This book presents a novel and comprehensive process theory of organization applicable to ‘a world on the move’, where connectedness prevails over size, flow prevails over stability, and temporality prevails over spatiality. The framework developed in the book draws upon process thinking in areas such as process philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology, and science and technology studies. Salient ideas from these schools are carefully woven into a process theory of organization, making it both a thought-provoking theoretical contribution and a much-needed glimpse into the challenges of organizing in a complex and moving world.

Taking a distinctly temporal view of organizational life, the author shows how actors continually carve out their temporal existence from being in the flow of time. This ongoing work, involving technologies, concepts, and social actors, is crucial for the making of any type of organizational formation. A key construct of the book is that of events, which provide force, movement, and historicity to organizational life.

Designed for scholars and advanced-level students in organization studies, management studies, technology studies, and sociology, this volume contains a number of practical examples to illustrate its theoretical framework. The book challenges traditional organizational theories by focusing on the dynamic and fluid aspects of modern organizations.