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Tables of Contents for Making Time
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
xi
 
Notes on Contributors
xii
 
Choreographing Time and Management: Traditions, Developments, and Opportunities
1
30
Barbara Adam
Richard Whipp
Ida Sabelis
Part I Masking Time, Making Time: Rethinking Basic Assumptions
Towards a Theory of Timing: Kairology in Business Networks
31
15
Laurids Hedaa
Jan-Ake Tornroos
Taking Time Seriously: Organizational Change, Flexibility, and the Present Time in a New Perspective
46
15
Christian Noss
Now's the Time! Consumption and Time-Space Disruptions in Postmodern Virtual worlds
61
16
Pamela Odih
David Knights
Time and Management as a Morality Tale, or `What's Wrong with Linear Time, Damn It?'
77
12
Alf Rehn
Part II Temporal Strategies in a Rapidly Changing World
Hidden Causes for Unknown Losses: Time Compression in Management
89
15
Ida Sabelis
Cooperation Engineered: Efficiency in the `Just-in-Time' System
104
11
Nishimoto Ikuko
Hanging on the Telephone: Temporal Flexibility and the Accessible Worker
115
11
Emma Bell
Alan Tuckman
A New Time Discipline: Managing Virtual Work Environments
126
14
Heijin Lee
Jonathan Liebenau
The Use of Time by Management and Consumers: An Analysis of the Computer Industry
140
15
Paul Sergius Koku
Part III The Temporal Implications of Alternative Approaches to Management
Contested Presents: Critical Perspectives on 'Real-Time' Management
155
13
Ronald E. Purser
The Rhythm of the Organization: Simultaneity, Identity, and Discipline in an Australian Coastal Hotel
168
14
Dirk Bunzel
Interpretative Times: The Timescape of Managerial Decision Making
182
1
Tom Keenoy
Cliff Oswick
Peter Anthony
David Grant
Iain Mangham
References
182
36
Index
218