Winner of the American Academy of Management's 1997 George R Terry AwardThis unique handbook presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of the field of organization studies. Drawing on the talents of an outstanding team of international contributors, the editors have assembled, assessed and synthesized the key strands in past and current theory.The text moves from the general to the specific, from the past to the present and from the present to the future. Addressing the established traditions, as well as newer foci of inquiry, it examines the questions that the fin de si[gr]ecle poses for organizations, and for ourselves as organization members and researchers. Central to the enterprise has been a concern to reflect and honour the manifest diversity of the field - including recognition of the extent to which the very notion of a single field of organization studies is itself debated - while also directing attention to the points of intersection and potential dialogue across the numerous `conversations' that make up this area of study. · Part One analyzes the historical development of the study of organization before examining some of the most significant theoretical paradigms in the field, including organizational ecology, organization economics, institutional theory, and feminism and postmodernism. · Part Two addresses a number of the most significant research topics emerging from these broad perspectives, including leadership, decision-making and innovation in organizations, alongside such themes as diversity, globalization and ecology. · Part Three reflects on the relationships between theory, research and practice in organization studies. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of `representation' in organizational analysis - representation of individual and organizational subjects - and what this means for the researcher as a subject.Comprehensive and wide-ranging, this essential resource will be an unrivalled benchmark for researchers, teachers and advanced students alike.

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