| Description |
1 online resource (222 pages) |
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UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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| Contents |
Cover; For Formal Organization: The Past in the Present and Future of Organization Theory; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Formality as the Law of Organization; From Theory to Stance; The Argument and Structure of the Book; Chapter 1: The Idea of a 'Classical Stance' in Organization Theory; Introduction; The Practical Focus of Classical Organization Theory; Organization Theory as a Practical Way of Life: Chester Barnard and Wilfred Brown; Wilfred Brown on Organization and Judgement; Organization Theory as a 'Practical Science' |
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Conceptual Tools for OrganizationConcluding Comments; Chapter 2: 'Outside Organization': The Idea of a 'Metaphysical Stance' in Organization Studies; On the Immanent Rationality of Organization (Studies); A(n Endless) Series of Problematizations; Enter 'the Environment'; 'Closed Systems' Are Not What You Think; Concluding Comments; Chapter 3: Metaphysical Speculation in Organizational Theorizing: On the Lost Specification of 'Change'; Introduction; Basic Assumptions on the Nature of Change; 'Change' as the Invocation of Dependency; Change as a Call for Pairing |
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Change as a Call for Fight or Flight; Managing on the Basis of Unwarranted Change Assumptions; Change, Epochalism, and Organizational Reform; Reinventing Government: The National Performance Review; Jaques, Bureaucracy, and 'Change'; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Metaphysical Speculation in Organizational Theorizing: On the Expressivism of 'Exploration'; Introduction; The Increasing Emphasis on 'Exploration' and Its Consequences; 'Stances' in Organizational Theorizing; Wilfred Brown on Bureaucracy; The Contingent Stance: Lawrence and Lorsch; Concluding Comments |
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Chapter 5: Task and Purpose as (Continuing) Core Concerns; Do Organizations Need to Know What They Are Doing?; Contemporary Doubts about 'Task' as a Core Concern; The World Has Changed; Task Orientation Hampers Innovation; Task Offers Too Simplistic an Understanding of Organizing Processes; Task is Power in Disguise; Humans before Tasks; Revisiting the Classical Stance on Task; Organizational Reforms without a Compass; The Bewilderment of Public School Reform-an example; Task as a 'Core Object' in Organization Theory; Chapter 6: Authority and Authorization |
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Authority as a Cornerstone of OrganizationThe Law of the Situation; Authority and Formal Organization: Chester Barnard; From Authority to the 'State of Nature' in Organizational Analysis and Practice; 'Sofa-Style' Government: Against 'the System of Objective Authority'; Concluding Comments; Conclusion: Comportment and Character in Formal Organization and Its Analysis; Character and Conduct in Organization Theory and Formal Organization; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book seeks to contribute to the goal of reviving Organization Theory as a practical science of organizing and rehabilitating its core object--formal organization--through a re-examination and re-assessment of the outlook, comportment and attitude animating its classical antecedents |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Organizational behavior -- History
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Organization -- Philosophy
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Industrial organization -- History
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Society.
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Industrial organization
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Organization -- Philosophy
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Organizational behavior
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Organisationstheorie
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Society.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vikkelsø, Signe
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| ISBN |
9780191015229 |
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0191015229 |
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9780191774225 |
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0191774227 |
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0198705123 |
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9780198705123 |
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