Do organizations have feelings? / Martin Albrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albrow, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management.

Social responsibility of business.

Social Science.

Business.

Social responsibility of business--Social aspects.

Local Subjects:

Industrial management.

Social responsibility of business.

Social Science.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that adequate explanation of the way that organizations function for those engaged in business and those who study it must transcend the traditional divide between reason and emotion.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: THE NECESSITY FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZING; Objectivity and reflexivity; THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS; OBJECTIVITY OR BIAS?; THE DIALECTIC OF SCIENCE AND VALUES IN THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS; Reassessing Weber for current uses; THE APPLICATION OF THE WEBERIAN CONCEPT OF RATIONALIZATION TO CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS; REDEFINING AUTHORITY FOR POST-WEBERIAN CONDITIONS; Feeling for new organization; SINE IRA ET STUDIO; OR DO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FEELINGS?; REVISING ACCOUNTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL FEELING

Organizing returns from the socialSOCIOLOGY FOR POSTMODERN ORGANIZERS; WORKING THE NET with; SOCIOLOGY FOR ORGANIZATION IN THE GLOBAL AGE; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

First published 1996 by Routledge, London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-82064-X

1-134-82065-8

1-280-32064-8

0-203-42917-6

0-203-29543-9

9780203429174

OCLC:

264502837