• Demonstrate how Taylor's ideas about the individual body were superseded by the
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This paper focuses on issues of identity and identification in a UK-based institution of higher
education (Westville 1 Institute). It is suggested that identity, both individual and collective …

In this article we first reflect on the significant and positive impact of postmodernism for
organizational theorizing during the past decade. Through several examples we point to …

abstract This paper analyses how three distinct cohorts of workers in a recently merged UK‐
based College of Further Education understood their group and their organization's …

This paper extends the discussion of postmodern thinking in organizational theory through a
re-presentation of the concept of triangulation in organizational research. Initially …

This article discusses the relevance of Foucault's work to the field of educational
administration. It argues for Foucault's concept of disciplinary practice as a powerful new …

It seemed to Vernon that he was infinitely diluted; he was simply the sum of all the people
who had listened to him, and when he was alone, he was nothing at all. When he reached in …

Pittsburgh State University esearch is prestoried into an intelligible accountbeforeitreaches
these pages. Retelling stories about research encounters is a collec-tive process between …

Organizational analysis has moved in a number of directions since its origins in mainstream
theories of positivism and functionalism. This challenging book sets out an alternative …

In recent debates, the relevance of traditional objectivist organization development (OD)
approaches has been questioned in terms of their appropriateness for contemporary …