Organization outside Organizations
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Organization outside Organizations by Nils Brunsson
The authors explore how contemporary society is organized, describing the existence of organization outside and among formal organizations. This book will appeal to academics in organization studies, sociology and political science who want to learn how formal organizations only form part of broader organizational structures.
'In an imaginative move to renew and enlarge the scope of organization studies, Ahrne and Brunsson observe that organizational elements are no longer contained within the boundaries of discrete firms or agencies, but have broken up and flowed out to operate in varying combinations to create new partially organized entities in numerous social contextsTogether with their contributors, they examine their multiple guises in arenas as varied as markets, digital platforms, the sharing economy and 'organized' crime. An insightful window into the changing structure of contemporary society.' W. Richard Scott, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Business, Education, Engineering, and Medicine, Stanford University
'Ahrne and Brunsson have put together a wide-ranging set of studies of the rationalization of contemporary society outside formal organizations themselves. Markets generate rationalized structure, and so do interpersonal relationships, criminal groups, and globalized international life. It is all pulled together in this impressive book under the creative heading of 'partial organization'.' John W. Meyer, Stanford University
'The theory of partial organization is the most innovative development in organizational theory in many years – It's particularly useful for areas such as financial markets that are often considered to be understructured and atomized. The book is immensely successful in putting the theory together with different empirical applications; in a global world, it is badly needed to explain the growing domain and power of dispersed collectives without clear governance structure that transcend national boundaries.' Karin Knorr Cetina, Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
'In markets, social movements, and everyday social life, we are increasingly confronted with forms of organized action that do not look like formal organization, from open source software to organized crime to Anonymous. Ahrne and Brunsson offer the concept of 'partial organization' to help make sense of these forms, and Organization Outside Organizations collects a sweeping set of contributions to this new and exciting literature.' Jerry Davis, Associate Dean for Business and Impact, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
'Ahrne and Brunsson have put together a wide-ranging set of studies of the rationalization of contemporary society outside formal organizations themselves. Markets generate rationalized structure, and so do interpersonal relationships, criminal groups, and globalized international life. It is all pulled together in this impressive book under the creative heading of 'partial organization'.' John W. Meyer, Stanford University
'The theory of partial organization is the most innovative development in organizational theory in many years – It's particularly useful for areas such as financial markets that are often considered to be understructured and atomized. The book is immensely successful in putting the theory together with different empirical applications; in a global world, it is badly needed to explain the growing domain and power of dispersed collectives without clear governance structure that transcend national boundaries.' Karin Knorr Cetina, Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
'In markets, social movements, and everyday social life, we are increasingly confronted with forms of organized action that do not look like formal organization, from open source software to organized crime to Anonymous. Ahrne and Brunsson offer the concept of 'partial organization' to help make sense of these forms, and Organization Outside Organizations collects a sweeping set of contributions to this new and exciting literature.' Jerry Davis, Associate Dean for Business and Impact, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Nils Brunsson is Professor of Management at Uppsala University and Score (Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research) at the Stockholm School of Economics, and Stockholm University. He has held chairs in management at the Stockholm School of Economics and at Uppsala University. Brunsson has
published almost 30 books in the field of organization studies as well as numerous articles. He has studied topics such as organizational decision-making, administrative reform and standardization. His current research interests include the organization of markets, partial organization,
meta-organizations and the construction of competition. Brunsson is an honorary member of the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS). Mats Jutterstrom teaches at the Stockholm School of Economics. His research concerns organizations and markets. In his dissertation about the construction of actorhood in complex decision processes he reported from a study of how firms carried out lobbying in the EU. He has studied the spread and
implementaton of corporate social responsibility and compared it to other management fashions. His research interests also include meta-organizations and marketization.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108468268 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108468268 |
| Title | Organization outside Organizations |
| Author | Göran Ahrne |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2022-03-24 |
| Number of pages | 457 |
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