Sustainable Development in Organizations: Studies on Innovative Practices

An increasingly competitive environment can lead to considerable problems for many organizations as they struggle to adapt to change. As a result, they fail to create the conditions that can lead to sustainable development over the long term, thus affecting the capabilities of employees. This book provides a fresh perspective on sustainable change and development in organizations, as well as a critical perspective on lean implementation, work environment and sustainability.The expert contributors address the development in, and of, organizations, as well as the development process between organizations, such as in networks or clusters. They discuss topics, such as the role of customers in the development of public organizations; developing knowledgeable practice at work; exploring evidence-based practice and the challenge of regional gender contracts. Undergraduates and postgraduates in different management fields including organizational theory, innovation, human resources, quality development and entrepreneurship will find this book to be of interest. The empirical results and interdisciplinary approach will appeal to practitioners and policy-makers at national, as well as international levels. Contributors: G. Avby, D. Bienkowska, S. Bjurulf, H.E. Børve, G. Brulin, F. Daniellou, K. Edwards, K. Ekberg, J. Eklund, M. Elg, P-.E. Ellström, J. Engström, H. Etzkowitz, K. Evans, A.-C. Fagerlind Ståhl, A. Fayolle, V. Gaffey, M. Gustavsson, A. Halvarsson Lundkvist, P. Hasle, M. Hasu, L. Högberg, L. Honkaniemi, K. Kallio, M. Klofsten, H. Kock, E. Kvande, I. Laur, M.H. Lehtonen, P. Lindskog, A.P. Nielsen, P. Nilsen, B. Poksinska, T. Prætorius, M. Riché, E. Saari, B. Sköld, H. Snyder, I. Sölvell, E. Sundin, L. Svensson, M. Tillmar, M. Toivonen, T. Tuominen, E. Vedung, L. Witell

Table of Contents:
Contents: 1. Sustainable Development in Organizations Mattias Elg, Per-Erik Ellström, Magnus Klofsten and Malin Tillmar 2. Subsidiarity in the Organization – A Key Issue to Prevent Psychosocial Risk François Danelliou 3. Lean Implementation, Work Environment and Sustainability Jörgen Eklund, Agneta Halvarsson Lundkvist and Pernilla Lindskog 4. Conditions for Presenteeism and Production in Changing Organizations Kerstin Ekberg, Maria Gustavsson and Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl 5. Towards the Collaborative Hospital – Harnessing the Potential of Enabling Care Processes and Structures Thim Prætorious, Peter Hasle, Kasper Edwards and Anders Paarup Nielsen 6. Program Steering by Learning Agneta Halvarsson Lundkvist and Henrik Kock 7. The Role of Customers in the Development of Public Organizations Jon Engström, Mattias Elg, Bozena Poksinska, Lars Witell and Hannah Snyder 8. Developing Knowledgeable Practice at Work Karen Evans 9. Trajcetories of Learning in Practice-Based Innovation – Organizational Roles at Play in Sustainable Innovation Management Mervi Hasu, Eveliina Saari, Laura Honkaniemi, Tiina Tuominen, Mikko H. Lehtonen, Katri Kallio and Marja Toivonen 10. Exploring Evidence-Based Practice in Practice – The Case of Social Work Gunilla Avby, Per Nilsen and Per-Erik Ellström 11. New Forms of Organizations – New Ways to Organize Lena Högberg, Elisabeth Sundin and Malin Tillmar 12. Women Small-Business Owners’ Challenge of Regional Gender Contracts Birgitta Sköld 13. Organizational Formalization in New High Tech Ventures – A Dual-Actor Process Ingela Sölvell 14. The Nordic Model in a Global Company Situated in Norway – Challenging Institutional Orders? Hege Eggen Børve and Elin Kvande 15. The Permeable University – A Study of PHD Student Mobility and Academic Entrepreneurship Intentions Dzamila Bienkowska, Henry Etzkowitz and Magnus Klofsten 16. Understanding Cluster Initiatives in Europe – Uniqueness and Contextuality Inessa Laur and Alain Fayolle 17. Theory Based Evaluation – A Range of Approaches to Assess Impact Veronica Gaffey and Marielle Riché 18. Three Approaches to Impact Evaluation of Regional Development Evert Vedung and Staffan Bjurulf 19. Interactive Research and On-Going Evaluations as Joint Learning Processes Lennart Svensson, Göran Brulin and Per-Erik Ellström Index

About the Author :
Edited by Mattias Elg, Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), Director, HELIX VINN Excellence Centre, Per-Erik Ellström, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL), Co-Director of HELIX VINN Excellence Centre, Magnus Klofsten, Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Malin Tillmar, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Organization and Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Sweden