Purpose – This invited article aims to show how the papers in the special issue highlight the advantages of using discourse analysis in order to contribute to our understanding of organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – The article begins by exploring the traditional...

In this book Haridimos Tsoukas, one of the most imaginative organizational theorists of our time, examines the nature of knowledge in organizations, and how individuals and scholars approach the concept of knowledge.An ideal introduction to the thinking of a leading organizational theorist, this...

Delayering and the flattening of organizational hierarchies was a widespread trend through the 1990s. Peters (1992) in the USA promoted flattening as an organizational strategy and Keuning and Opheij (1994) promoted the prescriptions in Europe. Despite these strategies and apparent structural...