Synopses & Reviews
Organization Theory: Tension and Change provides the most current and concise analysis of the development and evolution of organizational theories, forms, and practices, from the rise of the factory system to the emergence of the virtual global organization. Using a wide variety of examples and applications from private- and public-sector organizations, the text emphasizes the tensions, contradictions, and paradoxes inherent in all organizational arrangements. In addition to the classic themes such as scientific management, human relations, rational bureaucratic models, and environmental models, the book explores emerging organizational forms based on lean and flexible production, post-bureaucracy, alliancess, and networks, virtual organization and information technologies, corporate cultures, learning organizations, transnational commodity chains, and post-modernism.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (291-306) and index.
About the Author
David Jaffee received his B.A. from University of Florida and his M.A. from Washington University in St.Louis, both in Political Science. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Jaffee has published articles on a variety of topics including international development, gender inequality, industrial location, organization theory, and instructional technology. He is the author of Levels of Socio-Economic Development Theory (Praeger, 1998). He is currently an associate professor of sociology at the University of North Florida.
Table of Contents
ORGANIZATION THEORY: TENSION AND CHANGE 1. INTRODUCTION: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTIONS Organization: Elements, A Definition and Images Classical Social Theory and Organizational Analysis Contemporary Social Theory and Organizational Analysis Summary 2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATION THEORY Levels of Organizational Analysis and Transaction Tension #1: Controlling The Human Factor Tension #2: Differentiation and Integration Paradox: The Underlying Source of Organizational Tension Summary 3. THE RISE OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM Introduction The Formal Subordination of Labor: Creating A Human Factor of Production The Real Subordination of Labor: Disciplining the Human Factor Scientific Management in Theory Scientific Management in Practice: The Hoxie Study Scientific Management: The Broader Context Summary 4. THE HUMAN ORGANIZATION The Hawthorne Revelations and Beyond Hawthorne and the Revision of Organization Theory (and more...)