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Central Currents in Organization Theory

by Stewart Clegg
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Offering a solid grounding in the historical and contemporary concerns of the field, Central Currents in Organization Studies Volumes 5-8 presents an innovative and thematically coherent selection of seminal articles. This four-volume set provides an essential benchmark reference to any library concerned with the field of organization studies.

Presenting the most influential and provocative contributions to the field, this major work reviews the development of organization studies, including both mainstream and more innovative topics, leading through to recent debates on the status of organizations.

This set opens with an introductory editorial essay by Stewart Clegg where he explores issues concerning the scientific status and moral philosophy of oganization studies.

About the Author, Stewart Clegg

Born in Bradford, England, Stewart Clegg was Reader at Griffith University (1976-84), Professor at the University of New England (1985-9), Professor at the University of St. Andrews (1990-3), Foundation Professor at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, (1993-6) before moving to UTS. He is Research Director of CMOS (Centre for Management and Organisation Studies) Research at UTS, and holds a small number of Visiting Professorships at prestigious European universities and research centres. He is one of the most published and cited authors in the top-tier journals in the Organization Studies field and the only Australian to be recognised a by a multi-method ranking, as one of the world’s top-200 “Management Guru’s” in What's the Big Idea? Creating and Capitalizing on the Best New Management Thinking by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak, and H. James Wilson (2003), Harvard: Harvard Business Review Press. Because the central focus of his theoretical work has always been on power relations he has been able to write on many diverse and ubiquitous topics – because power relations are everywhere! He is the author of two widely used textbooks on Management & Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice (with Martin Kornberger and Tyrone Pitsis) and Strategy: Theory and Practice (with Chris Carter, Martin Kornberger and Jochen Schweitzer), both published by Sage. He is also the chief editor of the Handbook of Organization Studies (with Cynthia Hardy, Walter F. Nord and Thomas B. Lawrence), Handbook of Power (with Mark Haugaard) and Handbook of Macro-Organizational Behaviour (with Cary Cooper), all published by Sage. In 2012 he will publish a book with Oxford University Press on The Virtues of Leadership: Contemporary Challenges for Global Managers (with Arménio Regio, and Miguel Pinha e Cunha), as well as a set of eight 'Major Works" on Power and Organizations and Political Power and Organizations, jointly edited with Mark Haugaard. Outside work he enjoys cultural pursuits, travel, and current affairs.

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This is one of two four-volume sets, each with its own ISBN and price; the two sets are also sold as a complete eight-volume set, containing approximately 160 reprinted articles. Each four-volume set opens with an essay by Clegg providing a rationale for the selections, and a discussion of the development of organization studies. The present four volumes focus on power, and include a wide selection of essays that clash, rather than coalesce as a coherent theory of organization. Articles by authors such as C. Wright Mills, Clegg, Hugh Wilmott, Anna Grandori, Andrew Pettigrew, and Helena Flam fall into categories such as political relations around organizations, discursive subjects and qualitative research, the social construction of organizational realities, and paradigms for practice and theory. Articles are reprinted from many sources, including No author information, index, or comprehensive table of contents is included in these four volumes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
May 23, 2002
Publisher
London ; SAGE Publications, 2002.
Pages
1638
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780761974970

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