Reason's neglect [[electronic resource] ] : rationality and organizing / / Barbara Townley |
Autore | Townley Barbara <1954-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial management
Organization Corporate culture |
ISBN |
0-19-929836-X
9786611825645 0-19-155942-3 1-281-82564-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; FIGURE; LIST OF BOXES; 1 Foucault and rationality; Why rationality?; Whose reason?; Why Foucault?; Foucault . . . how?; The importance of analysing practice; The argument: A pictorial representation; PART I: DISEMBEDDED RATIONALITY; Introduction; 2 Economic rationality; Purposeful individuals; The anthropomorphization of organizations; Bounded rationality; Decision-making; The new rationality; Conclusions; 3 Bureaucratic rationality; Bureaucracy; Bureaucracy and rationality; The response to uncertainty: Domination through knowledge; Conclusions; 4 Technocratic rationality
Technology and organizationTechnology as technique; Management as science; Technocratic administration?; Which science?; Management as practice; Conclusions; PART II: EMBEDDED RATIONALITY; Introduction; 5 Institutional rationality; The rationalization of value spheres; The institution of reason; Institutional theory and rationalized myths; Institutional logics; Rationality institutionalized?; Institutional 'rationality'?; Conclusions; 6 Contextual rationality; Hidden from reason: A Romantic legacy; Rationality versus community; Culture as competence: Rendering rational Rationality as thick description? A narrative rationalityConclusion: Rational communities?; 7 Situational rationality; A presumption of logic; The rationality of situated action; Situated knowledge; Situated studies; Conclusions; PART III: THE 'OTHER' OF REASON; Introduction; 8 Embodied rationality; The body; Embodied thinking and knowledge; The emotions; Emotions in organizations; Rational emotions?; The 'irrational' unconscious; Conclusions; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS; 9 Collective rationality; Collective action; Collective action and the 'collective good'; Collective reasoning Collective reasoning and the 'collective good'The collective within organization studies; Collective reasoning and practice; Conclusions; 10 Practical reason; Practical concerns; Practical rationalities; Practical reason; Conclusion; APPENDIX; NOTES; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; S; T; Z; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814251303321 |
Townley Barbara <1954-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rethinking organisational behavior : a poststructuralist framework / / Norman Jackson and Pippa Carter |
Autore | Jackson Norman <1945-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : FT Prentice Hall, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 390 páginas) : ilustraciones |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Soggetto topico | Organizational behavior |
ISBN |
1-5129-3982-X
1-281-77093-0 9786611770938 1-4082-1257-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154648603321 |
Jackson Norman <1945-> | ||
Harlow, England : , : FT Prentice Hall, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reworking the world [[electronic resource] ] : organisations, technologies, and cultures in comparative perspective / / editor, Jane Marceau |
Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 514 p |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MarceauJane |
Collana | de Gruyter Studies in Organization |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial organization
Organizational change Technological innovations - Economic aspects Corporate culture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-086140-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction. Reworking the World: Organisations, Technologies and Cultures in Comparative Perspective / Marceau, Jane -- Section One: Re-Analysing the World -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Institutional Logic and Economic Explanation / Biggart, Nicole Woolsey -- French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprises: Modern Passions and Postmodern Prognoses / Clegg, Stewart -- The Politics of Industrial Organisation: A Comparative View / Weiss, Linda -- Section Two: Learning from the East -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Japanizing the World: The Case of Toyota / Wilkinson, Barry / Morris, Jonathan / Oliver, Nick -- Giants and Dwarves: Changing Technologies and Productive Interlinkages in Australian Manufacturing Industry / Marceau, Jane / Jureidini, Ray -- Developing 'Partnerships': New Organisational Practices in Manufacturer- Supplier Relationships in the French Automobile and Aerospace Industries / Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René -- Technology Transfer and East Asian Business Recipes: The Adoption of Japanese Cotton Spinning Techniques in Shanghai and Hong Kong / Nishida, Judith -- Western Technology in a Chinese Context: New Technologies and the Organisation of Work in Hong Kong / Poon, Teresa -- Section Three: Technological Innovation: The Search for Control -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- The Illusion of a Common Supranational Interest: Democratising the Standardisation Process in Factory Automation / Tulder, Rob van / Dankbaar, Ben -- Yet Another Panacea? The Quality Management Movement in Australia / Palmer, Gill / Allan, Cameron -- Organisational Restructuring and Devolutionist Doctrine: Organisation as Strategic Control / Muetzelfeldt, Michael -- Section Four: Innovation and Disillusion: Firms at the Leading Edge -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Clashes of Technology and Culture: Enterprise Acquisition and the Integration of New Ventures / Garnsey, Elizabeth / Roberts, John -- Strategies for Technological Learning: New Forms of Organisational Structure / Dodgson, Mark -- Section Five: Reworking the World of Work -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- An Australian Model of Industrial Restructuring / Mathews, John -- Reorganising Labour: The Volvo Experience / Sandkull, Bengt -- The Move to 'Partnership': Human Resources in Organisational Change / Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René -- Workplace Strategic Change: Classification Restructuring in the Australian Public Service / Selby-Smith, Chris -- Swedish Wage-Earner Funds: The Problematic Relationship Between Economic Efficiency and Popular Power / Higgins, Winton -- Conclusion. Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere -- Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere / Marceau, Jane -- About the Authors -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461908003321 |
Berlin, : New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reworking the world [[electronic resource] ] : organisations, technologies, and cultures in comparative perspective / / editor, Jane Marceau |
Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 514 p |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MarceauJane |
Collana | de Gruyter Studies in Organization |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial organization
Organizational change Technological innovations - Economic aspects Corporate culture |
ISBN | 3-11-086140-2 |
Classificazione | QP 340 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction. Reworking the World: Organisations, Technologies and Cultures in Comparative Perspective / Marceau, Jane -- Section One: Re-Analysing the World -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Institutional Logic and Economic Explanation / Biggart, Nicole Woolsey -- French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprises: Modern Passions and Postmodern Prognoses / Clegg, Stewart -- The Politics of Industrial Organisation: A Comparative View / Weiss, Linda -- Section Two: Learning from the East -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Japanizing the World: The Case of Toyota / Wilkinson, Barry / Morris, Jonathan / Oliver, Nick -- Giants and Dwarves: Changing Technologies and Productive Interlinkages in Australian Manufacturing Industry / Marceau, Jane / Jureidini, Ray -- Developing 'Partnerships': New Organisational Practices in Manufacturer- Supplier Relationships in the French Automobile and Aerospace Industries / Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René -- Technology Transfer and East Asian Business Recipes: The Adoption of Japanese Cotton Spinning Techniques in Shanghai and Hong Kong / Nishida, Judith -- Western Technology in a Chinese Context: New Technologies and the Organisation of Work in Hong Kong / Poon, Teresa -- Section Three: Technological Innovation: The Search for Control -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- The Illusion of a Common Supranational Interest: Democratising the Standardisation Process in Factory Automation / Tulder, Rob van / Dankbaar, Ben -- Yet Another Panacea? The Quality Management Movement in Australia / Palmer, Gill / Allan, Cameron -- Organisational Restructuring and Devolutionist Doctrine: Organisation as Strategic Control / Muetzelfeldt, Michael -- Section Four: Innovation and Disillusion: Firms at the Leading Edge -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Clashes of Technology and Culture: Enterprise Acquisition and the Integration of New Ventures / Garnsey, Elizabeth / Roberts, John -- Strategies for Technological Learning: New Forms of Organisational Structure / Dodgson, Mark -- Section Five: Reworking the World of Work -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- An Australian Model of Industrial Restructuring / Mathews, John -- Reorganising Labour: The Volvo Experience / Sandkull, Bengt -- The Move to 'Partnership': Human Resources in Organisational Change / Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René -- Workplace Strategic Change: Classification Restructuring in the Australian Public Service / Selby-Smith, Chris -- Swedish Wage-Earner Funds: The Problematic Relationship Between Economic Efficiency and Popular Power / Higgins, Winton -- Conclusion. Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere -- Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere / Marceau, Jane -- About the Authors -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785841603321 |
