Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy
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Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy

From the Bureau to Network Organizations

  1. 252 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy

From the Bureau to Network Organizations

About this book

This special volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis of hierarchy and bureaucracy. The chapters range from minute accounts of a single case to broader historical analysis, from the 'classical' journal paper to essay-style elaborations. The first section provides fundamentals and historical accounts of bureaucracy, highlighting negative and positive effects of bureaucracy and a differentiated picture with some future outlook. The second section focuses on the analysis of organisational, cultural and socio-psychological aspects of hierarchy and bureaucracy by interrogating hierarchy in contemporary work via a new framework, exploring the cultural fantasy of hierarchy and sovereignty, and examining subordinates' challenges to organisational hierarchy. The final section comprises two chapters which provide some alternative views on, and alternatives to hierarchy. One is alarming, the other is puzzling.

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Yes, you can access Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy by Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By, Thomas Diefenbach,Rune Todnem By in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Organisational Behaviour. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. FRONT COVER
  2. REINVENTING HIERARCHY AND BUREAUCRACY – FROM THE BUREAU TO NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  6. ADVISORY BOARD
  7. ABOUT THE EDITORS
  8. BUREAUCRACY AND HIERARCHY – WHAT ELSE!?
  9. SECTION I: FUNDAMENTALS AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF BUREAUCRACY
  10. SECTION II: ORGANISATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HIERARCHY
  11. SECTION III: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON, AND ALTERNATIVES TO HIERARCHY
  12. ABOUT THE AUTHORS