Barbara Czarniawska is one of the most original of contemporary writers on organizations. Sceptical of scientific claims and explanations of the social world, she advocates an approach that draws on narrative, literary theory, cultural studies, and anthropology, rather than positivist social science[...]

Investigating the intricacy of the organization, this work argues that it is necessary to gather local information about organizational life and subject it to abstract and metaphorical interpretation. Using a narrative approach, the author employs literary devices to uncover the workings of organiza[...]

"Narratives in Social Science Research" introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a useful and rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research. This practically-orientated text provides: an historical overview of the dev[...]

This clear, straightforward textbook embraces the practical reality of actually doing fieldwork. It tackles the common problems faced by new researchers head on, offering sensible advice and instructive case studies from the author's own experience. Barbara Czarniawaska takes us on a master class th[...]

Barbara Czarniawska, renowned theorist and author, illustrates how organization theory has changed over the past decade, shifting focus from structures to processes, from organizations to organizing. In this book, she offers a processual view of organizing as it has emerged, and develops a theory ba[...]

This book offers an array of techniques to study people on the move, and is addressed to all social scientists interested in fieldwork as a way of grasping phenomena typical of the late modernity. Its starting point is that present times require different metaphors than static 'cultures', 'organizat[...]

Synen på organisationsteori har kraftigt förändrats under senaste decennierna. Fokus har skiftat från strukturer till processer, från organisationer till organisering. Det har blivit uppenbart att strukturer är optiska synvillor, stillbilder av processer, och att formella organisationer är et[...]

Synen på organisationsteori har kraftigt förändrats under senaste decennierna. Fokus har skiftat från strukturer till processer, från organisationer till organisering. Det har blivit uppenbart att strukturer är optiska synvillor, stillbilder av processer, och att formella organisationer är et[...]

This book explores the notion of the three-dimensional organization, where symbolic, political and practical aspects of organizational life constitute and influence one another. Applying a constructionist viewpoint, the author revisits well-known organizational topics such as organizational control,[...]

This anthology contains samples of the most original Nordic research, positioned against the general literature within a given theme in organization theory. The contributions are originated in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and are connected to their local c[...]

This book offers an array of techniques to study people on the move, and is addressed to all social scientists interested in fieldwork as a way of grasping phenomena typical of the late modernity.

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Its starting point is that present times require different metaphors than static [...]

"It is simply too much" is a common complaint of the modern age. This book looks at how people and institutions deal with overflow - of information, consumption or choices. The essays explore the ways in which notions of overflow - framed in terms of excess and abundance or their implicit opposites,[...]