Postmodernism and Organizations

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8880-4
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary theorizing of organization, this important and thought-provoking volume explores the implications of postmodernist/poststructuralist thinking for organizations and organizational analysis.

The book introduces the concepts underpinning a postmodern organizational analysis, contrasting modern and postmodern forms of explanation and addressing the distinctions between postmodernity and postmodernism. Succeeding chapters then examine and assess the interplay of major postmodernist themes - such as deconstruction, desire, difference, pluralism and relativism - with key topics of organizational analysis and research. The final section is one of critique, as its authors variously argue that postmodernism fails adequately to address the realities of power, control and change in a globalizing world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassard, John

Parker, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Martin Parker and John Hassard Postmodernism and Organizational Analysis - John Hassard An Overview PART ONE: TOWARDS POSTMODERNISM From Interpretation to Representation - Paul Jeffcutt Deconstruction in the Study of Organizations - Steve Linstead Eco and the Bunnymen - Gibson Burrell PART TWO: DEBATES WITH POSTMODERNISM Modernism, Postmodernism and Motivation, Or Why Expectancy Theory Failed to Come Up to Expectation - Pippa Carter and Norman Jackson What Can Organization and Management Theory Learn from Art? - Dag Bj[um]orkegren The Play of Metaphors - Mats Alvesson Organizational Discourse and the Gendering of Identity - Albert J Mills Organizations, Multiple Oppressions and Postmodernism - Jeff Hearn and Wendy Parkin PART THREE: DEPARTURES FROM POSTMODERNISM Organizations and Modernity - Michael I Reed Continuity and Discontinuity in Organization Theory Postmodernism - f002 Paul Thompson Fatal Distraction Life After Jean-Fran[ce]cois - Martin Parker

Über Autor(innen)

Parker, Martin
Martin Parker is a Professor of Culture and Organization at the School of Management, Leicester University