
Critically Constituting Organization
Andrew Chan(Author)
Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US (Publisher)
Published on 16. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
149 pages
978-1-55619-995-0 (ISBN)
Description
In the past, contingency and neo-Marxist theorists of culture reduced culture to an effect of something other than itself and, as they made culture metaphorical, they constituted its object of inquiry - a somewhat impossible pretension. This book extends the debate considerably. It does so through considering the work of Foucault in the context of the analysis of culture. While Foucault has had a considerable impact on organization studies, up to the present no text has systematically addressed what happens to organization culture when it encounter a Foucauldian gaze. Read this book and you will find out.Stewart Clegg, UTS, Sydney
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-995-0 (9781556199950)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Foreword by Stewart R. Clegg; 2. Introduction; 3. PART I. HISTORY; 4. 1. The Conditions of Organization Studies; 5. 2. Culture as Discourse; 6. 3. Critically Representing Culture; 7. PART II. KNOWLEDGE; 8. 4. Postmodernism and Organization Theory; 9. 5. Towards a Genealogy of Organizational Culture; 10. PART III. POWER; 11. 6. Discourse and Regimes of Truth; 12. 7. Postmodern Critique and Organization Studies; 13. 8. Conclusion: Critically Constituting Organization; 14. Notes; 15. References