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Repositioning Organization Theory studies the political positioning of organization theory. The book argues that there are two main projects in organization theory: the hegemonic project of positioning and postmodern project of depositioning. To critique the theoretical and political limits of these two projects, Böhm employs a range of critical and post-structural philosophies. Having conceptualized the need for a 'political event', the book is a passionate call for repositioning and repoliticizing organization theory. This book discusses the impossibilities of, and strategies for, such a project.
List of contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION Positioning Organization Theory PART II: PHILOSOPHY Dialectics? A Note on the Politics of Thought The Political Event: Of Destruction The Political Event: Of Deconstruction and Impossibility PART III: ORGANIZATION Positioning Organization: The Hegemony of Management Knowledge Depositioning Organization: The Politics of Resistance Repositioning Organization: Impossibilities of 'The Movement' PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Repositioning Organization Theory
About the author
STEFFEN BÖHM is Lecturer in Management at the University of Essex, UK. He is a member of the editorial collective of the journal ephemera: theory and politics in organization (www.ephemeraweb.org) and has co-edited the volume Against Automobility. He has been involved with organizing a number of research activism events, including the Radical Theory Forum.
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Repositioning Organization Theory studies the political positioning of organization theory. The book argues that there are two main projects in organization theory: the hegemonic project of positioning and postmodern project of depositioning. To critique the theoretical and political limits of these two projects, Böhm employs a range of critical and post-structural philosophies. Having conceptualized the need for a 'political event', the book is a passionate call for repositioning and repoliticizing organization theory. This book discusses the impossibilities of, and strategies for, such a project.
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'The study of organization should not be restricted to providing practical tools for management, but can be a central part of social and political theory. In this exciting book, Steffen Böhm demonstrates just how contemporary ideas can help us to rethink the meaning of organizing. Using examples that range from contemporary philosophy, knowledge management and the anti-corporate protest movements, ' Repositioning Organization Theory ' helps us re-think the relationship between theory and practice. The dominance of managerialism will be challenged by work like this.' - Martin Parker, Professor of Organization and Culture, University of Leicester Management Centre, UK
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'The study of organization should not be restricted to providing practical tools for management, but can be a central part of social and political theory. In this exciting book, Steffen Böhm demonstrates just how contemporary ideas can help us to rethink the meaning of organizing. Using examples that range from contemporary philosophy, knowledge management and the anti-corporate protest movements, ' Repositioning Organization Theory ' helps us re-think the relationship between theory and practice. The dominance of managerialism will be challenged by work like this.' - Martin Parker, Professor of Organization and Culture, University of Leicester Management Centre, UK
