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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458056003321

Titolo

A complexity perspective on researching organizations : taking experience seriously / / [edited by] Ralph Stacey and Douglas Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-26618-9

1-280-37594-9

9786610375943

0-203-69694-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Complexity as the experience of organizing

Altri autori (Persone)

StaceyRalph D

GriffinDouglas <1946->

Disciplina

302.35072

Soggetti

Complex organizations - Research - Methodology

Management - Research - Methodology

Participant observation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Series prefaceComplexity as the Experience of Organizing; 1 Introduction: researching organizations from a complexity perspective; 2 Experience and method:a complex responsive processes perspective on research in organizations; Editors' introduction to Chapter 3; 3 Belief, truth and justification: issues of methodology, discourse and the validity of personal narratives; Editors' introduction toChapter 4; 4 Emerging participative exploration: consultation as research; Editors' introduction toChapter 5

5 Letting go, keeping connected and change at the Phoenix ProjectEditors' introduction toChapter 6; 6 To understand a practice of consulting; Editors' introduction toChapter 7; 7 Organizational development in the National Health Service; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Part of the Complexity as the Experience of Organizing series, this book applies complex responsiveness theory to real-life leadership experiences. It features contributions from and details the experience



of organizational practitioners, leaders, consultants and managers from various organizations through narrative accounts. It addresses questions such as:How do widespread or global patterns emerge and evolve in the local interactions between people?What actually happens in global change programmes?What does this imply about the relationship be