Reason, and the need to Be Rational, are essential dimensions of
society and the organizations we live and work in. Yet the
"rationalization" of working and administrative processes, or the
"rationality" studied in social sciences, is all too often, used,
understood, and interpreted in an extremely narrow sense.
Reason's Neglect does three things. Firstly, it argues that
rationality is a leitmotif of organization studies, but one that
has often been neglected. Secondly, it deploys Foucault's work to
recover the neglected dimensions of rationality. In doing this, it
allows for a revisionary exploration of key subjects in
organization studies: organization theory, bureaucracy, technology,
culture, practice, etc. Finally, the book presents the case of new
rational management techniques being introduced in an organization,
allowing individuals to 'speak for themselves', and examining how
they respond to these innovations, and how they make sense of them.
Arguing that rationality should be seen as disembedded, embedded,
or embodied, each chapter goes on to explore a different aspect of
reason, such as economic, bureaucratic, technocratic,
institutional, or contextual. Clearly written and structured, yet
an engaged and challenging approach to the study of organizations
in society, Reason's Neglect is an iconoclastic book.
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