IntroductionIntroducing organization theory:what is it, and why does it matter? Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introducing organization theory: what is it, and why does it matter? 2Introduction 2What is organization theory? 4Defining theory 5What are organizations? 12The relationship between organization theory and human activities 17The relationship between organization theory and management practice 20Social engineering and organization theory 22Critical alternatives to managerialism in organization theory 25Philosophical disputes and debates: explaining and understandingthe diverse nature of organization theory 27Mapping some aspects of organization theory’s diversity 32Positivist protagonists: the truth is out there, and we canobjectively know it 33Philosophical disputes around the role of the subjective in science 36Epistemological and ontolological disputes: how can we everknow the ‘truth’ and is there an ‘out there’? 38A few words of warning about the t ...
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