Le sixième rapport d’évaluation du GIEC démontre que « l'influence humaine a réchauffé l'atmosphère, les océans et les terres (et va entraîner) des changements rapides et généralisés dans l'atmosphère, les océans, la cryosphère et la biosphère » et que « la vulnérabilité des écosystèmes et des populations au changement climatique varie considérable...
Providing a broad exploration into the evoloving cultures of alternative forms of organising, this thesis asks big strategic questions about the future of prefigurative praxis. Drawing on the counter-hegemonic analyses of Stuart Hall, it suggests organisation scholars should move beyond micro-perspectives and begin looking at alternative organising...
This study’s object is a multinational medical technology company that has changed its mode of working by integrating a new agile project methodology coupled with contemporary hybrid work arrangements. However, beneath the surface of these progressive changes lie concealed power dynamics, often affirming power over knowledge by alluding to the “rea...
This thesis is inscribed in the recently emerged field of open organizing to study how openness, as values-based, acts in the organization and shapes action. To answer this research question, I draw upon three essays. In the first essay, I highlight the competing assumptions behind the concept of openness, including emancipatory ambitions and a per...
Published in Management Learning
Friedman’s maxim “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (p. 32) has shaped what managers consider effective management. This Financial Bottom Line approach to management has been challenged by both Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) and Critical Management Studies (CMS). POS highlights how enhancing prosocial and ...
Business and management have been instilled so much in contemporary minds that, may they be perceived positively or negatively, their interplay with society has become self-evident. Indeed, criticisms of a society dominated and pervaded by business matters as well as the promoters of a totally-managed-as-business society share the same blind spot c...
Bakgrund och problem: Att organisationers medarbetare beskrivs som den viktigaste resursen utgör idag mer regel än undantag, på samma sätt som hållbarhet är en självklar del av de organisatoriska praktikerna – åtminstone enligt den retorik som används. Tillsammans utgör begreppen essensen i framtidens hållbara personalpraktiker, där anställningsbar...
Mindfulness programs, and related practices of contemplation and spirituality, are a growing trend in contemporary work organizations. Increasingly adopted into corporations, mindfulness is often described as a remedy for workplace challenges such as constant hurry, interruptions, and stress. Despite increasing research on mindfulness, little resea...
Thesis (Master)--Izmir Institute of Technology, Architecture, Izmir, 2019 / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 117-138) / Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and English / Copernicus's revolution is a philosophical change that questions the existence of humanity in the universe, as opposed to the belief; he claims that the Sun is the cente...
Cette thèse contribue aux réflexions critiques sur l’autonomie et le travail en se plaçant sous le prisme encore peu exploré du travail non subordonné en coopérative d’activité et d’emploi (CAE). Les travailleurs non subordonnés sont des individus qui souhaitent vivre de leur savoir-faire et de leurs compétences sans passer par le cadre salarial tr...
