Organizational Dimensions of Global Change

This book is the first in a new series designed to facilitate an emergent dialogue around the issues of global change and cooperative potential. Written by an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, it explores how organizational scholarship and thinking can lead to a greater understanding of global issues.Topics discussed include: global women leaders; corporations as agents of global change; international networking; the development of global environmental regimes and collaborative knowledge creation.

No Limits to Cooperation - David L Cooperrider and Jane E Dutton An Introduction to the Organization Dimensions of Global ChangePART ONE: SENSEMAKING AND GLOBAL CHANGESensemaking as an Organizational Dimension of Global Change - Karl E WeickConstructionist Leadership in the Global Relational Age - Kathryn M Kaczmarski and David L Cooperrider The Case of the Mountain Forum`Not on Our Watch¿ - Frances Westley The Biodiversity Crisis and Global Collaboration ResponseGlobal Change as Contextual Collaborative Knowledge Creation - Ramkrishnan V Tenkasi and Susan Albers MohrmanPART TWO: COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS: THE STRUCTURES OF GLOBAL CHANGESocial Capital, Mutual Influence and Social Learning in Intersectoral Problem-Solving in Africa and Asia - L David Brown and Darcy AshmanTransnational and International Social Movements in a Globalizing World - Mayer N Zald Creating Culture, Creating ConflictThe Development of Global Environmental Regimes - Barbara Gray Organizing in the Absence of AuthorityInternational Networking - Julie Fisher The Role of Southern NGOsConstructing and Deconstructing Global Change Organizations - John D AramPART THREE: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM AND GLOBAL CHANGEGlobal Organization and the Potential for Ethical Action - Kenneth J GergenGlobal Technoscapes and Silent Voices - Raza A Mir, Marta B Calás and Linda Smircich Challenges to Theorizing Global CooperationFrom a Dominant Voice toward Multivoiced Cooperation - René Bouwen and Chris Steyaert Mediating Metaphors for Global ChangeGlobal Women Leaders - Nancy J Adler A Dialogue with Future HistoryCorporations as Agents of Global Sustainability - Stuart L Hart Beyond Competitive Strategy