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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Work organizations are shot through with , and constrained by , such
metapatterns . A human system is always in the midst of working out its destiny ,
and people within it are regularly embroidering their own sections of that destiny
through all ...
Work organizations are shot through with , and constrained by , such
metapatterns . A human system is always in the midst of working out its destiny ,
and people within it are regularly embroidering their own sections of that destiny
through all ...
Page 236
As a corollary , one would expect that a leader ' s ability to establish new
metapatterns or to alter old ones would vary with the extent to which subordinates
accepted his or her authority . ( As one ' s authority wanes , one ' s latitude in
initiating ...
As a corollary , one would expect that a leader ' s ability to establish new
metapatterns or to alter old ones would vary with the extent to which subordinates
accepted his or her authority . ( As one ' s authority wanes , one ' s latitude in
initiating ...
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The rationalized patterns may well conflict with the naturally occuring , emergent
metapatterns , and the naturally occurring metapatterns are not likely to
disappear . More important , the act of imposing the rationalized system itself
inevitably ...
The rationalized patterns may well conflict with the naturally occuring , emergent
metapatterns , and the naturally occurring metapatterns are not likely to
disappear . More important , the act of imposing the rationalized system itself
inevitably ...
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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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