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Pluralism in Management: Organizational Theory, Management Education, and Ernst Cassirer book cover

1st Edition

Pluralism in Management Organizational Theory, Management Education, and Ernst Cassirer

By Eirik Irgens Copyright 2011
172 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge
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Analytic philosophy has come to dominate organizational theory and management education, despite criticism from several notable scholars. The European continental philosophical tradition, on the other hand, is seen by some as a counterpoint to US- and UK-dominated functionalistic organizational theories. These two very different schools of thought are now largely practiced in isolation from one... Read more

1. An Autobiographical Account of a Formative Experience  2. Cassirer’s Philosophy of Symbolic Forms  3. Art and Science as Supplementing Forms  4. The Parting of the Ways and the Divide in Organizational Theory  5. Cassirer in the Light of Neuroscience  6. Bringing Cassirer Into Organizations  7. The Institution as a Symbolic Form

Biography

Eirik J. Irgens is Professor of Educational Leadership at NTNU (the Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Irgens has published within organizational theory and change, professional development, educational leadership, organizational learning, and knowledge management.

‘In this book Irgens offers a fresh take on organizational understanding by being among the first writers to transpose Cassirer's thinking to organization studies. The idea of consistently exploring organizational richness while not losing sight of the organizational surface is challenging and promising for management education as well as for consulting. The book adds to our understanding of organization as process.’- Tor Hernes, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

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