Reasons and rationalizations : the limits to organizational knowledge /
What is the purpose of social science and management research? Do scholars/researchers have a responsibility to generate insights and knowledge that are of practical (implementable) value and validity? The author questions many of the assumptions of organizational theory and research.
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction; 2. The Corrosion of Character: Capitalist and Socialist Economics; 3. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Business Organizations; 4. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Government and Information Technology; 5. Features of Scholarly Inquiry that Inhibit Double-Loop Learning and Implementable Validity; 6. Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning; 7. Organizational Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning; 8. Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.