Reinventing hierarchy and bureaucracy from the bureau to network organizations /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Diefenbach, Thomas, 1965-, By, Rune Todnem
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Σειρά: Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 35.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > Organizational Behavior.; Business & Economics > Organizational Development*.; Business & Economics > General.; Organizational theory & behaviour.; Sociology.; Organizational behavior.; Organizational change.

This special volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and ref...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Bureaucracy and hierarchy : what else!? / Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By
• 'Little cogs' : bureaucracy and the career in British banking, c. 1900-1950 / Alan McKinlay
• The end of bureaucracy? / Stewart R. Clegg
• Bureaucracy : an idea whose time has come (again)? / Haldor Byrkjeflot, Paul du Gay
• Understanding hierarchy in contemporary work / Susanne E. Lundholm, Jens Rennstam, Mats Alvesson
• The cultural fantasy of hierarchy : sovereignty and the desire for spiritual purity / Carl Rhodes, Peter Bloom
• Crossing of boundaries : subordinates' challenges to organisational hierarchy / Thomas Diefenbach, John A.A. Sillince
• The birth of biocracy / Peter Fleming
• Super flat : hierarchy, culture and dimensions of organizing / Martin Parker.