Multi-rational Management: Mastering Conflicting Demands in a Pluralistic Environment

by K. Schedler (Editor), J. Rüegg-Stürm (Editor)

Overview

Multi-rational Management explains the concept of multirational management and illustrates it with many practical examples. It has primarily been written for 'reflective practitioners', i.e. those executives who continually think about their organisation and their own roles in that organisation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349495665
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/19/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kuno Schedler is Professor of Public Management and Director of the Institute for Systemic Management and Public Governance (IMP-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Johannes Rüegg-Stürm is Professor of Organization Studies and Director of the Institute for Systemic Management and Public Governance (IMP-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Kuno Schedler and Johannes Rüegg-Stürm 2. Rationality – The Notion, its Genesis and its Effects; Kuno Schedler and Johannes Rüegg-Stürm 3. Multirationality and Pluralistic Organisations; Kuno Schedler and Johannes Rüegg-Stürm 4. Multirational Management in Hospitals; Harald Tuckermann 5. Multirational Management in Tourism; Christian Laesser and Pietro Beritelli 6. Multiple Rationalities in Regional Development; Roland Scherer and Kristina Zumbusch 7. Multirational Management in Public Administration; Kuno Schedler and Angela Eicher 8. Multirational Management in Technology Companies; Daniel Bartl and Simon Grand 9. Multirational Management in Regional Public Transport; Mirco Gross and Lukas Summermatter 10. Strategies for Dealing with Multiple Rationalities; Kuno Schedler and Johannes Rüegg-Stürm 11. Consequences for Practice and Science; Kuno Schedler and Johannes Rüegg-Stürm