| Organization Outside Organizations: The Abundance of Partial Organization in Social Life Contributor(s): Ahrne, Göran (Editor), Brunsson, Nils (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1108474985 ISBN-13: 9781108474986 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.33" W x 9.17" (1.88 lbs) 454 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book explores how various social settings are partially organized even when they do not form part of a formal organization. It also shows how even formal organizations may be only partially organized. Professors G ran Ahrne and Nils Brunsson first established the concept of partial organization in 2011 and in doing so opened up a ground-breaking new field of organizational analysis. An academic community has since developed around the concept, and Ahrne and Brunsson have edited this collection to reflect the current state of inquiry in this burgeoning subject and to set an agenda for future research. Its chapters explain how organization is a salient feature in many social settings, including markets, interfirm networks, social movements, criminal gangs, internet communication and family life. Organization theory is much more relevant for the understanding of social processes than previously assumed. This book provides a new understanding of many social phenomena and opens up new fields for organizational analysis. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brunsson, Nils: - Nils Brunsson is professor of management and associated with the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University and with Stockholm Centre for organizational research (Score). He has published almost thirty books in the field of organization studies, including Mechanisms of Hope (2006), The Consequences of Decision-Making (2007), A World of Standards (2000), Reform as Routine (2009), Meta-Organizations (2008), and Organizing and Reorganizing Markets (2018), as well as numerous articles.Ahrne, Goran: - Göran Ahrne is professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University and also associated with Stockholm Centre for organizational research (Score). He has written a number of books in various fields of sociology and organization theory including: Agency and Organization (1990), Social Organizations: Interaction Inside, Outside and Between Organizations (1994), and Meta-Organizations (2008). |