Foreword, by V. H. Vroom.--Organizations in the laboratory, by K. E. Weick.--Organizational change and field experiment methods, by L. B. Barnes.--The comparative study of organizations, by T. Burns.--Computer simulation models for organization theory, by T. B. Roby

Introduction -- Organization, society and politics -- An Aristotelian perspective -- The politics -- The public good -- The rhetoric -- Talk and texts -- The Nichomachean ethics -- Decision making and ethics -- The Poetics -- Bolshevism to ballet in three steps -- What is "public interest"?: a...

This title examines how contemporary currents in sociology and social theory have influenced the field of organisation studies. It aims to combat the tendency towards myopia in the organisation studies field, which encourages reliance on resources and references drawn from within the field and...