ABSTRACT
Recently the field of organization studies has been plagued by intense, disruptive controversy about what counts as knowledge. This book, written by the major researchers and voices in the field of organization studies, attempts to respond to this controversy by offering the topic of "generative uncertainty" as the primary vehicle for rethinking about this issue. The authors prefer admitting uncertainty to making unwarranted assumptions. The ideas about questioning the possibility of knowledge that is certain goes back to before the time of Socrates. This unique, historical look at the study of organization studies will be of interest to all students and scholars of this field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter
Introduction
part |23 pages
Rethinking Organization Studies
chapter |11 pages
Generative Uncertainty
chapter |9 pages
Ramifications of Generative Uncertainty for Organization Studies
part |93 pages
Historical Factors
part |39 pages
Alternatives
chapter |37 pages
Alternative Approaches for the Knowledge Controversy
part |56 pages
Letting Go
chapter |19 pages
Letting Go of Misguided Attempts to Emulate Physics
chapter |8 pages
Letting Go of Agonism
part |6 pages
Historical Factors