Managing as Designing
"Boland and Collopy have produced a thought-provoking book that will most surely challenge a reader's views of management and of organization design.  They portray management not as a science of rational decision making within a known and stable world but, instead, as an art of generating visions and pathways for reaching these visions within an uncertain and dynamic world.  This fresh glimpse of the managerial role provokes a series of fleeting but revealing insights regarding the truly exceptional leader."—Robert Zmud, Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma"Managing as Designingstimulates fresh thinking about managerial work. Creative ideas such as 'throwness' and 'decentering' are among the novel and valuable insights to be drawn from essays written by contributors from a wide range of professional and academic specializations. . . . Boland and Callopy have produced a vital resource for the creative manager." —Daniel Robey,Georgia State University"Boland and Collopy have produced a thought-provoking book that will surely challenge the reader's views of management and organization design.  They portray management not as a science of rational decision making within a known and stable world but, instead, as the art of generating visions and pathways for reaching these visions within an uncertain and dynamic world.  This fresh glimpse of the managerial role provokes a series of fleeting but revealing insights regarding the truly exceptional leader." —Robert Zmud, Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma