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The monstrous organization / Torkin Thanem, associate prefessor in organization theory, Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, 2011Description: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 152 pages)ISBN:
  • 9780857938176
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781845421786. RVK: RVK: QP 340LOC classification:
  • HM786
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9780857938176Online resources: Summary: Drawing on contemporary debates in organization theory, this book explores the monsters that populate organizations, what organizations do to these monsters, and how this challenges us to re-construct organization theory. -- Torkild Thanem first interrogates how organizations and organization theory seek to kill monsters and how organizations exploit the monstrous for commercial purposes – from the alien monsters of the sci-fi entertainment industry to the monstrous branding of energy drinks and the organic-synthetic chimeras produced by biotech and agribusiness companies. He then argues for more diverse, more joyful and more responsible organizations through a positively monstrous theory, politics and ethics of organizational life. -- Proposing a theory and ontology of organizations beyond poststructuralist constructionism and critical realism, The Monstrous Organization creatively addresses the history and theory of monsters in organizational life. It will appeal to scholars, doctoral students and master's students in management and organization studies, business ethics, diversity management, cultural studies, gender studies and sociology.PPN: PPN: 1023447347Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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