Debating Organization Point-Counterpoint in

This volume introduces readers to the central debates of organization studies through a series of 'point' and 'counterpoint' debates by major figures in the field. Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies. Celebrates the productive heterogeneity of the field by placing competing perspectives side by side. Includes contributions from major figures in the field. Structured in an innovative 'point' and 'counterpoint' format.

Robert Westwood is Reader/Associate Professor at the University of Queensland Business School. He is the co-editor of The Language of Organization (2001), Hong Kong Management and Labour: Continuity and Change (1999) and the editor of Organizational Behaviour: Southeast Asian Perspectives (1992). Westwood is also an associate editor of the journal Culture and Organisation and on the editorial board of Organization Studies.

Stewart Clegg is Professor of Management at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the author or editor of many books, including Frameworks of Power (1989), Modern Organizations (1990) and the Handbook of Organization Studies (1996), which won the George R. Terry Book Award of the American Academy of Management for 'most outstanding contribution to management knowledge' in 1997.

List of Figures

viii

Notes on the Contributors

ix

Acknowledgments

xv

1 The Discourse of Organization Studies: Dissensus, Politics, and Paradigms

1

(42)

Robert Westwood and Stewart Clegg

PART I FOUNDATIONS

43

(138)

2 Organization Studies: Discipline or Field?

45

(38)

Commentary: What Kind of Science should Organization Studies Strive to be?

45

(38)

2a From Fields to Science: Can Organization Studies make the Transition?

47

(26)

Bill McKelvey

2b Paradigm Plurality: Exploring Past, Present, and Future Trends

73

(10)

Mihaela Kelemen and John Hassard

3 Ontology

83

(31)

Commentary: Let's get Ontological

83

(31)

3a Order is Free: On the Ontological Status of Organizations

84

(14)

Kimberly B. Boal, James G. (Jerry) Hunt, and Stephen J. Jaros

3b Ontology: Organization as "World-making"

98

(16)

Robert Chia

4 Epistemology

114

(26)

Commentary: On being Positivist and becoming Constructivist

114

(26)

4a Position Statement for Positivism

116

(12)

Lex Donaldson

4b Social Constructionism and Organization Studies

128

(12)

Barbara Czarniawska

5 Methodology

140

(41)

Commentary: Ironic Authenticity and Paradoxical Constructivism

140

(43)

5a From Subjectivity to Objectivity: A Constructivist Account of Objectivity in Organization Theory

142

(14)

William McKinley

5b From Objectivity to Subjectivity: Pursuing Subjective Authenticity in Organizational Research

156

(27)

Peter Case

PART II FRAMES

181

(90)

6 Organization - Environment

183

(25)

Commentary: Enacting/Institutionalizing

183

(25)

6a Enacting an Environment: The Infrastructure of Organizing

184

(11)

Karl E. Weick

6b Constructing the Iron Cage: Institutional Theory and Enactment

195

(13)

P. Devereaux Jennings and Royston Greenwood

7 Power and Institutions

208

(24)

Commentary: The Dynamics of Institutions

208

(24)

7a The Problem of Order Revisited: Towards a more Critical Institutional Perspective

210

(10)

Michael Lounsbury

7b Discourse or Institution? Institutional Theory and the Challenge of Critical Discourse Analysis

220

(12)

Nelson Phillips

8 Globalization

232

(39)

Commentary: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Globalization

232

(41)

8a The Disorganization of Inclusion: Globalization as Process

234

(18)

Barbara Parker

8b Globalization and the Organization(s) of Exclusion in Advanced Capitalism

252

(21)

Marc T. Jones

PART III STRUCTURE AND CULTURE

271

(50)

9 Structure

273

(25)

Commentary: Organization Structure

273

(25)

9a Organization

275

(8)

Bob Hinings

9b Disorganization

283

(15)

Rolland Munro

10 Culture

298

(23)

Commentary: Making Sense of Culture

298

(25)

l0a The Case for Culture

300

(11)

Neal M. Ashkanasy

l0b Instantiative versus Entitative Culture: The Case for Culture as Process

311

(12)

Andrew Chan

PART IV IDENTITY AND RELATIONSHIPS

321

(59)

11 Gender and Identity

323

(16)

Commentary: Nondebating Gender

323

(16)

Theorizing Gender and Organizing

325

(14)

Silvia Gherardi, Judi Marshall, and Albert J. Mills

12 Trust

339

(29)

Commentary: Organizational Psychosis versus the Virtues of Trust

339

(29)

12a The Virtues of Prudent Trust

341

(15)

Roderick M. Kramer

12b "Fool'd with Hope, Men favour the Deceit," or, Can we Trust in Trust?

356

(12)

Burkard Sievers

13 Question Time: Notes on Altercation

368

(12)

Stephen Linstead

Index

380

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