Debating Organization
Point-Counterpoint in Organization Studies
Published on 4. February 2009
424 pages
978-1-4051-4211-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume introduces readers to the central debates oforganization studies through a series of 'point' and 'counterpoint'debates by major figures in the field.
* * Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates oforganization studies.
* Celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placingcompeting perspectives side by side.
* Includes contributions from major figures in the field.
* Structured in an innovative 'point' and 'counterpoint'format.
Reviews / Votes
"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 MichiganMore details
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Persons
Robert Westwood is Reader/Associate Professor at theUniversity of Queensland Business School. He is the co-editor ofThe Language of Organization (2001), Hong Kong Managementand Labour: Continuity and Change (1999) and the editor ofOrganizational Behaviour: Southeast Asian Perspectives(1992). Westwood is also an associate editor of the journalCulture and Organisation and on the editorial board ofOrganization Studies.
Stewart Clegg is Professor of Management at theUniversity of Technology, Sydney. He is the author or editor ofmany books, including Frameworks of Power (1989), ModernOrganizations (1990) and the Handbook of OrganizationStudies (1996), which won the George R. Terry Book Award of theAmerican Academy of Management for 'most outstanding contributionto management knowledge' in 1997.
Content
List of Figures.
Notes on the Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Discourse of Organization Studies: Dissensus, Politicsand Paradigms: R. Westwood and S. Clegg.
Part I: Foundations:.
2. Organization Studies: a Discipline or Field?.
Commentary: What Kind of Science Should OS Strive to Be?.
From Fields to Science: Can Organization Studies Make theTransition? Bill McKelvey, University of California LosAngeles.
Paradigm Plurality: Exploring Past, Present and Future Trends:Mihaela Kelemen, Keele University, and John Hassard, UMIST.
3. Ontology.
Commentary: Let's Get Ontological.
Order is Free: On the Ontological Status of Organizations:Kimberly B. Boal,Texas Tech University, James G. Hunt, Texas TechUniversity, and Stephen J. Jaros, Southern University.
Ontology: Organizations as World-Making: Robert Chia, Universityof Exeter.
4. Epistemology.
Commentary: On Being Positive and Becoming Constructivist.
Position Statement for Positivism: Lex Donaldson, University ofNew South Wales.
Social Constructionism and Organization Studies: BarbaraCzarniawska, Göteburg University.
5. Methodology.
Commentary: Ironic Authenticity and ParadoxicalConstructivism.
From Subjectivity to Objectivity: A Constructivist Account ofObjectivity in Organization Theory: William McKinley, SouthernIllinois University at Carbondale.
From Objectivity to Subjectivity. Confession of aCounter-Modernist: Pursuing Subjective Authenticity inOrganizational Research: Peter Case, Oxford Brookes University.
Part II: Frames:.
6. Organization: Environment.
Commentary: Enacting/Institutionalizing.
Enacting an Environment: The Infrastructure of Organizing: KarlE. Weick, University of Michigan.
Enactment as an Institutional Change Mechanism: P. DevereauxJennings, University of British Columbia, and Royston Greenwood,University of Alberta.
7. Power and Institutions.
Commentary: The Dynamics of Institution.
The Problem of Order Revisited: Towards a More CriticalInstitutional Perspective: Michael Lounsbury, Cornell University.Power, Discourse and Institutions: Institutional Theory and theChallenge of Critical Discourse Analysis: Nelson Phillips,University of Cambridge.
8. Globalization.
Commentary: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion inGlobalization.
The Disorganization of Inclusion: Globalization as Process:Barbara Parker, Seattle University.
Globalization and the Organizations of Exclusion in AdvancedCapitalism: Marc T. Jones, Macquarie University.
Part III: Structure and Culture:.
9. Structure.
Commentary: Organization Structure.
Structure: Bob Hinings, University of Alberta.
Disorganization: Rolland Munro, Keele University.
10. Culture.
Commentary: Making Sense of Culture.
The Case for Culture: Neal M. Ashkanasy, The University ofQueensland.
Instantiative vs Entitiative Culture: The Case for Culture asProcess: Andrew Chan, City University of Hong Kong.
Part IV: Identity and Relationships:.
11. Gender and Identity.
Commentary: Non-debating Gender.
Theorizing Gender and Organizing: Silvia Gherardi,TrentoUniversity, Judi Marshall, University of Bath, Albert J. Mills, StMary's University.
12. Trust.
Commentary: Trust Organizational Psychosis Versus the Virtues ofTrust.
The Virtues of Prudent Trust: Roderick M. Kramer, StanfordUniversity.
Fool'd with Hope, Men Favour the Deceit or: Can We Trust inTrust? Burkard Sievers, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
13. Question Time: Notes on Altercation StephenLinstead.
Index.
