The transition from viewing organizations as bureaucracies toward seeing them in metaphoric terms is a contemporary break with past organizational theory. But to investigate the similarities between real organizations and the metaphors describing their functions and context, a shift in both methods of inquiry and organizational theory must take place. The original essays in this volume explore the paradigm shift at three levels: (1) an overview of historical roots; (2) an explication of terminology, metaphors, and constructs; and (3) the practical application of these new organizational inquiry methods, especially for actual research practices and policy analysis applications. "An up-to-date picture of what is going on in the field. . . . Worth reading if one has a serious interest in organizations." --European Journal of Operational Research
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Introduction - Yvonna S Lincoln The Context of the Paradigmatic Shift Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Theory and Research - David L Clark The Context of Emergent Paradigm Research - Egon G Guba The Concepts of the Paradigmatic Shift Sources of Order in Unorganized Systems: Themes in Recent Organizational Theory - Karl E Weick The Substance of the Emergent Paradigm: Implications for Researchers - Yvonna S Lincoln Applications in the Practice of Research Managerial Implications of the Emerging Paradigm - Anne Sigismund Huff Doing Naturalistic Research into Educational Organizations - Thomas M Skritic Epilogue: Dictionaries for Languages Not Yet Spoken - Yvonna S Lincoln
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ISBN
9780803924956
Publisert
1985-11-27
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SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
340 gr
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
231

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Biographical note

Yvonna S. Lincoln is Professor Emerita at Texas A&M University, where she held the Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and was Distinguished Professor of Higher Education. She is the coeditor of the journal Qualitative Inquiry, coeditor of the first through six editions of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, and coeditor of The SAGE Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. As well, she is the coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than a half dozen other books and volumes. She has served as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Evaluation Research Association, and as the Vice President for Division J (Postsecondary Education) for the American Educational Research Association. She is the author of coauthor of more than 100 chapters and journal articles on aspects of higher education or qualitative research methods and methodologies.