The civilized organization : Norbert Elias and the future of organization studies / edited by Ad van Iterson ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iterson, Ad van, 1952-

Series:

Advances in organization studies ; 10.

Advances in organization studies, 1566-1075 ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990.

Elias, Norbert.

Organizational behavior.

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 251 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book brings a major new resource to organization studies: the work of Norbert Elias. By applying his ideas in a critical but sympathetic way, the authors provide a new perspective on the never-ending stream of management fads and fashions. Standing back and taking a more detached perspective, inspired by the work of Norbert Elias (1897-1990), it becomes clear that many 'new' types of organizations are often variations on an old theme.Elias gives us considerable purchase on current debates through his emphasis on long-term historical perspectives, his highlighting of issues of power, emotion and subjectivity, his interweaving of analysis at the level of the state, the organization, groups, and individuals, his alternative 'take' on issues of agency and structure, and his relevance to a wide range of current organization theories. The contributions show the current relevance of Elias's work in numerous fields of organizational analysis such as the sociology of finance and markets, the comparative and cross-cultural study of organization, comparative management development, organizational meetings, organizational boundaries, gossip and privacy in organizations, emotion in organizations, and the significance of humiliation within organizations. It is, indeed, "time for Elias"!.

Contents:

The Civilized Organization. Norbert Elias and the future of Organization Studies

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Introduction. Norbert Elias and the civilized organization

Part I: Organizing Discourse

Chapter 1: The development of meeting behaviour in modern organizations and the rise of an upper class of professional chairpersons

Chapter 2: Blame and praise gossip in organizations Established, outsiders and the civilising process

Chapter 3: The humiliating organisation. The functions and dysfunctions of degradation

Part II: Negotiating Boundaries

Chapter 4: About individual autonomy and the relational self. The performance of privacy in contemporary organizations

Chapter 5: Figurational sociology, monopolization and corporate governance

Chapter 6: Boundary behaviour and organizational dynamics

Part III: Crossing Cultures

Chapter 7: From the socio-historical macro model to organizational behaviour. A comparative study of coordination in organizations in France and Germany

Chapter 8: The evolution οf management theories in China

Chapter 9: Cultivating Indian management. Institutions, subjectivity, and the nature of knowledge

Part IV: Theorizing Practice

Chapter 10: Norbert Elias as organizational sociologist

Chapter 11: Elias, organizations and ecology

Chapter 12: Management and organization Does Elias give us something to hold on to?

Notes

References

Index

In the series Advances in Organization Studies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612255106

9781282255104

128225510X

9789027297051

9027297053

9789027233097

9027233098

9780585471648

0585471649

OCLC:

70722718