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Organizations and Unusual Routines : A Systems Analysis of Dysfunctional Feedback Processes

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Everyone working in organizations will, from time to time, experience frustrations and problems when trying to accomplish tasks that are a required part of their role. In such cases it is normal for people to find ways of completing their work in such a way that they can get around, or just simply avoid, the procedure or system that has caused the problem. This is an unusual routine - a recurrent interaction pattern in which someone encounters a problem when trying to accomplish normal activities by following standard organizational procedures and then becomes enmeshed in wasteful and even harmful subroutines while trying to resolve the initial problem. Using a wide range of case studies and interdisciplinary research, this book gives researchers and practitioners invaluable information on the nature of this pervasive organizational phenomenon and shows how they can be dealt with in order to improve organizational performance.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781107683143
  • ISBN-10: 1107683149
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: June 2015
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.82 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.17 pounds
  • Page Count: 400

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