Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen: Introduction: The Need for
Meta-theoretical Reflection in Organization Theory
Part I: Organization Theory as Science
1: Lex Donaldson: Organizational Theory as a Positive Science
2: Mary Jo Hatch and Dvora Yanow: Organization Theory as an
Interpretive Science
3: Hugh Willmott: Organization Theory as a Critical Science: Forms
of analysis and 'new organizational' forms
4: Robert Chia: Organization Theory as a Postmodern Science
Part II: The Construction of Organization Theory
5: William H. Starbuck: The Origins of Organization Theory
6: Yehouda Shenhav: The Historical and Epistemological Foundations
of Organization Theory: Fusing sociological theory with engineering
discourse
7: Silvia Gherardi: Feminist Theory and Organization Theory: A
dialogue on new bases
8: Barbara Czarniawska: The Styles and the Stylists of Organization
Theory
9: Christian Knudsen: Pluralism, Scientific Progress, and the
Structure of Organization Theory
Part III: Meta-theoretical Controversies in Organization Theory
10: Michael Reed: The Agency/Structure Dilemma in Organization
Theory: Open doors and brick walls
11: Andreas Georg Scherer: Modes of Explanation in Organization
Theory
12: William McKinley and Mark A. Mone: Micro and Macro Perspectives
in Organization Theory: A tale of incommensurability
13: Richard Swedberg: Economic Versus Sociological Approaches to
Organization Theory
14: Joanne Martin: Meta-theoretical Controversies in Studying
Organizational Culture
Part IV: Organization Theory as a Policy Science
15: Chris Argyris: Actionable Knowledge
16: Karl E. Weick: Theory and Practice in the Real World
17: Richard P. Nielsen: Organization Theory and Ethics: Varieties
and dynamics of constrained optimization
18: Iain Mangham: Character and Virtue in an Era of Turbulent
Capitalism
Part V: The Future of Organization Theory
19: Gibson Burrell: The Future of Organization Theory: Prospects
and limitations
20: Stewart Clegg: Managing Organization Futures in a Changing
World of Power/Knowledge
21: Arie Y. Lewin: The Future of Organization Theory: Beyond the
selection-adaptation debate
22: Marta B. Calas: At Home from Mars to Somalia: Recounting
organization theory
23: Haridimos Tsoukas: New Times, Fresh Challenges: Reflections on
the past and the future of organization theory
Haridimos Tsoukas is the George D. Mavros Research Professor of
Organization and Management at ALBA in Greece, and Professor of
Organization Theory and Behaviour at the University of Strathclyde
Graduate School of Business, UK. Previous positions held include
Lecturer at Warwick Business School (1990-5), and Associate
Professor at the University of Cyprus. Christian Knudsen is a
Research Fellow at Copenhagen University and Århus Business School,
Associate
Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Visiting Professor at the
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and
Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Stanford
University.
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