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6. Paradox Tactics: Avoid, Activate, Transcend

Author : Jan Heiberg Johansen

Published in: Paradox Management

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

When organizational actors approach paradoxes they consciously or unconsciously apply a number of paradox tactics. It is a descriptive term for the handling of paradoxes. Tactics work together with paradoxes in paradox chains and the concept of paradox tactics only makes sense in relation to paradoxes.

This chapter will look into the “tactical logics” that organizational actors form before examining the three clusters of tactics—avoidance, activation, and transcendence. Tactical logics are patterns in the organizational actors’ response to paradoxes (Smets et al. 2015).

Change in tactical logics can take place via “turning points” that work as transitional fields. The five sections—tactical logics, avoidance, activation, transcendence, and turning points—form the chapter’s structure.

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Title: Paradox Tactics: Avoid, Activate, Transcend
Author: Jan Heiberg Johansen
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Paradox Management
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-94814-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-94815-7

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94815-7_6