Ideological Control in Nonideological Organizations

by B C. Joerges

Overview

This work is both a theoretical and empirical analysis of the growing use of ideological control in business and administrative organizations. The empirical studies reported in this volume were conducted in different types of organizations and in different countries (Poland, the United States, and Sweden). Throughout this unique examination, the author emphasizes the role of ideologies as vehicles for organizational change—not, as traditionally seen, as instruments for maintaining the status quo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275927943
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/27/1988
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

BARBARA CZARNIAWSKA-JOERGES is Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics.

Table of Contents

Organizations, Control, Ideologies
Ideological Control in a Planned Economy
Ideologies and Other Symbolic Elements
Ideological Control in a Company
Ideological Control in Local Governments
Ideological Control and the Role of Symbolic Acts in Organizational Life and Studies