Donncha Kavanagh
Biographic Data
| ID | 9338280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donncha Kavanagh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donncha |
| FAMILY NAME | Kavanagh |
| SIGNATURE | KAVANAGH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Scientific Management
Scientific management is a set of techniques and ideology of an organization that seeks to increase the efficiency of operations through systematically identifying and addressing problems in the production process. It was probably the first coherent theory of management and has been of central importance to the field since it emerged in the late nineteenth century.
Institutional Heterogeneity and Change
While institutional theory has focused on the effect of institutions on individual organizations, this article addresses the relationships between institutions. Using a case history approach, it examines the relationship of one institution, the University, within an institutional complex. The study suggests that the University acts and has a role akin to the Fool in the medieval royal court. The Fool is embedded in a multiplicity of loyal yet ago…
Dance-work
The Irish economic boom, commonly known as the Celtic Tiger, provides an interesting and unique opportunity to explore the relationship between the profound shifts in the organization of working life and in the production and consumption of culture. In this paper, we confine our inquiry into the relationship with one aspect of popular culture, namely dance, focusing on the phenomenon of Riverdance which emerged contemporaneously with the Celtic T…
Ocularcentrism and its Others
There is a contemporary scepticism towards vision-based metaphors in management and organization studies that reflects a more general pattern across the social sciences. In short, there has been a shift away from ocularcentrism. This shift provides a useful basis for metatheoretical analysis of the philosophical discourse that informs organizational analysis. The article begins by briefly discussing the vision-generated, vision-centred interpreta…
Art, Work and Art Work
This paper introduces a novel method for investigating the interfaces between art work and managerial work in the creative industries. The method, which we are calling dispraxis , seeks to transcend the traditional divisions between the academic world and the world of practice. This particular dispraxis is a structured, iterative dialogue between an academic, a manager, and an artist on the themes identified in the call for papers. In this dispra…
Ocularcentrism and its Others
There is a contemporary scepticism towards vision-based metaphors in management and organization studies that reflects a more general pattern across the social sciences. In short, there has been a shift away from ocularcentrism. This shift provides a useful basis for metatheoretical analysis of the philosophical discourse that informs organizational analysis. The article begins by briefly discussing the vision-generated, vision-centred interpreta…
Art, Work and Art Work
This paper introduces a novel method for investigating the interfaces between art work and managerial work in the creative industries. The method, which we are calling dispraxis , seeks to transcend the traditional divisions between the academic world and the world of practice. This particular dispraxis is a structured, iterative dialogue between an academic, a manager, and an artist on the themes identified in the call for papers. In this dispra…
Ocularcentrism and its Others
There is a contemporary scepticism towards vision-based metaphors in management and organization studies that reflects a more general pattern across the social sciences. In short, there has been a shift away from ocularcentrism. This shift provides a useful basis for metatheoretical analysis of the philosophical discourse that informs organizational analysis. The article begins by briefly discussing the vision-generated, vision-centred interpreta…
Dance-work
The Irish economic boom, commonly known as the Celtic Tiger, provides an interesting and unique opportunity to explore the relationship between the profound shifts in the organization of working life and in the production and consumption of culture. In this paper, we confine our inquiry into the relationship with one aspect of popular culture, namely dance, focusing on the phenomenon of Riverdance which emerged contemporaneously with the Celtic T…
Institutional Heterogeneity and Change
While institutional theory has focused on the effect of institutions on individual organizations, this article addresses the relationships between institutions. Using a case history approach, it examines the relationship of one institution, the University, within an institutional complex. The study suggests that the University acts and has a role akin to the Fool in the medieval royal court. The Fool is embedded in a multiplicity of loyal yet ago…
Scientific Management
Scientific management is a set of techniques and ideology of an organization that seeks to increase the efficiency of operations through systematically identifying and addressing problems in the production process. It was probably the first coherent theory of management and has been of central importance to the field since it emerged in the late nineteenth century.
Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Management Theory and Practice (2 works)