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ISBN 13: 9780631216926
Author: Robert Westwood, Stewart Clegg
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. Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies. Celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placing competing perspectives side by side. Includes contributions from major figures in the field. Structured in an innovative 'point' and 'counterpoint' format.
1 The Discourse of Organization Studies: Dissensus, Politics, and Paradigms
PART I Foundations
2 Organization Studies: Discipline or Field?
COMMENTARY: WHAT KIND OF SCIENCE SHOULD ORGANIZATION STUDIES STRIVE TO BE?
2a From Fields to Science: Can Organization Studies make the Transition?
2b Paradigm Plurality: Exploring Past, Present, and Future Trends
3 Ontology
COMMENTARY: LET’S GET ONTOLOGICAL
3a Order is Free: On the Ontological Status of Organizations
3b Ontology: Organization as “World-making”
4 Epistemology
COMMENTARY: ON BEING POSITIVIST AND BECOMING CONSTRUCTIVIST
4a Position Statement for Positivism
4b Social Constructionism and Organization Studies
5 Methodology
COMMENTARY: IRONIC AUTHENTICITY AND PARADOXICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
5a From Subjectivity to Objectivity: A Constructivist Account of Objectivity in Organization Theory
5b From Objectivity to Subjectivity: Pursuing Subjective Authenticity in Organizational Research
PART II Frames
6 Organization – Environment
COMMENTARY: ENACTING/INSTITUTIONALIZING
6a Enacting an Environment: The Infrastructure of Organizing
6b Constructing the Iron Cage: Institutional Theory and Enactment
7 Power and Institutions
COMMENTARY: THE DYNAMICS OF INSTITUTIONS
7a The Problem of Order Revisited: Towards a more Critical Institutional Perspective
7b Discourse or Institution? Institutional Theory and the Challenge of Critical Discourse Analysis
8 Globalization
COMMENTARY: THE POLITICS OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN GLOBALIZATION
8a The Disorganization of Inclusion: Globalization as Process
8b Globalization and the Organization(s) of Exclusion in Advanced Capitalism
PART III Structure and Culture
9 Structure
COMMENTARY: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
9a Organization
9b Disorganization
10 Culture
COMMENTARY: MAKING SENSE OF CULTURE
10a The Case for Culture
10b Instantiative versus Entitative Culture: The Case for Culture as Process
PART IV Identity and Relationships
11 Gender and Identity
COMMENTARY: NONDEBATING GENDER
Theorizing Gender and Organizing
12 Trust
COMMENTARY: ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOSIS VERSUS THE VIRTUES OF TRUST
12a The Virtues of Prudent Trust
12b “Fool’d with Hope, Men favour the Deceit,” or, Can we Trust in Trust?
13 Question Time: Notes on Altercation
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Tags: Robert Westwood, Stewart Clegg, Organization, Counterpoint