Berlin, : New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reworking the world [[electronic resource] ] : organisations, technologies, and cultures in comparative perspective / / editor, Jane Marceau |
Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 514 p |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MarceauJane |
Collana | de Gruyter Studies in Organization |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial organization
Organizational change Technological innovations - Economic aspects Corporate culture |
ISBN | 3-11-086140-2 |
Classificazione | QP 340 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction. Reworking the World: Organisations, Technologies and Cultures in Comparative Perspective / Marceau, Jane -- Section One: Re-Analysing the World -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Institutional Logic and Economic Explanation / Biggart, Nicole Woolsey -- French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprises: Modern Passions and Postmodern Prognoses / Clegg, Stewart -- The Politics of Industrial Organisation: A Comparative View / Weiss, Linda -- Section Two: Learning from the East -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Japanizing the World: The Case of Toyota / Wilkinson, Barry / Morris, Jonathan / Oliver, Nick -- Giants and Dwarves: Changing Technologies and Productive Interlinkages in Australian Manufacturing Industry / Marceau, Jane / Jureidini, Ray -- Developing 'Partnerships': New Organisational Practices in Manufacturer- Supplier Relationships in the French Automobile and Aerospace Industries / Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René -- Technology Transfer and East Asian Business Recipes: The Adoption of Japanese Cotton Spinning Techniques in Shanghai and Hong Kong / Nishida, Judith -- Western Technology in a Chinese Context: New Technologies and the Organisation of Work in Hong Kong / Poon, Teresa -- Section Three: Technological Innovation: The Search for Control -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- The Illusion of a Common Supranational Interest: Democratising the Standardisation Process in Factory Automation / Tulder, Rob van / Dankbaar, Ben -- Yet Another Panacea? The Quality Management Movement in Australia / Palmer, Gill / Allan, Cameron -- Organisational Restructuring and Devolutionist Doctrine: Organisation as Strategic Control / Muetzelfeldt, Michael -- Section Four: Innovation and Disillusion: Firms at the Leading Edge -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- Clashes of Technology and Culture: Enterprise Acquisition and the Integration of New Ventures / Garnsey, Elizabeth / Roberts, John -- Strategies for Technological Learning: New Forms of Organisational Structure / Dodgson, Mark -- Section Five: Reworking the World of Work -- Introduction / Marceau, Jane -- An Australian Model of Industrial Restructuring / Mathews, John -- Reorganising Labour: The Volvo Experience / Sandkull, Bengt -- The Move to 'Partnership': Human Resources in Organisational Change / Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René -- Workplace Strategic Change: Classification Restructuring in the Australian Public Service / Selby-Smith, Chris -- Swedish Wage-Earner Funds: The Problematic Relationship Between Economic Efficiency and Popular Power / Higgins, Winton -- Conclusion. Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere -- Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere / Marceau, Jane -- About the Authors -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811168903321 |
Berlin, : New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sex and the office : women, men, and the sex partition that's dividing the workplace / / Kim Elsesser |
Autore | Elsesser Kim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Employment
Sex role in the work environment Sexual harassment Interpersonal relations Business networks Career development |
ISBN | 1-63076-121-4 |
Classificazione | BUS097000SEL027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; PREFACE; Part I. WHAT IS THE SEX PARTITION?; Chapter 1. THE SEX PARTITION AND HOW IT IMPACTS YOU; Part II. DOES HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT CREATE A SEX PARTITION?; Chapter 2. FRIENDLINESS VS. SEXUAL HARASSMENT: WHERE'S THE LINE?; Chapter 3. FEAR OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES=FEAR OF WOMEN; Chapter 4. DOES SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING IMPLY WOMEN ARE WEAK?; Chapter 5. SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING: MORE REPERCUSSIONS; Chapter 6. SEXUALLY HARASSED; Part III. SEX, ROMANCE, AND GOLF: MORE ELEMENTS OF THE SEX PARTITION; Chapter 7. THE BUSINESS TRIP; Chapter 8. WORKPLACE ROMANCE
