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Zusatztext The Oxford Handbook [of Organization Theory] can be returned to many times to reflect on assumptions held on what organizations are, on what good science is, and on who should be the end customer for ones scientific activities ... This is the big tent depiction of organizational studies as a civilized community building an increasingly relevant narrative on organizations pertinent to more and more people. It is hip. It is current. It is self-consciously aware of the forces that shape as it grows. Informationen zum Autor Haridimos Tsoukas is the George D. Mavros Research Professor of Organization and Management at ALBA in Greece, and Professor of Organization Theory and Behaviour at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business, UK. Previous positions held include Lecturer at Warwick Business School (1990-5), and Associate Professor at the University of Cyprus.Christian Knudsen is a Research Fellow at Copenhagen University and Århus Business School, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Visiting Professor at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Stanford University. Klappentext This handbook provides a forum for leading researchers in organization theory to reflect on their own discipline: how it has developed and why; what sorts of knowledge claims it regards as acceptable and why; and where it may be, or should be, going. Focussing on organization theory, the aim of this volume is to hold up for examination its key assumptions and knowledge claims, the chief explanatory strategies used, its relationship with the real world, and thefuture of organization theory. The book is divided into five sections under the following headings: Organization Theory as Science; The Construction of Organization Theory; Meta-theoretical Controversies in Organization Theory; Organization Theory as a Policy Science; and The Future of OrganizationTheory. Zusammenfassung Focusing on organization theory, the aim of this volume is to hold up for examination its assumptions and knowledge claims, the chief explanatory strategies used, its relationship with the world, and its direction. The sections include: Organization Theory as Science; The Construction of Organization Theory; and The Future of Organization Theory. Introduction: The Need for Meta-theoretical Reflection in Organization Theory; PART I: ORGANIZATION THEORY AS SCIENCE; 1. Organizational Theory as a Positive Science; 2. Organization Theory as an Interpretive Science; 3. Organization Theory as a Critical Science: Forms of analysis and 'new organizational' forms; 4. Organization Theory as a Postmodern Science; PART II: THE CONSTRUCTION OF ORGANIZATION THEORY; 5. The Origins of Organization Theory; 6. The Historical and Epistemological Foundations of Organization Theory: Fusing sociological theory with engineering discourse; 7. Feminist Theory and Organization Theory: A dialogue on new bases; 8. The Styles and the Stylists of Organization Theory; 9. Pluralism, Scientific Progress, and the Structure of Organization Theory; PART III: META-THEORETICAL CONTROVERSIES IN ORGANIZATION THEORY; 10. The Agency/Structure Dilemma in Organization Theory: Open doors and brick walls; 11. Modes of Explanation in Organization Theory; 12. Micro and Macro Perspectives in Organization Theory: A tale of incommensurability; 13. Economic Versus Sociological Approaches to Organization Theory; 14. Meta-theoretical Controversies in Studying Organizational Culture; PART IV: ORGANIZATION THEORY AS A POLICY SCIENCE; 15. Actionable Knowledge; 16. Theory and Practice in the Real World; 17. Organization Theory and Ethics: Varieties and dynamics of constrained optimization; 18. Character and Virtue in an Era of Turbulent Capitalism; PART V: THE FUTURE OF ORGANIZATION THEORY; 19. The Future of Organization Theory: Prospects and limitations; 20. Managing Org...
