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First published in 1977, Clergy, Ministers and Priests provides the
first sociological analysis to have been undertaken in this country
of the differences in value orientation between clergy in the
Church of England, ministers in the Methodist Church and priests in
the Roman Catholic Church. Five important areas of values are
covered: theological outlook, views on the role of the religious
functionary, attitudes towards ecumenism, views on institutional
reform, and ideas about the organisational nature of the church.
Going beyond the description, the authors examine various
explanations for the existence of these differences. First, they
consider the interplay of the values themselves. A second approach
deals with structural factors related to the denomination such as
the social role played by the clergy. Finally, non-denominational
social experience is considered, including class origins and the
educational background of the clergy. This study will be of
interest to scholars and researchers of sociology of religion,
religion, and Christianity.
This volume contains two Open Access chapters. Digital
transformation is permeating all domains of business and society.
Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory explores how
manifestations of digital transformation requires rethinking of our
understanding and theorization of institutional processes.
Showcasing a collaborative forum of organization and management
theory scholars and information systems researchers, the authors
enrich institutional theory approaches in understanding digital
transformation. Advancing institutional perspectives with an agenda
for future research and methodological reflections, the chapters
delve into digital transformations in relation to institutional
logics and technological affordances, professional projects and new
institutional agents, institutional infrastructure, and field
governance. This volume deepens our understanding of the pervasive
and increasingly important relationship between technology and
institutions and the response of existing professions to the
emergence of digital technologies. Moreover, the authors offer a
cutting-edge analysis of how new digital organizational forms
affect institutional fields, their infrastructure, and thus their
governance.
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
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Charles Edward Gillham; Illustrated by Bob Hines; Foreword by Frank Dufresne
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Charles Edward Gillham; Illustrated by Bob Hines; Foreword by Frank Dufresne
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This Element reviews the first 120 years of organization theory,
examining its development from the sociology of organizations and
management theory. It is initially organized around two streams of
thought. The first is found in political economy and the sociology
of organizations, with an emphasis on understanding the new
organizations that arose in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. The second derives from practitioner-scholars, whose aim
was to provide theories and approaches to managing these new
organizations. The Element then shows how each of the streams of
understanding and managing came together to produce organization
theory. In doing this, it also describes how the institutional
frameworks in academic associations, academic centres and journals
came out of these approaches and how they strengthened the
development of organization theory.
Over the past three decades the Professional Service Firm (PSF)
sector has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing, profitable,
and significant in the global economy. In 2013 the accountancy,
management consulting, legal, and architectural sectors alone
generated revenues of US$ 1.6 trillion and employed 14 million
people. PSFs play an important role in developing human capital,
creating innovative business services, reshaping government
institutions, establishing and interpreting the rules of financial
markets, and setting legal, accounting and other professional
standards. The study of PSFs can offer insights into the
contemporary challenges facing organizations within the knowledge
economy, and deepen understanding of more conventional
organizations. Despite their significance, however, PSFs have until
recently remained very much in the shadows of organizational and
management research. The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service
Firms marks the coming of age of PSF scholarship with a
comprehensive and integrative exploration of current research and
thinking on PSFs, featuring contributions from internationally
renowned scholars in the fields of organizational and management
studies. It is divided into three distinct sections - the
professions, the firms, and the professionals that work within them
- and covers subjects from governance and leadership to regulation,
entrepreneurship, and diversity. Bringing together a broad range of
empirical and theoretical perspectives, the Handbook offers many
potentially important insights into the contemporary challenges of
organizations in the knowledge economy and suggests new lines of
inquiry that may shed further light on the activities and
performance of PSFs and the professionals who work within them.
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