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Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung * Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies. * Celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placing competing perspectives side by side. * Includes contributions from major figures in the field. * Structured in an innovative a pointa and a counterpointa format. . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures. Notes on the Contributors. Acknowledgments. 1. The Discourse of Organization Studies: Dissensus, Politics and 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 the Transition? Bill McKelvey, University of California Los Angeles. 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 Tech University, and Stephen J. Jaros, Southern University. Ontology: Organizations as World-Making: Robert Chia, University of Exeter. 4. Epistemology. Commentary: On Being Positive and Becoming Constructivist. Position Statement for Positivism: Lex Donaldson, University of New South Wales. Social Constructionism and Organization Studies: Barbara Czarniawska, Göteburg University. 5. Methodology. Commentary: Ironic Authenticity and Paradoxical Constructivism. From Subjectivity to Objectivity: A Constructivist Account of Objectivity in Organization Theory: William McKinley, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. From Objectivity to Subjectivity. Confession of a Counter-Modernist: Pursuing Subjective Authenticity in Organizational Research: Peter Case, Oxfo...
