by Norman Jackson and Pippa Carter
| Publisher | Pearson Education |
| Language | English |
| Book type | Paperback |
| Utgiven | 2006-11-24 |
| Edition | 2 |
| More editions | |
| Pages | 408 |
| ISBN | 9780273683599 |
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Detailed Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Why study organisational behaviour?
How is Rethinking Organisational Behaviour different?
Organisational Behaviour versus organisational behaviour
Rigour versus clarity
Rethinking Organisational Behaviour . . .
The Structure ofRethinking Organisational Behaviour
The Second edition
Chapter 2 Semiotics
The science of symbols
Characteristics of symbols
Links between signifier and signified
Meaning and ambiguity
The functions of symbols
Textuality
Limitations of interpretations
Intersubjectivity
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and semiotics
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (semiotics)
Case study: No smoke without fire?
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Structure
Physical structure
Abstract structure
The ontology of structure
Realist approaches to structure
Description versus prescription in realist approaches to structure
Poststructuralism and structure
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and structure
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (structure)
Case study: Structuring: thinking about structure
Bibliography
Chapter 4 Knowledge
Knowledge as a problem
Paradigms
Diachronic paradigm models
Synchronic paradigm models
Knowledge and the public channel
Discourses of knowledge
Regimes and truth
Knowledge and rhetoric
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and knowledge
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (knowledge)
Case study: Expert knowledge
Bibliography
Chapter 5 Power
The power of ownership
Power versus authority
Governance
Disciplinary power at work
Power and knowledge
Power and truth
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and power
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (power)
Case study: The power of prayers?
Bibliography
Chapter 6 Rationality
Being rational
Objective versus subjective rationality
The discourse of organisational behaviour and the concept of objective rationality
Rationality and legitimacy
Legitimacy, organisations and society
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and rationality
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (rationality)
Case study: Structuring: The state of the union
Bibliography
Chapter 7 Ideology
The ‘problem’ with ideology
Ideology versus reality
The functions of ideology
Ideology . . .
Knowledge, discourse and ideology
The ideology of management
Organisation as ideology
Ideology and organisational ethics
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and ideology
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (ideology)
Case study: By the sweat of one’s brow
Bibliography
Chapter 8 Self
The meaning of life?
The meaning of work?
The meaning of organisation of work?
Towards an understanding of the self
Desire and motivation
Employment of the self
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and self
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (self)
Case study: Nobody’s perfect!?
Bibliography
Chapter 9 Boundary
Boundary as limit
Boundary and systems
Boundary . . .
Boundary and model-building
Boundary and problem-solving
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and boundary
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (boundary)
Case study: How to find a model employee?
Bibliography
Chapter 10 Efficiency
The meaning of efficiency
Measuring efficiency
What’s wrong with efficiency?
Efficiency
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and efficiency
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (efficiency)
Case study: Health and efficiency
Bibliography
Chapter 11 Decision making
Decision making as a rational, objective function
Decision making as the semiotics of self
Decision making, risk, morality
Decision making and praxis
Existing applications in organisational behaviour
Further potential
Organisational behaviour and decision making
Continuous case: A tale from the village pump (decision making)
Case study: Dismal prospects
Bibliography
Chapter 12 Conclusion
The plots so far, in 333 words
Why organisational behaviour matters
Well, where do we go from here?
The rhizome: a root metaphor?
Postmodernism
In the end
Afterword
Bibliography
Glossary
Appendix 1 History and Ideas
Appendix 2 Continuous case study: a tale from the village pump
Appendix 3 Extended case studies
WaReady
RatGames
Appendix 4 The art of the case study
References
Index
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