TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morgan,Gareth
TI  - Images of organization
SN  - 1412939798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HD31 .M628 2006
U1  - 658.4 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Organization
KW  - Organizational behavior
KW  - Management
N1  - Business bookfair2015; Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-473) and index; Mechanization takes command : organizations as machines -- Nature intervenes : organizations as organisms -- Learning and self-organization : organizations as brains -- Creating social realty : organizations as cultures -- Interests, conflict, and power : organizations as political systems -- Exploring Plato's cave : organizations as psychic prisons -- Unfolding logics of change : organization as flux and transformation -- The ugly face : organizations as instruments of domination -- The challenge of metaphor -- Reading and shaping organizational life -- Postscript
N2  - "This book is based on a very simple premise-that all theories of organization and management are based on implicit images or metaphors that stretch our imagination in a way that can create powerful insights, but at the risk of distortion. Gareth Morgan provides a rich and comprehensive resource for exploring the complexity of modern organizations internationally, translating leading-edge theory into leading-edge practice." "This new Updated Edition preserves Morgan's renowned creative images and metaphors while refreshing the references and tables. The addition of a preface situates this classic theory in today's business environment while the instructor's resources (now available on CD) aid classroom teaching."; "Images of Organization challenges and reshapes how we think about organization and management in the most fundamental way. The new Updated Edition makes this monumental work available to a new generation of students and business leaders worldwide. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -