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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SELECTION OF STORIES Four criteria governed our selection of stories . First ,
we were concerned that the stories be widely read , since we assumed that the
ideas , images and symbols they embodied would be influential only to the extent
...
SELECTION OF STORIES Four criteria governed our selection of stories . First ,
we were concerned that the stories be widely read , since we assumed that the
ideas , images and symbols they embodied would be influential only to the extent
...
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This approach yielded the sample of stories we finally used . 21 In coming to our
final group of stories we also introduced a judgment about whether or not the
story had anything to say about organizational work relationships or about life on
...
This approach yielded the sample of stories we finally used . 21 In coming to our
final group of stories we also introduced a judgment about whether or not the
story had anything to say about organizational work relationships or about life on
...
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The stories also point to an important subset within this larger theme of the fit
between a system and an individual , and that is the matter of sex roles within
society , and by extension within work organizations . In none of the stories are
girls ...
The stories also point to an important subset within this larger theme of the fit
between a system and an individual , and that is the matter of sex roles within
society , and by extension within work organizations . In none of the stories are
girls ...
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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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