`This is a unique, fascinating and valuable treatment of material and issues which have been ignored in ′mainstream′ organisation studies. Read this and you will never again watch an episode of Casualty, The Bill or Silent Witness without boring your companion with critical commentary on the portrayal of hierarchy, sex role stereotyping, power relations, the role of authority figures and dysfunctional rules′ - Human Resource Management Journal`This worthwhile collection gathers together a series of essays dealing with the representation of social organizations in the popular media...The quality of analysis in all the contributions to this volume is consistently high, and the material covered is extensive. The book will prove useful on media/cultural studies courses as well as those concentrating on the sociology of organizations′ - European Journal of Communication

• Introduction - John Hassard and Ruth HollidayPART ONE: REALISM AND REPRESENTATIONThe Documentary Film Movement - Ian AitkenThe Post Office Touches All Branches of LifeRepresenting Reality - John HassardCinema Verit[ac]eThe Cultural Representation of Trade Unions - Peter SteadPART TWO: SEX AND VIOLENCEWhat Is Wrong with This Picture? Sex and Gender Relations in Disclosure - Joanna BrewisPhiladelphia - Ruth HollidayAids, Organization, RepresentationSaloon Girls - Maggie O′NeillDeath and Desire in the American WestPART THREE: MEN AND SUPERMENChild′s Play - Christopher GreyRepresentations of Organization in Children′s LiteratureManagement Gurus - Norman Jackson and Pippa CarterWhat Are We To Make of Them?Fictional Money (Or, Greed Isn′t So Good in the 1990s) - Linda McDowellMasculinity and Madness - Rolland MunroPART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL FUTURESCyberorganization - Martin Parker and Robert CooperCinema as Nervous SystemComputers and Representation - Warren SmithOrganization in the Virtual WorldThe Medium as Message - J Martin CorbettSublime Technologies and Future Organization in Science Fiction Film, 1970-95

`This is a unique, fascinating and valuable treatment of material and issues which have been ignored in ′mainstream′ organisation studies. Read this and you will never again watch an episode of Casualty, The Bill or Silent Witness without boring your companion with critical commentary on the portrayal of hierarchy, sex role stereotyping, power relations, the role of authority figures and dysfunctional rules′ - Human Resource Management Journal`This worthwhile collection gathers together a series of essays dealing with the representation of social organizations in the popular media...The quality of analysis in all the contributions to this volume is consistently high, and the material covered is extensive. The book will prove useful on media/cultural studies courses as well as those concentrating on the sociology of organizations′ - European Journal of Communication

• Introduction - John Hassard and Ruth HollidayPART ONE: REALISM AND REPRESENTATIONThe Documentary Film Movement - Ian AitkenThe Post Office Touches All Branches of LifeRepresenting Reality - John HassardCinema Verit[ac]eThe Cultural Representation of Trade Unions - Peter SteadPART TWO: SEX AND VIOLENCEWhat Is Wrong with This Picture? Sex and Gender Relations in Disclosure - Joanna BrewisPhiladelphia - Ruth HollidayAids, Organization, RepresentationSaloon Girls - Maggie O′NeillDeath and Desire in the American WestPART THREE: MEN AND SUPERMENChild′s Play - Christopher GreyRepresentations of Organization in Children′s LiteratureManagement Gurus - Norman Jackson and Pippa CarterWhat Are We To Make of Them?Fictional Money (Or, Greed Isn′t So Good in the 1990s) - Linda McDowellMasculinity and Madness - Rolland MunroPART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL FUTURESCyberorganization - Martin Parker and Robert CooperCinema as Nervous SystemComputers and Representation - Warren SmithOrganization in the Virtual WorldThe Medium as Message - J Martin CorbettSublime Technologies and Future Organization in Science Fiction Film, 1970-95

`This is a unique, fascinating and valuable treatment of material and issues which have been ignored in ′mainstream′ organisation studies. Read this and you will never again watch an episode of Casualty, The Bill or Silent Witness without boring your companion with critical commentary on the portrayal of hierarchy, sex role stereotyping, power relations, the role of authority figures and dysfunctional rules′ - Human Resource Management Journal`This worthwhile collection gathers together a series of essays dealing with the representation of social organizations in the popular media...The quality of analysis in all the contributions to this volume is consistently high, and the material covered is extensive. The book will prove useful on media/cultural studies courses as well as those concentrating on the sociology of organizations′ - European Journal of Communication

• Introduction - John Hassard and Ruth HollidayPART ONE: REALISM AND REPRESENTATIONThe Documentary Film Movement - Ian AitkenThe Post Office Touches All Branches of LifeRepresenting Reality - John HassardCinema Verit[ac]eThe Cultural Representation of Trade Unions - Peter SteadPART TWO: SEX AND VIOLENCEWhat Is Wrong with This Picture? Sex and Gender Relations in Disclosure - Joanna BrewisPhiladelphia - Ruth HollidayAids, Organization, RepresentationSaloon Girls - Maggie O′NeillDeath and Desire in the American WestPART THREE: MEN AND SUPERMENChild′s Play - Christopher GreyRepresentations of Organization in Children′s LiteratureManagement Gurus - Norman Jackson and Pippa CarterWhat Are We To Make of Them?Fictional Money (Or, Greed Isn′t So Good in the 1990s) - Linda McDowellMasculinity and Madness - Rolland MunroPART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL FUTURESCyberorganization - Martin Parker and Robert CooperCinema as Nervous SystemComputers and Representation - Warren SmithOrganization in the Virtual WorldThe Medium as Message - J Martin CorbettSublime Technologies and Future Organization in Science Fiction Film, 1970-95