Talking about Organization Science

Debates and Dialogue From Crossroads
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7619-1565-2
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

Reihe: Organization Science

This book features some of the most informative and provocative articles to appear in the Crossroads section of Organizational Science. Crossroads is devoted to the publication of papers intended to stimulate conversations across different disciplines, perspectives, and orientations. Written by outstanding scholars, the themes of the book cover a wide range of issues at the heart of the study of organizations. These include debates over the role of economics in strategic management research and the now classic exchanges between Jeff Pfeffer and John Van Maanen over the direction of organizational science studies; discourses that describe, analyze and critique ways to present and understand organizations, including a re-appraisal of Gibson Burrell and Gareth Morgan's seminal work on sociological paradigms of organizational analysis and views on (organizational) culture expressed by several leading writers on the topic: It includes dialogues on some quite radical or unusual "takes" on organizational life: the role of the tempered radical or unusual "takes" on organizational life: the role of the tempered radical, working inside the organization for fundamental change; the dilemmas facing individuals publishing qualitative research in main stream journals; the implications of adopting a spiritual lens to the study of organizations; and a discussion of ways we might better bridge the gap between academic thinking and business practice.

The articles reveal the authors' depth of knowledge and passion for their subject. They are an ideal source of information and insight, for both new and mature scholars. These debates can serve as an excellent basis to spark enlightened and enjoyable conversations in research seminars and are very useful for informal study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frost, Peter J.

Daft, Richard L.

Lewin, Arie Y.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: DEBATES IN ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
Collaboration or Paradigm Shift? - Paul M Hirsch, Ray Friedman and Mitchell P Koza
Caveat Emptor and the Risk of Romance with Economic Models for Strategy and Policy Research
The Myth of a Monolithic Economics - William S Hesterly and Todd Zenger
Fundamental Assumptions and the Use of Economic Models in Policy and Strategy Research
Barriers to the Advance of Organization Science - Jeffrey Pfeffer
Paradigm Development as a Dependent Variable
Style as Theory - John Van Maanen
Mortality Reproducibility and the Persistence of Styles of Theory - Jeffrey Pfeffer
Fear and Loathing in Organization Studies - John Van Maanen
PART TWO: DISCOURSES ABOUT ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
Two Dimensions - Gibson Burrell and Gareth Morgan
Four Paradigms
Describing Differences in Approaches to Organization Science - Stanley Deetz
Rethinking Burrell and Morgan and Their Legacy
From Quicksand to Crossroads - Walter R Nord and Ann F Connell
An Agnostic Perspective on Conversation
Organizational Performance as a Dependent Variable - James March and Robert Sutton
Writing Organizational Tales - Dvora Yanow et al
Four Authors and Their Stories about Culture
Critical Issues in Organization Science - John M Jermier and Stewart R Clegg
A Dialogue (Part One)
PART THREE: DIALOGUES AND DIRECTIONS
Tempered Radicalism and the Politics of Ambivalence and Change - Debra Meyerson and Maureen Scully
The Virtues of Closet Qualitative Research - Robert I Sutton
Critical Issues in Organization Science - John M Jermier and Stewart R Clegg
A Dialogue (Part Two)
"Soul Work" in Organizations - Philip H Mirvis
Bridging Academia and Business
A Conversation with Steve Kerr
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION