conditions, or that are imperialistic in nature. Answering calls to center alternative forms of organizing and to draw deeper relations between critical intercultural and organizational communication research, this study asks scholars to resist typical theorizations of ‘resistance,' and decolonize organizational theory.

Organizational Time in Historical Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
John Hassard ◽  
Stephanie Decker ◽  
Michael Rowlinson
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Theory ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
Workplace Behavior ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Mircea Eliade ◽  
Pitirim Sorokin

This chapter examines how time and temporality have been analyzed in social and organizational theory. Specifically, it discusses forms of analysis developed prior to the purported synthesizing of conceptual dualities under the “postmodern turn” (Nowotny, 1994; Orlikowski and Yates, 2002). The chapter reviews some of the main concepts and theories of time developed historically by sociologists and anthropologists, and describes how—when applied in organizational research—they have yielded rich and diverse insights into workplace behavior. By drawing upon some of the major foundational figures in the sociology of time—such as Emile Durkheim, Mircea Eliade, Georges Gurvitch, Karl Marx, Pitirim Sorokin—we note not only differences between their positions, but also how such differences, when contrasted systematically, offer a broad basis for appreciating time as reflecting a cyclical as well as linear, heterogeneous as well as homogeneous, and processual as well as structural phenomenon in theoretical and empirical investigation.

scholarly journals Red capital in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Wang-Kaeding ◽  
Malte Philipp Kaeding
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Comparative Capitalism ◽  
Liberal Societies ◽  
One Country Two Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Systems Framework ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to recount the scale, composition and agents of red capital in Hong Kong; second, to conceptualise the peculiarity of red capital; and third, to explore the impact of red capital on the political and economic institutional setup in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach The paper consults the comparative capitalism literature to conceptualise the phenomenon of red capital. The paper gathers data from Hong Kong Stock Exchange and indices to provide an overview of red capital. Furthermore, the case study of 2016 Legislative Election is deployed to investigate the mechanisms of red capital’s influence. The paper concludes with a summary of how red capital may challenge the validity of the “One Country, Two Systems” framework. Findings This paper argues that red capital replicates China’s state–capital nexus in Hong Kong and morphs the game of competition in favour of Chinese nationally controlled companies. In tandem with the emerging visibility of the party–state in Hong Kong’s economic sphere, the authors observe attempts of Chinese economic actors to compromise democratic institutions, deemed obstacles to state control. Originality/value This paper is the first attempt to systematically embed the discussion of red capital into comparative capitalism literature. This study provides conceptual tools to examine why red capital could pose a threat to liberal societies such as Hong Kong. Through this paper, we introduce a novel research agenda to scrutinise capital from authoritarian states and investigate how the capital is changing the political infrastructure shaped by liberal principles and values.

scholarly journals The Market Orientation of Local Governments as a Function of Entrepreneurship: a Theoretical Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Zdon-Korzeniowska
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Colloquial Language ◽  
Territorial Unit ◽  
Important Research Area ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Nowadays, in conditions of globalisation, and simultaneously with tendencies to decentralise management at the level of states and regions, individual territorial units (cities, municipalities, regions) are forced to adopt a more proactive, market-oriented approach to development. This process requires constant analysis of the environment and response to emerging changes; consideration of the offers of the competition and customer’s expectations. The purpose of this article is to show a market approach to managing the development of territorial units as a function of entrepreneurship. In particular, to show the relationship between the market orientation of local governments and entrepreneurship. This is understood, on the one hand, as a process of identifying and using opportunities and on the other, as a process of creating new enterprises, where special attention is paid to the emerging idea of territorial units as entrepreneurs. The latter concept appears increasingly frequently in the literature and colloquial language. Market orientation is an expression of the entrepreneurship of local government. Its impact on entrepreneurship on a given territorial unit is a new and important research area that requires exploration. The paper is based on the theoretical discussion using selected literature on the subject.

scholarly journals Citation recommendation: approaches and datasets

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-405
Author(s):  
Michael Färber ◽  
Adam Jatowt
Keyword(s):  
Research Topic ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientific Texts ◽  
Document Type ◽  
Important Research Topic ◽  
The One ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Citation recommendation describes the task of recommending citations for a given text. Due to the overload of published scientific works in recent years on the one hand, and the need to cite the most appropriate publications when writing scientific texts on the other hand, citation recommendation has emerged as an important research topic. In recent years, several approaches and evaluation data sets have been presented. However, to the best of our knowledge, no literature survey has been conducted explicitly on citation recommendation. In this article, we give a thorough introduction to automatic citation recommendation research. We then present an overview of the approaches and data sets for citation recommendation and identify differences and commonalities using various dimensions. Last but not least, we shed light on the evaluation methods and outline general challenges in the evaluation and how to meet them. We restrict ourselves to citation recommendation for scientific publications, as this document type has been studied the most in this area. However, many of the observations and discussions included in this survey are also applicable to other types of text, such as news articles and encyclopedic articles.

