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The Oxford handbook of process philosophy and organization studies

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford HandbooksPublication details: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2014Description: xii, 638 pISBN:
  • 9780199669356
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.001 O9
Summary: In-depth and extensive treatment of 34 philosophers and social theorists and their ideas Written by organization studies scholars interested in using philosophical thinking Discusses and shows how process thinking can be used in organization studies Connects ideas from process philosophy to present and future challenges in organization studies. Ideas from process philosophers are interpreted explicitly for the purpose of organization studies Process approaches to organization studies focus on flow, activities, and evolution, understanding organizations and organizing as processes in the making. They stand in contrast to positivist approaches that see organizations and phenomena as fixed, static, and measurable. Process approaches draw on a range of ideas and philosophies. The Handbook examines 34 philosophers and social theorists, both those commonly linked to process thinking, such as Whitehead, Bergson and James, and those that are not as often addressed from a process perspective such as Dilthey and Tarde. Each chapter addresses the background and context of this thinker, their work (with a focus on the processual elements), and the potential contribution to organization and management research. For students and scholars in the field of Organization Studies this book is an entry point into the work of philosophical thinkers and social theorists for whom the world is far from being a solid place. (http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199669356.do)
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In-depth and extensive treatment of 34 philosophers and social theorists and their ideas
Written by organization studies scholars interested in using philosophical thinking
Discusses and shows how process thinking can be used in organization studies
Connects ideas from process philosophy to present and future challenges in organization studies.
Ideas from process philosophers are interpreted explicitly for the purpose of organization studies

Process approaches to organization studies focus on flow, activities, and evolution, understanding organizations and organizing as processes in the making. They stand in contrast to positivist approaches that see organizations and phenomena as fixed, static, and measurable.

Process approaches draw on a range of ideas and philosophies. The Handbook examines 34 philosophers and social theorists, both those commonly linked to process thinking, such as Whitehead, Bergson and James, and those that are not as often addressed from a process perspective such as Dilthey and Tarde. Each chapter addresses the background and context of this thinker, their work (with a focus on the processual elements), and the potential contribution to organization and management research. For students and scholars in the field of Organization Studies this book is an entry point into the work of philosophical thinkers and social theorists for whom the world is far from being a solid place.

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