How organizations manage the future

theoretical perspectives and empirical insights

edited byHannes KrämerMatthias Wenzel

"A must-read for scholars (and reflective practitioners) interested in change, time, strategy, and innovation."

—Haridimos Tsoukas, Columbia Ship Management Professor of Strategic Management, University of Cyprus, and Distinguished Research Environment Professor of Organization Studies, Warwick Business School

—Raghu Garud, Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management and Organization, Pennsylvania State University, USA

This pioneering edited collection explores the question of how organizations manage the future. Moving away from traditional research which focuses on the past, the editors problematize the future as an inherent but under-examined part of organizing. Arguing that the future acts as both a driver of and a performative result of organizing, the book asks how organizations conceptualize and deal with the future and what processes are in place to handle things to come. With empirical research examining the practices, discourses and concepts that play key roles, organizations and their approaches are scrutinized. A timely compendium of theoretical discussion and practical implications on the relevance of the future, this book is essential reading for those interested in organization, sociology and management studies.