By Barbara Czarniawska,Orvar Löfgren

“It is too a lot” is a typical grievance of the trendy age. This ebook seems at how humans and associations care for overflow - of information, consumption or offerings. The essays discover the ways that notions of overflow – framed when it comes to extra and abundance or their implicit opposites, shortage and dearth – crop up in a few contexts comparable to sociological and financial thought, administration consulting, customer reviews, and the politics of way of life. Chapters variety from stories of overload at domestic, at paintings or on this planet of cyber details; thoughts of dealing with overflow in associations similar to information organisations; and historic comparisons. while, the place, how and for whom is overflow an issue or a blessing?

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