... representations in the obsessive‐compulsive pursuit of organisational idealisation. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Cinema Gender Theory The argument that follows is an attempt to examine the threat of disintegration, collapse and decadence on three levels. First, the level of things: of artefacts...

...Per Darmer Presents and criticizes the existing management literature. Shows that there exist unsolved problems and paradoxes in the existing functionalistic management theories. Contrasts the contingency and situational theories with a constructivistic alternative theory, and shows how...

...Adrian Carr The critical theory of the Frankfurt School was imbued with a vision that apprehended social milieu as dialectic. Those who wish to adopt a dialectical orientation to their work as agents of and for change need to appreciate that such an orientation is likely to engender certain...

... articulation of individual needs, theory, practice, and programmatic objectives requires the maturation of the organization as a “competent” entity capable of providing enhanced opportunities for the development of individual potential as well as stakeholder and client satisfaction. Organizations building...

...Joseph W. Grubbs Current theories of organization tend to discuss the management of change across networks in a grammar of instrumental reason, thereby offering legitimacy to the imperialism that emerges when groups come together in a shared‐change experience. However, by adopting principles...

...Adrian Carr Raises the initial problem of what is meant by the term critical theory and discusses some common misconceptions that have arisen about the meaning of this term. The dialectic logic that was championed by the group of scholars collectively known as the Frankfurt School is outlined...

... endlessly as snowflakes or diamonds, active living dispositions, ideas in the Platonic sense, that perform and continually influence our thoughts feelings and actions (Jung, 1969). Competitive strategy Economics Language Organizations Stakeholders Theory Competition is an archetype...

... change Rules Theory In every society people go through various stages or changes in status. The transitions from one status to the next are marked by “rites of passage”. In his seminal work entitled Rites of Passage, Van Gennep (1960) distinguishes three phases with attendant rituals...

... underconceptualized state of consultancy “theory”, however, even a partially successful response would constitute a contribution, and, perhaps inspire others to modify or elaborate what follows, or else create an alternative. All conceptual efforts are erected on one or more primitive statements or assumptions...

...Philip H. Mirvis Presents a broad review of theory and research about organizations as social, information processing, interpretive, and inquiring systems which locates the origins of key concepts behind organization learning. Shows how different schools of thought explain what is behind routine...

...Frank J. Barrett Reviews theories that see gender as a social invention that has produced historically variable sets of norms and expectations that delineate differences and boundaries. Following a relational,constructionist approach, these differences constitute a gender order that delineates...

...David A. Van Seters; Richard H.G. Field Leadership is one of the most complex and multifaceted phenomena to which organisational and psychological research has been applied. An evolutionary developmental perspective is used to create an evolutionary tree of leadership theory and reveal the path...

...Robert F. Scherer; Janet S. Adams; Frank A. Wiebe Research on entrepreneurial behaviour has been largely descriptive in nature. Critics of the field have called for an interdisciplinary approach to build theory. A social learning theory framework is proposed for explanation and prediction...

...) diffusion of innovation; (2) technology transfer; and (3) critical mass theory. The article examines these predictions within the context of the unique social, cultural and political environments of developing countries. To illustrate the results of this approach, these theories are applied retrospectively...