Postmodern Management and Organization TheoryDavid Boje, Robert P. Gephart, Tojo Joseph Thatchenkery "This excellent, pioneering book is a must-read as we enter the new millennium." --David J. Farmer, State University of New York Comprehensive and timely, Postmodern Management and Organization Theory provides a critique of postmodern theory as it stands today. The text gives an overview of issues as they relate to management and organization theory and its history and assembles in one volume a variety of important works on postmodern philosophy--including feminist, cultural, and environmental philosophies. The contributors address the future of postmodern advancement in management and organization theory and method, establishing an agenda for future research. This thought-provoking book will be useful to scholars, researchers and upper-level students in organization theory, organization behavior and change, management, and industrial psychology. |
Contents
Liberation From Within? | 11 |
Organizations as a Play of Multiple | 17 |
Management Social Issues and the Postmodern Era | 21 |
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Postmodern Management and Organization Theory David Boje,Robert P. Gephart,Tojo Joseph Thatchenkery Limited preview - 1995 |
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