Organization-Representation

Work and Organizations in Popular Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

The representation of organizations and working life in the popular media signifies, but also helps shape, contemporary practice and institutions. Organization-Representation unravels the complex social relationship between organization and its representation, offering new insights into the interaction between the popular images we create and receive, and the power relations that govern society, working life and culture.

Representations in Hollywood movies, ethnographic and documentary films, children's literature and the popular and `quality' press replicate the power structures they supposedly describe and consequently help shape contemporary realities. This volume offers rich insights into the relations between culture, power and work. It goes beyond such purely ontological questions to show convincingly that a critical analysis of the relationship between popular culture and the nature of organizational life enhances our understanding of both.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-02-10
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761953920

Utforska kategorier

Organisationsteori inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Recensioner i media

`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

Innehållsförteckning

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