Reinventing hierarchy and bureaucracy : from the bureau to network organizations
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Reinventing hierarchy and bureaucracy : from the bureau to network organizations
(Research in the sociology of organizations : a research annual / editor, Samuel B. Bacharach, v. 35)(Emerald books)
Emerald, 2012
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This special volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis of hierarchy and bureaucracy. The chapters range from minute accounts of a single case to broader historical analysis, from the 'classical' journal paper to essay-style elaborations. The first section provides fundamentals and historical accounts of bureaucracy, highlighting negative and positive effects of bureaucracy and a differentiated picture with some future outlook. The second section focuses on the analysis of organisational, cultural and socio-psychological aspects of hierarchy and bureaucracy by interrogating hierarchy in contemporary work via a new framework, exploring the cultural fantasy of hierarchy and sovereignty, and examining subordinates' challenges to organisational hierarchy. The final section comprises two chapters which provide some alternative views on, and alternatives to hierarchy. One is alarming, the other is puzzling.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
Bureaucracy and Hierarchy - what Else!?.
'Little Cogs': Bureaucracy and the Career in British Banking, c. 1900-1950.
The End of Bureaucracy?.
Bureaucracy: An Idea Whose Time has Come (Again)?.
Understanding Hierarchy in Contemporary Work.
The Cultural Fantasy of Hierarchy: Sovereignty and the Desire for Spiritual Purity.
Crossing of Boundaries - Subordinates' Challenges to Organisational Hierarchy.
The Birth of Biocracy.
Super Flat: Hierarchy, Culture and Dimensions of Organizing.
About the Editors.
About the Authors.
Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy - From the Bureau to Network Organizations.
Research in the sociology of organizations.
Research in the sociology of organizations.
Copyright page.
Advisory Board.
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