The consolations of organization theory
The consolations of organization theory
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组织理论的安慰
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2001
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M. Kelemen
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M. Kilduff;M. Kelemen
对管理研究更大相关性的呼唤使我们审视了组织理论为组织问题提供的补救措施。与Starkey和Madan(2001)相反，我们认为与其他学科的研究接触有助于产生广泛有用的知识。在研究过程的中心位置安排从业者可能会将研究重点放在短期而不是深层次的过程上。我们通过两个明显深奥的知识(通过跨学科合作产生的)如何具有令人惊讶的应用的例子来说明组织理论的相关性。首先，我们展示了社交网络视角在将管理者从不受欢迎的危险中拯救出来方面是如何被证明是有用的。其次，我们展示了解构如何揭开剥夺经理和工人权力的制度化惯例。无论是管理培训中心，还是斯塔基和马丹推崇的基于网络的学习计划，都不太可能提供针对社会深层次变革过程的见解。与整个大学的学者合作可以促进我们与实践者相关的研究目标。
The call for greater relevance in management research leads us to examine the remedies offered by organization theory to organizational problems. In contrast to Starkey and Madan (2001), we argue that research engagement with other academic disciplines helps produce broadly useful knowledge. Installing practitioners in central places in the research process may focus research on short-run rather than deep-seated processes. We illustrate the relevance of organization theory through two examples of how apparently esoteric knowledge (produced through cross-disciplinary collaboration) can have surprising application. First we show how the social network perspective proved useful in rescuing a manager from the perils of unpopularity. Second, we show how deconstruction can uncover the institutionalized routines that disempower managers and workers. Neither the management training centers nor the web-based learning initiatives admired by Starkey and Madan are likely to deliver insights that address deep-seated processes of change within society. Collaboration with academics across the university can further our goals of research relevant to practitioners.