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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458363603321

Autore

Clegg Stewart

Titolo

Power and organizations [[electronic resource] /] / Stewart R. Clegg, David Courpasson, Nelson Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2006

ISBN

1-4462-3449-5

0-7619-4391-9

1-281-23995-X

9786611239954

1-84787-749-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 p.)

Collana

Foundations for organizational science

Altri autori (Persone)

CourpassonDavid

PhillipsNelson

Disciplina

302.3/5

Soggetti

Power (Social sciences)

Control (Psychology)

Organizational sociology

Organizational behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; About the Authors; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Fixing the Institutionalization of Theory and Practice; Chapter 2 - Power and Efficiency; Chapter 3 - Body, Soul, and Mind; Chapter 4 - The Curious Case of Max Weber; Chapter 5 - The Rational System and Its Irrational Other; Chapter 6 - The Heart of Darkness; Chapter 7 - Power To and Power Over; Chapter 8 - The Foucault Effect; Chapter 9 - Critical Theories of Organizational Power; Chapter 10 - Discursive Theories of Organizational Power; Chapter 11 - Power and Organizational Forms; Chapter 12 - Corporate Power Elites

Chapter 13 - The Futures of Power?References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors review the evolution of theories on power and organization, presenting not only the theorists who identify power as positive, but also dealing with the negativity of power and the real



horror of which organizations are capable.