Rethinking organization : new directions in organization theory and analysis / edited by Michael Reed and Michael Hughes.

Other author Reed, M. I. (Michael I.)
Other author Hughes, Michael, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Sage Publications, 1992.
Descriptionviii, 309 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Developments in theory. Incommensurable paradigms? Vital signs from three perspectives / Howard E. Aldrich -- The symbolic understanding of organizations / Barry A. Turner -- Organization studies and scientific authority / Colin Brown -- Putting theory in its place : the social organization of organizational theorizing / Nick Perry -- Paradigms lost : paradise regained? / Stephen Ackroyd -- Changing organizational forms. The social construction of organizations and markets : the comparative analysis of business recipes / Richard Whitley -- Changing organizational forms : from the bottom up / Mark Wardell -- Back to the future : time and organization / Gibson Burrell -- The transformation in work : post-Fordism revisited / Alan Whitaker -- Emergent problematics. Organization theory in the postmodern era / Kenneth J. Gergen -- Re-writing gender into organizational theorizing : directions from feminist perspectives / Marta B. Calás and Linda Smircich.
Contents (cont.) Formal organization as representation : remote control, displacement and abbreviation / Robert Cooper -- Formative contexts and activity systems : postmodern approaches to the management of change / Frank Blackler -- Conclusion. Decluding organization / Michael Hughes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 91050970
ISBN0803982879
ISBN0803982887 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HD31.R465 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold