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Bracketing an issue in a product develoment process
(2000)
This paper deals with action in the complex setting of a large product develeopment project a new year model of a car. The prespective is that of one engineer who has discovered a problem with the prototype car he is ...
Making Sense of Business.Reorganizing Processes in Swedish Rail
(1999)
In Sweden like in many other countries in Europe there is an ongoing process of making old, bureaucratic public service organizations, such as Vattenfall (heat and electricity generation), Sweden Post, Swedish Rail and ...
Talks on Tracks - Debating Urban Infrastructure Projects
(2000)
This paper retraces and analyzes the debate around a major infrastructure project in central Stockholm, the construction of a third railroad track over the islet of Riddarholm. Using the analytical framework of the New ...
Om managementteori
(2000)
Artikeln beskriver de två dominerande tanketraditionerna inom managementteori, den rationella respektive den normativa styrfilosofin. Detta görs genom att redogöra för huvuddragen i utvecklandet av respektive styrfilosofi, ...
Translation and Transcription in Development Projects- From Vague Problems to Clear-Cut solutions Through Project Organizing
(1999)
Occasionally, problems in society arise that do not fit into traditional structures of
public organizations. Such problems become especially problematic if there is no
adequate capacity to deal with them. At such situations, ...
Farväl till vapnen...? Om samarbete och konkurrens
(2001)
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On academic writing
(2006)
Are there any useful tricks of the trade, as it were, to sustain a productive routine of writing for publication in academic journals?1 Nowadays the drive towards international publication is stronger than ever in Europe ...
Examining the stability of managerial behavior: A replication of Henry Mintzbergs classic study 30 years later
(2001)
A replicating study about Swedish CEOs reveals a different pattern of behavior compared to the original study of Henry Mintzberg. The CEOs in the new study for instance spent much more time on meetings with subordinates, ...
Managing Accountability: Exploring Reasoning in a Management Team
(2005)
This article deals with a sociocultural perspective on dialogue and communication in analyzing the actors’ ways of meaning making in talk as action in a management team meeting. It investigates the potential of the dialogical ...