Summary
Contents
Subject index
Awards:
RUSA Notable Business Sources 2014
From agency theory to power and politics, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory is your compass as you navigate through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations. Designed to complement and elucidate your textbook or reading list, as well as introduce you to concepts that some courses neglect, this historical and interdisciplinary A-Z account of the field: Helps you understand the basics of organization theory; Allows you to check your understanding of specific concepts; Fills in any gaps left by your course reading, and; Is a powerful revision tool
Each entry is consistently structured, providing a definition of the concept and why it's important to theory and practice, followed by a summary of current debates and a list of further reading. This companion will provide you with the nuts and bolts of an understanding that will serve you not just in your organization studies course, but throughout your degree and beyond.
Key concepts include: agency theory; business strategy; corporate governance; decision making; environmental uncertainty; globalization; industrial democracy; organizational change; stakeholder theory; storytelling and narrative research; technology and organization structure.
Materiality
Materiality
Materiality:addresses the relationship between material objects, subjects, organizing processes, and identity.
Origins
There are various theories of materiality, and while all are concerned with the interrelationship between objects and subjects and how they co-construct each other, they differ in the way they conceptualize the nature of the relationship. The origins of materiality studies are often attributed to the work of John Law in sociology, Bruno Latour in the philosophy of technology, and Karen Barad in physics and feminist studies. The ideas they developed have been taken up by organization theorists including Wanda Orlikowski and Steve Barley, and organizational communication theorists such as Francois Cooren and James Taylor.
While we traditionally conceive of materiality in terms of objects, contemporary organizational theorists in the field think about materiality as being ...
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