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Thought-provoking papers on the relatively new field of organizational improvisation, which consider the pressures on organizations to react continually to today's ever-changing environment.

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The relatively new field of organizational improvisation is concerned with the pressures on organizations to react continually to todays ever-changing environment.

Organizational improvisation has important implications for such subjects as product innovation, teamworking and organizational renewal, and this new book brings together some of the best and most thought-provoking papers published in recent years.

The ten articles featured illustrate the development of the concept, from its jazz based origins to its contemporary application within specific organizational fields.

Organizational improvisation is now emerging as one of the most important areas of organizational science, and this book provides a comprehensive collection of works, showing both the theoretical underpinnings and illustrating the practical application of these concepts in real organizations.