Download or read book Managing Boundaries in Organizations written by N. Paulsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-05-09 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing together an international group of scholars, this book provides fresh and provocative perspectives on boundaries in organizations. The emergence, management and transformation of organizational boundaries is intrinsic to modern organization and poses one of the most persistent and potentially rewarding challenges to researchers and managers alike. The book offers the latest insights into the nature of boundaries, how they may be interpreted and studied, as well as implications for managing. The chapters include theoretical perspectives and cases from Europe, Canada, the USA, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.