Reinventing hierarchy and bureaucracy from the bureau to network organizations

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...

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Other Authors Diefenbach, Thomas, 1965-, By, Rune Todnem
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of organizations ; v. 35.
Subjects
Organizational behavior.
Organizational change.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781780527833
ISSN0733-558X ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (viii, 252 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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