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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of organization in the early 1980s , it promised to reveal symbolic aspects of
organizational life which , to a large degree , have been hidden . But the culture
of the modern age is a culture of technical rationality , and in short order this new
...
of organization in the early 1980s , it promised to reveal symbolic aspects of
organizational life which , to a large degree , have been hidden . But the culture
of the modern age is a culture of technical rationality , and in short order this new
...
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are important across many organizations . Clearly , there are elements of the
culture at large ( our most widely shared context of meaning ) which inform all
organizations ' symbol systems , and for that matter , the symbol systems of ...
are important across many organizations . Clearly , there are elements of the
culture at large ( our most widely shared context of meaning ) which inform all
organizations ' symbol systems , and for that matter , the symbol systems of ...
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It is important to bear in mind that the description of the managerial metamyth and
of children ' s stories in relation to it are not descriptions of what organizational
life is . Instead , the metamyth and the stories comprise a group of images ...
It is important to bear in mind that the description of the managerial metamyth and
of children ' s stories in relation to it are not descriptions of what organizational
life is . Instead , the metamyth and the stories comprise a group of images ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Metamyth in the Culture of Organizations | 39 |
The Managerial Metamyth in Childrens Literature | 57 |
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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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