"The stupidity paradox: the power and pitfalls of functional stupidity at work" av André Spicer och Mats Alvesson "Ond kemi" av Ulf Ellervik.

fördelar och fallgropar, Mats Alvesson och André Spicer; Originaltitel: The stupidity paradox : the powers and pitfalls of functional stupidy at work; Medarbetare:.

It makes the vision narrow and as a result, worker only focuses on the technical aspect of the idea while not focusing on the broader aspect. The key concept presented by the authors is what they call functional stupidity, by which they refer to the inability and unwillingness of organizations to let the staff utilize their cognitive and reflective capacity, apart from in relation to very narrow, technical and often repetitive tasks. The stupidity paradox . This is described by functional stupidity experts Mats Alvesson and André Spicer as ‘the stupidity paradox’. Alvesson and Spicer wrote the definitive paper on functional stupidity in 2012 – 'A Stupidity-based theory of organisations'. "We spoke with hundreds of people in dozens of organisations. - Mats Alvesson is a PhD in psychology and a professor in organization studies at Lund University.

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We argue that functional stupidity is prevalent in contexts dominated by economy in persuasion which emphasizes image and symbolic manipulation. Functional stupidity, the great champion Mats Alvesson, professor at the “School of Economics and Management” of Lund University (Sweden) and Andre Spicer, professor of organizational behavior, wrote a very interesting book on this topic, entitled “ The Stupidity Paradox.” This is described by functional stupidity experts Mats Alvesson and André Spicer as ‘the stupidity paradox’. Alvesson and Spicer wrote the definitive paper on functional stupidity in 2012, A Stupidity-based theory of organisations. “We spoke with hundreds of people in dozens of organisations,” Spicer wrote. T1 - The Stupidity Paradox. T2 - The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work.

6 Jun 2016 The stupidity paradox, the power and pitfalls of functional stupidity at work by Mats Alvesson and Andree Spicer. Pearson €14.99 paperback.

It means that a stupid idea, or practice, can work well for the individual, or even an entire organisation, in the short-term. Long-term this can be disastrous. 2017-03-14 2016-08-01 The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work (Profile Books), by Mats Alvesson and André Spicer. André Spicer is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School, City University London.

Alvesson and Spicer (2012) explain the persistence of this state of affairs with functional stupidity, i.e. the organizational inability to act upon the collective realization that the current

When a culture of “functional stupidity” prevails, it leads to a hug If so, Alvesson and Spicer are preaching to the choir, and the fact that they failed to anticipate this could be used as evidence that this book is itself an example of functional stupidity, could it not?

Det är underhållande men också angeläget. The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson & André Spicer. Reviewed by Vaughan S Roberts. The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson & André Spicer. Profile Books, 2016, xii + 276pp, ISBN 978-1-78125-541-4, £9.99.
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My current research projects focus on leadership, functional stupidity in organizations and experiences of bureaucracy and managerial work in universities.

- Mats Alvesson is a PhD in psychology and a professor in organization studies at Lund University. He is also affiliated with University of Queensland and City University, London. He has published over 30 books, including The Triumph of Emptiness and The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work (with André Spicer).
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