Georges Romme

The Quest for Professionalism: The Case of Management and Entrepreneurship

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Produktbeschreibung

This book shows the societal costs and damage caused by mismanagement and other forms of managerial amateurism are huge. The Quest for Professionalism calls upon management scholars to drive the intrinsic transformation of the profession at large, toward management as a technology for distributing power and leadership throughout the organization

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9780198737735
• ISBN-10: 0198737734
• Artikelnr.: 47870727

Autorenporträt

Georges Romme is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), in The Netherlands. He studied economics a Tilburg University and obtained a doctoral degree from Maastricht University. Until 2014, Georges served as dean of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences at TU/e. In the early 1990s, Georges Romme introduced Boolean comparative analysis in the field of management studies, and also pioneered the Thesis Circle, a tool for collaboratively supervising graduation projects. Moreover, he is one of the original pioneers who (re)introduced design thinking and the design sciences to management and organization studies. Professor Romme serves as a non-executive director in a variety of boards.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Professionalization Challenge
2: Purpose and Professionalization
3: Toward a Body of Knowledge
4: Behavior, Expectation and Trading Zones
5: Discovering Circular Organizing
6: Validating Circular Organizing
7: Beyond Shareholders and Stakeholders
8: Implications and Conclusions
Appendix 1: Example of Symposium
Appendix 2: Overview of Methods