Description
Book SynopsisThe Poetic Logic of Administration is an investigation of the most important organizational forms of our time, theoretically as well as practically. Central to the presentation are four main trends: the rational bureaucracy, the human network, the harmonious system and the strong culture.
The book provides a new and challenging picture of these organizational forms. Difficult to capture in common logical terms, they appear to follow a certain pattern: a ''poetic logic''. They are, for example, enacted as various literary dramas: comedy, tragedy etc. They are also marked by different conceptions of the world - such as the metaphorical and the ironic - and by different explanatory ideals.
Kaj Skoldberg''s book contains a rhetorical analysis of the styles of modern administration and the changes they have undergone. This is a groundbreaking work, offering new interpretations and critical re-evaluations of the individual approaches to organization, including their ''gurus''
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Poetics: Styles of Organizing 2. The Tragic Power Machine of the Rational Classics 3. Romance with Human Relations 4. The Comedy of the Self-Regulating Machine 5. Satire: The Culture of Opposition 6. Da Capo: Organizational Culture.
