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Organizational Studies stuff for the Cultural Studies err... Student
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Symbols and Artifacts: Views of the Corporate Landscape (Communication and Social Order)Symbols and Artifacts: Views of the Corporate Landscape (Communication and Social Order)
Buy new: $29.25 / Used from: $17.75
Super theoretical insights and very practically applicable.
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning OrganizationThe Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $9.32
Helps you realize that organizations can be made to appear. Also: that simply articulating processes in logical order can be really helpful (perhaps even more so than by copying org charts).
The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think In ActionThe Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think In Action by Donald A. Schon
Buy new: $23.18 / Used from: $7.19
Helps you think and act at the same time.
Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and PracticeOrganizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and Practice by Chris Argyris
Buy new: $59.13 / Used from: $28.86
Like the ueber book on figuring out what organizations do.
The Aesthetics of OrganizationThe Aesthetics of Organization
Buy new: $48.08 / Used from: $35.88
Sounds excellent. Not so good though.
Narrating the Organization: Dramas of Institutional Identity (New Practices of Inquiry)Narrating the Organization: Dramas of Institutional Identity (New Practices of Inquiry) by Barbara Czarniawska
Buy new: $26.00 / Used from: $19.38
Gives you a perspective on narrative analysis in organizations. Methodologically interesting. Not very practical.
Communication and Power in Organizations: Discourse, Idealogy, and Domination (People, Communication, Organization)Communication and Power in Organizations: Discourse, Idealogy, and Domination (People, Communication, Organization) by Dennis K. Mumby
Buy new: $49.95 / Used from: $29.95
Mumby is a good author of interesting stuff.
Narrative and Social Control: Critical Perspectives (SAGE Series in Communication Research)Narrative and Social Control: Critical Perspectives (SAGE Series in Communication Research)
Buy new: $64.95 / Used from: $20.88
Really interesting stuff!
Imaginization (Trade)Imaginization (Trade) by Gareth Morgan
Buy new: $17.21 / Used from: $2.97
Metaphorically interesting. Was a bit of a hype book, but not bad.
The SAGE Handbook of Organization StudiesThe SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies
Buy new: $112.00 / Used from: $104.99
Like the ueberbook of the ueber-guy of Organizational Studies. A little bit stuck in his theory - in my humble opinion.
Sensemaking in Organizations (Foundations for Organizational Science)Sensemaking in Organizations (Foundations for Organizational Science) by Karl E. Weick
Buy new: $48.67 / Used from: $32.67
A bit forced interpretation of organizations.
The Social Psychology of Organizing (Topics in Social Psychology Series)The Social Psychology of Organizing (Topics in Social Psychology Series) by Karl E Weick
Buy used from: $15.00
This is the book I think that can serve to bring Cultural Studies & Organizational Studies closer together. Really interesting!