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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But the culture of the modern age is a culture of technical rationality , and in short
order this new approach became infused with technical rationality . Technical
rationality is a way of thinking and a way of living that emphasizes the scientific ...
But the culture of the modern age is a culture of technical rationality , and in short
order this new approach became infused with technical rationality . Technical
rationality is a way of thinking and a way of living that emphasizes the scientific ...
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TECHNICAL RATIONALITY : THE CULTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS The culture
of organizations is fundamentally modern . The modern age is an age of
technical rationality . Technical rationality , as a way of thinking , has its
antecedents at ...
TECHNICAL RATIONALITY : THE CULTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS The culture
of organizations is fundamentally modern . The modern age is an age of
technical rationality . Technical rationality , as a way of thinking , has its
antecedents at ...
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Technical rationality is the convergence of the scientificanalytical mindset and
technological progress . ... Technical rationality is quite similar to “ functional
rationality ” as it was described by Karl Mannheim ( 1940 ; see also Weber , 1979
) .
Technical rationality is the convergence of the scientificanalytical mindset and
technological progress . ... Technical rationality is quite similar to “ functional
rationality ” as it was described by Karl Mannheim ( 1940 ; see also Weber , 1979
) .
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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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