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Managing the Work Situation outlines a perspective on how organization and management in the contemporary world of work happens as active everyday accomplishments by workers and managers, facing and handling complex work situations with an excess of expectations.Based on philosophical and sociological phenomenology, notably Jean-Paul Sartre’s and Erving Goffman’s works, the book coins a situation-centric perspective on organization and management, and the concept of ‘situational sensemaking’, as the driving mechanism of organization as well as the focus of management – characterized as ‘situation management’.The book addresses an academic audience with interests in organization and management of work, both theoretically and practically. A prime audience will be (academic and executive) master students in organization and management.

Managing the Work Situation outlines a perspective on how organization and management in the contemporary world of work happens as active everyday accomplishments by workers and managers, facing and handling complex work situations with an excess of expectations.Based on philosophical and sociological phenomenology, notably Jean-Paul Sartre’s and Erving Goffman’s works, the book coins a situation-centric perspective on organization and management, and the concept of ‘situational sensemaking’, as the driving mechanism of organization as well as the focus of management – characterized as ‘situation management’.The book addresses an academic audience with interests in organization and management of work, both theoretically and practically. A prime audience will be (academic and executive) master students in organization and management.

Bokens sentrale påstand er at ledere må lede ut fra de grunnleggende uformelle organiseringsprosesser som pågår hver eneste dag i alle virksomheter – mellom medarbeidere, ledere, kunder, brukere og samarbeidspartnere. Skal vi forstå hva vi trenger ledere til, må vi derfor forstå hvordan dynamikken i disse organiseringsprosessene utfolder seg.Forfatteren betrakter organisering og ledelse i et sosiologisk perspektiv og belyser temaet gjennom analyser av praksis og konkrete arbeidssituasjoner i et variert utvalg virksomheter fra både privat og offentlig sektor.Klemsdals bok gir et innsiktsfullt og nyttig perspektiv på ledelse. Den ansporer oss ledere til selv å utvikle vår egen ledelsespraksis med utgangspunkt i de konkrete arbeidssituasjonene virksomheten til enhver tid stilles ovenfor.Stanley Skoglund, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk, Visa Europe