Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies A Cross-Sectoral and Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pinheiro, Rómulo (Editor), Frigotto, Maria Laura (Editor), Young, Mitchell (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Public Sector Organizations
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Resilience in organizations and societies: the state of the art and three organizing principles for moving forward
  • 2. Decision premises, learning and organizational resilience addressing novel adversities
  • 3. Installing an action space for resilience in surprising situations
  • 4. Building resilience in temporary organizations: Lessons from a shipyard
  • 5. A practical perspective on resilience in organizations: The interplay between structure and action
  • 6. Growing and adapting during continuous change: Building employee resilience in the public sector
  • 7. The Post-Entrepreneurial University: The Case for Resilience in Higher Education
  • 8. Organizational persistence in highly institutionalized environments: Unpacking the relation between identity and resilience
  • 9. Resilience and change in opera theaters: Traveling the edge of tradition and contemporaneity
  • 10. Being resilient between the region and the higher education system? Regional higher education institutions in Kuressaare, Estonia, and Seinäjoki, Finland
  • 11. Agency, institutions and regional resilience: An approach from the Basque region
  • 12. Towards Resilient Organisations and Societies? Reflections on the Multifaceted Nature of Resilience