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The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory

Meta-theoretical Perspectives

Edited by Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen

This book provides a forum for leading researchers in organization theory to reflect on their own discipline: how it has developed and why; what sort of knowledge claims it regards as acceptable and why; and where it may be or should be going. Focussing on organization theory, the aim of this volume is to hold up for examination its key assumptions and knowledge claims, the chief explanatory strategies used, its relationship with the real world and the future of organization theory. The book is divided into five sections under the following heading: Organization Theory as Science; The Construction of Organization Theory; Meta-theoretical Controversies in Organization Theory; Organization Theory as a Policy Science and The Future of Organization Theory.

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Meta-theoretical Perspectives

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Introduction: The Need for Meta-theoretical Reflection in Organization Theory, Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen
Part I: Organization Theory as Science
1. Organizational Theory as a Positive Science, Lex Donaldson
2. Organization Theory as an Interpretive Science, Mary Jo Hatch and Dvora Yanow
3. Organization Theory as a Critical Science: Forms of analysis and 'new organizational' forms, Hugh Willmott
4. Organization Theory as a Postmodern Science, Robert Chia
Part II: The Construction of Organization Theory
5. The Origins of Organization Theory, William H. Starbuck
6. Fusing Sociological Theory with Engineering Discourse: The historical and epistemological foundations of organization theory, Yehouda Shenhav
7. Feminist Theory and Organization Theory: A dialogue on new bases, Silvia Gherardi
8. The Styles and the Stylists of Organization Theory, Barbara Czarniawska
9. Pluralism, Scientific Progress, and the Structure of Organization Theory, Christian Knudsen
Part III: Meta-theoretical Controversies in Organization Theory
10. Open Doors and Brick Walls: The agency/structure dilemma in organization theory, Michael Reed
11. Modes of Explanation in Organization Theory, Andreas Georg Scherer
12. Micro and Macro Perspectives in Organization Theory: A tale of incommensurability, William McKinley and Mark A. Mone
13. Economic Versus Sociological Approaches to Organization Theory, Richard Swedberg
14. Meta-theoretical Controversies in Studying Organizational Culture, Joanne Martin
Part IV: Organization Theory as a Policy Science
15. Actionable Knowledge, Chris Argyris
16. Theory and Practice in the Real World, Karl E. Weick
17. Organization Theory and Ethics: Varieties and dynamics of constrained optimization, Richard P. Nielsen
18. Character and Virtue in an Era of Turbulent Capitalism, Iain Mangham
Part V: The Future of Organization Theory
19. The Future of Organization Theory: Prospects and limitations, Gibson Burrell
20. Managing Organization Futures in a Changing World of Power/Knowledge, Stewart Clegg
21. The Future of Organization Theory: Beyond the selection-adaptation debate, Arie Y. Lewin
22. At Home from Mars to Somalia: Recounting organization theory, Marta B. Calas
23. New Times, Fresh Challenges: Reflections on the past and the future of organization theory, Haridimos Tsoukas

The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory

Meta-theoretical Perspectives

Edited by Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen

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Author Information

Haridimos Tsoukas is the George D. Mavros Research Professor of Organization and Management at ALBA in Greece, and Professor of Organization Theory and Behaviour at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business, UK. Previous positions held include Lecturer at Warwick Business School (1990-5), and Associate Professor at the University of Cyprus. Christian Knudsen is a Research Fellow at Copenhagen University and Århus Business School, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Visiting Professor at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Stanford University.

Contributors:

Chris Argyris (Harvard Business School, Emeritus)
Gibson Burrell (Warwick Business School)
Marta B. Calàs (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Robert Chia (University of Exeter)
Stewart Clegg (University of Western Sydney Macarthur (UWSM) )
Barbara Czarniawska (Gothenburg University)
Lex Donaldson (Australian Graduate School of Management)
Silvia Gherardi (University of Trento, Italy)
Mary Jo Hatch (McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia)
Christian Knudsen (Copenhagen Business School)
Arie Y. Lewin (Duke University)
William McKinley (University of California, Berkeley)
Iain Mangham (King's College, London)
Joanne Martin (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Mark A. Mone (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)
Richard P. Nielsen (Carroll School of Management, Boston College)
Michael Reed (Lancaster University Management School)
Andreas Georg Scherer (University of Konstanz)
Yehouda Shenhav (University of Tel Aviv)
Linda Smircich (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
William H. Starbuck (Stern School of Business, New York University)
Richard Swedberg (Cornell University/Stockholm University)
Haridimos Tsoukas (University of Strathclyde/ALBA, Greece)
Karl E. Weick (University of Michigan Business School)
Hugh Willmott (Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge)
Dvora Yanow (California State University, Hayward)
Henk W. Volberda (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)