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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Paul Rabinow , 1982 It is often the case that we understand least well the things
closest to us . Our ability to see is obscured by proximity , much as words on a
page blur before middle - aged eyes when held too near . In understanding the ...
Paul Rabinow , 1982 It is often the case that we understand least well the things
closest to us . Our ability to see is obscured by proximity , much as words on a
page blur before middle - aged eyes when held too near . In understanding the ...
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Maybe they don ' t understand labor ; they ' re not so used to dealing with labor . "
Olympia also doesn ' t understand what it ' s like to work on the boats ; the
administrators of the ferry system aren ' t boat people , they added . The highway
...
Maybe they don ' t understand labor ; they ' re not so used to dealing with labor . "
Olympia also doesn ' t understand what it ' s like to work on the boats ; the
administrators of the ferry system aren ' t boat people , they added . The highway
...
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The reason we can communicate and understand one another is that we share
an understanding of what words and events mean . A substantial portion of what
something means is given in the nature of social life , though we would not want ...
The reason we can communicate and understand one another is that we share
an understanding of what words and events mean . A substantial portion of what
something means is given in the nature of social life , though we would not want ...
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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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accounting action activities approach authority automated automated systems BEARS became become behavior believed Black boats Bridge Brown budget called Captain changes Chapter children's Colman Colman Dock Commission consistent construction costs created crew culture Department of Transportation described early effort employees engineers expected expenditure experience fact ferry system fleet functions funds highway human important increase individual installation instance interest kind Line literature look maintenance managerial metamyth Marine meaning map meeting metapatterns myth nature needed objectives Olympia operations organizational organizations particular patterns person planning practices problems procedures rationality reason relationships represented requirements responsibility result social someone Sound staff stories structure symbolic technical things Touche Ross understand vessels wanted Washington
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Bibliographic information
| 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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