Pandemonium

Towards a Retro-Organization Theory
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7776-1
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 624 g

`A truly bizarre and sometimes filthy historical canter through abatoirs, satyriasis and Noel Edmonds' House Party, among other things, towards a theory of organisation' - The Times 'The author pursues a vigorous polemic on organisational development' - Financial Times In this irreverent and inventive book, Gibson Burrell seeks to circumvent the established frameworks which have defined our understanding of organization and organizations. He brings us tales from under the edge which enmire us in the nether side of modernist organization. By looking backwards deep into the history of Western societies, and sideways across the broad domain of social and cultural theory, Pandemonium disconcerts and invigorates the domain of the study of organizations. Through his experimental device of the two-directional text, Burrell offers multi-layered meanings and a metaphor for the rejection of linearity. This is not an organizational behaviour textbook but an exploration that will take organization theory into a new era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burrell, Gibson

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Pandemonium Awaits
Into Pandemonium
The Magic Kingdom
Pandemonium Municipal Library: Acknowledgements
First Exhibit
Abattoirs and Death
Second Exhibit
Pain and Disease
Third Exhibit
Satyrsville
Fourth Exhibit
Panopticon City
Fifth Exhibit
The Pillory
Sixth Exhibit
The Hall of Mirrors
Retro-Organization Theory

Über Autor(innen)

Burrell, Gibson
Gibson Burrell is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the University of Warwick. He is also co-editor of Organization: the interdisciplinary journal of organization, theory and society published by Sage. With Gareth Morgan, he co-authored the path-breaking book Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis in 1979 and has since published numerous articles in books and journals.