Contemporary organization theory

Product Description This research monograph reviews the advances in thinking about organization, but also articulates a vision of the possible future of organization theory. Introduces and evaluates the work of eighteen key theorists writing over the last two decades. Comments directly on the approach of those writers who have most stimulated and enlargened the recent study of organization. Articulates a vision of the possible future of organization theory. Review "In sum, I find this collection to be important and challenging reading for organization scholars. In these escorted journeys to some familiar and some distant scholars, lands of ideas, and concepts, one can only explore the joy of new thoughts or of acceptance or objections." Amalya L. Oliver, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Book Description This research monograph reviews the work of a wide range of major figures writing over the last two decades. A tradition of commentary is notably absent in the recent study of organization and developments tend to be presented thematically, rather than through an assessment of theoretical contribution. Criticism is thus relegated to secondary status and there is currently no single volume that comments directly on the approach of those writers who have most stimulated and enlargened the recent study of organization. in introducing and overviewing the work of sixteen key theorists, this edited collection clarifies what makes each distinctive as a contemporary resource for other researchers in the field. Additionally each chapter engages critically with these ideas and thus seeks in turn to develop them. So while taking stock of advances in thinking about organization, the collection also articulates a vision of the possible future of organization theory. From the Inside Flap Organization, once a mainstay of sociological inquiry, has again become a key site in the rethinking of the social sciences. But despite radical changes in recent years, many of the more exciting recent ideas remain scattered across a wide array of sources. Contemporary Organization Theory brings together in a single volume some of the most important contemporary work in the study of organization. This edited collection will serve as an important introduction for students of organization and is essential reading for scholars across the social sciences. Each of the eighteen chapters introduces, reviews and critically evaluates the work of a key theorist writing over the last two decades. Taking stock of the state of contemporary organization theory, the contributors to this volume engage powerfully with each theorist and develop and extend their work. From the Back Cover Organization, once a mainstay of sociological inquiry, has again become a key site in the rethinking of the social sciences. But despite radical changes in recent years, many of the more exciting recent ideas remain scattered across a wide array of sources. Contemporary Organization Theory brings together in a single volume some of the most important contemporary work in the study of organization. This edited collection will serve as an important introduction for students of organization and is essential reading for scholars across the social sciences. Each of the eighteen chapters introduces, reviews and critically evaluates the work of a key theorist writing over the last two decades. Taking stock of the state of contemporary organization theory, the contributors to this volume engage powerfully with each theorist and develop and extend their work. About the Author Campbell Jones is Senior Lecturer in Critical Theory and Business Ethics and Director of the Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy at the University of Leicester, UK. Rolland Munro is Professor of Organization Theory and Director of the Centre for Culture and Social Theory at Keele University, UK.