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The Social Psychology of Organizing (Topics in Social Psychology Series)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 301.1832
EAN: 9780075548089
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0075548089
Label: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 294
Publication Date: January 01, 1979
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Studio: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Rating: - The Social Psychology of Organizing
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Rating: - Do something. Now decide what have you done.
Weick in his brillant book shows how different is organizational practice from what we try to believe in. He suggests a completely different from traditional approach to organizations - he claims, that in organizations people attach sense to their actions AFTER they perform them, but afterwards try to reason they 'had decided' before. Unclear as it may seem, it is pretty easy to grasp from the book. Weick also develops a notion of 'organizing' rather than 'organizations' and shows how processes ... Read More
Rating: - A grammar for understanding
Weick book is based on a few simple principles: organising is a kind or reiterated, continuous, evolutionary process of interaction. All kind of simple theories on processes are true, most of all the process of calling something "true". Its is true because it has been called so. Our goal: reduce equivocality, equivocality introduced by (external) changes. The book contains examples, case studies, facts, theories and cartoons on the way we organize organizations. It has even picture ... Read More
Rating: - The best book on organizations that I have ever read
Of all the books on my shelf referring to organizational life, Weick's classic is the only one in which almost all the pages are highlighted in yellow! This book is superb. Not only does it provide provocative fodder for discussion amongst academics, it rings true with managers who have experienced organizational life in all its dimensions. It is a must-read for anyone who is a student of organizations or for anyone who wishes to succeed within them. And since organizations pervade our lives, ... Read More
Rating: - Understanding how organizations really work
This is one of the best books I've ever read about
understanding how organizations really work. Since we
spend most of our waking lives inside organizations, that's
pretty useful.
Weick is an academic and you'll have to work a bit to get
his points, but no where near as much as the average in
academia. Most of the stuff you'll find in the average
business section on organizations is either wrong or a
watered down version of Weick's thinking. Why not go to the
source?
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