The Tacit OrganizationPart of a series which provides contemporary studies on applied behavioural science, this volume focuses on the tacit organization. Topics include metapattern in the culture of organizations; the managerial metamyth in children's literature; and the symbolic approach to the study of organizations. |
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Afterword A Symbolic Approach to the Study of Organizations The creation of
positive , constructive metapatterns ( and for that matter , metamyths ) is not just
the province of the organizations that are studied . We have suggested that a ...
Afterword A Symbolic Approach to the Study of Organizations The creation of
positive , constructive metapatterns ( and for that matter , metamyths ) is not just
the province of the organizations that are studied . We have suggested that a ...
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The technical - rational approach tends to bring forth hidden aspects of
phenomena in order to - in order to predict and control various other processes
and phenomena in nature . We would like to see research pursue another way of
revealing ...
The technical - rational approach tends to bring forth hidden aspects of
phenomena in order to - in order to predict and control various other processes
and phenomena in nature . We would like to see research pursue another way of
revealing ...
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... image or idea to another . An aesthetic posture on the part of the seeker offers
an appealing consistency with Bateson ' s pattern of patterns . Moreover , an
aesthetic approach embodies the predispositions of care and projection ...
... image or idea to another . An aesthetic posture on the part of the seeker offers
an appealing consistency with Bateson ' s pattern of patterns . Moreover , an
aesthetic approach embodies the predispositions of care and projection ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Metamyth in the Culture of Organizations | 39 |
The Managerial Metamyth in Childrens Literature | 57 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Tacit Organization Volume 8 of Contemporary studies in applied behavioral science Volume 8 of Tcg Translations |
| Authors | Virginia Hill Ingersoll, Guy B. Adams |
| Publisher | JAI Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 155938297X, 9781559382977 |
| Length | 280 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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