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Organizing environmental control in temporary local organizations
Author(s) -
Dobers Peter
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0836(199905/06)8:3<163::aid-bse195>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - vagueness , work (physics) , control (management) , business , public relations , sociology , marketing , process management , political science , management , economics , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , fuzzy logic
This paper discusses how environmental improvement work can be organized differently. The concept of temporary local organization is introduced to exemplify complementary strategies to centrally organized permanent organizations. By thorough empirical descriptions of four local reform projects in Sweden, and by analysing 39 interviews, characteristics of temporary local organizations, such as transience and vagueness, are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.