Postmodernism and Organizations |
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| Editor:
| Hassard, John
Parker, Martin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-8880-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1993 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $84.00 |
Book Description:
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Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary theorizing of organization, this important and thought-provoking volume explores the implications of postmodernist//poststructuralist thinking for organizations and organizational analysis.
The book introduces the concepts underpinning a postmodern organizational analysis, contrasting modern and postmodern forms of explanation and addressing the distinctions between postmodernity and postmodernism. Succeeding chapters then...
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Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary theorizing of organization, this important and thought-provoking volume explores the implications of postmodernist//poststructuralist thinking for organizations and organizational analysis.
The book introduces the concepts underpinning a postmodern organizational analysis, contrasting modern and postmodern forms of explanation and addressing the distinctions between postmodernity and postmodernism. Succeeding chapters then examine and assess the interplay of major postmodernist themes - such as deconstruction, desire, difference, pluralism and relativism - with key topics of organizational analysis and research. The final section is one of critique, as its authors