Postmodern Management And Organization Theory

Author : David Boje
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780803970052

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"This excellent, pioneering book is a must-read as we enter the new millennium." --David J. Farmer, State University of New York Comprehensive and timely, Postmodern Management and Organization Theory provides a critique of postmodern theory as it stands today. The text gives an overview of issues as they relate to management and organization theory and its history and assembles in one volume a variety of important works on postmodern philosophy--including feminist, cultural, and environmental philosophies. The contributors address the future of postmodern advancement in management and organization theory and method, establishing an agenda for future research. This thought-provoking book will be useful to scholars, researchers and upper-level students in organization theory, organization behavior and change, management, and industrial psychology.

Author : Marta B. Calás,Linda Smircich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429776687

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Postmodern Management Theory by Marta B. Calás,Linda Smircich Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume asks: when was ‘The Postmodern’ in the History of Management Thought? Marta B. Calás and Linda Smircich have chosen this subtitle as entry point to the collection for several reasons. The first, and most evident, is that it prompts us to reflect on the inclusion of a volume on postmodern organization studies within a series of books on the history of management thought. What does such inclusion signal? Are we saying that we are past the postmodern in organization studies? That we have transcended modernity and, beyond, postmodernity? Similar to other social sciences, organization and management studies in the Anglo-American and European academy became impressed by the styles of ‘postmodernism’ and their epistemological companions, ‘poststructuralisms’, during the 1980s. For this collection we have selected twenty two journal articles, published between 1985 and 1996, that we consider emblematic of postmodern endeavours in management thought, as they further our understanding of how ‘truth’ (of any paradigmatic persuasion), is fashioned through particular discourses and other signifying practices. Taken together, these articles address the following questions: What has the field accomplished through attempts at being postmodern? With what consequences? And, where does the field stand now, if it is still/already (going) after ‘the postmodern’? In our view ‘the postmodern’ cannot transcend modern management thought; it is, rather, part of it. Nevertheless, the mere appearance of efforts towards making the field ‘postmodern’ makes it important to account for them in the history of the field. Such is the narrative that we are trying to portray in this volume.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Management
ISBN : 1483345394

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Author : Stephen Linstead
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761953116

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Organization Theory and Postmodern Thought by Stephen Linstead Pdf

Focuses on a major philosopher who has had, or should have, a major influence on organization theory.

Author : Philip Hancock,Melissa Tyler
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761959440

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Work, Postmodernism and Organization by Philip Hancock,Melissa Tyler Pdf

Work, Postmodernism and Organization provides a wide-ranging and very accessible introduction to postmodern theory and its relevance for the cultural world of the work organization. The book provides a critical review of the debates that have shaped organization theory over the past decade, making clear the meaning and significance of postmodern ideas for contemporary organization theory and practice. Work, Postmodernism and Organization will provide valuable material to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of organization theory, organizational behaviour, industrial sociology, and more general business, management and sociology courses.

Author : Mary Jo Hatch,Ann L. Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199640379

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Organization Theory by Mary Jo Hatch,Ann L. Cunliffe Pdf

Organization Theory offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the study of organizations and organizing processes. It encourages an even-handed appreciation of the main perspectives defining our knowledge of organizations and challenges readers to broaden their intellectual reach. Organization Theory is presented in three parts: Part I introduces the reader to theorizing using the multi-perspective approach. Part II presents different core concepts useful for analysing and understanding organizations - as entities within an environment, as social structures, technologies, cultures and physical structures, and as the products of power and political processes. Part III explores applications of organization theory to the practical matters of organizational design and change, and introduces the latest ideas, including organizational identity theory, process and practice theories, and aesthetics. An Online Resource Centre accompanies this text and includes: For students: Multiple Choice Questions For registered adopters: Lecturer's guide PowerPoint slides Figures and tables from the book

Author : John Hassard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521484588

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Sociology and Organization Theory by John Hassard Pdf

It has been claimed that organisation theory is in a state of 'crisis'. This book traces the history of the orthodox systems theory paradigm in organisation studies from its foundations in positivist sociology, through its theoretical and empirical development under structural-functionalism, to its recent deconstruction by postmodernists. The analysis offers general support for the 'sociology-in-crisis' thesis, but takes issue with one of its main propositions, that paradigms are incommensurable. It is argued that paradigms are porous rather than hermetic phenomena, a fact which has profound implications for the theory building process. Based on language-game philosophy, a dialectical theory is developed to illustrate how seemingly exclusive idioms can be mediated. The enquiry provides a pluri-paradigm method for organisational research, and an epistemological framework for postmodern organisational analysis.

