1st Edition
Decisions Without Hierarchy Feminist Interventions in Organization Theory and Practice
By Kathleen Iannello
Copyright 1992
148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
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Decisions Without Hierarchy is based on a two-year examination of three feminist organizations: a peace group, health collective, and business women's group. From these case studies, Iannello constructs a model of organizations that, while structured, is nevertheless non-hierarchical. She terms this organization from the "modified consensus model." Her case studies show that modified consensus... Read more
Part 1 The Starting Point of Organization Theory; Chapter 2 Hierarchy; Chapter 3 Non-Hierarchy; Chapter 4 The Starting Point of Feminist Theory; Part 2 The Feminist Peace Group; Chapter 6 The Women’s Health Collective; Chapter 7 The Business Women’s Group; Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusion;
Biography
Kathleen P. Iannello
"Through an investigation of a feminist peach group and a women's health collective, Kathleen Iannello demonstrates that nonhierarchical organizations may be efficient and effective...Ianello is among the first to investigate feminist nonhierarchical structures. Though her model requires testing...it makes a significant contribution by redefining accountability and responsiveness." -- Women and Politics