Chapter 9. JEALOUSY, MARRIAGE, AND AFFAIRSChapter 10. ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL ATTRACTION; Chapter 11. BIRDS OF A FEATHER; Chapter 12. MORE PARTITIONS: SAME-SEX FRIENDSHIPS, AGE, RACE, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION; Part IV. BREAKING DOWN THE SEX PARTITION: WHAT YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN DO; Chapter 13. BRINGING EMPLOYEES TOGETHER; Chapter 14. EXPANDING YOUR OWN NETWORK; Chapter 15. MAKING FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES; Chapter 16. LET'S BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: NAVIGATING SEXUAL OR ROMANTIC INTEREST AT WORK; Chapter 17. REVISING SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING; Chapter 18. STARTING A DIALOGUE ABOUT THE SEX PARTITION APPENDIX A. Details of Study of Sexual Harassment Training and Perceptions of Female FriendsAPPENDIX BDetails of Study of Cross-SexCoworkers on a Business Trip; NOTES; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797384703321 |
Elsesser Kim | ||
Lanham : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sex and the office : women, men, and the sex partition that's dividing the workplace / / Kim Elsesser |
Autore | Elsesser Kim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Employment
Sex role in the work environment Sexual harassment Interpersonal relations Business networks Career development |
ISBN | 1-63076-121-4 |
Classificazione | BUS097000SEL027000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; PREFACE; Part I. WHAT IS THE SEX PARTITION?; Chapter 1. THE SEX PARTITION AND HOW IT IMPACTS YOU; Part II. DOES HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT CREATE A SEX PARTITION?; Chapter 2. FRIENDLINESS VS. SEXUAL HARASSMENT: WHERE'S THE LINE?; Chapter 3. FEAR OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES=FEAR OF WOMEN; Chapter 4. DOES SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING IMPLY WOMEN ARE WEAK?; Chapter 5. SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING: MORE REPERCUSSIONS; Chapter 6. SEXUALLY HARASSED; Part III. SEX, ROMANCE, AND GOLF: MORE ELEMENTS OF THE SEX PARTITION; Chapter 7. THE BUSINESS TRIP; Chapter 8. WORKPLACE ROMANCE
Chapter 9. JEALOUSY, MARRIAGE, AND AFFAIRSChapter 10. ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL ATTRACTION; Chapter 11. BIRDS OF A FEATHER; Chapter 12. MORE PARTITIONS: SAME-SEX FRIENDSHIPS, AGE, RACE, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION; Part IV. BREAKING DOWN THE SEX PARTITION: WHAT YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN DO; Chapter 13. BRINGING EMPLOYEES TOGETHER; Chapter 14. EXPANDING YOUR OWN NETWORK; Chapter 15. MAKING FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES; Chapter 16. LET'S BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: NAVIGATING SEXUAL OR ROMANTIC INTEREST AT WORK; Chapter 17. REVISING SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING; Chapter 18. STARTING A DIALOGUE ABOUT THE SEX PARTITION APPENDIX A. Details of Study of Sexual Harassment Training and Perceptions of Female FriendsAPPENDIX BDetails of Study of Cross-SexCoworkers on a Business Trip; NOTES; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819635003321 |
Elsesser Kim | ||
Lanham : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A short course in international business culture [[electronic resource] /] / Charles Mitchell |
Autore | Mitchell Charles <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Novato, CA, : World Trade Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 186 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Collana | The short course in international trade series |
Soggetto topico | Corporate culture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456360003321 |
Mitchell Charles <1953-> | ||
Novato, CA, : World Trade Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A short course in international business culture [[electronic resource] /] / Charles Mitchell |
Autore | Mitchell Charles <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Novato, CA, : World Trade Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 186 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Collana | The short course in international trade series |
Soggetto topico | Corporate culture |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780121703321 |
Mitchell Charles <1953-> | ||
Novato, CA, : World Trade Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A short course in international business culture [[electronic resource] /] / Charles Mitchell |
Autore | Mitchell Charles <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Novato, CA, : World Trade Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 186 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 302.3/5 |
Collana | The short course in international trade series |
Soggetto topico | Corporate culture |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812220703321 |
Mitchell Charles <1953-> | ||
Novato, CA, : World Trade Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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