{"product_id":"debating-organization-isbn-9780631216926","title":"Debating Organization","description":"This volume introduces readers to the central debates of organization studies through a series of 'point' and 'counterpoint' debates by major figures in the field. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCelebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placing competing perspectives side by side.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from major figures in the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructured in an innovative 'point' and 'counterpoint' format.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures. \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Discourse of Organization Studies: Dissensus, Politics and Paradigms: R. Westwood and S. Clegg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Foundations:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Organization Studies: a Discipline or Field?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: What Kind of Science Should OS Strive to Be?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Fields to Science: Can Organization Studies Make the Transition? Bill McKelvey, University of California Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadigm Plurality: Exploring Past, Present and Future Trends: Mihaela Kelemen, Keele University, and John Hassard, UMIST.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Ontology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Let's Get Ontological.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrder 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOntology: Organizations as World-Making: Robert Chia, University of Exeter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: On Being Positive and Becoming Constructivist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePosition Statement for Positivism: Lex Donaldson, University of New South Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Constructionism and Organization Studies: Barbara Czarniawska, Göteburg University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Ironic Authenticity and Paradoxical Constructivism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Subjectivity to Objectivity: A Constructivist Account of Objectivity in Organization Theory: William McKinley, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Objectivity to Subjectivity. Confession of a Counter-Modernist: Pursuing Subjective Authenticity in Organizational Research: Peter Case, Oxford Brookes University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Frames:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Organization: Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Enacting\/Institutionalizing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnacting an Environment: The Infrastructure of Organizing: Karl E. Weick, University of Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnactment as an Institutional Change Mechanism: P. Devereaux Jennings, University of British Columbia, and Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Power and Institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: The Dynamics of Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Order Revisited: Towards a More Critical Institutional Perspective: Michael Lounsbury, Cornell University. Power, Discourse and Institutions: Institutional Theory and the Challenge of Critical Discourse Analysis: Nelson Phillips, University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Disorganization of Inclusion: Globalization as Process: Barbara Parker, Seattle University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization and the Organizations of Exclusion in Advanced Capitalism: Marc T. Jones, Macquarie University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Structure and Culture:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Organization Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure: Bob Hinings, University of Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisorganization: Rolland Munro, Keele University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Making Sense of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Case for Culture: Neal M. Ashkanasy, The University of Queensland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstantiative vs Entitiative Culture: The Case for Culture as Process: Andrew Chan, City University of Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Identity and Relationships:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Gender and Identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Non-debating Gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheorizing Gender and Organizing: Silvia Gherardi,Trento University, Judi Marshall, University of Bath, Albert J. Mills, St Mary's University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary: Trust Organizational Psychosis Versus the Virtues of Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Virtues of Prudent Trust: Roderick M. Kramer, Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFool'd with Hope, Men Favour the Deceit or: Can We Trust in Trust? Burkard Sievers, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. \u003cb\u003eQuestion Time: Notes on Altercation Stephen Linstead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Every reader will disagree with portions of this book. But every reader will also come to see organization science differently, as adjacent chapters juxtapose contrasting interpretations, new voices receive hearings, and orthodoxies meet challenges. These debates expand our understanding by articulating alternatives, and occasionally synthesizing them. Students of organization or management theory will find this a valuable introduction to the central tensions and debates in organization studies.\" \u003ci\u003eBill Starbuck, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDebating Organization\u003c\/i\u003e is fabulous! I've been dipping in and out of it all week, and have learned an immense amount. It is really good. The intros you wrote to the sections are beautifully crafted. Congratulations!\" Karl Weick, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRobert Westwood\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader\/Associate Professor at the University of Queensland Business School. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Organization\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eHong Kong Management and Labour: Continuity and Change\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eOrganizational Behaviour: Southeast Asian Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). Westwood is also an associate editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eCulture and Organisation\u003c\/i\u003e and on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eOrganization Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart Clegg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Management at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the author or editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eFrameworks of Power\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eModern Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Organization Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), which won the George R. Terry Book Award of the American Academy of Management for 'most outstanding contribution to management knowledge' in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e  Since the publication of Burrell and Morgan’s \u003ci\u003eSociological Paradigms and Organization Theory\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989029273829,"sku":"NP9780631216926","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631216926.jpg?v=1761782504","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/debating-organization-isbn-9780631216926","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}