Organizational Theory and Inquiry: The Paradigm Revolution / Edition 1

by Yvonna S. Lincoln

Overview

The transition from viewing organizations as bureaucracies towards seeing them in metaphoric terms is a contemporary break with past organizational theory. But to investigate the similarities between real organizations and the metaphors describing their functions and context, a shift in both methods of inquiry and organizational theory must take place. This volume explores the paradigm shift at three levels: an overview of historical roots; an explication of terminology, metaphors and constructs; and the practical application of these new organizational inquiry methods, especially for actual research practices and policy analysis applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803924956
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/01/1985
Series:	SAGE Focus Editions , #75
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	231
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Yvonna S. Lincoln is Professor Emerita at Texas A&M University, where she held the Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and was Distinguished Professor of Higher Education. She is the coeditor of the journal Qualitative Inquiry, coeditor of the first through six editions of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, and coeditor of The SAGE Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. As well, she is the coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than a half dozen other books and volumes. She has served as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Evaluation Research Association, and as the Vice President for Division J (Postsecondary Education) for the American Educational Research Association. She is the author of coauthor of more than 100 chapters and journal articles on aspects of higher education or qualitative research methods and methodologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Yvonna S Lincoln
The Context of the Paradigmatic Shift
Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Theory and Research - David L Clark
The Context of Emergent Paradigm Research - Egon G Guba
The Concepts of the Paradigmatic Shift
Sources of Order in Unorganized Systems: Themes in Recent Organizational Theory - Karl E Weick
The Substance of the Emergent Paradigm: Implications for Researchers - Yvonna S Lincoln
Applications in the Practice of Research
Managerial Implications of the Emerging Paradigm - Anne Sigismund Huff
Doing Naturalistic Research into Educational Organizations - Thomas M Skritic
Epilogue: Dictionaries for Languages Not Yet Spoken - Yvonna S Lincoln