On the Analysis of Supplier-Manufacturer Information Sharing Strategies for Production Scheduling

2011 ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Jairo R. Montoya-Torres ◽  
Gloria L. Rodríguez-Verjan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Production Scheduling ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Make To Order ◽  
Important Research Topic ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collaboration Strategies

Nowadays, implementing collaboration strategies between the members of the supply chain has been an important research topic to obtain a more reactive and flexible supply chain in the highly competitive markets. However, few studies have been done on the impact of such collaboration strategies at one of the lower short-term decision levels: production scheduling. This paper is devoted to the study of information sharing between the members of a supply chain in a dynamic context. We consider a typical make-to-order direct sell supply chain without finished products inventory, similar to the one implemented by Internet PC sellers. We compare various scheduling algorithms implemented to study different scenarios of information sharing among the members of the chain. We have considered scenarios where no information is shared and scenarios where some or all information is shared. A simulation study is developed in order to get some insights about the impact of information sharing on the performance of the chain. Our results suggest improvement in the performance that shows the importance of collaboration and information sharing between the members of the chain.

Canaries or Colonials? The Reduced Prominence of the ‘Overseas Judges’ on Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Stuart Hargreaves
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Independent Judiciary ◽  
The Status ◽  
One Country Two Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Systems Framework ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Typically one member of a sitting panel of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal is a senior jurist drawn from another common law jurisdiction. In the Court's early years, these ‘overseas judges’ were responsible for writing approximately one quarter of the lead opinions across a vast range of cases. This article demonstrates, however, that this practice has changed. The overseas judges now write a smaller share of lead opinions and no longer write lead opinions related to issues of fundamental human rights or the relationship between Hong Kong and the rest of China. This article suggests this change has been made for good reason. Though valid questions about the legitimacy of the role of the overseas judges can be made, they also continue to perform a valuable communicative role regarding the status of Hong Kong's judicial independence under the ‘one country, two systems’ framework. A recent rise in attacks on overseas and other ‘foreign’ judges in Hong Kong can be understood as part of a broader project that seeks to constrain the role of the independent judiciary. By continuing to invite overseas judges to sit on the Court of Final Appeal but reducing their public prominence, the Court has sought not only to reduce avenues for attacks on the legitimacy of particular decisions, but to protect the autonomy and independence of the judiciary more broadly.

Mathematical Approach to N-Centered DFT and Associated Methods for the Study of Open Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Grente
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Optimal Transport ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Electronic Density ◽  
Mathematical Properties ◽  
Seminal Article ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract A fundamental aspect of the study of N−electronic systems (systems containing N electrons) is to obtain information on the states in which these systems have minimal energy. In practice a numerical search of such states is impossible to carry out, so that alternative approaches have been developped, the one around which this work revolves being to consider electronic systems through their electronic density rather than their state. This approach, known today as Density Functional Theory (DFT), was formalised in Kohn and Sham’s seminal article [1] and its mathematical aspects were studied a few years later by Lieb [2]. Since then, the ideas leading to the construction of DFT have been adapted to the context of electronic systems with a fractionnal number of electrons (open systems), first through PPLB DFT[3] and more recently through the definition of N−centered DFT[4, 5]. In both cases it is unclear wherether the mathematical properties established for classical DFT can be expected to hold true. This question is the main problematic of our work, in which we shall study the analogy between N−centered and classical DFT, from their construction to the methods that are derived from them. This will lead us to construct a Kohn-Sham scheme for N−centered DFT, investigate the links between this theory and optimal transport and present the Hubbard Dimer in this particular situation.

scholarly journals Towards an Articulation of the Material and Visual Turn in Organization Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 597-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Boxenbaum ◽  
Candace Jones ◽  
Renate E. Meyer ◽  
Silviya Svejenova
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Organizational Theory ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Visual Artifacts

Contemporary organizations increasingly rely on images, logos, videos, building materials, graphic and product design, and a range of other material and visual artifacts to compete, communicate, form identity and organize their activities. This Special Issue focuses on materiality and visuality in the course of objectifying and reacting to novel ideas, and, more broadly, contributes to organizational theory by articulating the emergent contours of a material and visual turn in the study of organizations. In this Introduction, we provide an overview of research on materiality and visuality. Drawing on the articles in the special issue, we further explore the affordances and limits of the material and visual dimensions of organizing in relation to novelty. We conclude by pointing out theoretical avenues for advancing multimodal research, and discuss some of the ethical, pragmatic and identity-related challenges that a material and visual turn could pose for organizational research.

Teacher/Coach Recruits: Background Profiles, Occupational Decision Factors, and Comparisons with Recruits into Other Physical Education Occupations

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patt Dodds ◽  
Judith H. Placek ◽  
Sarah Doolittle ◽  
Kathy M. Pinkham ◽  
Thomas A. Ratliffe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Decision Factors ◽  
Systems Framework

Within a social-systems framework, this study described teacher/coach recruits’ (TCs) personal attributes, sport-participation social situation backgrounds, being influenced by significant others on occupational choice, and other occupational decision factors. TCs were compared on these variables with recruits into other sport-related occupations (ORs). TCs and ORs shared some similar personal attributes but had different gender proportions and high school academic backgrounds. Both groups had extensive backgrounds in sport, but TCs participated more during high school and college. The two groups’ most influential significant others differed, as did their ranked lists of occupational attractors. Other occupational decision factors (age of decision, firmness of decision, career maps) were similar. These results are explained with reference to social-systems theory.

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