Books by Jan Olsson

This book is a source for inspiration to managers and organization designers. It describes how internal structures of an organization can be designed to enable sustainable success in a constantly changing environment. The book helps the reader to understand how to do the design of an organization. It integrates organizational theories with hands-on and practical approaches in how to get the work done.Most organizations have a great potential to improve performance and market success if they apply a systematic approach to organization design. Elements in the internal structure have to work together and interact with customers and other external stakeholders. Sustainable efficiency can be achieved if we build effective organizations by the design of a structured Management System.This book describes a systematic approach in the development of a Management Systems. It explains how the design of business logic is done in a Management System Architecture. The book then describes how this Architecture is transformed into a practical implementation by using seven Management System Building Blocks.¿ Purpose¿ Organization Structure¿ Process & Rules¿ Governing¿ Plans¿ Records¿ DeliverablesMore info at www.managementsystem.se

In this study of Alfred Hitchcock's two television series, Jan Olsson demonstrates how Hitchcock created a personal brand build on his large body, gastronomical proclivities, and teh manipulation of bodies and food, which allowed him to mark is creative oeuvre as strictly his own.

The phenomenon of inside activism has been shown to be crucial for green policy change and this book focuses on public officials as green inside activists, committed to green values and engaged in social movement, acting strategically from inside public administration to change public policy and institutions in line with such value commitment.

This book theorizes subversive action, a neglected mechanism in the new institutionalism literature. Subversive action is political in nature, secretly undermining some institutions to open up alternative ideas or to secure existing institutions by secretly undermining adversaries.