The theory and philosophy of organizations : critical issues and new perspectives / edited by John Hassard and Denis Pym.
Contributor(s): Hassard, John
| Pym, Denis.
Material type: 
BookSeries: Social analysis.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1990Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0415063132 (pbk); 0415004284 (hbk).Subject(s): Organization | Organization -- ResearchDDC 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 | 00043093 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Theory and Philosophy of Organizations assesses and analyses the assumptions upon which our understanding of organizations is based and in doing so aims to redirect the ways in which organizational research is conceived and executed. Contributions to the volume emphasise how all approaches to the study of organizations are influenced by deep metatheoretical assumptions about the nature of science and society. It is argued that these differences create a spectrum of valid perspectives and methods, and the book outlines how conceptual problems in the field have given rise to new innovative forms of empirical enquiry such as symbolism, postmodernism, ethnomethodology and structuralism. Criticising the conservatism which has characterised much of the work in this field, the authors offers this new range of methods as a starting point for obtaining richer and more grounded explanations of organizations.
Bibliography: (pages 251-269) and index.
Part one: Theory -- Part two: Analysis -- Part three: Philosophy -- Part four: Epilogue.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part One Theory
- 1 Paradigm Diversity in Organisational Research Gareth Morgan
- 2 Breaking Up the Mono-Method Monopolies in Organisation Analysis Joanne Martin
- 3 Beyond Paradigmatic Closure in Organisational Inquiry Hugh Willmott
- Part Two Analysis
- 4 The Labour Process Perspective on Management Organisation Michael Reed
- 5 The Rise of Organisational Symbolism Barry Turner
- 6 Ethnomethodology and Organisational Research: An Introduction John Hassard
- 7 Modernism, Postmodernism and Organisation Michael Power
- 8 The Diabolisation of Death: Some Thoughts on the Obsolescence of Morality in Organisational Theory and Practice Burkard Sievers
- 9 Chronological Codes and Organisational Analysis Peter Clark
- Part Three Philosopy
- 10 Organisation/Disorganisation Robert Cooper
- 11 Person, Role and Organisation: Some Constructivist Notes Roger Holmes
- 12 An Alternative to Paradigm Incommensurability in Organisation Theory John Hassard
- Part Four Epilogue
- 13 Post-Paradigm Inquiry Denis Pym