First published 2024
Organizations face constant contradictions between competing demands. Medhanie Gaim examines how these paradoxes shape modern management, from balancing social responsibilities against profit motives to managing the pull between organizational stability and necessary change. The author argues that paradoxes are not problems to solve but permanent features that define how organizations operate. Through detailed case studies, Gaim demonstrates how managers can work with these tensions rather than against them. The book provides students and practitioners with frameworks for understanding the philosophical foundations of organizational contradictions. Gaim shows how successful organizations learn to embrace rather than eliminate paradoxical thinking in their daily operations.
Genres: business, non-fiction, management, academic
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: academic-focus
128 pages · Hardcover · SAGE Publications Ltd