Towards a new theory of organizations

The essays collected in this book explore the impact and current status of the ideas put forth in David Silverman's 'The Theory of Organizations', and how they relate to future directions in organisation theory.

After opening with a chapter by Silverman himself, the subsequent chapters investigate key issues in the study of organisations, including structure and agency, the politics of organisation theory, and the meanings of post-positivist organisational analysis.

Contemporaneous debates on postmodernism, the emotions, gender and structuration are discussed in the context of the development of organisational theory in the preceding 25 years - providing insights into the continuities within organisational theory and provoking thought about future directions.