Open AccessOrganizational improvisation, jazz and the representations of time in organization
Author(s) -
Elzo Alves Aranha,
Neusa Abbud Prado Garcia
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
revista ibero-americana de estratégia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2176-0756
DOI - 10.5585/ijsm.v4i1.73
Subject(s) - improvisation , jazz , field (mathematics) , conceptual model , computer science , phenomenon , relation (database) , conceptual framework , organizational analysis , sociology , management science , process management , knowledge management , epistemology , business , social science , art , visual arts , mathematics , engineering , philosophy , data mining , database , pure mathematics
Nowadays, it is possible to verify an increase of academic articles about the phenomenon of time on Organizations Studies field which has close relation to change management in organization. Recently, investigations about time are associated to organizational improvisation and some of these researches offer organizational formats and models. This article aims to verify how cyclical and linear perspectives of time are present in organizational improvisation. Therefore, this article was structured in the following segments: the first is an introduction, the second deals with some conceptual aspects of cyclical and linear perspectives of time; the third describes organizational improvisational conceptual frames; the fourth presents a description of the relations between cyclical and linear perspectives of time and organizational improvisational conceptual frames; and the fith presents the final considerations.