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Robert Westwood (Editor), Stewart Clegg (Editor)

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May 23, 2003 0631216936 978-0631216933 1
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.

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"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." Bill Starbuck, New York University

"Debating Organization 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

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Since the publication of Burrell and Morgans Sociological Paradigms and Organization Theory 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.The 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.

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construct objectification, multiparadigm research, grunge economy, grunge economies, operational creativity, contingent segment, paradigm plurality, objectify constructs, enactment theory, aperspectival objectivity, scientific subcommunities, presumptive trust, becoming ontology, counterpoint position, cascading networks, structural contingency theory, subjective authenticity, definitional consensus, institutional theory, systematic empiricism, user constituencies, critical discourse analysis, construct dictionary, institutional analysts, paradigm consensus
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New York, Thousand Oaks, Administrative Science Quarterly, University of Chicago Press, Academy of Management Review, Cambridge University Press, Free Press, Oxford University Press, American Journal of Sociology, Semantic Conception, United States, Professor Weick, San Francisco, Newbury Park, Basic Books, Englewood Cliffs, Harvard University Press, Prentice Hall, Princeton University Press, American Sociological Review, Polity Press, Journal of Management Studies, University of California Press, Duke University Press, The Social Construction of Reality
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