'"Power and Organizations" is a marvelous addition to the literature on both organizations and power, as well as their intersection. It is well-grounded in the research on these topics and especially the wide-range of relevant theorizing. In terms of the latter, it moves effortlessly between Weber, [...]
The post-modernist and post-bureaucratic turn in Organization Studies has contributed to shape a landscape that same seminal thinkers would probably not recognize: empowerment, autonomy and agency, entrepreneurial systems of management, decentralization, cooperation...In short, the demise of bureauc[...]
If power is not a figure of the past, at least its classical forms and dynamics should be entirely rethought. The demise of bureaucracy is viewed as the unassailable consequence of contemporary political and business dynamics.[...]