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Organizational Theory and Inquiry
The Paradigm Revolution
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November 1985 | 231 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The transition from viewing organizations as bureaucracies towards 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. This volume explores the paradigm shift at three levels: an overview of historical roots; an explication of terminology, metaphors and constructs; and the practical application of these new organizational inquiry methods, especially for actual research practices and policy analysis applications.
Yvonna S Lincoln
Introduction
The Context of the Paradigmatic Shift
David L Clark
Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Theory and Research
Egon G Guba
The Context of Emergent Paradigm Research
The Concepts of the Paradigmatic Shift
Karl E Weick
Sources of Order in Unorganized Systems: Themes in Recent Organizational Theory
Yvonna S Lincoln
The Substance of the Emergent Paradigm: Implications for Researchers
Applications in the Practice of Research
Anne Sigismund Huff
Managerial Implications of the Emerging Paradigm
Thomas M Skritic
Doing Naturalistic Research into Educational Organizations
Yvonna S Lincoln
Epilogue: Dictionaries for Languages Not Yet Spoken