This volume provides a comprehensive and timely overview of the field. It offers a compendium of perspectives on process thinking, process organisational theory, process research methodology and empirical applications. The emphasis is on a combination of pedagogical contributions and in-depth...

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...

The idea, or rather ideas, of the learning organisation have for several decades been considered as an ideal. This Handbook aims to provide an overview of what the learning organisation is (and is not), how it may be utilised and studied, its strengths and weaknesses, and the universality and...

We live in a society of organisations, organisations which have profound and pervasive effects on our lives at work and beyond. Contemporary society and its organisations are in a period of accelerated, profound change. In this book, leading sociology and organsational scholars consider how...