Reason's neglect : rationality and organizing

Barbara Townley

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

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Townley, Barbara
Publisher:	Oxford : Oxford University Press
Subject:	Rationalität \| Rationality \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory \| Rationale Erwartung \| Rational expectations
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xi, 288 p) ill 24 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-273) and index 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 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-19-929835-1 ; 0-19-929836-X ; 978-0-19-929835-8 ; 978-0-19-929836-5 ; 978-0-19-929835-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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