Management, Organizations and Contemporary Social Theory.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- 1. Management, organizations and contemporary social theory -- Exploring social theory -- The cast of characters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2. Harold Garfinkel and ethnomethodology -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Harold Garfinkel -- Ethnomethodology and the study of social order -- Core concepts in ethnomethodology: indexicality, reflexivity and the documentary method of interpretation -- Research methods used in ethnomethodological studies -- Re-specifying organizations: the case of the convict code -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Note -- References -- 3. Actor-network theory: Michel Callon, Bruno Latour, John Law -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Why study actor-networks? -- Portuguese boats, door closers and scallops -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercise -- Notes -- References -- 4. Anthony Giddens and structuration theory -- Chapter objectives -- Anthony Giddens -- Key concepts in structuration theory -- Criticisms of structuration theory -- Organization studies and structuration theory -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 5. Morphogenesis and reflexivity : Margaret Archer, critical realism and organizational analysis -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Career and key concerns -- The morphogenetic cycle -- Agential reflexivity -- Concerns and potential -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- References -- 6. Pierre Bourdieu and elites : Making the hidden visible -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Bourdieu's personal history and subjective experience -- Power, elites and domination -- The enduring processes of class domination -- Reflexive practice and social mobility -- The legitimizing function of philanthropy -- Processes of taste formation.

Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Note -- References -- 7. Theodore Schatzki's practice theory and its implications for organization studies -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- General life and work of Theodore Schatzki -- Central concepts of Schatzki's site ontology -- Overview of the different elements of the site ontology -- Implications for studying organizations -- Applying Schatzki's theory through methodologies empirically -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix -- References -- 8. Mary Douglas and institutions -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Why the new institutionalism has tried to do the thinking for us -- The intellectual antecedents of asocial anthropology of institutions -- Grid-and-Group -- Beyond methodological individualism and the myth of the rational actor -- Conclusion: how institutions really think -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- 9. Norbert Elias and organizational analysis : Towards process-figurational theory -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Elias's conceptual framework -- Court society and the process of civilization -- The process of civilization -- Elias and organization studies -- Future directions -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Notes -- References -- 10. Niklas Luhmann and organizations as social systems -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Main features of Luhmann's theoretical framework -- Organizations and the absorption of uncertainty -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- References -- 11. Organizing Michel Foucault : Power, knowledge and governmentality -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Power/knowledge -- Discipline -- Governing -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- References -- 12. The Frankfurt School and critical theory -- Chapter objectives -- Introducing the Frankfurt School.

Critical theory today -- Marxist foundations -- Critical theories of organization and society: concepts and method -- Beyond the categories of capital -- The universal in the particular -- From mass culture to organizational culture -- Discussion and conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- References -- 13. Judith Butler and performativity -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Affective recognition and organization studies -- Processes of subjection and the self-other divide -- Butler's ek-static self -- Agency, structure, performativity -- Subjection and exclusion -- Organization, violence and precarity -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Notes -- References -- 14. Manuel Castells and informationalism -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Castells in space and time -- The intellectual roots of Manuel Castells -- Learning from the streets and the territory -- From the city to the globe -- Framework, know thyself -- The fully fledged 'network society' concept -- Communication, media, and all that power -- Extensions, concerns, further potential -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Notes -- References -- 15. Liquefying modernity: Zygmunt Bauman as organization theorist -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Bauman's corpus -- Bauman's reception in organization studies -- Liquid themes -- The world we have lost: the dynamics of liquefying modernity -- Leading in liquefying times -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter exercises -- Notes -- References -- 16. Management, organizations and contemporary social theory : An index of possibilities -- What is changing? -- An index of possibilities -- Closing the curtain -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Social theorists speculate about large-scale social questions, asking of any phenomenon, how is it possible? This book addresses how social theories contribute key insights into the nature of organizations and management. Chapters include objectives, reflective questions and a glossary.

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