Pandemonium: Towards a Retro-Organization Theory

Pandemonium: Towards a Retro-Organization Theory
ISBN-10
1849207070
ISBN-13
9781849207072
Series
Pandemonium
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
255
Language
English
Published
1997-02-13
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Gibson Burrell

Description

`A truly bizarre and sometimes filthy historical canter through abatoirs, satyriasis and Noel Edmonds′ House Party, among other things, towards a theory of organisation′ - The Times ′The author pursues a vigorous polemic on organisational development′ - Financial Times In this irreverent and inventive book, Gibson Burrell seeks to circumvent the established frameworks which have defined our understanding of organization and organizations. He brings us tales from under the edge which enmire us in the nether side of modernist organization. By looking backwards deep into the history of Western societies, and sideways across the broad domain of social and cultural theory, Pandemonium disconcerts and invigorates the domain of the study of organizations. Through his experimental device of the two-directional text, Burrell offers multi-layered meanings and a metaphor for the rejection of linearity. This is not an organizational behaviour textbook but an exploration that will take organization theory into a new era.

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