Qualitative studies of organizations / edited by John Van Maanen.
Contributor(s): Van Maanen, John
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BookSeries: Administrative science quarterly series in organization theory and behavior: Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1998Description: xxxii, 360 p. : ill ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0761916946 (v) (hbk); 0761916954 (m) (pbk).Subject(s): Organizational behavior | Organizational changeDDC classification: 302.35 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 302.35 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00075052 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The inaugural book in a new series sponsored by the Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) it is designed to focus and stimulate thinking on those areas of administrative science that have most profoundly shaped the development of organizational theory and behavior. In this volume, editor John Van Maanen selects and introduces the compendium of ASQ articles on qualitative research. Each article serves as an exemplar of well-written, substantively focused, and theoretically relevant qualitative research. As a group, the articles represent a broad range of research styles, methods, topics, and level of analysis. The studies are spread across four areas of research: organizational process, groups in organizations, organizational identity and change, and the societal and institutional environment. Organizations studied include factories, churches, universities, engineering groups, fisheries, voluntary organizations, basketball teams, pop music recording firms, and more. The authors of the works represent a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, political science, communication, management studies, and history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Studies of organizational processes. The role of expectations in business decision making / Richard M. Cyert, William R. Dill, and James G. March -- Intense loyalty in organizations : a case study of college athletics / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler -- In search of rationality : the purposes behind the use of formal analysis in organizations / Ann Langley -- Part II: Studies of groups in organizations. The macropolitics of organizational change : a comparative analysis of the spread of small-group activities / Robert E. Cole -- Tightening the iron cage : concertive control in self-managing work teams / James R. Barker -- Status degradation and organizational succession : an ethnomethodological approach / Robert P. Gephart, Jr. -- Part III: Studies of organizational identity and change. The organizational saga in higher education / Burton R. Clark -- The reluctant organization and the aggressive environment / John Maniha and Charles Perrow -- From evangelism to general service : the transformation of the YMCA / Mayer N. Zald and Patricia Denton -- The creative-destructive process of organizational organizational change : the case of the Post Office / Nicole Woolsey Biggart -- Part IV: Studies of the societal and institutional environment. Organizational effectiveness and the institutional environment / Paul M. Hirsh -- Authority, organization, and societal context in multinational churches / Reed E. Nelson -- The dynamics of institutionalization : transformation processes in Norwegian fisheries / Petter Holm.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword
- Different Strokes
- Qualitative Research in the Administrative Science Quarterly from 1956 to 1996
- Part 1 Studies of Organizational Processes
- The Role of Expectations in Business Decision Making
- Intense Loyalty in Organizations
- A Case Study of College Athletics
- In Search of Rationality
- The Purposes behind the Use of Formal Analysis in Organizations
- Part 2 Studies of Groups in Organizations
- The Macropolitics of Organizational Change
- A Comparative Analysis of the Spread of Small-Group Activities
- Tightening the Iron Cage
- Concertive Control in Self-Managing Work Teams
- Status Degradation and Organizational Succession
- An Ethnomethodological Approach
- Part 3 Studies of Organizational Identity and Change
- The Organizational Saga in Higher Education
- The Reluctant Organization and the Aggressive Environment
- From Evangelism to General Service
- The Transformation of the YMCA
- The Creative-Destructive Process of Organizational Change
- The Case of the Post Office
- Part 4 Studies of The Societal and Institutional Environment
- Organizational Effectiveness and the Institutional Environment
- Authority,Organization and Societal Context in Multinational Churches
- The Dynamics of Institutionalization
- Transformation Processes in Norwegian Fisheries