Reframing Organizational Culture

1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-8039-3651-5
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 516 g

Once again setting the standard for the field, the editors of Organizational Culture (Sage, 1985) have reassembled to create a new exploration in Reframing Organizational Culture. In this engaging volume, the contributors continue the ongoing process of discovery and invention, the interaction between investigator and the subject of inquiry. The editors have included a variety of frames as tools that allow readers to examine any empirical piece on organizational culture on its own merits--as good research--while at the same time, permit viewing it from other perspectives as well. How is organizational culture studied? To further understanding of what goes into studying organizational culture, an early, well-known exemplar of cultural research by William Foote Whyte is presented, along with commentaries by four currently active researchers plus a final rebuttal by Whyte. Enlightening and stimulating, the exploration of epistemology, rather than specific methods in Reframing Organizational Culture, allows for discovery and further research into organizational culture. Combined with a unique emphasis on process, this volume also includes reflections from the editors, pointing out their values, biases, beliefs, perceptions, and experiences in research, and lending a human dimension to the research process. This creative synthesis is essential reading for academics, researchers, and professionals in the areas of organization studies and management. "The editors of Reframing Organizational Culture skillfully concocted a spicy and satisfying entrée that goes beyond their first effort (Organizational Culture, Sage, 1985) to evaluate their topic and its contributions, to date and potentially. The examples are generally colorful and well displayed, ranging from Barley's look at funeral homes ('Semiotics and The Study of Occupational and Organizational Culture') to Van Maanen's reflections on The Magic Kingdom ('The Smile Factory: Work at Disneyworld'). Part One. presents a thorough bibliography. Trice's 'Comments and Discussion' provides balance and argues for quantification as a means of 'keeping the flame alive.'. Part Three, 'An Epilogue And a Closing.' is reflective and inspirational. Reframing Organizational Culture left me nourished, stimulated, and encouraged. The book's numerous components flow smoothly and logically, aided by strong transitions and integrative passages. Given the editors' objective to 'reframe' rather than 'revisit' organizational culture, I contend they succeeded. The content and extensive bibliography render it an excellent supplement for the academic audience: For those already in the field, the book provides a thorough update and challenge to the cutting edge; for those new to the field, the book offers a balanced and encouraging overview without intimidation. The merits of Reframing Organizational Culture to the practitioner audience stem from the concise writing and vivid examples, particularly in Part One and most of Part Two." --Journal of Management

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frost, Peter J.

Moore, Larry F.

Louis, Meryl Reis

Martin, Joanne

Lundberg, Craig C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: THINKING ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
The Integration Perspective
The Role of the Founder in the Creation of Organizational Culture - Edgar H Schein
The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee - Peggy McDonald
Developing Organizational Culture in the Short Run
Semiotics and the Study of Occupational and Organizational Culture - Stephen R Barley
The Differentiation Perspective
The Smile Factory - John Van Maanen
Work at Disneyland
Breakfast at Spiro's - Michael Rosen
Dramaturgy and Dominance
On the Naming of the Rose - Ed Young
Interests and Multiple Meanings as Elements of Organizational Culture
Multiple Constituencies and the Quality of Working Life - Jean M Bartunek and Michael K Moch
Intervention at FoodCom
The Fragmentation Perspective
The Vulnerable System - Karl E Weick
An Analysis of the Tenerife Air Disaster
`Normal' Ambiguity? A Glimpse of an Occupational Culture - Debra E Meyerson
The Meanings of Ambiguity - Martha S Feldman
Learning from Stories and Metaphors
Conclusion
Taking a Three-Perspective Approach
PART TWO: RESEARCHING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Exploring an Exemplar of Organizational Culture Research
Street Corner Society - William Foote Whyte
Excerpts from the Appendix to the 1955 Edition
On Fieldwork, Symbols, and Folklore in the Writings of William Foote Whyte - Michael Owen Jones
Street Corner Society as a Model for Research into Organizational Culture - Alan Bryman
Cornerville as Narration - Patricia Riley
Critical Epistemology and the Study of Organizational Culture - John M Jermier
Reflections on
Street Corner Society
Comments for the SCS Critics - William Foote Whyte
Current Inquiries About Organizational Culture
What Is Culture? - Edgar H Schein
On Acknowledging and Uncovering Ambiguities in Cultures - Debra E Meyerson
Scholars, Travelers and Thieves - Michael Rosen
On Concept, Method and Cunning in Organizational Ethnography
Culture Is the Medium of Life - Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges
Comments and Discussion - Harrison M Trice
Framebreaking
Masquerade - Anonymous Authors
Organizational Culture as Metafiction
Context and Choices in Organizational Research
PART THREE: AN EPILOGUE AND A CLOSING
Looking Back
Looking Inward
Mirror Talk - Peter J Frost
Self-Framing Experiences Along the Culture Trail
From Integration to Differentiation to Fragmentation to Feminism - Joanne Martin
Musings on Self, Culture, and Inquiry - Craig C Lundberg
Reflections on an Interpretive Way of Life - Meryl Reis Louis
Inside Aunt Virginia's Kitchen - Larry F Moore
Looking Beyond