Critical Analysis of Organizations: Theory, Practice, RevitalizationSAGE, 2002 M03 28 - 218 pages In this comprehensive and scholarly book, the essential critical strands in organizational analysis are explained. It examines how central traditions have realigned in relation to the challenge of postmodernism and the new reflexive turn in organizational studies. Judicious, innovative and written with the needs of students in mind, this book offers a renewed and revitalized critical accent in organization studies - one that focuses on existing and emerging social tendencies, contestations and struggles. It will be essential reading for senior students of organization studies and sociology. |
Contents
Philosophy and Sociology | 27 |
Classical Traditions of Organizational Analysis | 63 |
Criticism Crisis Dispersion | 88 |
Postmodernism and Organizational Analysis | 115 |
After Postmodernism | 143 |
Revitalization | 173 |
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Critical Analysis of Organizations: Theory, Practice, Revitalization Catherine Casey Limited preview - 2002 |
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