Experiencing risk, spontaneity and improvisation in organizational change : working live. / Edited by Patricia Shaw and Ralph Stacey. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xiv, 145 p. - Complexity as the experience of organizing .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : working live / Patricia Shaw -- Theater, improvisation and social change / Preben Friis and Henry Larsen -- Risk and 'acting' into the unknown / Henry Larsen -- Presence and spontaneity in improvisational work / Preben Friis -- Leading in the moment : taking risks and living with anxiety / David Walker -- Complex responsive processes as a theory of organizational improvisation / Ralph Stacey.

0415351286 (hbk.) 0415351294 (pbk.)

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Organizational change--Social aspects.
Organizational sociology.
Work--Social aspects.
Organizational change--Social aspects.
Organizational sociology.
Work--Social aspects.

HD58.8 / .E983 2006

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