Working Across the Gap

The Practice of Social Science in Organizations
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32987-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

The author's experience of applying the social sciences in organizations must be unique. Her work is grounded in research but much of her professional activity has been in application, combining the methods and findings of research with an understanding of dynamics in working with organizations. Moving between research and practice she has,

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klein, Lisl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- Introduction—the context -- Organization Research and Diagnosis -- Prescription and rationality in management control -- Theories of organization—a framework for diagnosis -- Some Activities in the Field -- The Esso story -- Some episodes from the field -- Freightliners Ltd -- Bouncing Against the Context -- Problems of application in the social sciences—contingency and organization structure, or “organization development” -- Social science as a threat to society -- Problems of context: a fiasco -- Studying the relationship between researchers and users: The Nation’s Diet programme -- Concepts, Reflections, Methods -- On the utilization and diffusion of social science -- Elements of practice 1: vision and competence -- Elements of practice 2: infrastructure and institutionalization -- Three examples of transitional interventions -- Relating Scientific and Professional Development -- On the use of psychoanalytic concepts in organizational social science: two sides of a coin -- Inside and outside—a struggle for integration

Über Autor(innen)

Klein, Lisl