Author : Tuomo Peltonen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785609459

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Organization Theory by Tuomo Peltonen Pdf

Understanding of the history and development of organization theory has recently made advances through work emerging on the history of management thought as well as through the institutionalization of critical approaches to organizations and organizational knowledge. This book provides a new reading of the historical development of organization.

Author : Mary Jo Hatch,Ann L. Cunliffe
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199260214

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Organization Theory by Mary Jo Hatch,Ann L. Cunliffe Pdf

Organization Theory offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the study of organizations and organizing processes. It encourages an even-handed appreciation of the different perspectives contributing to our knowledge of organizations and challenges readers to broaden their intellectual reach.

Author : Stewart R Clegg,Cynthia Hardy
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446237199

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Studying Organization by Stewart R Clegg,Cynthia Hardy Pdf

In response to the needs of lecturers, the acclaimed Handbook of Organization Studies has been made available as two major paperback textbooks. In this, the first of a two-volume paperback edition of the landmark Handbook of Organization Studies, editors Stewart Clegg and Cynthia Hardy survey the field of organization studies. Studying Organization is an ideal textbook around which to build courses on organization theory and research methodology. Central to the enterprise has been a concern to reflect and honour the manifest diversity of the field, including recognition of the extent to which the very notion of a single field of organization studies is debated. Part One locates the study of organization by reviewing some of the most significant theoretical paradigms to have shaped our understanding. The second part reflects on the relationships between theory and research in organization studies.

Author : Stephen Linstead
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761953116

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Organization Theory and Postmodern Thought by Stephen Linstead Pdf

Focuses on a major philosopher who has had, or should have, a major influence on organization theory.

Author : Stewart Clegg
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803983301

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Modern Organizations by Stewart Clegg Pdf

This wide-ranging analysis both explores current approaches to organization studies and relates the concepts of modernity and postmodernity to the realities of organizational structure and context. In surveying alternative perspectives on organizations in terms of ideal types, systems, contingencies, ecologies, cultures, markets and efficiency, Clegg demonstrates that no single approach is adequate to deal with the real-world variety of organizations that exist. Drawing upon unusual and revealing examples - the production of French bread, Italian fashion and `post-Confucian' Asian enterprises - he argues that their success cannot be reduced to `culture' but must incorporate a fuller understanding of the ways in which organi

Author : Haridimos Tsoukas,Christian Knudsen
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks Online
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199275254

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The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory by Haridimos Tsoukas,Christian Knudsen Pdf

2) How has organization theory developed over time, and what structure has the field taken? What assumptions does knowledge produced in organization theory incorporate, and what forms do its knowledge claims take as they are put forward for public adoption? 3) How have certain well-known controversies in organization theory, such as for example, the structure/agency dilemma, the study of organizational culture, the different modes of explanation, the micro/macro controversy, and the differnet explanations produced by organizational economists and sociologists, been dealt with? 4) How, and in what ways, is knowledge generated in organization theory related to action? What features must organization theory knowledge have in order to be actionable, and of relevance to the world 'out there'? How have ethical concerns been taken into account in organization theory? 5) What is the future of organization theory? What direction should the field take? What must change in the way research is conducted and key theoretical terms are conceptualized so that organization theory enhances its capacity to generate valid and relevant knowledge?

Author : Henry L. Tosi
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412924993

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Theories of Organization by Henry L. Tosi Pdf

Includes excerpts from seminal works and summaries of key theoretical models that form the basis of the field of organization theory.

Author : John Hassard,Martin Parker
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 080398880X

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Postmodernism and Organizations by John Hassard,Martin Parker Pdf

Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary theorizing of organization, this important and thought-provoking volume explores the implications of postmodernist//poststructuralist thinking for organizations and organizational analysis. The book introduces the concepts underpinning a postmodern organizational analysis, contrasting modern and postmodern forms of explanation and addressing the distinctions between postmodernity and postmodernism. Succeeding chapters then examine and assess the interplay of major postmodernist themes - such as deconstruction, desire, difference, pluralism and relativism - with key topics of organizational analysis and research. The final section is one of critique, as its authors