Management and Organisation
Relational Alternatives to Individualism
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published on 20. November 1995
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-1-85972-167-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text examines the organizing processes underlying socially constructed realities. It develops relational approaches to organizing, management and change, and provides practical ways of tackling the problems experienced and created by organizations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 227 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-167-4 (9781859721674)
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Persons
Editor
Aston Business School, Aston University
Content
The primacy of relations in socially constructing organizational realities, H. Peter Dachler and Dian-Marie Hosking; relational thoery and the discourses of power, Kenneth J. Gergen; constructing power - entitative and relational approaches, Dian-Marie Hosking; the social construction of grievances - organizational conflict as multiple perspectives, Paul Salipante and Rene Bouwen; the social construction of grievances - constructive and constructionist approaches to a relational theory, Mary Gergen; the case of group sado-masochism - a dialogue on relational theory, Kenwyn K. Smith and Mary Gergen; the manager as a practical author - a rhetorical-responsive, social constructionist approach to social-organizational problems, John Shotter; social constructionism and the postmodern turn of management theory, Emil Walter-Busch; social construction and appreciative inquiry - a journey in organizational theory - David Cooperrider, Frank Barrett and Suresh Srivastva; relational knowledge in organizational theory - an exploration into some of its implications, Thomas S. Eberle; reality is the basis of social construction which in turn creates reality, Mario von Cranach.