"This is the new updated edition of a classic published over 20 years ago. The book is based on the simple premise that all theories of organization and management are based on implicit images of metaphors that stretch our imagination in a way that can create powerful insights, but at the risk of distortion. The author provides a rich and comprhensive resource for exploring the complexity of modern organizations internationally, translating theory into practice."
"This book is based on the simple premise that all theories of organization and management are based on implicit images of metaphors that stretch our imagination in a way that can create powerful insights, but at the risk of distortion. The author provides a rich and comprehensive resource for exploring the complexity of modern organizations internationally, translating theory into practice."
images of organization gareth morgan pdf download
Morgan showed how images, especially metaphors, pervade organizational thinking: organizations are machines, brains, organisms, and prisons, for instance. Each metaphor opens out a rich image-world that managers can use to make sense of and reshape their organizations. For instance, when organizations are imagined to be machines, those who work in them become engineers, mechanics, and operatives. Such organizations run smoothly or break down, especially when someone throws a spanner in the works.
The most helpful images when I think of a machine are seeing all the parts working together without rest. Each part does its job which intern allows the next part to do its job and so on. This image of an organization that works like a machine is very much what I see when I think of an organization like a machine. I see employees who work diligently at their assigned task which allows the next person to continue the work. 2ff7e9595c
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