Organizing failure : coupling social infrastructures and personal experiences / edited by Martin Hájek.
| Other author | Hájek, Martin, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2026]. |
| Description | vi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. Introduction / Martin Hajek -- Part I: Conceptual Framework for Failure: Activities, Infrastructures and Experiences. 2. Sociology of Failure: Mission (Im)possible? / Martin Hajek -- 3. Failure in Projects: A Theory of Failure Organization / Martin Hajek -- Part II: Organizing and Experiencing Failure in Profit-driven Organizations. 4. Failure As a Legitimizing Discourse in Start-up Cultures / Henri Koskinen -- 5. Ever and Never Failing Adventurers: Fail-Proof Subjectivity in the Start-Up Environment / Martin H̀jek and Kristìn `r̀m -- 6. Failure Organization and Experience on Digital Labor Platforms / Tereza Klegr and Martin Hajek -- 7. Over Emphasizing and Silencing Failure as a Governmentality Principle in For Profit Organizations by Tereza Klegr, Kristìn `r̀m, and Martin Hajek -- Part III: Organizing and Experiencing Failure in Value-Based Nonprofit Organizations. 8. Questioning the Virtue Narrative: Advocating for a Pluralistic Notion of NGO Failure / Eva Soares Moura -- 9. Failure in Environmental Education NGOs / Ivan R. Cuker and Martin Hajek -- 10. Failure in International Development Projects: Evidence from the Sport for Development and Peace Field / Eva Soares Moura -- 11. A Hard-Earned Non-Failure: Tensions and Ambiguities in the Field of Non-Profit Project Organization / Ivan R. Cuker, Eva Soares Moura, and Martin Hajek -- Part IV: The Organization of the Failure in Policy Implementation. 12. Unfulfilled Hopes and Broken Promises: Theoretical Perspectives on the Failure of Diversity Management in Organizational Contexts / Julia Gruhlich and Andrea D. Buhrmann -- 13. Failed Moral Panic and Justification: An Analysis of a Lockdown Event in China / Alice Su and Harry Sun -- Part V: Failure in Comparative Perspective: Differences and Similarities in the Business, NGO, and Public Policy Sectors. 14. Unexpected "Family Resemblances" in Organizing and Experiencing Failure / Martin H̀jek |
| Abstract | In this book, the authors offer a unique perspective on failure, treating it as an intentional and routine result of organizational activity rather than an event to be avoided. Through case studies in different organizational domains-including start-up entrepreneurship, platform work, and public policy-contributors analyze the social processes and mechanisms through which failure is organizationally produced as a reality for the actors involved. Based on conceptual reflection and empirical research, the authors argue that the organization of failure takes place in the interaction of actors who take on the roles of sponsors, contractors, and evaluators of a particular activity. Sponsoring and evaluation rely on evaluative infrastructures (procedures and narratives) that are often made invisible or opaque to the contractors carrying out the activities and the research reveals the critical role of sponsors' subjective involvement in organizing failure. The book ultimately demonstrates that focusing on the organization of failure rather than its causes can contribute to a deeper understanding of organized activities in contemporary society. -- Publisher website 20260505 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781666947724 |
| ISBN | 1666947725 |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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