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Iphigenia; or On the Fate of T‐Groups
Craig C. Lundberg, Donald D. BowenCast in the form of a theatrical script, offers commentary on theforces supposedly contributing to the rise and fall of T‐Groups as partof the professional preparation of OD…
Towards Polyphonic Organization
Mary Ann HazenThe concept of polyphony, taken from music and extended by literarycritic Bakhtin to describe the world of Dostoevsky′s novels, provides ametaphor for understanding patterns of…
A Postmodern Deconstruction of Total Quality Management (TQM)
David S. Steingard, Dale E. FitzgibbonsOffers a postmodern, deconstructive analysis of total qualitymanagement (TQM) theory and practice. Problematizing TQM, uncoversunchallenged assumptions and implicit power…
Moving beyond Vision: Fostering Cultural Change in a Bureaucracy
James W. Fairfield‐SonnOver the course of two‐and‐a‐half years a new Town Manager triedseveral approaches aimed at altering the culture of the organization toreflect more closely his vision of how it…
Development of a Model for Announcing Negatively Perceived Changes
Larry R. Smeltzer, Marie F. ZenerPresents a model for announcing major, negatively perceived,top‐down changes such as layoffs and reorganizations was developed basedon the extant literature. The appropriateness…
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- Prof Slawomir Magala