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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MEANING MAPS What constitutes meaning for people , both as individuals and
in relationships , is a difficult question . We believe , at the deepest level , that the
mythology of a culture is the most significant source of meaning in human life .
MEANING MAPS What constitutes meaning for people , both as individuals and
in relationships , is a difficult question . We believe , at the deepest level , that the
mythology of a culture is the most significant source of meaning in human life .
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the Touche Ross recommendations were instituted piecemeal and out of order
with the meaning map they represented — that of the managerial metamyth ,
there was no way for ferry system people to see the logic behind what they were
...
the Touche Ross recommendations were instituted piecemeal and out of order
with the meaning map they represented — that of the managerial metamyth ,
there was no way for ferry system people to see the logic behind what they were
...
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The style of the imposition of the new meaning map evokes two analagous
frameworks . ... of the ferry system and DOT was not the collision of two different
cultures , but a clash of divergent meaning maps within the same national culture
.
The style of the imposition of the new meaning map evokes two analagous
frameworks . ... of the ferry system and DOT was not the collision of two different
cultures , but a clash of divergent meaning maps within the same national culture
.
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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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