Robert Westwood / Stewart Clegg (eds.)

Gebundenes Buch

Debating Organization

Point-Counterpoint in Organization Studies

Herausgeber: Westwood, Robert; Clegg, Stewart

Beschreibung

Since the publication of Burrell and Morgan's Sociological Paradigms and Organization Theory in 1979, organization studies has been the site of lively debate, centered on significant 'paradigm differences' between theorists who take divergent positions on a range of important research issues. In this volume, major figures in the field articulate these opposing arguments in an innovative 'point' and 'counterpoint' structure. Leading exponents of different theories, including Bill McKelvey, Karl E. Weick, Barbara Czarniawska, Roderick M. Kramer and Lex Donaldson, present their case in counterpoint to their adversaries, challenging readers to engage in the dialogue. The arguments are signposted in an introduction by the editors, who are acclaimed academics in their own right. The volume as a whole serves as an original and timely introduction to the central tensions and debates in organization studies, while its multifaceted approach celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field.

Autor

Robert Westwood is Reader/Associate Professor at the University of Queensland Business School. He is the co-editor of The Language of Organization (2001), Hong Kong Management and Labour: Continuity and Change (1999) and the editor of Organizational Behaviour: Southeast Asian Perspectives (1992). Westwood is also an associate editor of the journal Culture and Organisation and on the editorial board of Organization Studies . Stewart Clegg is Professor of Management at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the author or editor of many books, including Frameworks of Power (1989), Modern Organizations (1990) and the Handbook of Organization Studies (1996), which won the George R. Terry Book Award of the American Academy of Management for 'most outstanding contribution to management knowledge' in 1997.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 175mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9780631216926
• ISBN-10: 0631216928
• Artikelnr.: 21472915

Rezensionen

"Every reader will disagree with portions of this book. But everyreader will also come to see organization science differently, asadjacent chapters juxtapose contrasting interpretations, new voicesreceive hearings, and orthodoxies meet challenges. These debatesexpand our understanding by articulating alternatives, andoccasionally synthesizing them. Students of organization ormanagement theory will find this a valuable introduction to thecentral tensions and debates in organization studies." BillStarbuck, New York University

"Debating Organization is fabulous! I've been dipping inand out of it all week, and have learned an immense amount. It isreally good. The intros you wrote to the sections are beautifullycrafted. Congratulations!" Karl Weick, University of Michigan