Provides both an accessible description and theoretical framing of organizational resilience
Presents an integrated theoretical framework that offers a comprehensive and holistic understanding of organizational resilience
Clearly illustrates the link between theory and practice, and thus the usefulness of the framework

Autorentext
Stefan Tengblad is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Skövde, Sweden. He has written and edited various books and articles on managerial work, leadership, and followership. Among his edited books are The Work of Managers and The Art of Science. He is the leader of the research specialisation centre Enterprises for the Future at the University of Skövde.
Margareta Oudhuis is Professor in Work Science at the University of Borås, Sweden. As a researcher in organization, she has written books and articles on management models, leadership and work organization as well as on culture and the characteristics of enterprises in the Borås region of Sweden. She is a member of the research collaboration Enterprises for the Future between the University of Skövde and the University of Borås.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Organization resilience: What makes companies and organizations sustainable?.- Chapter 2: Organizational resilience: Theoretical framework.- Chapter 3: A resource-based model of organizational resilience.- Chapter 4: The champion company that disappeared: A resilience resources analysis of Circuit City.- Chapter 5: BP and Deepwater Horizon: A catastrophe from a resilience perspective.- Chapter 6: Resilient leadership: Lessons from three legendary business leaders.- Chapter 7: Financial resilience: The role of financial balance, profitability, and ownership.- Chapter 8: Resilience in the product-delivery supply chain.- Chapter 9: Followership: An important social resource for organizational resilience.- Chapter 10: Followership for organizational resilience in healthcare.- Chapter 11: Organizational resilience and stagnation at a fashion company.- Chapter 12: Business clusters and organizational resilience.- Chapter 13: Regional resilience.- Chapter 14: Conclusions: The resilience framework summarised.