Organising & disorganising : a dynamic and non-olinear theory of institutional emergence and its implications / / Michael Thompson

• Autore: Thompson M (Michael), <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Devon, U.K., : Triarchy Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Organizational behavior; Organizational sociology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157).
• Nota di contenuto: ""COVER""; ""COVER2""; ""COVER3""; ""COVER4""; ""CONTENTS""; ""A Week in Norway and an Afternoon at the London School of Economics""; ""Clumsiness: Why Isnâ€?t it as Easy as Falling off a Log?""; ""Not Starting in the Obvious Place""; ""Solidarities: the Units of Analysis""; ""In Praise of Bias""; ""No Such Thing as an Organisation""; ""Man and Nature as a Single but Complex System""; ""Surprise and its Invisible College""; ""Heinz Minus Seven: The Fifty Varieties of Social Science""; ""Cultural Theory Without Grid and Group""
• Sommario/riassunto: There are five ways of organising: the hierarchical, the egalitarian, the individualistic, the fatalistic and the autonomous. Each approach is a way of disorganising the other four: without the other four, it would have nothing to organise itself against. In Organising and Disorganising, Michael Thompson gives a detailed explanation of the dynamics of these five fundamental arrangements that underlie 'Cultural Theory'. We may believe that our perspective is the right one and that any interaction with opposing views is a messy and unwelcome contradiction. So why should egalitarians engage with individualists, or hierachists with egalitarians? Using a range of examples and analogies, the author shows how the best outcomes depend upon an essential argumentative process, which encourages subversions that are constructive whilst discouraging those that are not. In this way each approach gets more of what it wants and less of what it doesn't want. Michael Thompson calls these best outcomes 'Clumsy Solutions'. The lively style of its presentation and its rigorous attention to detail makes this book suitable for a wide audience - from managers and academic theorists to those who are responsible for effective and enlightened action on challenging global issues.
• Altri titoli varianti: Organising and disorganising
• Titolo autorizzato: Organising & disorganising
• ISBN: 1-908009-66-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953332903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II