ISBN:
0199298351
,
019929836X
,
9780199298358
,
9780199298365
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 288 p)
,
ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Reason's Neglect : Rationality and Organizing
DDC:
302.3/5
Keywords:
Organization
;
Industrial management
;
Corporate culture
;
Corporate culture
;
Industrial management
;
Organization
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Reason, and the need to Be Rational, are essential dimensions of society and the organizations we live and work in. Yet the 'rationalization' of working processes, or the 'rationality' studied in social sciences, is all too often, used, understood, and interpreted in an extremely narrow sense. This book sets out to rectify this neglect. - ;Reason, and the need to Be Rational, are essential dimensions of society and the organizations we live and work in. Yet the 'rationalization' of working and administrative processes, or the 'rationality' studied in social sciences, is all too often, used, un
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; FIGURE; LIST OF BOXES; 1 Foucault and rationality; PART I: DISEMBEDDED RATIONALITY; PART II: EMBEDDED RATIONALITY; PART III: THE 'OTHER' OF REASON; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX; NOTES; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-273) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298358.001.0001
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