| Description |
xix, 347 pages ; 23 cm |
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Introduction / Martin Parker and John Hassard -- 1. On throwing away ladders: re-writing the theory of organizations / David Silverman -- 2. Power and institutions in the theory of organizations / Stewart Clegg -- 3. Sociological pluralism, institutions and managerial agency / Richard Whittington -- 4. Organizing and emotion: towards a social construction / Stephen Fineman -- 5. Bringing agency (back) into organizational analysis: responding to the crisis of (post)modernity / Hugh Willmott -- 6. Organization theory, consumption and the service sector / David Knights and Glenn Morgan -- 7. Towards an anthropology of organizations / Jean-Francois Chanlat -- 8. The liberal revolution and organization theory / Lex Donaldson -- 9. Towards a managerially relevant but non-managerialist organization theory / Tony Watson -- 10. Gender, power, organizations: an interruptive interpretation / Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges -- 11. Organization, narrative and strategy / John Law |
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12. Re-creating common ground: elements for post-paradigmatic organization studies / Stephen Ackroyd |
| Summary |
Contemporary debates on postmodernism, the emotions, gender and structuration are discussed in the context of the development of organizational theory in the last twenty-five years. Providing important insights into the continuities within organizational theory and provoking thought about future directions, this volume will attract the interest of advanced undergraduates and academics in the sociology of organizations, organizational behaviour, management, industrial relations and social theory |
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This collection was inspired by the idea of re-assessing the importance of David Silverman's The Theory of Organizations. The twelve essays contained here explore, in varied ways, the impact and current status of Silverman's ideas and how they relate to future directions in organization theory. The volume opens with a chapter by Silverman himself. Subsequent chapters investigate key issues in the study of organizations, including structure and agency, the politics of organization theory and the meanings of post-positivist organizational analysis |
| Analysis |
Organisational behaviour |
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Organisational behaviour |
| Notes |
Rev. papers presented at a conference in honor of David Silverman's book The theory of organizations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [298]-332) and index |
| Subject |
Silverman, David -- Congresses.
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Silverman, David, 1943-
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Silverman, David.
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Silverman, David, 1943- Theory of organisations -- Congresses
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Organizational sociology -- Congresses.
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Organizational sociology.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Hassard, John, 1953-
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Parker, Martin, 1962-
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| LC no. |
93043236 |
| ISBN |
0415095395 |
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