This book provides a forum for leading scholars in organization theory to engage in meta-theoretical reflection on the historical development, present state, and future prospects of organization theory as a scientific discipline. The central question explored is the epistemological status of organization theory as a policy science. This is a meta-theoretical question; the object of analysis and debate in this volume is not a set of organizational phenomena, but organization theory itself.
By drawing attention to organization theory as a practical social activity, this handbook reviews and evaluates important epistemological developments in the discipline. More specifically, the focus is on issues related to the nature of knowledge claims put forward in organization theory and the controversies surrounding the generation, validation, and utilization of such knowledge.
Five sets of questions are raised in the handbook, each one of which is dealt with in a separate section:
1) What does a science of organizations consist of? What counts as valid knowledge in organization theory and why? How do different paradigms view organization theory as a science?
2) How has organization theory developed over time, and what structure has the field taken? What assumptions does knowledge produced in organization theory incorporate, and what forms do its knowledge claims take as they are put forward for public adoption?
3) How have certain well-known controversies in organization theory, such as for example, the structure/agency dilemma, the study of organizational culture, the different modes of explanation, the micro/macro controversy, and the differnet explanations produced by organizational economists and sociologists, been dealt with?
4) How, and in what ways, is knowledge generated in organization theory related to action? What features must organization theory knowledge have in order to be actionable, and of relevance to the world 'out there'? How have ethical concerns been taken into account in organization theory?
5) What is the future of organization theory? What direction should the field take? What must change in the way research is conducted and key theoretical terms are conceptualized so that organization theory enhances its capacity to generate valid and relevant knowledge?
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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.
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PART I: ORGANIZATION THEORY AS SCIENCE; PART II: THE CONSTRUCTION OF ORGANIZATION THEORY; PART III: META-THEORETICAL CONTROVERSIES IN ORGANIZATION THEORY; PART IV: ORGANIZATION THEORY AS A POLICY SCIENCE; PART V: THE FUTURE OF ORGANIZATION THEORY
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...brings together an extraordinary and erudite range of conributions to which I expect to refer for many years to come. There is not a single chapter from which I did not learn something, and from many I learnt a great deal.
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`Any social scientist with an interest in organizations, and it is difficult to imagine a social scientist without this interest, will find something of value in The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory. Most will find quite a lot. The volume is one of the rare handbooks that can be read cover to cover without fear of encountering spells of repetition, filler, or impenetrable jargon. Tsoukas and Knudson did a remarkable job of selecting authors, providing
them with clear direction, allowing them the independence to pursue widely disparate ideas to their conclusion, and forging the 600 pages into a coherent and timely whole. The Handbook will certainly
have a lasting impact not only on organization theory, but on such related disciplines as sociology, political science, and economics. Its publication is an impressive achievement.'
Work, employment and society Volume 21 ? Number 2 ? June 2007
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Leading academics in organization theory reflect on the historical development, present state, and future possibilities of the field
Builds on past debates in organization theory, examining them in the light of recent developments
Takes an explicit meta-theoretical approach to organization theory
Includes contributions from all the leading names in the field from Europe and the US
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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.
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Leading academics in organization theory reflect on the historical development, present state, and future possibilities of the field
Builds on past debates in organization theory, examining them in the light of recent developments
Takes an explicit meta-theoretical approach to organization theory
Includes contributions from all the leading names in the field from Europe and the US
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780199275250
Publisert
2005
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1170 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
171 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
672