`A truly bizarre and sometimes filthy historical canter through abatoirs, satyriasis and Noel Edmonds' House Party, among other things, towards a theory of organisation' - The Times 'The author pursues a vigorous polemic on organisational development' - Financial Times In this irreverent and...

Challenging the underlying assumptions and values of contemporary linear organisation theory, this book examines what the author sees as wrong with society, and suggests a new style of organisation theory and practice to effect change

"In this book, leading organization theorist Gibson Burrell presents a provocative and challenging approach to the study of organizations, aiming to move beyond the two-dimensionality of much organizational thinking and present more complex 3-D models, which allow for the 'intractions' of...

Chapter 1 From the Personal to the Political -- Chapter 2 What Is an Organization? -- Chapter 3 What Is Organizing? -- Chapter 4 What Is Organization Theory? -- Chapter 5 The Age of Camouflage -- Chapter 6 Organizing Differently : Blat, Peasants, and Indigenous Organizations -- Chapter 7 Beyond...

Organizing a life / Gibson Burrell and Martin Parker -- Robert Cooper : beyond organization / Sverre Spoelstra -- The open feld / Robert Cooper -- The other : a model of human structuring / Robert Cooper -- Organization/disorganization / Robert Cooper -- Information, communication and...

Foundations for Inquiry, a philosophy of social science book, is both a primer and a resource for anyone interested in social and behavioral research. As a "reader" with excerpts from classic and soon-to-be classic writings on research in the organizational sciences, the book shows the myriad...