Organizational analysis has moved in a number of directions since its origins in mainstream theories of positivism and functionalism. This challenging book sets out an alternative agenda for the field, discussing existing critical discourses, whilst exploring a selection of emerging ideas and arguments. Addressing a series of key epistemologic

John Hassard is Professor of Organizational Analysis at the Manchester Business School and Senior Professorial Research Associate at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Mihaela Kelemen is Professor of Management Studies in the School of Economic and Management Studies, Keele University.





Julie Wolfram Cox is Professor of Management in the Bowater School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.

Part1: Alternative Knowledge 1. Paradigm Plurality and its Prospects 2. Organizational Knowledge: Production and Consumption 3. Escaping the Confines of Organization Theory Part2: Alternative Concepts 4. Actor-Networks and Sociological Symmetry 5. Identity and Fluidity 6. Time and Temporality 7. Decoration and Disorganization8. Governmentality and Networks Part3: Alternative Methodology 9. Actor-Networks, Research Strategy and Organization 10. Rethinking Triangulation 11. Critical Retrospective Research 12. Concluding Remarks:A Future Agenda for Alternative Organization Studies