Crisis, chaos, and organizations : the coronavirus and lessons for organizational theory

• Other Authors: Svyantek, Daniel J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022.
• Series: Research in organizational analysis.
• Subjects: Crisis management.; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.; Communication in management.; Emergency management.; Business planning.; Business & Economics > Conflict Resolution & Mediation.; Management decision making.; Business and Management.; Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806603213
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64802-781-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) : illustrations

"The COVID-19 pandemic provides an illustration of how chaotic change to large systems are caused by small, seemingly insignificant environmental events such as the initial case(s) of COVID-19 in China. From this small starting point for the pandemic, there have been (and continue to be) millio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction--crisis, chaos, and organizations: An overview of the volume / Daniel J. Svyantek
• Chapter 1. A critical appraisal of the dominant pandemic narrative / Bert Spector
• Chapter 2. The impact of workload, workload changes, and anticipated workload changes during COVID-19 on worker well-being / Michael DiStaso, Kristin Horan, Chelsea LeNoble, Mindy Shoss, Zoe Politis, and Ignacio Azcarate
• Chapter 3. Who rescues the rescuers? Multilevel challenges facing first responder organizations / Marc Cubrich, Ketaki Sodhi, Allie Pettruzzelli, and Dennis Doverspike
• Chapter 4. From telecommute to telecommunity: How disabled onto-epistemologies inform post-pandemic professional practices / Martina Svyantek and Rua Mae Williams
• Chapter 5. Organizing themselves / Jenifer Neale
• Chapter 6. Radical acceptance and executive decision-making in the age of COVID-19 / Susan Cannon and Ruth Middleton-House
• Chapter 7. Emergence and sensemaking in AI? complex global knowledge system: Implications for leaders post-covid-19 / Lisa Cuevas Shaw and Laura Hyatt
• Chapter 8. A differing view of command in AI? connected world: Captain brett crozier and COVID-19 command decisions / Paul Nelson, Robert A. Norton, and Greg S. Weaver
• Chapter 9. The urgency of organizational change within colleges in crisis / Jennifer McLean and Carrol Warren
• Chapter 10. A theoretical analysis of organizational change during covid-19: Steps, stages, and themes for implementation / Theodore J. Wiard, Mary J. Selke, and Genevieve Oswald
• Chapter 11. Digital communication strategies during pandemic crisis: Lessons from amazon company / Ludovica Moi, Simone Serpi, and Francesca Cabiddu
• Chapter 12. COVID-19 crisis: Chaos and opportunities for newer organizational configurations for multinational oil enterprises / Riad A. Ajami, Homa Karimi, Rachel E. Sturm, and Berkwood Farmer
• About the Contributors.