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Author Burrell, Gibson.

Title Pandemonium : towards a retro-organization theory / Gibson Burrell
Published London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Machine generated contents note: Rough Guide to Pandemonium -- Ch. 1 Pandemonium Awaits -- Ch. 2 Into Pandemonium -- Ch. 3 Magic Kingdom -- Pandemonium Municipal Library -- Ch. 4 First Exhibit: Abattoirs and Death -- Ch. 5 Second Exhibit: Pain and Disease -- Ch. 6 Third Exhibit: Satyrsville -- Ch. 7 Fourth Exhibit: Panopticon City -- Ch. 8 Fifth Exhibit: The Pillory -- Ch. 9 Sixth Exhibit: The Hall of Mirrors
Summary À truly bizarre and sometimes filthy historical canter through abatoirs, satyriasis and Noel Edmonds' House Party, among other things, towards a theory of organisation' - The Times. 'The author pursues a vigorous polemic on organisational development' - Financial Times. In this irreverent and inventive book, Gibson Burrell seeks to circumvent the established frameworks which have defined our understanding of organization and organizations. He brings us tales from under the edge which enmire us in the nether side of modernist organization. By looking backwards deep into the history of Western
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-123)
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Subject Organizational sociology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating.
Organizational sociology
Organisationstheorie
Organisatie.
Sociologie des organisations.
Organisation du travail.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849207072
1849207070
0803977778
9780803977778
9781446221846
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144622399X
9781446223994
9786612262548
6612262540
1282262548
9781282262546