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A Theory of Organizing - Second edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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A Theory of Organizing - Second edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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The author asks: what is the use of the research results that
consist of descriptions of practices rather than the foundation of
principles? And the answers that she provides are so unconventional
and surprising that they make the reading of the book pure
pleasure.' - Professor Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento,
Italy'In this Theory of Organizing, Barbara Czarniawska treats us
to a fascinating journey. Bringing together many of her previous
theoretical contributions into a coherent sum, she constructs an
enticing and highly original conceptual toolbox to read a world of
expansive organizing. Professor Czarniawska outlines a
constructivist perspective of organizing that is both highly
sophisticated and a pleasure to read. This refreshing theoretical
exercise, by a major organization scholar is a must read!' - Marie
Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, France This new edition of A
Theory of Organizing continues to promote a processual view of
organizing, and presents a theory developed by combining multiple
field studies with recent theoretical insights. The author defends
the constructionist perspective from idealist interpretations,
demonstrating how people and machines collaborate in constructing
action nets, which eventually produce both the global economy and
its local translations. Helped by information technologies, global
ideas travel across the world - in physical space and in
cyberspace, over national, sectorial and organizational borders,
within and outside organizations - and are then translated into
local practices. Provocative in its questioning of established
truths in the field of organizational studies, this book will
continue to challenge and stimulate organizational theoreticians
and organizational practitioners. It will also prove lively reading
for academics from a range of backgrounds, including management
studies, business administration, sociology, ethnology, and
political sciences. Contents: 1. Perspective: A Constructionist
View of Organizing 2. Starting Point: The Construction and
Reconstruction of Action Nets 3. On Organizing: Narrating the
Organizing and Organizing the Narratives 4. On Stability: How
Institutions Become Inscribed in Technical Objects 5. On
Codification: Ways of Managing Overflows 6. On Management:
Leadership as Service 7. On Change: Is it Possible to Lift Oneself
by The Hair? 8. On Imitation and Fashion: How Ideas Travel Around
the World 9. On Gender: How Global is Discrimination? 10. On Speed
and Slowness: Remembering and Forgetting 11. Epilogue: Organizing
Without Organizations? References Index
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