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An examination of the possibility of developing an aesthetics of organization as a field of inquiry within organization studies. Heather Hopfl and Stephen Linstead delineate the parameters of the field by bringing together key contributions, which: explain how meaning and order become real in an organization through the concepts of postmodern thinkers; highlight methodological problems associated with investigations of the aesthetic; and facilitate understanding of the importance of ideas on vision, perspective and periphery for learning in organizations.

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Author:   Stephen Andrew Linstead ,  Heather Joy Höpfl
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780761953234

ISBN 10:   076195323
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   19 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: AESTHETIC THEORY The Aesthetic Approach in Organization Studies - Antonio Strati The Art Management of Aesthetic Organizing - Pierre Guillet de Monthoux PART TWO: AESTHETIC PROCESSES Ashes and Madness - Stephen Linstead The Play of Negativity and the Poetics of Organization The Aesthetics of Reticence - Heather H[um]opfl Collections and Recollections PART THREE: AESTHETICS AND MODES OF ANALYSIS `Cutting a Show′ - Brian Rusted Grounded Aesthetics and Entertainment Organizations Routine Pleasures - David Silverman The Aesthetics of the Mundane PART FOUR: CRAFTING AN AESTHETIC Observer Versus Audience - Hugo Letiche An-Aesthetics - Pippa Carter and Norman Jackson PART FIVE: AESTHETICS, ETHICS AND IDENTITY `Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re′ - Harro H[um]opfl Appearance, Reality and the Early Jesuits Resurfacing an Aesthetics of Existence as an Alternative to Business Ethics - Stephen Cummings PART SIX: RADICAL AESTHETICS AND CHANGE Cultivating an Aesthetic of Unfolding - Frank J Barrett Jazz Improvisation of a Self-organizing System The Rhythm of the Saints - Stewart Clegg Cultural Resistance, Popular Music and Collectivist Organization in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil

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My background includes undergraduate and Masters degrees in English Literature from the universities of Keele and Leeds , and a further Masters in Organization Development and PhD from what is now Sheffield Hallam University . More recently I was awarded a D.LItt from Durham University . I have held Chairs in Wollongong (NSW), Sunderland . Essex and Durham before moving to York . I also spent 2 years as a Visting Scholar at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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